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I owned them a few years ago, Stiffys are great too but quite hefty if you like light stuff.

Spike 35s are excellent, I found the newer ones a bit too skinny. Probably not so bad if your'e light, but that extra 5mm width gives a lot of stability.

Yeah I grew up with the Azonic upsweep, so I need it now, anything flat feels too mountain bike.

The Clean bars are good, if they're still made, they're basically Trialtechs + 3 or 4mm, nice upsweep, lasted me well. I never loved Arcade bars, they were necessary on a 24" but I find them way too much on a 26".

Weird, never seen a Hope one break. What a caliper though! So, in summary, just buy the fattest adaptor there is.

Get the wheel as far forward as possible because those are some of the longest chainstays of all time. BB is pretty much dead centre lol.

I can't get enough dark trap / witch house, love it.

Pretty much. But an OLD Saint, new ones seem more fragile. Just find out all the brakes that are powerful enough, then pick the best built caliper, trials is too much for a lightweight/xc caliper. Never seen a Hope Trial caliper break...

Funnily enough, Spode just did this, manly Hope adapter, not so manly caliper.

Anyone know where these are made and if they do custom frames?

I've definitely used Avid before, it's got a disinctive slit type thing on the side where the light is reflecting off.

There are 2 kinds of adapter... If you knowingly use anything like the bottom row you deserve to get injured.

That's a pretty feeble looking adapter. Can't remember, just a generic no name one that's huge, Hope are good too. But I think a fat solid block is the safest bet.

They are, the newer M820 do seem to be weaker, but people broke the M810 too. Calipers will last, it's up to you to support it, that whole area is only as strong as the weakest link.

If you buy a chunky adaptor and use proper washers and bolts you'll never have a problem. I'm heavy, I used 203 Saints for years, never broken a caliper.

Not my bike, just a decent example of a front end.

No it's cool, but a lot of people try and set old frames up like a Hex, when the frame is nothing like a Hex. 400mm is huge by today's standards, even 390mm is pretty much unacceptable. Your frame will benefit from a short, low stem, around 90mm, 2 inch risers. Pretty much what they were designed for.

No it's cool, but a lot of people try and set old frames up like a Hex, when the frame is nothing like a Hex. 400mm is huge by today's standards, even 390mm is pretty much unacceptable. Your frame will benefit from a short, low stem, around 90mm, 2 inch risers. Pretty much what they were designed for.

It's not just that, you have 20mm of spacers too, these old bikes are sluggish with long chainstays and low bottom brackets. The standard back then was pretty much 90 x 10, 2" risers and hardly any spacers.

That's a seriously high front end for a very dated frame.

Lol, pretty much. I've lost a couple from 2003 - 2005 that I really liked, just gone. Life is brief.

*Learns footjam whip....yeah that warrants a video! To be fair, a lot of people had no camera 20+ years ago, and if you did there was nowhere to put a video, my first actual video is still on an 8mm tape, I can't actually watch it.

Ha, cheers, yeah I think I remember the ride. Well the video says 2000/2001 but it's whenever Dave Dennis filmed the east coast trials video, maybe 2002. As this is my section from it.