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but you keep riding it? what gear ratio are you running?

get a bb7 the mechanical bikehut one is prety good... not experience with the hydraulic...

wurd, team lock-on grips ***...

i likes my mod stem haha. i'm not changing my forks, there only a month old and there vee friendly and beefy and strong plus they look strong.

urbans are the lightest forks i'll ride; there only 100g more than Echo SL forks, the 6th lightest tarty sell and the price/weight/strength seems right (plus i only bought them a month ago) will a 2.4 protection mountain king fit a simtra ok?

My bike is far to heavy! and so am I where am i going wrong at keeping the weight down (on the bike) i'm open to all suggestions of going lighter, but i don't want to compromise on strength massively (i'm 108kgs ) Bold stuff is not changing Full Spec: Frame: Simtra (changing to a speedrace in the new year) Fork: echo Urban vee/disc Headset: King BB: Truvativ Gigapipe this-un Drive: Cranks: middleburns, cloud9 bash Pedals: V8s Tensioner: tryall rohloff copy chain: trialtech lite Wheels: rear Pro2 echo urban rim (thinking about single walling it, how much weight will i loose?) or would it be better to save time and run something lighter? maxxis minion 2.35 dual ply DH tube (possibly overkill with a dua ply tyre?) front pro2 tryall rim (f**ked so this needs replacing soon, will go for a tryall h0le rim, or trialtech square holed) Specialised eskar tyre (probably go for a continental 2.2) Braking: sd7 levers sd7 rear vee bb7 front disc (185mm) changing to a vee when it's dry though heatsink yellows ZOO! bars, ZOO! mod stem (i'm prety big and it rides nice, sucky for wheel swaps though ) suggestions please! nothing that'll compromise strength to much, or rape my wallet i'm not much of a go-big rider but i'm heavy enough to test bits

looking at buying the stock in the new year, thanks to which ever tart i talked to today on the phone

i can do 7 miles in under 35/40 minutes on my trials bike 18-15 ratio, flat and uphill. grrr

Charlie Bronson's poetry is well worth reading. i'll post some up when i get chance

there was a time when using bash plates was a legitimate way of getting up stuff meh UCI looks cleaner and is a bit more public freindly so i understand the preference, but it'd be nice knowing you can really twat a bashplate and it'll take it like an abused housewife...

swap some?

monty splitter + a file?

add a gusset too

and a 36spoke rear wheel? i thought 32 was the norm in trials (unless your an absolute monster or run a profile, even then people rock 32h)

wurd, but as the material is thinner, this must affect rigidity?

how do we know how things are performing in the chart? or do we not know till a certain date?

but the kids be rocking slicks now anyway? or is the rubber to hard to compensate for the slick?

235 grams less than your tryall tyres... worth it for dry street?

final bit of the description = facepalm seemed relevant...

get the urbans, for the few quid more, just for peace of mind?

ask tarty how they got theirs?

some numbers for you tom: 18-15 the normal gear has a ratio 1.2 18-16 (your ratio) is 1.125 20-16 has a ratio of 1.25 16-14 has a ratio of 1.14 16-13 has a ratio of 1.22.. 16-12 has a ratio of 1.33.. 16-14 would be to soft, rolling moves would have 0 power, static gaps would be all floaty and shit 16-13 would make your gear feel a little harder, probably the best bet. maybe a bit to heavy mind. 16-12 is probably to hard, static moves would feel shit, but you'd have alot of power for rolling moves 16-13s your best bet but it'll feel odd for a while...

your not grinding the whole wheel, just a £40 rim, and you'ld have to be retarded to actually damage the rim. there's tutorials and stuff, the sooner you learn the happier you will be (this is a proven scientific fact)

convenience of just being able to switch over a bike the night before a ride to suite your mood? especially if you had the same BB and headset in each frame, you could do a swapover in under an hour. if you had the feck about with different rims and tyres it becomes expensive and messy.

2nd hand, i believe they're discontinued, get trialtech bars...