Alex Dark

Please vote everyone and help me out

Some of the rotational energy from the wheel spinning on a magura must be dissipated in the loud HONK! ,surely?

That sounds like shite...im sorry, but that just seems impossible. I ran a tensile for about 18months, 1 skip.... If he IS breaking them.....then i suggest he should just jump a little before kicking? Adamnant don't make freewheels, it must have been an echo freewheel rebranded for some reason? no...it really isn't, you will eat shit if you've destroyed 4 of the most reliable freewheels in the world. How hard can you kick?! you must cane the hell out of them.... didn't realise anyone had killed an echo tr, let alone 3?! Also, how is your bb/cranks/chain surviving if youre raping the freewheels so fast? You should consider a career as a freewheel tester at that rate...

Quite like that.....those frames ride fairly well with a decent spec

get a decent freewheel then...some of the harshest riders around use front freewheel. Get a decent tensile and never look back ( unless you get a king like me )

I say import a second hand bike and save a huge amount...

fek that..... Coust cnc on a light grind...no difference in the rain comapred to dry held me up a 40" tap in a downpour so can't be bad

If you made the flange larger then it might be feasible....isn't there a hope hub with a carbon fibre centre?

Why would you want to? Avid do a 140mm i think.....

Frame looks siiiiik, definitely one of the nicest stocks around

Righto, that old time of the year when its about time to start organising the epicness that is the plymouth xmas eve ride As many people as possible should come, even if you're thinking about starting, or have just started etc Anywyas....hope to see a good lot of you there.... Put your name below if you wouldn't mind Alex Dark

Would be a great help to me if as many people as possible could take part in the above poll, as it's a fairly large part of my National Diploma product research. For updates on how the project is going, please check my other thread. As always all comments and suggestions are more than welcome. Thanks, Alex

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oh yes..im having lots of those. Hoping my idea will be revolutionary, my tutor seems to think that the frame will be pretty clever when it's finished. Im just going to use a 128, 68mm bb shell...although it will be fully cad modelled to check just in case

yup...i rode a front freewheel when i did some streetyish stuff. In my opinion i'd run a tensile FFW or a king

Once the pad has been heated the oil goes further into the pad compund, thus ruining the chances of decontaminating it. The rotor should be cleaned with ONLY Isa ( isopropyl alcohol ) what hayes, hope and diatech recommend.

Ideal thanks man, feedback is what i'm looking for I've got an even better idea than that They will be up shortly...having some problems getting the seatstays to surve properly in solidworks at the moment Yep, considered the above as well...so ive come up with a new solution

What a complete heap.... :|

anyone any ideas at all? pictures should be uploaded tonight of cad designs for anyone that's remotely interested

It'll be 6061 or k-alone

righto, just a topic bump as im properly starting my project now. I'll be updating my topic with what i get up to, and what the design turns out like etc for anyone that's interested Any help is more than welcome, and im looking for some ideas / help with the following at the moment: * Material choice still, having talked to my college lecturer i reckon it will be 6000 series aluminium, and hopefully heat treated. * I'm planning on integrating the magura mount into the frame , so the brake will be protected from knocks and hopefully improve performance. * The tubing profile to use Basically any ideas or feedback, and what you'd like to see in a well designed frame. Thanks, Alex

vimeo link Here it is, ride from a few weeks back...edited by Jammy off here All comments welcome as always... Alex

those forged cranks ( echo and trialtech ) seem pretty shite....most seem to strip or die at the splines. Id say go for some echo cncs and keep the eno. The real reason those cranks threaded is the slightly oversized thread that eno use

3 months ago i would have disagreed....now loving the barge though

bit of plate, many holes...and some 13mm head bolts to fit in the troughs of the sprocket. Clamp this in vice then swing off wheel?