Toby

removed!

Need a better camera most probably first but will try and get some photos of the bad paint work up asap, found some smaller snail cam bolts so not a problem

looks wicked! i love these new 24 trialsy frames coming about, can't wait to have a pop on one!

Price of there frames are completely ridiculous if you ask me(though im guilty of buying the full bike ), pointless to buy one nowdays considering the selection of mod frames from rockman

Was thinking that myself, his balance and control is already at a high level

Well heres my new rockman akali, wasnt impressed by the finnish of the paint on the frame, upper part on one side of the chainstay has silver lines down it and 1 or 2 other scratches, but its going to get scratched to buggery anyway so who cares! I can't ride it yet because i have a bad back The back end feels noticably heavier but it is 100% stiffer compared with my white sky which i can definately live with! spec: Wheels:try-all reinforced drilled rear rim on try-all H hub, front try-all holes rim on try-all h disc hub, both on try-all tyres. Steering: try-all forxx with paint stripped, try-all carbon bars, try-all 3d stem and echo sl headset Drivetrain: try-all 165mm cranks, echo sl freewheel, reset titanium bb and try-all superlight caged pedals Brakes: front try-all hope with carbon lever, rear magura with 4 finger lever water bleed and try-all croco yellows in tnn backings Might change the rear rim for a onza pro diamond(weight weenie here! )

as leistonbmx said, it was bashed really hard and the metal is made from chedder, got my akali now mostly built up, need to cut my steerer tube down and get some bb cups/bearing off a friend then i will post pics up

what he said!

Well as i said i wasnt happy with the flexyness of the bike which was affecting the rear brake anyway, I had been considering a new frame due to this problem

clearer picture now up, bike weight was in the region of 8kg never weighed it though, ordered a akali

Dent/crack caused at the same time, other wise rest of the downtube was in perfect condition, im not going to bugger about with getting it welded, new rockman frame on order already and i was unhappy with the rear end flex of the bike meaning i had to set up the brake in a particular way to stop the brake rubbing when putting power down, but other than that its been a great frame lasted alot longer than i exspected and would of lasted longer if not for this accident

so today at clacton was doing an up gap to a slanted downward rock, so i had to plant the front wheel right down, front missed and frame took full force and for some reason moved my protection out the way and this is what happened to the frame: so i think its time for a new frame had this one for almost a year and was still going strong oh well saying that the rear end was just too flexy

most of us are going clacton

amazing as always steve

woop woop can't wait, driving down will be the best bit also need a postcode!

what pressure are you running:)

big stuff that gap up to rail is silly, i dont think you can go as far as saying the best spanish street rider lots of high profile comp riders could do all of that i would think but still nutty rider

have you phoned about hook woods yet? come down to herne bay never ridden there too should be fun

yo, me and some of the lads are going herne bay tomorow (rankin butcher barlow etc) if anyone wants to join us your welcome

cheers for putting that up hutley was a great ride, my gap at 1.56 still looked small

decided on buying one of these for real now tommy?

yea was great had another good ride

you posted in the wrong london ride topic

see you lot down there

ive been going on for ages about how rockman need a short magura frame now its here im dissapointed, the geo is perfect! but i dont like the look/paint job of the frame need to see one built up before finalizing my opinion, white wheels black frame