Bionic Balls

very smart.... what brakes you running? very quiet...

they won't melt...ok...just do it and thermosets don't melt anyway..they burn, which is much more reassuring

first trials bike?! wow...thats a hell of a way to start! don't you DARE give up

put them in the oven ~150 C...by the time its heated up, take 'em out and get some pliers..

good choice...real nice bike

looks beeeeeeeeast.....! don't extended monty bars just feel...soo... .....?

gutted i didn't ride...some awesome sections! good pictures too.. demo is 8th june (sunday) gary...

when it happens rolling and not static...you know its because the chain is "riding up" somehow.. is it sitting on the tensioner properly- is it at the right contact angle kinda thing? is the chain-line straight? are you sure the parts are new? does the chain fit onto the sprockets properly (does it fit right down properly?)?

sounds like a good price...i'd give it a go

i've had this vid since..forever rob! gutting.. has anyone got that vid where he's riding a levelboss, with scott pitcher? really want to see that again..

great vid max... some really cool stuff going on adam

ruse man..you are definately eating the wrong spinach...it should be green...very green!

front tyre does have many holes in...tis clever photography put a dent in the downtube

explains why boosters on frames with integrated boosters makes it worse too... edit- just read the above... the pad judder thing...could explain it, but i've always associated that more with pad slipping- especially on smooth rims (like the glass), it doesn't seem to happen on a grind as much (in my experience). It seems to happen more in wet conditions too, and it's a different kind of squeak if you know what i mean? not that honk.. i've convinced myself its related to crystal anisotropy in the frame material...(and the frame geometry)

i agree with that....bite definitely seems to come with noise...but why? i reckon the seatstays twisting might actually be it...they are being pushed outwards, but the way the tubes are arranged actually causes them to twist also? the vibration/noise coming from them relaxing back again?

i know what you mean...but this isn't about brake pads.. there's alot of variables in brake setup, but the booster itself does nothing but sit there...it doesn't affect anything except the maximum braking force.. obviously people have experience of boosters changing the brake's performance (for better or worse), so at least we know it does something i just can't understand why a booster should adversely affect performance- i've seen it happen, steve doesn't run a booster on his mod now and the brake seems much better (well..much noisier for sure)...i'd just like the understand why? perhaps the hold is increased because the seatstays actually twist under braking force, so the pad contact angle is changed (a bit like the play in a v-brake gives good hold)..? i think we all agree that a grind will help! adam edit- how are any of those relavant? they're completely different situations...booster or not is more like comparing tyre pressures!

forgot the coust logo...!

now i don't want to start an argument....but i don't quite agree...! there is no maximum compression range, the material deforms elastically according to hooke's law (F=kx), so if you pull the lever a bit harder, they will compress a bit more. But then you get to the point where the pads have "hardened" as you describe it, and the force is such that the frame begins to deform also. With a booster this is a greater force, more pressure on the pads= greater resistance force, IE: greater frictional resistance (F=mu *R)...better brake? I kinda understand what you are trying to say about the material just wearing down instead of gripping, but I don't think that quite explains it...how do you explain the lack of bite? Bite is when the pad first hits the rim, and this will be exactly the same with or without the booster- the booster kicks in later...and...should...offer more hold (like adam said..simple physics) any more ideas people? adam

i reckon that'd give me a bad back surely it's "rideable"...makes it more interesting if its on the limit i reckon...something to talk about!

awesome vid! looked like a great day

brake noise turned me v-brake

ahh miint! as above...front to backs are ace- only mr.rankin does 'em better i reckon good stuff..

oh..he's good...real

i think that's the same tool...i'm sure they won't mind you asking..! people are not reading the question..he needs 73mm shell and the generic echo ones are 68!!

very smart..i reckon it looks perfect too!