ben_travis

disc will be fine its a hope. BUT monty frame will crack. its destined too....

its a tensioner made of fibre glass. how little weight does it need to be? jesus. its just a small component, why worry too much about weight. radical designs are the way forward.

errrr....you not realise that the tensioner design doesnt work so well because of the shape of the aluminum its just a roller attached to a peice of aluminium ( or fibre glass in this case) which attaches to a hanger. the aluminium could be almost any shape you want it to be. i just merely stated that he could have chosen a different shape.

using an adamant 20" freehub. same as a pro II with engagements and im loving it x

may i ask as to why you copied the exact same shape as all the other tensioners similar to that? you could have had any design you wanted. but you chose to copy anothers work?

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MR C, this is correct, it has same thread as the adamant hub im using on the rear, or you could swap the adamant hub bolt out for the mech bolt is you so wish as its suitably long enough....low bars for the win ali. you know it i sidehop to the left (right foot forward), and i dont think a a 135mm wheel would be stiffer. because of the shorter axle there is less leverage, hus being stiffer. I would say anyway. also means there is less stress on the frame i would think.... tell me if im wrong, but im sure im right..

im sponsored by adamant deng sent the 116mm frame, and to combat the issues i mentioned before this is the modification. also this means i dont have any mech hanger to snap!!!!!!!!

and i quote from what i wrote before..... SO.......if i ride the bike with the tightest tension possible it puts stress on the pawls and axle twisting it (I would imagine) thus f**king bearings etc etc but if i dont have it tight tension (without a mech) the engagements dont work as quick. Which could lead to ben travis death (unwanted) this is the most important thing with horizontal dropouts that i dont want to f**k the bearings etc by having too much tension. ALSO mike, yer it bolts straight into the hub....using a standard mech bolt. no drilling no nothing, just some slight taking apart (the same thing you would do to remove mech spring) ALSO im not a weight weenie. who gives a damn about the frames weight. its about making it work........

jake, jake, jake, i meant how do you know that people think he looks stupid on his bike with no seat. it might be the coolest thing going having a bike with no seat..... unnerstand pal? and for you my friend

it would indeed work on a mod bb5 is easily as good as my bb7 perfect for the job, and just as easy to set up..... although id never have a v-brake or anything cable operated on the rear *awaits alic c*

SO.......if i ride the bike with the tightest tension possible it puts stress on the pawls and axle twisting it (I would imagine) thus f**king bearings etc etc..... but if i dont have it tight tension (without a mech) the engagements dont work as quick. Which could lead to ben travis death (unwanted) this bodge eliminates the need for perfect tension because the mech does the job, and the snail cams mean if i get a buckle in wheel and DONT have a spoke key i can still move the wheel and ride my bike. there are reasons for it, also the 116mm stays are stiffer than the 135mm, with the 116mm hub being stiffer as well because of less leverage on the axle (this is all done on the basis of my own opinion, and i feel that 116mm hubs are the way forward because of it.) ALSO yer its a bb5. cos i put the bb7 ont mod we shall see *awaits ali C to slate my bikes again haha*

So I decided i wanted to try a bodge on my bike. I have the 116mm dropout spacing on my bike. i have had no real problem with chain tension at all, but had a sudden idea that i thought would work. AND IT DID... awesome..... [attachmentid=7824] [attachmentid=7825] [attachmentid=7826] [attachmentid=7827] [attachmentid=7828]

thats your own opinion isnt it though...... how do you know that people arent thinking he is the coolest cat on the block

or you could just ride around anyway dragging the brake......unless you want him to look stupid riding in circles for 20mins haha

nice

where in the hell is the link. utube wont work for me

suprised the monty didnt snap on that drop.......

jurassic 5's new album rocks my dirty white gangster wannabe world....

why the f**k do people worry about this kinda shit. JUST RIDE YOUR BIKE. i bet your brake is set up pish.......probably. rim surface wont affect it too much...... not if u set up pads sqaure to the rim

he says he loves you son.....now take him back to your place.

works fine for me on media player...... nice vid beau

yer hopefully soon . im going to take my time with my next video and make it my best, my last few vids have been pretty shitty (IMO) so we will see......

the matt crash picture is fly....i do like it mr singleton. some cool pics, although im not keen on the whole panning while capturing a shot (i.e the blurry background pics) but most are cool.

:$ ta ali. hmmm i will let you know once ive had a proper ride of the lower bb bike. time will only tell i suppose , but my comments still stand above........