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Well I asked because my mate who rode in the Cayman Islands (in the Caribbean, between Jamaica and Cuba) said his brake went shie and locked up in the heat, but 5 minutes under the air con and it was fine again. He tried numerous bleeds etc. but ended up having a brake sent from the UK with oil in it, which worked fine. Seems a similar problem!

I think Adam Read deduced water made the pistons swell up slightly as nylon absorbs some water. Its not actually to do with the seals. This may be your issue? Slightly oversized from the factory, maybe mine is old and worn down so works well?

Yeah thats the SWW boreholes. Boreholes are often drilled to derive a privately owned water supply. The limestone in areas such as Torquay and Plymouth, alongside the chalk deposits in such as Somerset can allow soluable minerals such as calcium to end up in the potable water supply. This means your own water softening measures have to be taken, and some people don't bother. Open-holing a, say, 25m borehole to be cased with 50mm HDPE and a 50mm inline pump can cost as little as £1500 for 'unlimited' water supply, often farmers, estates and those with high water need will do this instead of running off a SWW meter. The SWW supplied water is treated in accordance with strict guidelines for mineral content, water from a borehole in a mateys garden isn't. This is way off topic but as I'm talking about Devon alot of people use private uncontrolled boreholes, wells and springs. I am in agreement with you, it may well be a factor. But thats between 2 people, and if you throw JD in the mix who lives within 20 miles or so of the topic starter the theory kinda goes to pot.

True, although it can vary in that water from boreholes down here can be equally as hard as London water. You're right though, I used to live in London and we'd have to get a new kettle every 4 months or so due to the calcium build up whereas down here we have none. JD is from the lovely Whyteleafe which should also have pretty hard water so not sure...

Ha, I just posted a topic on this. Interesting to see you're also having problems. was it a particularly hot day? If its the first time its happened and you live in Spain I guess it must have been pretty damn hot?

Morning all, Anyone from places such as Australia / China / Other hot and possibly humid places shed any light on water bled Maguras having the water expand and lock up due to the heat? Cheers then.

Maguras are a bit of a black art I've found. Theres no particular rhyme or reason why some work and others don't. I've run a water bled magura for about 8 years now and they've all been fine. My current lever is about 5 years old. I use straight up Devon tap water with no fancy antifreeze / DI water or anything.

I like the colour, looks good. Whats the slick / syndicate thing about?

I think I had this when I ran a BB7, I seem to remember I put another washer under the caliper to move it out 1mm or so, and the job was jobbed.

If it needs bleeding, when you pull the lever nothing will happen to the pads until you've compressed the air thats in there, then they'll move. If they move straight away, theres no air in there.

So do I.

Buy cheap you buy twice!

Another thing - 2 people on here could be like "we can both tap 45", both sidehop 40", both hook 60" and both gap 6' " which would make them sound of the same standard, but one might be sketchy as f**k and have no style which can't be put across the internet.

Sweet Monster tee.

I've had a Natwest account for years and never had any problems. Interest rates are shit throughout the board at the moment. Wasn't overly impressed with the Santander customer service. I had a Britannia (building society) Young Persons account for years which was good interest and they were helpful but only had a cash card. If I were you I'd go to your local highstreet and have a chat with the people in the banks there, see what they offer. Useful having a branch close rather than having to travel for miles.

He was using it as an example - thats not what he thinks.

Rohloffs are still (IMO) the best there is. The other double wheeled tensioners (Trialtech / try-all) are about half price and are supposed to work well. I'd go for a short cage road mech locked out over a single wheel tensioner though.

Our little crew down here all ride with bbs under +35, 2 on old Echos, a Yaabaa 1499 (incidentally we all had one of these at one point, excellent frames), a Koxx Purple Sky and an Inspired. None of us get on with high bbs, and have the same problem as you. I liked my old Echo Control 2009, until it snapped. This Purple Sky would be perfect if the tyre clearance allowed the use of a Rain King / Der Kaiser.

Depends what you class as 'good' too. If you spent all day every day doing sidehops you could become 'good' at sidehops within a few months. That doesn't make you a good rider though.

Copthorne Hotel is at the top of the highstreet, next to the big Sainsburys and the opposite side of the roundabout to the train station. The area infront of the hotel is where most rides start, has a load of walls and benches etc.

Kenda Nevegal if my tyre spotting skills are any good.

Why are they a stupid idea? I agree with Ali - They're not for everyone. But there is definately a market for these, especially in mainland Europe where riders tend to be alot more comp focussed than the Brits. I consider myself relitively comp oriented but won't be buying these on the grounds of the high cost relitive to alloy. And they do't have a disk mount. And the weight saving wouldn;t make enough of a difference to me to warrant the outlay.

They can be a royal pain in the arse. Tarty has a vid on how to remove one on their website.

What makes you say that? Alloy and carbon are completely different materials? Alloy loves to work harden (carbon doesn't) and welding causes stress risers (in the brake mounts specifically), obviously carbon doesn't have this issue. I have carbon bars with plenty of small chips / scratches and they have been fine for over a year. Thats what they're doing? Trying a different material with a better strength to weight ratio.

2 wheeled tensioners are much better. Rohloff if you can, if not a Trialtech / Try-all sprung twin wheeled one.