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Hey, My names Mike Hayes, i have been riding since christmas and have been on the the forum for around 3 months just browsing around and making the odd post, but i never really introduced my self.
Im from mansfield and ride with JoeB, GazM, Squince (hes my brother) and Mikey, I also ride with a few others if they are out
. I have recently realised in trials that you cant just leave your bike to do its own thing, and that you have to keep it serviced to avoid creaking and such I am very grateful as i get alot of help from my brother Squince. Thats about it really, on to my bike spec and review, also how i got it
Spec is as follows
Frame: Zoo! python long
Forks: Echo easy
Cranks: Tensile isis cranks with tensile uci bashring.
Freewheel: acs claws
B wheel: echo cnc ground rim built onto an echo fixed hub.
F wheel: echo cnc rim built onto echo disk hub
F Brake: magura louise freeride
B brake: magura hs33 05 model with plazmatic pads
B & S: Zoo! bars and Viz stem
Headset: Canecreek
BB: Echo i think (not sure)
Chain: Kmc Kool
grips: Monty Velo
Booster: Echo 2 bolt
Tyres: Maxxis creepy crawler
Here are a few photos, my bike has changed slightly since these were taken (cranks and stem)
I was considering starting trials for about a year but never thought i would be able to afford it until a bike that my brother had got stolen had been recovered, though by this point he had already had a new bike on insurence, It was recovered right before christmas which was good for me as i had 300 pounds and luckily all the insurence wanted was 350, so i got the bike and was well chuffed
As you can imagine i dident have a clue if it felt good or not as i couldent do anything, But thanks to riding with some really good riders i seem to have picked it up pretty quickly
i have hit a few snags in trials, first my cranks taper rounded and thought i was out for a good while, but my brother then gave me an isis BB and tensile cranks :$ .
I have scratched the bike up a bit due to me starting on it as a beginner and a few dints in the down tube and chain stays but is still surprisingly in ok condition. The bike was really low as it had no spacers in and with zoo bars and stem was really quite low so i decided to buy a Viz stem they truelly are really nice stems.
Not really much else to say, im getting on with the bike really well, but was considering a short bike like a monty, but was talked out of it by my brother as he thinks a suite a long bike
Hope you liked my little talk
Heres a Few clips of me riding my zoo, Click here Then click 'fewclips' or right click and ave tartget to save
Thanks to gazm, joeb and squince for filming.
Also thanks to my brother for uploading my clips and photos.
Expect a video soon, looking forward to hearing from you all.
cheers mike
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supposedly the stuff that comes out of the tumble dryer is deionised when its emptied
Yeh, Not sure about that one. I have heard that water thats melted from ice is deionised
Probably a mith i think. Just go and buy some
or just bleed it with normal water. 
cheers andy
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think about it people, if you don't want air in your brakes then don't use water, unless it is de-ionised.
1. it will rot you seals
2. will rust it up good n proper
3. water is 1/3 oxygen!!!
I disagree, firstly like it matters if you have air in your system as long as the calipers return nicely and you have a nice feel to the brake, all is good.
Secondly i would pay good money to watch aliminium rust
It could oxadise slightly though, which will do jack all
People do say that using water rots your seals, personally i think its a load of crap
Tom Booth has had hs brake bled with the same water for nearlly 2 years and i have for just over a year.
Neither of us nor all the other half of the trials polulation have had any trouble with seals rotting
cheers
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I have had a pair of zoo! cranks, Echo (square taper), muscle man and echo cnc cranks, which i am currently running. The main problem i had with the zoo cranks was the creaking, I tried all sorts but couldent seem to get rid of it
The muscle man cranks (the ones you get on a t-pro) tend to flare a bit at the taper causing them to wobble and little you can do about it.
The echo cnc cranks have been really good so far, I cant really reccomend Much at this stage as I have only had them 2 months or so
Hope o helped.
cheers
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Personaly im not keen on water, i dont like the hard feel.
I tend to use lhm citreon brake fluid from halfords, Its only about 5 pounds.
