Alex Dark

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Certainly am Erm, well in their eyes its fine as it is....however, as im building it i want it done to the best level possible. Any suggestions you have are more than welcome dave

I'll text you now hombre Final Render of Bottom Bracket Different Enironment Headtube Rendering

Yerp was my reckoning as well.....It;s still very much on the drawing board though; so any improvements are more than welcome.

Hmm, everyone seems to prefer the reverse mount I'll see i guess. Managed to get the steerer at an angle thanks to you Came through again thanks very much dude, was looking for this for me research

If they're reverse mount I reckon it makes sense. I've seen at least 3 pairs cracked at the top of the magura mounts. a ) nope, seems to be in fashion for natty stock riders at the moment b ) People seemed to be ridiculed for posting up snapped forks recently c ) To an extent....

heh yes I need to ask my lecturer how to create a plane at a tangent so i can angle the legs away from the steerer

Forks here:

Got me heart set on horizontal plus...even if it was vertical, if different rims were used the pads may still not hit the rim in line. Ah no problemo , thanks for your help Dave

Ah, I was planning this...but then realised if the axle is used in the horizontal dropouts, the wheel will move in relation to the brake mount I know

Ah, I see what you mean. Those two pieces of plate will be welded together before being welded into the frame. surely it would be able to be welded? hmm..ill check Thanks

As in on the chainstays themselves? or the bb shell? Point taken.... Where are the V shaped slots ? We talking U profile here?

New filleted BB yoke EDIT: Rainbird grammar check

loads of riders in Cornwall, and some in Devon? Anyway, get out to the Xmas eve ride at Plymouth... you'll meet mucho people

New screenshot of magura mount with clamps. Yeee, i was planning on welding the two together, lathing the bb shell in one go, milling the slots then later milling the yoke separately. Well, the idea is to have seat stays that directly reinforce the magura mounting area. Ill bang up some more cad pictures in a moment to illustrate Righto I'll re-do that now Thanks for the feedback Guys. EDIT: I reckon the gap between the plates that the magura clamps fit into could be decreased? hmmm...any ideas folks?

Rear magura.... echo brakes tend to part company with their fluid pretty quickly

Sure would, toying with a few ideas at the moment Touche, Just googled it and you;re right Ah, I hadnt actually noticed how sharp it was I'll get right on that cpt. Thanks very much dude... Here's the new BB yolk. Pictures of forks will be up shortly.

Dude, come on....there's a picture just below it with a toptube I'm putting in a seat-tube as well...just not so sure how i want it to go. Maybe coustellier style, or possibly a la rockman slate. Geo is 1085, +35, 380, 71.5 ....so far anyway Ill bang up a picture of the magura mount with the slave in if i have time today Max

Damn straight....urbans, or lites. Or if you've got the money viz forks. Love me stock ones.

Right...so here we are after a massive bump. Projects stands thus; * Bottom bracket, Magura mount and all tubes barring seat tube fully cad modelled * Pages and pages done on aluminium research with the conclusion that the 6000 ( 6061 ) aluminium will have to undergo 2 heat treatment stages to regain it's t6 temper. * Magura mount has been fully designed, and tested on CAD Attached are pictures of the BB yolk, Magura mount system, Frame assembly ( very rough ), dropouts and headtube. Tomorrow I'll have the first proper part assembly renderings finished. All comments welcome, especially possible improvements.

haha was that filmed in Plymouth....? Looks like a right heap, lateral stiffness=nil

Less flicky..... for sure. 26" at 1030-40 odd would be shit, basically an onza woodstock length?

Meh, why not just get hold of a Zebdi? or short levelboss or the like.....cheap as anything, fairly readily available

It is heavy when its that expensive....lets be honest, that frame is going to be bought by people that care about weight isn't it?

Meh bugger that, i Just ride trials once a week....do next to no exercise, and never been gym