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I do comps, lots of static gaps, sidehops etc big ups to back, rolling gaps... never any problems.

But they were on slicks for 80% of the race.

Toni Bou's got him beat though!

Ahhhh... so there was some reason to his madness. Gotcha.

Thanks?

Exactly. Yesterday was the first show of a new series. I missed the first 10 minutes but the only cars I saw on the entire programme (I think) were the reasonably priced car and Oliver.

Doesn't work. Not that I've run one because every single one I've ever seen is full of stiff links. However, everyone I've spoken to about them say lubing and cleaning does sweet fa and that they have stiff links from new, even with the nice thin assembly oil they come coated with. So no, not common sense! You seriously must be doing something wrong then. I've run purely Kool's on my trials bikes (plural) for about 7 years and never snapped a single one. Replace them every 6-8 months if I remember and just never have problems.

Also, Top Gear used to be a motoring program where they tested cars and gave advice and information on useful stuff. Now I still enjoy them thrashing the pants off of supercars and Ben is an absolute legend (and, so I'm led to believe is a really nice down to earth guy). However stupid staged races etc was funny a couple of years ago but it's now just getting silly.

I was also told by someone (currently working alongside them) at the weekend that they're all really up their own arses, which I expected of Clarkson but thought the other two might be a bit more down to earth. Ah well, will keep watching anyway in case anything interesting gets tested but they really need to go back a step and reconsider where the programme's heading I think.

Got to be a 30 tooth ratchet, 8 pawls running in pairs to get the 120 EP's.

All his listings have been removed... wonder if he actually made any money out of it or whether the weird Paypal 'payment holding scheme' thingy might actually have helped some people?

But it can't be because it's running twice as many pawls as the Hope in a similarly sized shell. The Hope has 48 EP's. A Chris King has 72. Is there really any need for 120?! Fair enough if it works but if it was that easy surely Hope would've been doing it in all their hubs for the past 10 years...

So you asked whether he was getting one... implying that you're interested/care what he's changing to. So why get kinda shitty with him when you asked? Meh.

To be honest, the last few races Lewis has really seemed to go off the boil a bit. I imagine he just hasn't had the car under him but a few times he just seems to have struggled far more than you'd expect for no apparent reason. So glad the Ferrari International Assistance didn't get its way in the end though.

QFT.

They're not really replaceable bearings, just sealed. If you take the bearings out you'll be able to order new ones and fit them yourself but for the sake of maybe £10 for the bearings or £15 for new pedals I know what I'd do...

Who thought it was impossible? I'd guess kind of unnecessary and possibly unreliable due to the requirement of small pawls and springs in such a small diameter hub shell.

Width makes no odds. Strength is exactly the same, only the pin and barrel length is increased on the 1/8" chain so you gain nothing except extra mass.

That's weird... just tried to buy 510 and it came back with:

Nah, 'cos the majority that have been 'sold' so far he's bought himself and I doubt he'll pay up...

Almost worth someone buying the remaining 510 in one go just to get the arse out of there. Although anyone who's buying expecting to receive a PS3 is deluded in the first place...

His feedback... he's buying loads of them himself to send the real ones saying it's a scam to the second page. Cheeky little ****er.

El Gato's were really good (at the time) but just too narrow. Also not much in the way of puncture protection. They've been unavailable for a good few years I believe.

Couldn't happen to a nicer bunch of people. I imagine the reaction of the FIA behind closed doors would've been similar... Mwahaha

You may also struggle to lift your bike up a curb if you fit one .