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After riding it for a couple months made some changes - Removed the 3 spinny gears, currently at 7 speed right now - shorter 80 x 10 stem - newer continental race king tires.

Thanks for the help! I am using a Shimano XT 10 speed cassette with the range of 11-32, I am reading that the 11t cannot move inwards? Is this correct? If so, I would actually need to take out the 11t sprocket and make it a 6 speed in order for me to move the cassette all the way in right?

I had no idea that was called a banjo This is the only banjo I know of. Haha

After actually riding this bike, you are right. I am not using the spinny gears, even on a trail. It is just way too low to be useful. And the geo of this bike was still not meant for any serious climbing anyways. So for the 10 speed cassette I am using, the biggest three sprockets are on the same carrier plate that I can take off, so it would effectively be a 7 speed cassette. Can I run this as a 7 speed with the same 10 speed Saint shifter/derailleur?

In my 10 years of trials riding, I never used anything on the chain of a trials bike. If you normally just ride on paved concrete the exposure to dirt and grime is minimal. And you should be replacing your chain every 6 months or so anyways so lubing is not an issue.

I am looking for an OG trials style mini seat for this bike, if anyone has any for sale! I will pay shipping to Canada

Thanks Ross! You are so detail oriented like a true trials rider. Lol. The dust cap must have fallen while taking it in and out of my car. I always left that orange sticker on but now that you mentioned I took a look at it for the first time. It is a warning sticker not to put your finger through while the wheel is rolling. Hahaha. So I did not post it in the original photo, but as this bike is my only bike with a seat, I am going to be swapping the seatpost back and forth with a dropper post with the actuator lever at the seat for pedaling riding cruising in the city, as well as some mountain trail riding with uphill climbs. Since this Norco has a decent sized seat tube, you could actually get a full leg extension with a dropper post extended and all the way up, which you would not be able to do on a modern Inspired. Because of where I am living right now, I can really only have two bikes because of space issue. With one being a high bb trials bike, I wanted the second bike to be able to do as diverse of riding as possible. If I just wanted a good street/Street trials bike, an Inspired Hex would have made a lot more sense. As for the cassette, I originally had a Shimano Duraace 12-23 cassette, which is smaller than the Shimano XT mountain 11-32 cassette I have on right now. The reason I switched from Duraace to XT Mtn cassette is that road cassettes tend to have a narrow base, which can easily dig into the Chris King aluminum driveshell I have in the back (which you cannot even find a replacement for since Chris King discontinued the parts for the old hubs). For the Duraace cassette I first had the 18 tooth sprocket I would be using the most was joined with another sprocket to make a slightly wider base but still quite narrow. I was reading on some other forum posts that people have destroyed their aluminum freehub driveshell using a road cassette. However, on the XT mountain cassette, the 18 tooth sprocket sits on a wide uninterrupted aluminum sprocket carrier plate, which distributes the torque a lot better which should prevent the sprocket from digging in. I have ridden King hubs long enough to have dealt with cogs digging in. I just did not want to deal with the BS. Yes pretty much, I am still holding on to some quality XTR parts off of the bike. There would be some traditionalists who would rather see old bikes with 'period correct' parts, but I am not one of those people. Haha

Oh yes, that stem is gone after the first ride. It has a 80mm stem now. It was just my inexperience with these short mtb style bikes putting that long stem on. I like the short stem a lot better for what I want to do with this bike.

Thanks! Red and black are my favorite color combo both in and outside of biking. Haha So these are rated for DH/Freeride use, so I think it should be strong enough? It may not hold up as well for bashing on concrete but I built this for doing manuals/bunnyhops and not to inch hunt so I don't think I will be bashing the cranks that much.

I already have a high BB Echo for pure trials. The second bike I have built is for street trials, street/DJ, light trail/city cruising bike, so I wanted a suspension fork to have that flexibility. https://www.trials-forum.co.uk/topic/201894-norco-manifesto-project-bike/

Wow thank you for your lengthy reply. This is way beyond what I was thinking of!

The build is all done. Specs: Frame: 09 Norco Manifesto, custom red powder coat Control - Chris King Headset, Aliexpress Carbon stem, Jitsie Carbon bar, Sam Hill Nukeproof grips Brakes: - Front: Shimano Saint M820 with 8 inch Shimano rotor - Rear: Shimano Saint M820 with 7 inch Shimano rotor Drivetrain: - Shimano Saint M820 Shifter/Derailleur, Jagwire elite link shift cable, Truvative Descendant Carbon cranks, Chris King BB, Sam Hill Nukeproof Ti Pedals. Wheels: - 38mm Light Bicycle Carbon rims, Chris King Hubs, Alloy Nipples, Sapim CX Ray bladed spokes, Shimano XT 10 spd cassette, KMC 10 speed e bike chain - Continental Race King 2.2 Supersonic x 2, Tubolito tubes, Tannus Armor tire insert (Rear only) Fork: Manitou Circus Expert lowered to 80mm. Saddle: Tioga Race BMX Seat Weighs 24lbs

I am in the process of setting up a dirtjump fork for trials riding. I don't have much experience with suspension forks. What do you recommend to set the forks? Is it as simple as as firm as possible to feel like a rigid fork? Travel is 80mm.

Thanks for everyone's input on this. The moral of this thread is: Hold on to your existing bikes until things get better! On a humorous note, Zoo Trials Frame Vintage Zoo! Bicycle Silver Boa Pitbull Echo FSA Pig 135 mm | eBay It wasnt that long ago these things were being sold for $50 USD. Hahaha

Anyone else finding it challenging to source new trials parts/frames nowadays? Even going through Tarty, it is hard not to notice the lack of stock on parts. There is only one 26 frame available for instance 26" Frames (tartybikes.co.uk) I remember at one point, there was such a large selection of different manufacturers from Zoo, Echo, Gu, Onza, Ozonys, Diamondback Ashton, etc. Outside of Inspired, it is getting harder to find replacements for trials specific ISIS BB/cranks. Right now, unless you want to get a street trials bike, it is very hard to source all the parts to build a "pure trials" bike from scratch even if one had the money. Also would love to find a decent trials specific v brake booster too, which seems to be impossible to find these days. Do you think the trials parts availability will improve any time soon?

Wow that looks great. Are you actually riding it hard as your main bike? Or just doing fun laid back riding since it is so pretty?

Thanks! The original color was ruined anyways so I wanted to make it my own style since I have not seen a custom painted manifesto before. So I do not know a whole lot but from a quick online search, Measured with a 440mm fork, 1055mm wb, 69HA, 395 chainstay, 308mm bottom bracket height.

I have an old school shimano xtr front hub with centerlock mounting that I want to use for trials with a 6bolt adapter. Would this stand up to the forces of trials biking?

Your front wheel moves are dialed! Awesome work Full face helmet for trials is interesting...

Frame is done

I recommend Tairin, heard good things about them; and they actually mention trials riding on their product website

I actually have both a 9mm qr hub and a 20mm qr hub, haven't decided on the fork yet And yes and yes on the second part :)

I am slowly getting the parts And sending the frame off to get it repainted.

That seems rather expensive for a pair of v brake levers I have this one and like it quite well: https://bike.shimano.com/en-EU/product/component/deorext-t780/BL-T780-B.html