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+1 for the passion thing. if they have a love for the art, it will oose out of them the second you get talking. BTW it also is my opinion that blow torches and grinders do not belong, nor is there any need for them, in a bicycle service shop. such tools would make me go 'nah, y'know what, i'm gonna go somewhere else,bye'. May I ask, After the blowtorch incident, how come you went back? Desperation?? You could learn how to do wheels yourself really easily. Me mam bought me this book as an 18th present purely for the wheel section, as it was the only thing left I felt I needed to learn to be totally self-reliant. Example website I'd strongly recommend you did the same, no more LBS related headaches!

There is a precedent for the lefty fork (Cannondale) and the single side swingarm (Ducati, Honda NC30,RC30 ect.) from which I guessing inspiration was taken, yes. But never in trials, possibly for good reason, mabye not. I'd love a go on though, I think it looks the muts nuts. Thinking the frame may have been built like that though, not butchered, not sure. BTW is it yours? or an internet find? EDIT: Balls, adam sniped me. EDIT 2: That's a one off hub too surely. That's cool in itself. or to me at least. Adam, you've got a lathe and nohow, get it copied.

On this note, tarty's chain page says that flipp runs a 510HX. If that means owt anyway (showing its strength i mean.) Just buy a tank, two of my friends run them and three of the bmx lot at the local park were converted the second they looked at one in the flesh. Aside from the stiff links big chains naturally get (KHE collapse's did the same and I had four of them, a firm TF favorite too) the tank should be/will be/is the last word in chains

Someone on here (a certain member of the clean regular who may or may not have a skye complete ) poked holes in a comment i made the other week by telling me that I wasn't trying hard enough in my riding if I wasn't snapping stuff, the same stuff that was top of my budget when I bought it and can now ill afford to replace. But what do I know? I don't try hard enough... EDIT: I must concede in the midst of all this sarkyness that I do have lazy periods (don't we all though) and then days where I consider myself to be 'on it'. Usually coinciding with a trip away, breakfast monster (the one on the train at around half 8), sunshine and lots of riding happening around me.

wanted to some upload photos, but the files are too large so... Off the top of me head; Because stock forks - cracked Onza Zoot complete - bent bars, blew D/S BB bearing, blew FFW up so it went both ways, snapped frame it around three 1/2 months due to material defect. Meta isis - snapped Onza pedal cage - snapped DMR v8 axle - bent/nearly cracking Echo 6061 forged/old TR cranks - pedal threads Phase bars off a 1.2 I bought complete for £75 - snapped - but were preowned and abused, lasted a year or so. aforementioned Phase 1.2 frame - used it of 1 or 2 light set up rides, took it to morecambe and snapped it in around 8-9 hours! RST guila t7 suspension forks - snapped the crown Few more too as well

mags are a fair weather thing for me. Its good at the mo, powerful (HSB yellows sorted that), stiff (t/tech 2 bolt and a fourplay'll do that) so it's all good. BUT... When it plays up it'll do things properly swollen pistons/leakages/TPA failure/bust main or CO hose etc. or it breaks like the master cracks again.(its cracked once already and was saved by the cut mod) The pre-set V will go on and i'll have a look at a later, when i can be arsed, date in time. the above statement shows how confident i am about mags. They are not the be all and end all. EDIT: just noticed in the topic headline that you mean a race line. Old mag 33's such as this are much better IMO. they suffer little cracked masters like 05 style since they do not share the design and subsequent stress riser, The pistons seem to like put up with water better. And my mate rob L's front r/line must have outlived 3 or 4 05 style masters in the time he had it, even with that silly RB blade he put on. eww.

trialsaddict has them, not cheap though.

Are they on sale as a fork-only now? can't see them on RnRbikes ot tartys yet.

stuff is all good then.

I'd love to. but newcastle is £55 train plus hotel. Is shipley glen feasibly trainable?? I'd don't mind riding some distance, mile or 3 mabye. Beyond that It's hoping I can get a lift to radfest.

not on purpose. whoops! he he

'Taking a crack' here but 128mm like most setups?? running a 68mm BB without the spacer that's usually supplied with BBs.

As someone who owns both xc and pro2 hubs, the end caps (hope call them hub spacers on the parts list) are different so I doubt the pro2 caps would fit. The disc side one looks similar, but the d/s one is completely different. As for the axle, the ID of the hub shell bearings is way smaller, and pro2 bearings won't fit because the OD is bigger than the XC hub shell by a long way. Hope i've understood what you meant. EDIT: your 3 penny washers idea seems solid, just make the outside edge about 3mm the just like a snail cam and i'd imagine that'd work.

No blackpool? Would have thought someone would have thought about the moon rocks? It's the only feasible comp for my travel wise. Hope tyketrial include it in their calendar...

any reason you lads wouldn't come up north again? Really would like to ride blackpool again and you lads seem like a great crack

Giro section Mine feels lighter than a beany hat. Less invasive too. 40 quid. Was a top find. Would probs buy i the POC mentioned above if money was no object, but it was twice the price.

As above though this will put it in pictures. It's mint as a visual aid http://alex.phred.org/stemchart/Default.aspx

My standpoint exactly.

It's something I must not notice. Though my SL using friend has said similar when I (Lightly) teased him about his tight spot/fixie SL and how he should of never sold the pro 2 to me. Anyway its only my opinion.

I had Two TR72 clicks and they were sorted as, for 40 quid. Please start making that again... And the cost of a well made freewheel too high??? explain the 130 odd quid for a Echo TI. If people pay for that then surely freewheel that worked and didn't break in half, wouldn't be any trouble to sell. Though at that price range I'd buy invest in Hope's very fine Pro2EVO. Hands down.

Of course. To Adam (or TB person using Adam's account) What would happen if this happened twice in a row like it did to my aforementioned friend?? I presume you would only warranty once and the customer would be left outta pocket? I mean, you couldn't keep replacing freewheels surely? that's not sustainable.

I was reminded last night that my mate Gaz had one of the silver ones do this last summer (2011). He believes (as do me and another riding mate) that when echo changed the design my machining out that bit of metal to convert 8 prongs into 4 prongs on the center, that they are now weak and have never been the same since. (center bodies splitting now seems routine with SL's) As for the outer teeth splitting into quarters, I expect that from dicta's and welded ACS claws. I thought things had moved on over the last couple of years??

I once asked ben when I was at a Kendal ride a few years back, 'those bionic forks any good then mate? not seen them be used before.' he replied 'Well I've had them on two week an' they've not snapped yet, were doin' big 'ooks last week too...' he proceeded to then do a rather large side to back and even bigger drop gap on the other side. Good to see more footage.

I remembered a part of a fork getting a little close to body parts... but obv not the specifics. My point about being a good proto basher is still true though.

I side with the freehub these days (Pro 2 on the fourplay, if I go stock it'll be a hope, mod it'll be profile and modstock it'll be a profile) because I genuinely believe they will out outlive one of the current crop of freewheels due to their ability to be freely serviced. Hubs seem to have a more solid feel too, guessing because of no flex in the body of the freewheel, just a solid sprocket and chain stretch. And the parts that are most likely to break are available from the hope dealer 3mins round the corner for less than 15quid, not £40-£65 from away for a new freewheel , Very handy at 4.55 on a friday night. Either one is just a temporary solution to the permanent problem of the drivetrain taking the brunt.