Alex Dark

Got bored after work the other day and had nothing to do so had a bash at combining the best BB axle i had ( reset ti ) with the best cups/bearings i had ( echo external ) The idea was to replace the inner sleeves that sit between the bearings and axle ( and cover the outer surfaces of the bearings ) with new Stainless versions ( same as orig. ) that would change the axle diameter from 25mm to the reset's 21.5mm, also to account for the narrower offset between bearings ( by making each top hat sleeve longer by half the difference). Here's the toolpath.... Drilled out to 21~mm then bored out to 21.5mm with a small screwcutting bar. ( left u/s by 0.01mm to be polished out ) turned the inner end to 25mm ( +\- 0.005mm ) allowing the bearings to tap on. External groove to create the chamfer you can see from the outside Parted off at .4 mm o/s Faced to length, then polished to give tap fit onto axle. Finished product; yet to fit and try. For anyone thats interested im a bit of a newb to this, but using an XYZ 425 prototrak. Hopefully give a nice light BB but with decent bearings......if this doesnt work ill just get some Enduro bearings and rebuild it as a full Reset unit anyway. Also modded my Mg1's; didnt fancy cutting or milling the centres but needed them to be more concave...so used a ball nose and removed most of the material and left some nice little grooves for grip

The older z3r is bang on.... The newer one as stated above is too high a bb rise for its wb

Whole bike price, sorry

As above ... Zhi z3r frame , no dents quite a few scratches Tt maggie forks Try all h0le on king singlespeesld rear, sticky lite tyre Try all h0le on monty disc hub, try all tyre Zhi 3d stem Viz pro 720 bars 04 Maguras, rb blades , real cousts, tr mounts Burns with the bash, mg1s Need to know how much I could actually sell this for, cheers http://www.pinkbike.com/photo/9463648/

It's just an oxide coating though ? And as you stated its only a few microns thick.... Maybe enough to help resist scratches but surely not enough to affect the parts core strength unless its mega thin? I know next to f**k all about anodising but im pretty sure dreis are silver, and reasonably sure that even the silver echo bits are anodised to prevent against corrosion?

The try all cranks did also come in black; and no doubt they were made originally in china or thereabouts.

Get some slx cranks ..... Rockshox revelation forks are pretty good; I like my dual airs a lot

They use servowave, so the leverage point "ramps " up toward the end of the lever stroke giving more power and less travel

Looks like someone's college project to me:.... Few solid works renderings and some word art

Hah,Really? Tar always turned lethal when i got it even slightly damp

Ali: I've heard this also, but as no one else lists the durometer I'm a bit stuck.... The maxxis beaver is ideal apart from the hard compound thanks though Small block 8 Is something else I've tried and wasn't too impressed with ( too hard again )

Heyho just looking for some advice; Running a stiky lite rear an stiky front but looking to replace soon. I've been looking fairly fruitlessly on the interweb, especially for a front tyre and have only found 3 that seem to fit the bill..... Does anyone know of any equal alternatives? Ive looked at maxxis, panaracer intense, Hutchinson , continental and michelin ( what's on crc and wiggle anyway ) Front: sub 500gr, 45a or softer durometer, folding bead, 2.0-2.3 Hipefully around £30 Rear : as similar to my old tryall as possible ( probably just get the same again if not ) <£52 Found these: http://www.nextdaytyres.co.uk/details.aspx/CONTINENTAL-RACE-KING-MARK-II-MTB-26/165 which seem the closest so far Cheers

I'm considering the change from 16:14 to 16:13... Still not too sure; here's a calculator for you: http://www.machinehead-software.co.uk/bike/chain_length/chainlengthcalc.html

I'll be making the trip up from Cornwall; have to arrange with our lot whose driving up though. Well looki forward to it though

Actually annoys me this anti halfords shit, fair enough if your branch is full of people that cant hold a spanner, but i know our store has a pretty good BikeHut. Bike looks lush, will be looking into buying a frame i think

I agree with the psychosomatic effect of bigger wheels, I cant go anywhere near as big on mod as i can a stock purely because im lower down and everything looks massive.

They ride so well, hopefully see you out on a ride soon mate!

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I recently got a quote for £50 for a frame to be anodised flat black. Very interested to get my frame done that cheaply though! Might have to send off an email , cheers isitafox

Well I for one am interested in getting a rear rim coated

Looks to be a 150 x 30 with 10mm of stackers...pretty standard fare on an Echo 24. Pretty much what id run, and i wouldnt have said from looking at pictures that the front end is excessively low for you

Echo 2007, and anodised not sprayed

Stiky lite? Pretty much the lighter and thinner the tyre \tube especially sidewall the bouncier it'll be. Also the larger tyre volume helps

The older HS11's were made from plastic Brad? The newer ones are Maguras own proprietary composite...from what I can see the hs33 and 11 are the same material. Edit: some kind of carbon composite, I assume similar to the one used on the MT series of disc brakes.

Quite strange results from that dyno test... the MT8 seemed to fair pretty poorly compared to its lower priced stable mates the same as the elixir range.