However if you do insist on using water make sure you put anti freeze in and use de-ironised water,
This way it wont freeze or rot the seals for a very long time
cheers
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Fraid not, But you can put the onza t-mag and t-pro forks on a mod
Personally if you have the moeny i would go for something a little lighter as they are made out of steel.
I think The onza t-lite forks are light but are straight bladed and dont really apeal to me.
Hope I have helped!
cheers
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Just a little simple logo...
Can do some a bit more photoshop if you like?
cheers andy
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Echo easy forks are sold at several online bike shops
you would only have to type it in google and im sure shops will come up
merseytrial(not online yet)
or.. Speak to sexymike on here
he should sort you out with some.cheers
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I Have had...
Plazmatic crm - Ive had these on a smooth and ground rim, amazing peforming pads on both ground and smooth and i belive they are the dogs on a mavic ceramic rim. Its just a shame about there peformance in wet weather
but all round good pads Koxx Bloxx (browm) - Absolute outrages on a smooth rim but on a ground rim they work just as well as plazmatic and are ok in wet
Rimjam greens - Are amazing pads work good in wet and dry, defionatly my faverite pad once ive put them in powerpad backings
Ive had a few others but have had bad experiences, these are the only pads that have worked well
i use kool stops on a really harsh grind. i find it works really well. the pads also last forever!
Doubt it, due to there dusty compound they would last about 3 days at the most on a harsh grind or any grind to be honest. I know this through past experiences
cheers
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Yeh, its christmas time, wally sent something for me on christmas eve, and its still not here
Its all to do with christmas, all bogged down with christmas cards.
Should be back to normal soon
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ok cool, cheers
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Where are them photos taken?
Looks like theres some pretty good places
good riding, keep it up
cheers
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Haave you had a look on ChainReactionCycles?
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Like it says in the topic titlle, my fsa platinum bottom bracket with isis zoo! cranks are creaking badly, and is really annoying me, any thoughts of what it could be? Also how would i fix it? and could you tell me how to put a bottom bracket in properly? Bearing in mine i am going to be using an echo 18 tooth screw on cog.
Would be much appreciated, thank you in advance
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www.coustellier.co.uk do them..
cheers
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You could wait 4 months and get an echo freehub, or your best bet would be to get a profile and build it on either a ronnie or alex dx32, both very strong rims
I would advise to get TartyBikes to build your wheel, immensly strong(Y)
cheers
EDIT:or you could just get an eno freewheel or white industries? from here
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is it front freewheel and what tools you need to take one off and put another on
Yes, You can put a freewheel on back or front, there isnt a specipic front freewheel.
You will need a crank extractor, freewheel tool, vice and alot of leverage haha
Both tools will be available at your LBS or halfords for about £4 for each tool
Also i could give you a complete run through of how to do the process of changing a freewheel.
cheers
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Hey, if you go into halfords and ask for LHM specialist mineral fluid, they should sort you out with it, its basically the same as magura royal blood. the tub that it comes in is black with green writing, also it comes in different sized tubs
I also have never seen anything bigger then 50 ml bottles. But, you could get hold of some DOT 4 fluid, its basically simular stuff but you can get it at any car shop or Spar and probably cheaper then maggie stuff.
Hey,
Its expensive dot 4/dot 5 brake fluid, also you cant put it in a magura brake (idealy)
Hope braking systems run on dot 4 or 5 brakefluid. it has a strong smell to it and would take the paint work of your bike, so beware
cheers
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Hey, The t-pro is not a weak frame by all means, however it is a widely used frame resulting in more damaged, cracked frames. You only have to look at some of the top riders who ride or have ridden a t-pro, for instance Ben Slinger was riding a t-pro at the bikeshow this year
cheers
Tyres
in Beginners Trials Chat
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depends what your looking for in a tyre.
Grip? or bounce? For grip i would go for maxxis or try all
And for bounce echo trial tyres or monty, with the yellow stripe
cheers mike