Street Bikes

[bikeperson45]

Just wondering how many specific street bikes are there? And also what sort of geomatry do you need to do spins, manuals and the such.

Thanks

[!!()`/D]

Hey,

My new base ta26 arrived on tuesday its supposed to be a street frame with its short wheelbase its easy to do spins on and manuals, it also comes down to what kind of components your running i.e short stem/long stem, type of bars.

[bikeperson45]

So street bikes have a shorter wheelbase and shorter stems?

thanks

[steve@banbury-trials]

i would say the bb hieght is fairly low or even a sub number,maybe 15mm rise or less.as said before ,a small wheel base is preferable as it'll spin better .as for chainstays i dont have a clue,maybe shorter the better.

hope i've helped a little,steve

[Tom_]

Chainstays, you need a healthy balance, too long and it wont sit on the rear wheel. However you may want abit more length than normal for stability on manuals etc.

I just bought myself a stock street=ish frame, although the wheelbase isnt MASSIVLY short it is abit shorter than normal.

And yea, Low bb=good.

[cai]

My Levelboss is pretty sweet for spins, bunnyhops and manuels (well I'm learning to manuel, but its pretty easier on this and feels lush).

Mines like 1065mm wheelbase, and +15mm BB.

[streetjibs]

PASHLEY

[bitemybutt]

You don't need specific geometery to do those sort of moves. I've got an 1100mm wheelbase bike and I can do everything I ever could on shorter bikes. However, a shorter bike will make bunnyhops and manualling easier, so as long as you don't mind finding 'normal' trials moves a bit harder then go for something like a 1010 - 1040 WB with a very small BB rise (or none at all). Inspired's are very flickable, but you can still do trials on them, so maybe thats an option for you as well.

[bikeperson45]

thanks for replys, you've made me happy

[the trials mop]

I ride this for street and some park fagging

[mr_malcolm]

does any one know if the czar free trials would take suspension forks like djs or the new 4cross forks?

im looking at maybie making a new bike but want to run gears and suspension a bit more like a mountain bike, but have some low gears for a bit of trials aswell

[Jsy Ben]

I wouldn't run anything more than 80mm as not raise the bb too too much and you're going to need something reasonably light - Rockshox Reba's ? Fox XC Float's ?

[bikeperson45]

You can always shorten the travel by adjusting the springs.

Ashton uses Revelations I think on his 24" but he's shortened the travel, same as Leech (except 4xs)

[Davetrials]

ta 26 cheap and f**king nice to ride.

[chimpanzyyyy]

ashton justice is just sexual at street

really cool for trial moves

and great for street moves

geo is 1055 +2 380

Edited July 15, 2008 by chimpanzyyyy

[!!()`/D]

ta 26 cheap and f**king nice to ride.

+1

[spaceman]

I wouldn't run anything more than 80mm as not raise the bb too too much and you're going to need something reasonably light - Rockshox Reba's ? Fox XC Float's ?

I would get a fox float reduced to 60mm

[jambo]

Try pick yourself up a pashley GHZ its the street daddy, i love mine.

[Sponge]

Fun Fact of the day:

There is a high probability that Deng is leaning towards producing more 'streety' bikes for the future. It is definitely a high consideration of his, however there are still no promises for them to be materialised quite yet. The Czar Freetrials being a first taste. This is what I've been informed of by a few dealers and shop owners in China, one of whom was a former employee of Echo.

I think the Olympics is slowing everything down in China for the time being. Shouldn't be too long

[spaceman]

Deng should make a 24'' frame. But more importantly, some 24'' anodised rims! So far I know VIZ has them and they're too wide at 46mm for street.

[the trials mop]

I would get a fox float reduced to 60mm

lewis lacy a lad who rides for charge and used to be a BMXer has rockshox's (reba's?) U-turn and he has had them reduced to 80mm and with the travel adjust he can drop it down to about 40mm i think

[spaceman]

Oh yeah, I read about him in MBUK. He says a lower fork gives him a steeper head angle which he prefers.

[Joe@Onza]

Sound this bike has the geo you want.

http://www.tartybikes.co.uk/product.php?pr...;category_id=47

Edited July 18, 2008 by Joe@Onza

[monkeyseemonkeydo]

Sound this bike has the geo you want.

http://www.tartybikes.co.uk/product.php?pr...;category_id=47

Nah, it's all about 24" when it comes to streety stuff... Linky poo.

[Ben Davies]

i had an inspired before i stopped riding and it was quite possible the easiest frame to ride for street! i think the geo is 1040, 385 chainstays and +20mm bb but it works out to feel similar to +10 mm bb as the wheels are smaller, spinning and bunny hops were really easy, i found i could bunny hop about a foot higher than i could on my pashley, and i ran a 90 mm stem with 17 degree rise and 2.5 inch rise azonic bars, with about 50 mm of stem stackers, really nice set up i think theres still pics on my profile actually