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are there any other companies besides faction that do 22" rims? (strong ones i mean) i doubt it will be better for bmx (at leat for freestyle), but it might be a cool option for short guys like myself that want their street-trials bike to feel even flickier

thought you were a 26" advocate (over 24), that's why o thought you might not like it

http://feelbmx.com/news/22-inch-wheel-bmx-bikes i would definitely try them on a 24" bike to see how they feel.... (Ali C ain't gonna like this )

thanks for the tips! i'll try them out and see if i manage to pull them out...

i love slide outs! too bad i can't do them... for those that are confused, i am referring to the move done when riding fakie and you just turn your front end (without lifting it from the ground) in order to do a sliding 180. what happens is i turn the other way then i'm supposed to. (maybe i'll put a vid up with my failed attempts) anyway, any tips on doing these? thanks! PS: do you change the grip in any way when sliding out?

love the bike and the riding! (and woah about the weight !) how's that tension through filing done? do you fill the extra room with anything? is this also how sean watson gets his tension?

yeah, how 'bout that tension...?

did anyone hear from marino lately? i have been sending him emails for the last month and he didn't reply at all. he was supposed to rebuild one of my frames where he screwed up the geometry, and after he asked me to re-sent him the specifications i didn't hear from him again (although i replied numerous times both on email and facebook). i also saw he didn't post anything new on his facebook page nor on his blog since march . i'm trying to figure out if he's being an a-hole or if he's sick/dead or something...

looks great! nice and clean (could use a shorter stem for my personal liking, but meh..) what's the ratio? is it the 2011 frame? (i also run rear brake only)

good to know actually i think they are quite a different compound, softer and seem to have a different texture (a friend uses these on a smooth rim and swears by them, he's actually the one that recommended these to me) the basic shimano pads on the other hand are probably pretty much the same material and they felt great but did make noise... here's my current build btw, if anyone is interested

pics of current setup on the first post

so...thought to let you know i have swooshy brakes now, so hurray for that! the "winners" are the jagwire basics comp pads. they did squeak at first, then i sanded them down a bit because they were too thick and felt too mushy, and they stopped making that annoying noise. this could be because the surface might not be completely flat anymore, but a bit convex. i'll see in time, after they wore down a bit more, if they start squeaking again (hopefully not), but atm they have a decent hold and they're silent, so i'm happy (still a bit mushy 'though). i got my hands on the RW2s and i'll give them a try as well (without smoothing out the rim). i'll let you know how they work out...

Hi ! since echo started making these spanish isis bottom brackets, which are supposed to be lighter and stronger, i was wondering if frames could suffer a conversion from euro to spanish bb shells. the bearings have an outer diameter of 37mm, and the bb shell of my marino is about 39.4, so this would leave 1.2 mm of steel to keep them in place. not sure if it's enough, what do you think? on an alu frame, there should be a bigger percentage of material left so it should be safer. also, i don't know if the shells of the echo frames are 68mm wide, as are the euro ones, maybe someone can clear this out. mind you, i'm not thinking about this very seriously, i'm quite fine with my current setup, but i found it somewhat interesting. ps: this would be done at a metal shop, where they have the right equipment to make the shell the right size in order to press fit the bearings, i'm not thinking to make this on my own with a drill or something

wow, such great flow... thanks for the link!

i am, but sometimes you need the actual brake, and i try to block it directly and skid, so that it doesn't make a lot of noise (plus it's fun), but it still honks and makes people turn their heads

the rock pads are too expensive for my liking (they also seem to be quite wide which make the brake arms stick out which i really don't like). i don't know if there are differences between the compounds of all these transparent plazmatic pads, but the ones that i have now don't hold well enough on a dead grind and on a fresh grind they are really loud. Maybe i'll try another brand to see if it makes any difference... thanks for the reply! i do have some wrangler pads, but at another location so i have to wait a bit to try them out, but will defiantly do. until then, i put some shimano plain black pads on, with the rim still ground, and they fell great, they seem to hold great as well, but still squeal (less then the plaz ones, but loud enough to be disturbing). I want to make sure i there isn't a way to get a decent sounding brake with a grind before i flatten the sidewalls (besides the rock pads that Seabasss mentioned earlier), so my question would be: can there be a setup that doesn't squeak on a ground rim? I don't mind that it squeaks when i pedal kick but i do mind if it does when i try to slow down while riding. If not, i'll put my faith in Luke and the wrangler pads... PS: my frame is cromo, not alu, if it makes any difference

it's too narrow for the back wheel, i want something around 34-38mm width, but thanks for the suggestion

hey all ! i am interested in the 24 Bicycles Y.M.I.A.B. LT rims but i'm worried the won't stay true, since they are drilled and quite light. i had the trialtech sport rim and it went aut of true frequently and it's really annoying since i keep the pads quite close to my rim. So... did anyone give these a good bashing (including some spins)? how did they hold up? (the YMIAB i mean) thanks a bunch!

Hey all ! I am currently using acor plazmatic pads(im guessing they're similar to the spanish flys and inspired pads) on the back of my 24". the grind on the rim was quite worn and the brake sounded like a "swoosh" (which was a good thing). it had bite but not so great hold so i put on a light grind and now it does have hold but it also squeaks awfully and i really hate if for going around town. I tried it with and without a booster and it's pretty much the same - lound as hell, so my question is: what is a decent combo for having a good brake without scaring people around the street? i am riding rear brake only at the moment so i need a decently sounding brake. a guess would be plazmatics on smooth rim, but i don't know if i can go back to smooth when my rim is already ground, since it won't be perfectly flat and i think the pads won't work as well... thanks for taking a look! ps: i don't ride in the wet

i'd get a perfect (or near perfect) tension with 17:12, and i could also use it on the rear w/ my 23t trialtech sprocket, and get a good ratio. i now have 23/18 and find it too low, and i also want to try ffw again, because i liked the weight distribution better.

So... what's a decent 17t freewheel? Unfortunately i see there isn't much to choose from. at least on tarty there is only the V!Z and the Try-All 108.9. Any other you know? Is the V!Z ok? Do you know where else i could find one (tarty doesn't have them on stock right now) thanks! (i hope the post is not too pointless)

literally the best trials video so far in my opinion. i was thinking of getting a bmx recently, for the versatility. this video made me change my mind.

Hi ! just wondering if sprockets made for fixed gear bikes would work for trials... i think they are narrower, in order to make room for the lock ring, so this would be a minus... any input?

i mentioned something wrong about another frame, in this thred , which i previously linked here, but took it out because he offered to build another frame when i mentioned the head angle. about the trials frame i don't have any complaints, but there were some annoying things about the fork: -the surface on which the headset ring rests was crooked, so i had to shave it at a mill in order to make it perpendicular to the steerer tube -one of the dropouts (or whatever they're called at a fork) was lower then the other so i had to dig into it in order to make the wheel stay at a 90deg angle - the dropouts are 3mm or so wider then they should be which makes it a bit annoying when fitting the wheel. (but even if it has those thick arms, it only weights about 1050g, which is cool) my pivotal mount was taken from an old bmx frame he had lying around. i'm not sure how easy it would be for him to make one from scratch...