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Theres a Hope Floating rotor on CRC for cheapy cheap, anyone had any problem with the alu carriers or anything?

Er... I dunno, I'm just a bit of a hardcore b*****d i think! haha. My first one snapped at the adaptor at the top and the bottom of the caliper where it mounts to the adaptor. Second one snapped through the bolt hole at the top and sheared off at the bottom. Both have been the older silver models. Might try a newer one. Cheers for the roundagon advice Sam

Tempted by the standard Cleansweep, I remember them being pretty good, cheers. Tempted by this one too Dave, I too have heard of Mono Trials cracking... You Russians really are nuts arn't you! Thanks for the offer but I'd like it before the weekend.

Hay you guyth, so today my BB7 caliper decided to snap again, and in the process mangled my rotor. Sweet. Anywho, have you cats found any difference in performance with differing rotors? I'm after a 180mm one. Hope Mono Trials ones any good? I've been using a Hope Gothic rotor for years, and I think the vibration it caused isn't helping. Any input would be appreciated, and quicksmart 'cos i need to order tonight! Cheers then.

I'm a firm believer in: Front: Try-All stiky Rear: Maxxis Minion Slow Reezay Dual Ply 2.5 front tread pattern. Thats how I roll.

He put 'up for a sell' rather than the more widely used phrase 'up for sale' ?

I might try and make it out at some point if I'm not on Dartmoor or summat. Alex do you still want those Avid pads? Forgot to bring them last time.

Ugly Casanova - Parasites.

They pretty muich fall off the end of the axle, the bushings go to shit really quickly meaning they wobble all over the shop, I'd avoid. Never had problems with any of the Wellgo MG-1 variations, thats what I'd go for.

Word, as has been said it makes no real difference. You should be happy with the KOT forks though, I had mine for a good 2 years before cracking the disk mount, the next 2 pairs (Echo Controls) I had only lasted 4 months and 3 months.

Ban for racism.

Running Trialtechs front and rear (splined rear, screw on front) and they've been perfect.

Because they're shit. They snap super easily, stretch loads and tend to make alot of noise.

This whole oil shortage dealio depends who you talk to... I don't really have time to go into the argument (and theres no real right or wrong answer, as the whole situation is based on speculation) but from my experience as a Geoscientist there is still huge amounts of oil and even more gas to come out of the ground.

Modest Mouse and Peter Bjorn and John and Wolf Parade.

Are they CRMs out back? Looks really good, imaginative sticker use... Though reckon the weight would drop if you didn't have thousands of them

If the run ups tight then I'll do it from static, but generally I'll just tap up whatever.

Nah, I mean a 'good' one... Some Kings are amazing, others are terrible for trials, and it appears there is no rhyme or reason for this. I had one (brand new) back in the day, worked ok for the first 6 months then started skipping, so took it all apart and cleaned it out/lubed it up, but this didn't help. The skipping got worse, and I sent it to the UK Distributer (Bromley Bikes, my LBS) as this was more convenient than sending it to Tarty Adam. I told them to look for worn parts/anythign that'd cause it to skip and told them to lube it with Tri-Flow. This didn't cure it, and the final straw was it skipping a full rotation on an up to front, where I nearly missed smashing my grill. But er.... Don't let me put you off.

If you get a 'good one' it'll be sweet, if not it'll be the worst thing you've ever bought.

Learn to sidehop the 'right' way if possible, but continue learning to the 'wrong' way too. Way better to be able to sidehop in both directions. I learnt going the 'wrong' way, and its the side i feel most comfortable, but I've been trying to go the 'right' way these days and just about cracked it to 45" both ways. Thats much more useful (in my opinion and experience) than being able to sidehop like 50" one way.

The new blades from Tartybikes seem thicker, stiffer and stronger.

Oh right, I was joking incase you hadn't noticed...

Neither of the above, what was your pre-edit reply?

Think its a chain.