Ashley Smith
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very swish, my frame is soon to be purple! or maybe orange..............hmm decisions
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'EXILE'
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ive never liked the look of them mate and being able to trust them, go for a star nut
i don't trust starnuts, they tend to break, never had a problem with a head doctor
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either way 80 is way too much, some lcoal companies will do it a lot cheaper than that
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i'd say the search function personally
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there the pro 3 straight pull spoke hubs, different by a mile to the other pro 3s and only available as a wheelset
ash
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ther not 'road hubs' there all roudn hubs like the mono series were, i.e. suitable for road and xc use, i would stick to a pro 2 rear, the pro 3 rear isnt a trial hub, merely a mountainbike/road/cyclocross hub which only has 24 eps, the fronts would certainly be up for the job though
hope now alos do pro 3 straight pull hubs which are completely different to the hubs linked above aswell as the others.
more info at www.hopetech.com
ash
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do away with those holes, they would act as a weak spot, potentially allowing the elevr to snap at one of those points if the bike was dropped, you wont save that much weight either
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really? like normal brazing technique? doesnt it crystalize at quite a low temperature though and looe strength too?
we braze titanium at work, special braze is used and its a bit more of a complexed procedure than the type of brazing you use for steels,
welding titanium isnt easy either, everything has to be soo clean and a sufficient supply of shielding gas
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ah right, thanks very much, i hadnt thought of ebay! i need steel though, not ti because i need to braze it. cheers
you can braze ti
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i'll be there, along with Mr Holdsworth, should be good, although i havn't been able to ride my bike for weeks.
looking forward to this trial
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Elmdom metals are the supplier of t45 tubing, quite cheap aswell, plus it doesnt require heat treatment after welding/ brazing
ash
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Hey. Knocked this one up.
Let me know if you want it in vector format.
my favourite by far, plain and simple, not too over the top and looks the nuts
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We've already pre-ordered a batch as a bit of a kick up the bum to get the prototypes made! We keep pestering them but no joy yet...
they should make some, easy to do aswell, i used a load of parts from my prototypes to make a mod hub for matt rushton, unfortunately he moved to stock before i managed to finish it.
basically i used a standard hope pro 2 shell( 8/9 speed bodied one) with a 6 speed ratchet body, to give the narrow width of a mod, axle needed modifying slightly but was'nt that hard to do, end caps also required facing to get the correct mod spacing,
maybe there is a market for a pro 2 mod? who knows, would be good to see a batch of them made
ash
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quite nice although i can't see how its any different to the previous kot frames,
my mate had one and it snapped,
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aluminium bolts are rubbish, i wouldnt waste my time with them,
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I shall be appearing, hope it doesnt rain.
i shall also be joining, Mr Holdsworth will also be making an appearance.
should be good to ride this new venue.
ash
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Well yeah i didn't take that into consideration the dropouts and i was thinking the chainstays are 385. I think 390 is alittle long and also im sure the bb is bigger this year at around +30? where as last year it was smaller at around 10 i think. Am i also correct in saying it is alittle longer the wheelbase at about 1085 this year. I think the frame will ride a fair bit better than last years but havn't rode one yet so cant comment really.
my wheelbase is around 1080mm and the bb rise is +20mm, not a million miles away from the new geometry..................................
the geometry aint that different at all. so how will it ride so much better? in fact i can probably ssay it will almost certainly ride the same, not like it matters much anyway
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I think monty signing up kenny has been a real great step for them as to be honest there 231 ones geometry has sucked alittle with huge chainstays. Hes really turned it round and the frames looks to have a real great geo now and a frame i think alot more people will consider as i think it will ride awsome.
As for the 221 am unsure about the huge bb will have to ride one before i pass judgement on it. As for the looks it looks stunning but they they need to do a maggy version aswell because not everyone likes DD includeing myself.
Are they doing a wider bar this year? i seem to remember tarty adam telling me the bar kenny was riding was a proto one wider. I would be real great if they do because i find the bars alittle to short for stock but have great rise to them.
the geometry on the 2008 231 has the same chainstay length as the ones ive had hudson, the only factor being that the new one allows the use of snial cams with 5mm of wheelbase adjustment, the range is from 385mm to 390mm, at an optimum for chain tension it would ideally be set at around 387mm depending upon size of sprocket and chain wear etc
the old 231 has a chainstay length quoted of 390mm mine measure 386mm
so not much difference eh hudson? not so much of a step for chainstay length? i dont know why people have a problem with the length, my bike rides perfectly well with the longish stays, but then again im no where near good enough to be able to tell the difference in 5mm of length on the stays., not much else on the geo has chnaged really either, mainly aesthetics
looks great and i hope to get one
my view..........
ash
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thats an 06 shell on the picture, no "power bulge" as there now known on the 07's
they'l replace it for an 07 shell for you
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you can only have them sleeved, no chance of having a helicoil for there matey,
contact argos cycles for sleeving the frame, there your best bet, it will be around £50 to £70 though
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what a cracking day! and best of all i got to ride addingham again, it was'nt until today i relised what we have all been missing with this venue closed.
the weather didn't really bother me too much. the sections seemed nice and long and seemed to have been made a little trickier, which i think is a good thing as its more challenging and makes me put more effort in,
good to see more new faces and also some older faces, danny smith seemed to glide through most of the master (yellow) route sections despite being off for two years, would be good to see him at more events.
top event really and i think it might have helped with trying to get the venue for more tykes events, the lord mayor of silsden gave quite a good speach and seemed very impressed with what actually goes on.
The major point i would like to mention was the fact that he mentioend about the wide spread age group of riders, from around 6 right up to john peacock and neil raven (30's?), its brilliant to see the mix and at least we seemed to have convinced some one who has a little authority and say about the venue who may be able to put forward our case with us as he was impressed with what we actually do on our bikes.
would be brilliant if we say got 14 days use next year and used say 4 for trials and the rest as practice and training days, the venue is best around in my oppinion,
thanks to all for running a brilliant event!
ash
Monty 08 ?
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i think the kamels are now available, go see www.cleanbikes.co.uk