Matt Burrows

I don't think you'll find much difference between the two, I haven't noticed anything in Magura disc brakes which I've bled with Shimano oil. But it won't do any harm, and if you don't want to use water you might as well try?

You really don't wanna go in the summer, it's too hot to ride! May should be fine, even in March the sun is pretty hot when it comes out. Does anyone remember 2007? We had almost a full week of sun and were riding without tops it was that warm.

Yeah those are the most important differences I've found. I found rear V great for comps last year and didn't suffer from any arm pump. I also love the extra modulation for street. It makes you feel a much smoother and stylish rider when you can roll up and over things, without having the brake either bite and stop you dead or squeal like a pig. I think for any rider below expert level maggie will probably be better just for the added confidence a sharp brake gives.

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Staying at home, going to Buthiers in May

That would be

Sack off the pallets, thats probably the best thing you can do. Go ride with new people in new places, nothing will help you improve more

Yeah its down to the wheel design, probably a combination of offset rim drilling and small gap between hub flange and disc mount. The only option is to space out the rotor, then add a spacer onto the end of the axle. Obviously this is not ideal, and will only gain you 1 or 2 mm extra clearance Edit: Muel beat me to it

Sounds spot on. I think freestyle would be better. Speed trials can be fun but I think it would be very hard to make a course that is fair to all riding styles. Whereas in freestyle, you can have trials and street obstacles with ramps, and then it is just down to the rider to spot the lines. I thought the Nass '05 course worked really well and was great fun!

Yeah what Ian said . Its all about holding your weight on your arms and over the bars. I find it pretty hard work on my arms, so it may take a lot of practice to build the strength up. I learnt squeakers first, they're certainly the easiest trick to learn. Then went on to learn nose wheelies by riding forwards, popping an endo, and pulling back as the rear wheel came down to start moving backwards, doing a quick reverse pedal stroke and then flicking the rear end up and hey presto your nose wheeling. I find this is the easiest way into them, and is better than doing a squeaker and then trying to get your feet back on the pedals. Doing a 180 endo and then rolling backwards into them is good for the extra speed. Doing a g-turn into nose wheelie is a much harder move requiring either a decent slope or high speed and big balls. I'd say that was the hardest out of all of them to do properly. Also I'd recommend to practice going over the bars and jumping off onto grass for the extra confidence and bailing ability. Oh and it will be much easier to learn any of the above on a nice downhill slope

Found that a bit disappointing really. It came across as a pretty amatuer show that was lacking in content and direction. Way too many filler shots for my liking, lots of montages and repeated clips, and overuse of fisheye for trials moves. I thought the interviews were too short and unstructured, and it made everyone come across as a bit lifeless. I thought Aaron Chase was the most interesting guy so far, he had energy and enthusiasm and actually spoke to the camera! If everyone was like that and there was a bit more thought about where the interviews were going and what they wanted to do with the show, it could have been soo much better!

You're sponsored by a person Does he give you free hugs when you ride good or something

That's retarded . Frame material accounts for only a fraction of the overall cost and performance of a frame. If all your doing is guessing at geometry, welding random tubes and then field testing with consumers then your statement may hold some truth. This is pretty much what Deng has done with his business. He started by making terrible frames but quickly adapted them to meet the needs and demands of riders. He does make original components and have his own ideas now, but these are still largely market tested. His original frames were blatent rip-offs of other manufacturers sucessfull designers. Compare that to the latest Koxx Sky 26". We first heard of these bikes at Koxx days 2008, and saw them being ridden and tested by the worlds best riders in 2009. Only now are they available to buy. Two completely different approaches to frame design and manufacture. If you're not prepared to pay more than £300 for a frame then fair enough, but to say anything more is a rip-off is just wrong. On the subject of this frame, I think its great. As a hard rider I'm glad to see a frame with a bit of meat and proper geometry. Choice is good, don't knock it until you've tried it people!

Cool glad you got it sorted, a perfect bleed always feels good

Yeah, that's the main reason I'd like to be able to use the system on my stock. Steel for practice and ti for comps. Doesn't really make that much sense in making light compy parts just for the 24" market, so I'm hoping Deng does plan to use these on other frames

Yes there are always threads in the news or website updates sections to let people know

We will know as soon as they are added to the site, probably not until late Jan

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The cameras used will effect the end quality as well. I.e 'Knowing' may well have been filmed with Red cameras, and if it was it would certainly look better

That's cool, I love my Short Adamant so much I bought 2. Do you know if yours is the low or high BB model? They both look identical just one has a +20mm and the other has something like +60mm BB. Obviously if its the high BB model then you will need a much higher bar height to match. I'm running Trialtech forks (longer than Zoos) and Trialtech bars (maybe an inch higher than czars) plus 10mm of stackers, and thats on the low BB frame! Have tried maaaany different set-ups on this frame and that is by far the best I've found, although if yours is a high BB model it might need something else entirely. But yeah I'd just try to raise the bar height first, some high rise bars like Trialtechs can make a big difference. Hope that helps

You just poor fluid in to fill the bore before fitting the piston. Its a bit awkward being a 1 piece caliper but shouldn't be too hard, just might be messy

I'm running Magura black pads on a worn down grind on my 24", is surprisingly good for street and completely silent

Well its certainly cheaper and simpler if you have no syringe. Although funnily enough Hope bleed a lot of their brakes from the caliper up at the factory as its more reliable and quicker. Which piston do you mean, the inner one closest to the wheel or the outer one with the bore cap? Yeah it could be perfect for moto gear, but push bike brakes are not the same. What grease do you recommend? You can use silicon lube, but if you have a sticky piston that won't return this can often have the opposite effect to what is wanted. If the piston is too well lubed then the seals don't grip it, and the pistons won't return. Which leads to a dragging brake and a lever that barely moves before it bites.

We could do, but what would be the point? Most external BBs are crap and to get something good you have to spend £65 on a Hope, which is only for the bearings and cups. The only reason those BBs came about was because the standard BB shell is too small for todays riding, and has been for many many years. The only trials company to show any movement on this front are Deng's new 24" frames with spanish BBs. Almost all high end MTBs are moving to integrated and over-sized BB designs with press fit bearings, for use with 24mm and 30mm axles.