Alex Dark

bike looks pimp, i miss the everything colour-coded and anodised days...nowadays all the bikes look pretty boring IMO

Ah touche, could be a bit of a problem then...errr, polish then slightly larger o-ring i guess then, hopefully you wont get a noticable amount of piston slop? Suppose it depends how much material you need to move from the bore in order to make it smooth and thus water-tight.

Like everyone's said, go second hand....I built all my bikes up from second hand parts and saved a bundle. Also got the advantage that you know every nut and thread of your bike, pretty invaluable knowledge in my experience.

Right, so to single-wall my echo rim i used: 4" angle grinder with thin metal cutting disc ( 2-4mm ) flat file coarse sand paper ( 100 grit ~ ) fine sandpaper ( 200 grit ~ ) Put the wheel in a pair of forks/frame; now get someone to hold he opposite side of the wheel and to help turn it. Start cutting on one side of the inner skin, make a half depth cut all the way around the wheel on one side, then do the other side half-way through as well. Make the final cut on the first side all the way through the skin, i made around 8 diagonal cuts across the skin so the inner wall came out as several pieces, not just one continous strip. Now cut all the way through on the second side. Finish up by removing any large protrusions with the grinder. Note: Care must be taken not to hit the small lump near the braking surface, its a hollow structure, that is quite important to strucural integrity. the rough cut rim now has to be de-burred with the file, using long strokes and concentrating on any really rough areas, go around the whole room removing scurf until its all fairly even, and you can run a piece of tiolet/tissue paper around the cut edge without it snagging. I then finished it off with the heavy grade sand paper to give a clean finish , then used the fine grade to get it pretty much completely smooth. A reasonable amount of skill with a grinder is needed, along with a fair bit of patience.From start to finish this took me around 45mins for a front dual wall echo 07 rim. That wheel has been ruin for around 7 months with no punctures as yet. Any more help needed, just PM me...im singlewalling another echo rim quite soon so im sure i can help To save weight....and remove unnecesscary material. Also saves a fair whack of money compared to buying one of the new fancy Hole rims.

Pictures are the only way, else we'll just be stabbing in the dark.

He's on about using the water pressure to bleed the brake. A similar system is used for car clutches/brake systems i believe. To be honest, i would have though a bath bleed is both easier and less inclined to get you soaking ( if the hose comes off the x-over ). If you want to bleed on the bike, a syringe would no doubt be easier. Also, wouldn't there be a fair amount of air in the water?

nope wouldn't have thought so....I think you need the mk3's to actually make any noticeable difference

:| to be fair, that frame with basically dj components is hardly worth a bomb is it? I mean the maguras will only add £30 or so onto the value.

I've just been given a mk1 dengura body too...im planning on honing the bore, polishing it and making a new aluminium piston for it

Because my friend, your brake is working Nah, its just the power of the brake that makes it squawk. Normally a good indicator that the brake is working though, If youre that bothered a booster can dampen the vibrations that causes the noise. What pads do you run?

Erm, yeh id say long.... i ride an 1100 long coustellier ( pretty much the longest stock available? ) and im only 5 10" so yeah id say a long... around 1080+ length id say

*Sun rims? Basically mountain bike parts.... I'd say around £150 max, what hubs does it have?

I personally only buy second hand...and id build it from scratch..ive built all 5 of mine like that and saved a bundle

front vee...lighter works just as well I started off on stock....just got a mod for messing round on, if your small mod would be easier to learn on...as you're 6 2" id say stock to start

yupppp £79 i think?

Im assuming around £150...get us a spec list and youll get a decent valuation Trials parts? or just random mtb parts?

TNN LGV's Looks pretty lush, were the long stays on the proto? Far too long for my liking on paper..... Proto felt lush to ride though.

yep ive had the same problem..its hwen the frame has a really low standover height, so the slaves have to be more angled....only thing i can suggest is to use larger spacers, and bolts

depends how hard you bash it

erm more of an american thing i think...means the same thing really

truth..you need mineral oil

If the boy wants to do it then fair enough

post up a link of the video in NMC

weird ass front brake setup...but hey, id just go front vee if i were you bike looks miiiiint though, ive got one of the fluo yellow ones in my garage, really nice...quite similar to a monty geo if i remember correctly?