i dont rearly see the point of stupidly wide rims on the rear, let alone on the front. the mavic will be fine, im running a mavic 321 on the front of mine. unless your doing big front wheel stuff, maybe then you might want a slightly bigger rim.
in 9 months i had 8 ipod replacements on warranty until my last one they would not replace,most expensive pile of crap i have ever bought. it was two years ago when they were becoming "Popular" so maybe there was alot of problems with them, i dont no. borrowing my girlfriends samsung YH-J70 and its been good soo far. so a for a samsung from me.
myself and alot of other trials riders that are using square taper have no problem, id guess the cranks you rounded were cheap? cheap cranks will round because the alloy is cheap, higher range cranks will not.
yeah i've always ran my jump bike single speed till recently and had horizontal dropouts. i still think your less likely to bend a hanger with a chain tensioner compared when using a mech.
any of you guys use a hope mono trial on a stock with a 160mm rotor? is it powerful enough, because all stock riders i know use a 180mm, and ive just bought one thats 160mm liam
when you put your finger over the working piston and pull the lever does the other piston move out easily? if it does then might just need a rebleed. does the lever feel all spongy and crap? before rebleeding it put some 3 in 1 oil on it or something along the lines of that, if the problem still persists try rebleeding it.
im not sure if i can make it biking but ill pass most proberly, bridports prety close to where i live, did you go to the westbay ride a month or two back?