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My god I wish we had something like that in the High Peak!

I'm changing the entire front end of my zenith (forks, stem and bars) as it feels far too low for me and just not right and was looking at these system ex stems tartybikes have got. Thought it my do the job for me as they are high rise and come in some good lengths but I just wanted to see if anyone has an opinion on them before I splash out, pref one of the tarty boys?? So you know I've currently got some Viz forks, trialtech sport forged stem and zoo risers which will be going for some Urbans, possibly this stem and I'm not sure which bars yet as I'll probably have to go 2nd hand due to a lack of funds!

I feel exactly the same when I ride my stock which is why I'm changing the entire front end, forks, stem and bars, to go for a high rise stem and some decent riser bars to get some height at the front. I believe that there's someone on here, maybe more, who rides with a mod stem on his stock so it's not unheard of to have a long high front!

Go 2nd hand, you can pick up a hope for next to nothing! I've got one on my mod and one on my stock and they were both £30 when I bought them!

I should really start trying this as it's one of the things I've been putting off!

Python? Timeless classic!

Glad this has been stickied! Some good clips showing already!!

Magic iso used to do it for me but can't remember if its free anymore

Get both? That way you've got trouser and frame protection, then when you're a bit more confident and experienced you can ditch the plate and stick with just the ring!

No real difference other than an odd few mill difference in how much they can adjust by. The only thing to notice is the Echo SL ones are drilled for a 12mm echo SL axle specifically. Edit: Spelling!

Yeah that headset will be fine, what are you struggling with about snailcams??

£30??!!!!

You need to boot the laptop up and go into the bios settings as it loads and change the boot option from the hard drive to the cd drive, stick the disc in and restart and that should sort it. Just out of interest how come you don't like W7??

Got some of the higher rise zoo bars on my stock which will be goin on this when I get some bits sorted for that.

You're best starting on a 20", probably an onza for your first bike but don't get a rip! The rear wheels on the rip are 20" compared to 99% of other mod bikes which run 19" rear wheels which make it extremely hard if you want to keep the bike and upgrade it! How much money you lookin at splashing out on your first bike?

Oh yes, need loads of height on that front end!

There's loads of factors which make each individual thing different. Depends on the run up to the object, how high it is, how much room there is on top, what you plan on doing when you get onto it, what you in particular are best at doing, the list goes on. I personally tend to find if it's something quite high, say 3ft+, I try to bunnyhop up if the run ups right whereas lower things I'll probably try and half pedal up. Though I haven't had any practice really at sidehopping up stuff or backhopping to front and wheel transfering so I have to stick with my strong points currently. Just do what feels right for you and the object at hand!

Not to fix them on no, there should be some allen head bolts on the inside of you frame dropouts that they push upto to tension the chain though.

Sorry I can't watch vids at work so assumed it'd show you how to fit them as well as adjust them. To fit them you simply remove the bolts off the end of the hub axle and slot one on each side then fit the wheel into your frame with the cams in the inside of the dropouts in most cases. Should look like this on your hub Does that help? PS Sorry for hijacking the thread MR2K9!

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