TokyoTrials

Top pics are the true colour. My phone wouldn't bring it out in the bottom ones:( Looks better in the flesh:)

Pashley 26mhz and a set of Middleburn RS7's I have recently restored. The frame was originally black with only mild surface damage (no dents or cracks) whilst the cranks were originally black with a blue bashguard. Looks like the previous owner nitromorsed them best they could, but me being a perfectionist had to get them looking mint. That took 4 hours of wet and dry sanding and then polishing to a mirror finish. The frame has been shotblasted and powder coated peppermint green for a retro look with new custom graphics to match the colour of the frame. In time will be building the bike up with matching colour Inspired team forks (longer than normal making the head angle more slack and balanced) and silver components - silver hope pro 2 hubs, silver hope headset, silver hope seat clamp etc. I can honestly say both the frame and cranks now look like they have just come out of the factory:)

Thanks for all the comments guys. Glad you like the bike:)

Believe it or not, but they did everything including stripping and painting the frame and fork for £30! Check their website: http://www.lsn-coatings.co.uk/ They're a really honest powder coating company who will paint your frame to a factory finish! No bullshit! Halifax aint too bad for riding either.

Thanks man. Yeah, that Mavic rim went silver within the first week of riding it. Doesn't really bother me much now.

Call me crazy, but I decided to get creative with my Inspired Hex by very carefully drilling small angled holes in the top tube to allow internal routing of the rear brake cable and create a more clean look. Finally, I had the frame professionally sand blasted and powder coated matt black by LSN Coatings in Castleford, and yeah, they did an awesome job! Some people might say I've weakened the frame by drilling the top tube, but considering the size of the gussets on the Hex, I thought, What they hell. I'm a light, fairly smooth rider. I also stuck an On-One Yorkshire emblem badge on because I'm from Yorkshire:) Pics taken with a Canon 60D 10-22mm lens. BEFORE

Thanks mate. Yeah, the front disc I got cheap as a job lot offer off an ex-display bike. I'm not too fond of the floating rotor either - bit overkill. I'll be getting a standard one later on.

Finally treated myself by building a custom Inspired Hex after 2 years with no decent bike. Spec includes: Inspired Hex Frame. Inspired Element forks (Tartybikes were out of stock of the team forks for months!) More or less the same fork anyway. Chris King Rasta Voce headset. Carbon Fiber headset spacers. Thomson Elite X4 stem - 90mm 10 degree rise Trial Tech High Riser bars. Hope Tech M4 Special Edition front disc brake with 203mm floating rotor. Magura HS33 Trials Edition rear rim brake with Trial Tech booster. Hope Pro 2 hubs(Trials rear) on Mavic X721 Rims(DT Swiss Spokes). I've sanded and polished the rear rim as the black coating wore off within days. Looked awful half black half half silver. Mavic really need to improve the wear of their rim paint if they want them to stay black. Nice and shiny silver now though:) Shimano Saint Cranks with 22 tooth chainring. Trial Tech 16 tooth rear cog - perfect street riding gear ratio - 22-16 Echo Platform Pedals. Kenda K-Rad 2.3 Tyres. Rohloff Chain Device. KMC Kool 1/8 Chain. BMX seat and post. Axo seat clamp. Hope front skewer. Nice long, thin grips. Cost around £1900 to build up.

I'm just gonna do what Ali has done on his Hex and put 2 spacers on the drive side and 1 spacer on the non-drive side as it should be done along with a couple of washers on the axle to space out the chainring. Yeah, the left crank won't go fully, but if Ali has had no problems with his, then I think it should be ok. Failing that I will file down the chainring bolt mounts. Thanks for all your help guys. You didn't need to help me, but you did. Much appreciated

Will do. Thanks. Probably some filling involved.

Pics added gents. As you can see it's a bloody tight fit even with 4 spacers on. Thanks for all your advice There's no one way I could have known they wouldn't fit dude, so it isn't my fault. I bought the 68mm shell version for a 68mm frame. No hard feelings Thanks for stating the facts Chris

I thought about switching it to the 83mm version too, so I tried taking back today, but the guy in the shop said they can't accept it as I have already fitted in on to my bike, but then I tried to explain to them that it is impossible to know this problem without putting on my bike! His response was, "This is Inspired's fault not Shimano's. Sorry we cannot help you." Great customer service eh? I'm going to try and contact Shimano direct and see what they have to say. Thank you for your time and advice

Hi everyone. I have a problem with a Shimano Saint M810-2 Crankset I recently got for my custom Inspired Hex. The shell size on all Inspired frames is 68mm, so I bought the Shimano Saint cranks for this size, however, the 22tooth ring hits the chainstay unless I put four 2mm spacers on the drive side(see pics below), but then that makes the spindle look too short to put the left crank arm on properly (crank only sits 2/3 on) plus it makes the whole crank setup a bit lopsided if that make any noticeable difference in feel? It seems that inspired frames have much wider than normal chainstays. I've been in touch with another guy on here who recently built up an Inspired Skye with custom paint with the same cranks. He said he only had to use 3 spacers on the drive side with no problems whatsoever, so you can now guess I'm a bit confused, so I just want to ask if anyone else has had a similar problem and whether or not the left crank arm is will be safe even though it's not on fully? Am I being paranoid? Cheers

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