montyrider

Hey can anyone come? well me and my mate as we're looking for something for this bank holiday weekend we usualy roadtrip somewhere )

Me and my mate should hopefully be coming up to ride brentwood/ thriftwood scout park next sunday was just wondering if anyone else would be up for meeting and having a ride if you haven't been before and like natural style comp riding it will be a good insight and great fun.....only downfall you have to pay but to be honest £2.40 entry for the day is not a smack in the face and you have full use of the facilities......

they won't have a colour they will be Transparent.

Yeah i defenitly agree steel has a bit more give when it comes to stress as it'll bend before it snaps unlike mag or alu which can be unpredictable and just snap before it will bend!

ISIS all the way especialy skf....managed to fit a front freewheel with bash on mine to very simple! just machine down the large spacer to as close to bb shell as you dare go the cut and fit an old try-all bb spacer in their you know the green ones! Thought i'd add that as someone may like to know works a treat

I cant remember where i heard this....but say if you were gapping rails (on a magnesium frame) and slid off and your downtube hit it hard instead of the material just denting it'd develop a stress mark as well or worse split! on an aluminium or steel frame you'd get a weee little dent! anyone heard the same! Magnesium is'nt to keen on being flexed a lot think of how you can keeping bending a paper clip and it gets softer and easier bend? but on a much larger scale.....if anyone has some long term experience with a mag frame it'd be interesting to know their thoughts?

Ha Ha i see what your saying....thought this would be a good topic for discussion.....xc bikes are in the space age carbon fibre zone! ) a mate of mine was on some magnesium trials shop or sumthin and everything was magnesium thay had heeps of magnesium frames and parts....and bragging about weight loss. but each to their own as they say i can see a bemefit in losing 400g it is weight loss nearly have a kg but some u6 frames weigh less and cost more but would'nt it a better investment in the long run to pay that bit more for strength?

These are the only benefits of using magnesium alloy frames i could come up with! Light weight Low density (two thirds that of aluminium!) Good high temperature mechanical properties e.g Gear box castings Good corrosion resistance Which sums up theyre only good for about a few months use! a DOB frame costs £230 and weighs 1.4 kg which is impressive but i don't see the point in sacrificing all that weight who on here owns one and can say they've found it better than a aluminium frame e.g U6 i rid a magnesium one and found it flexy and to light no resistance in it and no feeling! Aluminum is significantly cheaper pound for pound....and stronger an echo pure is £230 and weighs 1.8 kg What are peoples thought on this magnesium obsession? i just cant see why anyone would buy a magnesium frame am i just being stupid?

i've coust pads and a decsent light grind on my echo rim but i just don't like the feeling with out tar my brake is top notch runs really well.....but i just prefer tar the bite and lock is brilliant only downside the slightest bit of water and your in the sh!*

hummmm might cost me about 50 quid in petrol thier and back though! lol aldershot is miles away from me.....he says its 23quid in B&Q has anyone bought it before from their? if so how long has it lasted them? i didn't know you could buy form their so cheers anyway mate.

the stuff between the gaps in the walls is more of silicone type of stuff very rubbery and not maluable.........in the summer tar would melt and people like me would steal it lol i haven't tried ebay.....should i just type in rim tar? on the search

Please if anyone has any tar could they send me some if i send them a stamped address envelope? I lost my block and none of mates have any spare and not even the roofers have any bitchumen to spare........if any does could they let me know and give me their address so they don't have to pay for mail

lots of big drops in it. technicality side is a bit slim but not bad overall.

Pure and simple post ere guys. Does anyone know or can help me with, where can i purchase the dob magnesium frame and rims im really looking into it but cant find anywhere to get them online. Aparently some bloke called zhi can but i dont know where to find him. thanks for any help