emery Posted November 7, 2005 Report Share Posted November 7, 2005 Why are some people telling others that they shouldn't get a Gu or a zoo python as they do not have bash plates on them. Do you really and I mean really need one as most stocks I've seen just have a bashring and that's it. At the momnet I have just a plate. I'm asking if they are a key esseinsial(sp) to protect you bike as thats what a bash ring is for anyway. toby :( I would lkie the Gu that's why I',m asking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark W Posted November 7, 2005 Report Share Posted November 7, 2005 Nope. You don't need one for mod. I prefered not having one. However, it's different, so everyone's obviously going to hate it :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emery Posted November 7, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 7, 2005 LOL I know lol I will not have one just another thing to break really and costs more money. toby :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-BAD Posted November 7, 2005 Report Share Posted November 7, 2005 some people have bash plates because they protect your frame, but not having one looks good and i like it because it's different, plus it would be lighter aswell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash-Kennard Posted November 7, 2005 Report Share Posted November 7, 2005 ^^^ could you have made that any smaller!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoo p Posted November 7, 2005 Report Share Posted November 7, 2005 bashplates are a waste of time in my mind, i've seen lots that have been used heavily and they can wreck your frame where the top bolt is.a good bash ring is all you need! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT! Posted November 7, 2005 Report Share Posted November 7, 2005 People get on fine with both. I love my bashplate and wouldn't buy a bike that coulnd't take one. But people get on with rockrings, it's personal prefference like eveything else. :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark W Posted November 8, 2005 Report Share Posted November 8, 2005 People get on fine with both. I love my bashplate and wouldn't buy a bike that coulnd't take one. But people get on with rockrings, it's personal prefference like eveything else. (Y) Perhaps, but people also seem to think that a bashring is a bad idea as it'll break your bike quicker or whatever. Saying it's a weaker system and so on, when it's not. I dunno... I guess it's just that a lot of people have invalid reasons for thinking that bashrings are worse. To each their own, I guess... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poopipe Posted November 8, 2005 Report Share Posted November 8, 2005 it makes no difference at all as long as you dont slap your bottom bracket into stuff... a bashplate clearly protects your bike more than a bashring - mostly because its bigger. As far as i understand it you arent allowed to go to bash in UCI trials comps which explains the rash of bashplate free frames. If you dont ride comps and have a tendency to slip off the corner of walls when pedalling up them i'd say a bashplate was a necessity that said , the gu is looking rather tasty, i might buy one of them when im sure they dont break Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackey Posted November 8, 2005 Report Share Posted November 8, 2005 bash guards are a pesonal preference it is all a matter of opinion i like them because they balance the bikes out more in natural.if there was a bike without a bash plate that i liked i would still get it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emery Posted November 8, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 8, 2005 Same here as it does and can damage the frame like when I ride I was slipping and people were getting stressed saying arggh dont land on the bash. Later ash said that it will break your frame with all the pressyre going into the points. They shoudl make a welded one to cover the bb with no bolts to put tons of pressure on. Like a pin head thats why they peice easy as it's got pressure on that tiny spot. So like a thick plate but at the same time light. well doesn't matter about lightness but that could be an idea to use: already attatched bash or a really thick and oversized bb cup. toby (Y) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joewhite Posted November 9, 2005 Report Share Posted November 9, 2005 hey bash plates protect your down tube. it wud suck if you smash up the downtube on a new GU wudnt it. just a thort. joe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Gardner Posted November 9, 2005 Report Share Posted November 9, 2005 on the zoo python and the gu i dont think you can fit a bash plate so u just have to ride with bashring Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moe Posted November 10, 2005 Report Share Posted November 10, 2005 this isnt about the advantages or disadvantages of bash plates but i reckon bikes loo much cooler without a bashplate like a python or w/e Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilky_mod_legend2 Posted November 10, 2005 Report Share Posted November 10, 2005 (edited) (Y) i love my bash its a good way to get up stuff above bar height if u cant back wheel high like me B) wilky :lol: (N) (Y) :) (Y)dnt rock rings but strane on b/b?? Edited November 10, 2005 by wilky_mod_legend2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ogre Posted November 10, 2005 Report Share Posted November 10, 2005 I like bashplates, people look at you funny and are like "why you got a paice of metal there? and why havent you got a seat? (usual bits) and i thnk they make your bike more "trialsy" and they make a mess of concrete and benches... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houseface Posted November 10, 2005 Report Share Posted November 10, 2005 but when you land on a rockring you go over to the side unless you balance straight away. also there is more chance of you killing your bb,chainring,freewheel. steve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emery Posted November 11, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 11, 2005 I might see if it's possible to get some work done to it, like get some metal welded to it or some of that rubber stuff then a bash but not bolted in. I know what it looks like but it probally sound weird. toby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark W Posted November 11, 2005 Report Share Posted November 11, 2005 but when you land on a rockring you go over to the side unless you balance straight away. also there is more chance of you killing your bb,chainring,freewheel. steve. That doesn't seem to happen to stock riders much? In the same way the 'flaws' of not having a bashplate brought up in this thread don't seem to happen to stock riders either? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EwaNzz Posted November 11, 2005 Report Share Posted November 11, 2005 yeah i agree, if stock dont need 1 then mod dont have to, also lighter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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