Alex Dark

Too much.....would have looked better if you stripped the wheels down too Hardly bad though dude,

They have the same steerer system as the older onza smart guys. I'd hardly call it a custom design. The dropouts are completely identical to the viz from what I can see... The legs are the same shape as the Viz and have the original " ripple technology " onza used years back.....they may use a thicker tubing, I'm not sure. I DO agree they are VERY good forks, and I like my Viz VERY much.....I refuse to admit that they're a totally original design though

I haven't but a fair few people seem to ride them nowadays.... Ye, they are a shallow taper steerer from the viz's too....shapes from the fly guys though?

Exactly...silly money for forks..more weight, more bulk, more to go wrong.

I agreed with you there OBM I just said that the RRP is too high for some people to justify. Too true on the looks front, I prefer the Lites on a mod and some TT's on a stock Hmmm, why not? Loads of people are running them reverse mount with vee daptors

Because Trialtech mod forks are ugly....and they're both VERY expensive. don't get me wrong, love me Viz forks which are pretty much TT's but they are a lot to blow. Edit: They are definitely stronger, but it's just hard to justify I reckon. If they were sub £100 they'd sell a hell of a lot more, but I guess that's not about to happen

| \/ Roadie grip tape...problem sorted

The limey 3 and 4 stocks both ride really nice, very upright on the back wheel..and cockpit feels pretty damned long. The 320 is miles ahead of the older limey mod as stated above.... The topic starter has agreed to buy on of those green and white thingies so a bit late to ask I reckon haha

Pretty much standard Onza build....much prefer your skull, the Limey I rode was really horrid, not a fan at all.

Green and white...limey 2 mod isn't it?

Definitely not "ridiculously easy" I always have a load of hassle getting it perfect.... Have to agree with you there though! Sealed bearings are cheap as buggery anyway.... What hub is it?

I haven't had too many problems whacking rotors or callipers to be honest...but: The larger rotors will exert more force on your forks likely causing them to crack sooner than if a smaller, say 6" rotor is used. This completely depends on your style and ability though The Clim8 brakes are aimed at XC/ freeride and so probably won't have the bite and hold that we require in trials....again depending on your riding style though. The larger the rotor the more brake there is to hit basically... Triple pot systems are only really of any advantage when going downhill fast and heating the brakes...because the heat is spread across all three pistons it's less likely to heat up so much that brake fade is incurred. The larger rotor will obviously weigh more than the smaller one...along with the adaptor.

Zona frame by far...but Zoo for the spec Edit: I wouldn't buy a complete zoot personally...and those Tosxin frames don't look particularly inspiring to ride Any chance of getting that Zenith off ebay?

OH yes....the Zeniths ride amazingly, loved mine with a passion

Sony Vegas pro 9 that's what he used a while back anyway

Well got the bash finished today at long last....I reckon it looks pretty good, think im going to skin another 2mm off the top face ( still 10mm thick now..so wayyyy over kill in my eyes. Damned light though, bang on target at 74gr bash only with a good 10grams of material still to be removed. The Hi-ten bolts and now drilled sprocket ( another 5 holes still to go in ) weigh in at 82grams....so hardly weighty. At the moment the whole bash with bolts is grams.... compared to the cloud9; pretty damned good! The Tnn alloy set-up is 39g, pretty amazing, but alloy ring which I personally wouldn't trust my face with The steel set-up is 120g so I guess that's the target for mine Have to consider that mine is over twice as thick as the TNN! Same as the Cloud9 really... I know that I can comfortably get it to around high 50gr, and the cog down to around 70 something. Anyway, enough jibber-jabber....pictures are below

Looks wayyy better than the Zona, very smart

Should come down to Plymouth tomorrow to ride with me

Whole bike just looks incredibly crudely machined....

Hardly the end of the world to put them in CNC backings is it? Bike looks aight...much prefer the real bike

Wooo ... Tarty endorsement

Yup...better still use a nice reasonably soft thick walled alloy tube closest as possible to the headset size, ensuring maximum contact area when you twonk it one....always remember to tap alternately as to eliminate the risk of flaring

Weight at this point was 114.2gr....almost halving the original Here shows the conversion from full to half ring...hacksawed roughly to remove most of the material, then finished off with a 6mm cutter. Same as above, but shows bash bolted to rotating bed. Here is the final picture for now....bash has been milled and lathed to give a fairly nice half bash shape, the 'flick' at the end of the bash needs milling, along with the slot on the upper side. Also the spider mounts need removing, leaving enough for the cog to rest on ; eliminating the need for spacers Hope you guys like, the final product will be all fly cut then milled to give a nice cd like finish . Aiming for around the 85 gram mark, bash only Yeh man I'd be up for that, tell me what foot forward and anything you want done to it Really sussed out how to do everything now, could probably make the next one more accurately and in half or less of the time. Cheers dude They're ace, I'm still pretty much a complete novice, but love working with machines like this.... Should be finished byt tomorrow * fingers crossed * then I'll have pictures on the bike too.....Just need to drill the bloody cassette cog, standard HSS bits just aren't cutting the mustard / cro-mo Any tips? Maybe Cobalt cutters?