Haven't been riding half as much as I'd like , but put together some end of summer / autumnal clips on the echo 24.
Anyway , hope it's to someone's liking ..... Cheers, Alex
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I quite liked the Breath frame, a little short for its BB height but quite a flicky fun bike. The new "control" would be my bet though, with some Trialtch High-rise bars.
1.9tdi are generally the better engine than the 2.0tdi. Passats, a4's and superbs all have known problems circa 05-08. Later common rails are supposed to be solid.
Id be looking at an Audi A4 b6 1.9tdi sport 130bhp, one of the best vag derv engines they made.
In my mapped 6l Ibiza 1.9tdi ( 135 ish from a 100bhp ATD ) I'll never see less than 53 mpg and up to 60mpg.
Press fit is a great idea in my opinion , if it works fine for headsets and even 10 year old frames that have had multiple headset changes are still going , then bottom brackets should be fine.
In reply to jeff, exactly what mark said haha
Cheers dman
Built it and give it a pasting yesterday and seems all gravy. Loads stiffer than the tr it replaces which is always nice, and far better chain line
Soooo, front hub mk2 has been pretty well beaten and still very much in one piece so cue rear hub mk1!
Widest flange spacing I could reasonably get away with ( whilst being symmetrical )
M10 ti fun bolts
7075 for shell and axle and spacers
28/30 carbon fibre shell
Vudu glu to stick it all together
Side hops in my opinion are largely down to how
Much fast twitch muscle
You have , most of the best riders of the world go from a normal position to fully preloaded to extended in a very short amount of time.
6082 is the uk equivalent of 6061, far lower strength than 7075 that most trials frames are made from.
you'll buy at t6 temper presumably but after welding will be at t0 at the haz ( heat affected zone ).
Without heat treating the area around the welds will be significantly weaker due to the rapid cooling of the metal resulting in the crystalline bonds in the metal not aligning correctly.
Pretty sure I'm right in saying that.