Mark W

The thread on OTN where someone put one of them on and it just launched the brake mount off the seat-stays worries me about the usage of those.

The tyre's will fit. The spokes are the only problem, just 'cos you'll need to know the lengths of them, and the lengths of the new ones you need. Spoke calculator time, or just look at the wheel building/spoke thread in the FAQ :- Mark

Mine never seized up, ever? I don't get how your's is? No matter how tight I did the lockring, it didn't seize once... Have you still got the little circlip thing in there, and it IS assembled right, yeah? Weird :-

*clicks knuckles* Right. Front freewheel. At the moment, you have a fixed ring at the front, bolted onto your crank arm/bashguard (if you've got middleburns or Tensiles, I guess). This is joined to a freehub at the back, which allows you to coast or apply power. The front freewheel system requires you to screw a freewheel on to the threaded section of a freewheel compatible crank, then use a fixed (or locked out freehub) rear hub. You can use gears or singlespeed. With gears, it works out better because the chain continues to turn without you pedalling, so you can change gear without pedaling forwards (just click to change gear, endo, stab of the pedals, chain spins round loads). With freewheels like the Eno around, front freewheel's a lot better than it used to be. They work well enough for Hermance, and a lot of other UCI stock riders who swear by front freewheel. Theoretically, a front freewheel system should be lighter. You need less gubbins in the rear hub, and the hub doesn't need to be as 'stout' to support the drive system in the hub (can explain more if you want :sleeping:), so there's just less material needed. I've got an Eno freewheel on my bike, and that means I've got 72 engagement points from it. However, this is where it falls down a little: If you run an Eno up front like me, you have 72 engagement points. With, say, a CK, that's 72 possible e.p. on the rear. However, if you use, say, 18:16 gearing, you have 81 engagement points, and so on. So you could have fewer engagement points by running front freewheel. It does seem to largely come down to personal preference as to what riders like, but if you want to try it out, why not, if you've got the money?

Wow, what a great post (@ Tim, not will :sleeping:). The whole point is that that sorta shit shouldn't happen because there's no need at all.

Yeah, I saw that too. I really doubt that the guy died 48 hours later, in that it was just one person who posted that? Or did I miss some other posts on there or summat?

Glad I didn't have to write that down again (Y) There are no surprises with an Eno freewheel, apart from how hideously well made it is. Pawls, springs, and bearings are all well made and held in place well, so nothing'll lodge in your face or wherever. Just turn the lockring the way it says "Undo" and you're laughing :sleeping:

I moseyed on down at around 11 or so to get mine. If it's just GCSE's, there's no real rush as there's no uni place or whatever hinging on them. They generally seem to open at 9, or at least that seems to be the trend. Good luck all of you anyway :sleeping:

A-ha, so all trials riders are lycra-wearing fags? (Y) Anyhoo, you do get some fashion victim BMXers, but it's true for trials in many senses too. Either way, it's the people not the sport that's at fault :sleeping: A load of BMXers are really sound, you just get the few who are dicks. Same with anything.

Is that still the ZS2?

That last sentence confused the buggery out of me :sleeping: Sikamon bought the Team stem with the Pazzaz risers, and I had the T-Master with the Pazzaz risers. Exact same set-up, although his bars differed slightly to mine. The only difference really is that the Team stem clamp bit is a few mil higher, but nothing much at all, really. I'd still rather have the T-Master and a f**kin' good warranty, to be honest.

Check some facts instead :sleeping: Team: - 145mm reach with a 40° rise. T-Master: - 145mm reach with a 40° rise. From www.tartybikes.co.uk And from the fact that I had a Team stem next to my T-Master stem.

The Team is pretty much exactly the same as the T-Master. If you want to lose more money by going for it just 'cos it says "Echo" and has a worse warranty, go right ahead :sleeping:

Something to be proud of for you, obviously? From the way you wrote the post, it seemed pretty obvious you didn't mean it in the "strange" sense, unless you temporarily forgot how to construct a sentence? Yeah, really proved their stereotype of people on "trick" bikes and shit as being wrong. Clappy clap clap. I hate riding street with people either grinding or going to bash, purely for that reason. It's loud, it's not nice to look at, not nice to do, and it just leads to people resenting riders more because of the damage being done. The rewards don't outweigh the negative consequences. There's a difference between slipping to bash and just going to bash though. Most people I've ridden with have been able to not hammer their bash into a wall backwheeling stuff - if you get your feet down or just don't let it simply drop, you're usually safe? Stage riding is pretty technical from a strategic and riding point of view. Don't try and disguise the fact you were trying to put them down because of what they do. If they feel they gain an advantage through wearing lycra, so what? For riding hard all day it is pretty comfy. Maybe they're happy enoug to just do what they enjoy without worrying what dickheads think about how they look? Some riders are f**king dangerous on the road. I've ridden with people before who don't actually seem capable of simply looking around them or planning lines ahead. Some people really are that shit, and they've probably seen someone who I'd categorise as 'sketchy' in terms of how they ride places. Yeah, good f**kin' luck trying to argue that one in court. You realise they'd just laugh at you and still fine you anyway, yeah?

You couldn't use your Xlite stem plug, I don't think - assuming you mean "XLite" the parts company, not the Monty name? Stupid companies and their stoopid names :sleeping: Aaaaaaanyhoo, I'd recommend the T-Master stem 'cos I'm digging the whole higher front end shit. Alternatively, why not try the Viz stem maybe? *shrugs* The Zoo! was about 14ft too low for my liking.

I don't even know why they bother putting those chain tugs as standard on T-Pros - the T-Pro tugs are the worst pieces of shit I've ever had the misfortune to use. They're just 100% shit, with no redeeming features at all... Anyhoo, "normal" (i.e. non-shit tugs) work fine. Get one, bang it on, trim it to length, tighten your wheels nuts up tight, retighten the tug nut, sorted :sleeping:

I just prefer chain tugs, pretty much. They're FAR more readily available, they work well, and there's no problem with them, so long as you trim off any excess. The majority of problems with chain tugs seems to just be when people don't use them properly, or don't cut off the excess. If you sidehop up or whatever and chink the end of the tug, it'll bend easily. It's only a small bit of thread, so it can't really take it like a man. Regardless, you can just mark off on the threads about one thread away from the nut, remove the nut (the heat from cutting seems to make the nyloc bolts cry :sleeping:), cut, replace nut. Job done. Every BMXer in the world and me can't be wrong (Y)

By tried "the search" I really hope you mean Google, not just T-F? :shifty: EDIT: There are 46 different ones that are all free here.

Erm, dinky?

WTF... Why wait til September to get a frame when you could get it now? Blue, silver and black bikes look hella nice. IF you don't dig the colour, you can strip and respray, or just realise that looks aren't everything and that geometry and a good frame will make you go bigger/smoother, not having a red bike instead of a white one or whatever. Just get it in blue, which looks really good anyway...

"Handmade by bike enthusiasts in Taiwan." Hmm. Site was OK.

No. No. No.

Hmm. The only thing is is that a lot of frames break in different places. The Zebdi, for example. Plus it's not really needed, if you get me? Like knowing that a XXX cracks YYY doesn't mean much, you still have to check? Kudos for the typing though :)

They're the Onza Fallguys. They weigh about 3lbs, at a guess. I know it's over 1kg. Either way, they "ride light" because they're just the perfect length for me. They're awesome forks.

Did someone say strong? Ding, ding, ding. And that last pic's 4 frames ago :) I've used and still use that same pair of forks for half of my trials career. They feel amazingly nice, too. Plus that good ol' 2 year crash replacement warranty. Diamond :)