rupintart Posted January 1, 2010 Report Share Posted January 1, 2010 Quick breakdown of parts: Pauls brake with Pauls lever and Salsa Booster Heatsink backings with coust pads XTR cables Hope Trials front brake DK Social cranks w/Magnesium and Ti DK Distortion pedals Hope Hubs Rhylite front Hazzard Lite rear Spank 70mm Tweet bar and 50mm stem KHE lock-ons KHE Park2 tires Bike weighs around 22lbs without anything weight conscious other than the pedals and tires. Pretty bombproof build. Can't remember, been a good minute since I weighed her after I switched out some parts. I used to not care for higher pressure tires for trialsy stuff, but I've gotten used to it. That and like stated somewhere else, anything less than 90psi and these tires suck, I run them at 115-120. I switched back to holy rollers one weekend and absolutely could not stand the added weight. Bike felt mad sluggish and so hard to toss around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ullapool Trials Rider Posted January 1, 2010 Report Share Posted January 1, 2010 What a Vee brake!! Looks stiff as f**k. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rupintart Posted January 1, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2010 What a Vee brake!! Looks stiff as f**k. It is stiff as shit. Believe it or not, all the flex I get comes from the cable and housing. I may end up switching to to some sort of linear cable. Although, I haven't gotten to ride it since I put on the Paul Lever and XTR cable other than just messing about in the driveway. Stupid broken pinky makes riding impossible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigjames Posted January 1, 2010 Report Share Posted January 1, 2010 I didn't know that they still made the Paul stuff, its lovely. Very nice bike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rupintart Posted January 1, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2010 I didn't know that they still made the Paul stuff, its lovely. Very nice bike Yeah, he still makes stuff, but not derailleurs. He caters to the Single speed market. Stuff is super nice. That lever was custom(sort of) for me, so that it would match the Hope. They only make all black or all silver, and I wanted it to be silver and black, so he hooked me up!!! Super nice guy, small company and everything is almost handled by him personally! Thanks for the compliments! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ibs_m Posted January 1, 2010 Report Share Posted January 1, 2010 3 Piece, massive bars and a weak brake....gonna get abuse for this but......buy a bmx. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigjames Posted January 1, 2010 Report Share Posted January 1, 2010 3 Piece, massive bars and a weak brake....gonna get abuse for this but......buy a bmx. Where is there a weak brake on the bike? 3 piece cranks are granted probably a bit overkill, but front end set up is a very personal thing. If he got a bmx he wouldn't be able to ride trials on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CurtisRider Posted January 2, 2010 Report Share Posted January 2, 2010 After riding 3 pieces again myself, i cant go back to normal alloy cranks. Liking the build apart from the stubby stem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rupintart Posted January 2, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2010 (edited) 3 Piece, massive bars and a weak brake....gonna get abuse for this but......buy a bmx. How is it a weak brake? 3-piece cranks, aren't all trials cranks 3-piece as well? It's likely lighter AND stronger than most all those trials cranks. I have a BMX, and it gets ridden regularly, two totally different feels. But isn't that what the Inspired is for, a trials bike that's BMXy (or a BMX cruiser that's trialsy?)??? I mean, Danny Mac vids had hardly any trials on it, they were all BMX videos on 24's with a couple pedal kicks here and there. I don't understand why anybody would buy an inspired and ride almost strictly trials or ride a long stem on it. It makes it much harder to lift the front end, i.e makes it more like a trials bike and harder to bunny or 180. Short stem and taller bars makes it MUCH easier to lift up the front, manual, etc. If you're gonna ride pure trials, get a pure trials bike. But yeah, the front end I went through a bunch of stems with, 100 with risers, 90mm with a 2 inch bar, then an 80 with a 2in. Finally decided to just get 3in bars and a 50mm stem and it felt like it should have been like that the entire time. Super easy and light feeling front end, but still way at home on the rear. Kinda funny cause I thought it was a great combo, and apparently TRA also thought so: http://trarider.webs.com/mybike.htm Thought it was interesting and that I was the only one who thought it felt good that way. Apparently, he beat me to it with the same bar and stem like a week before. Edited January 2, 2010 by rupintart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Gibbs Posted January 2, 2010 Report Share Posted January 2, 2010 Lets PLEASE NOT turn this in to a f**king Danny Mac thread! The brake looks shite but probably works absolutly awesome. Noticed you havent got a bash guard though mate?! Bike looks pretty cool though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rupintart Posted January 2, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2010 Lets PLEASE NOT turn this in to a f**king Danny Mac thread! The brake looks shite but probably works absolutly awesome. Noticed you havent got a bash guard though mate?! Bike looks pretty cool though! Don't want to turn this into a danny mac thread either. Just saying it's designed to be a streety bike, so I made it a bit more streety It has a bash, but it's a 1/4 bash by Shadow Conspiracy: If you look closely on the last pic, you can make it out. It works awesome and saves a bit of weight. The brakes work well. Super stiff because everything is CNC'd. PITA to set-up, but once it's set, it's dialed. I haven't gotten a chance to really flog her hard since the new lever and cable because of my broken finger, but since I've been out of the splint for a week, I may give a try today. Not a cloud in the sky! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnyMilton Posted January 2, 2010 Report Share Posted January 2, 2010 I used to have a Paul brake years ago, and it was brillant, best Vee I ever had. Where can you buy Pauls stuff now adays? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rupintart Posted January 2, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2010 I used to have a Paul brake years ago, and it was brillant, best Vee I ever had. Where can you buy Pauls stuff now adays? http://www.paulcomp.com Most any bike shop that uses QBP has it, but in the UK, I dunno what distro most shops use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikeperson45 Posted January 2, 2010 Report Share Posted January 2, 2010 Looks amazing and the rear brake looks nice and beefy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Filo Posted January 3, 2010 Report Share Posted January 3, 2010 that looks really good,i converted my inspired to similar set up. the bars/stem make the difference.mine is so much nice to ride street now,im going to some skate parks today for some footage,will post it up what im finished. a quick spec on mine profile 3 piece cranks king hub in rear with halo combat rims hope front hub on halo combat rim profile stem,ns district 3.5 '' rise identi rebate forks,there the same geo as a normal trials fork,but look heaps better xtr levers with bb7 and avid ultimate brakes,with odyssey linear slick cables Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris4stars Posted January 3, 2010 Report Share Posted January 3, 2010 loving how clean that looks filo...purple and blue looks awesome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rupintart Posted January 23, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2010 Damn, that looks nice. How do you like the linear slick cables? I was thinking about snagging those up vs a 5mm derailleur cable we have here at work and just loading it full of Tri-Flow. The only thing suck about the XTR cables is that in the cold, whatever grease they use, is SLUGGISH when it's cold outside. Sluggish like sticky caliper sluggish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pecha_cat Posted January 23, 2010 Report Share Posted January 23, 2010 hard as rock... great bike dude blue and purple indeed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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