Felix

That lever looks great! I bled my 2000 Louise with 2.5w fork oil and I had no lever pump at all.

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he's running the Try All brake, which is in fact a silver Hope.

http://www.trials-shack.co.uk/btbike/BTBIKE_CL_V1.wmv

After many years with maggies, I switched to Vees last year, because I was tired of all the problems I had with my brakes. I'm running: Ritchey Pro Logic arms, developed lots of play :unsure: XTR Levers, light and very comfortable White Heatsink pads (Y) Megamo booster Nokon housing with some cheap cable and a harsh ground rim Nokon housing is much better than standard housing. It's lighter and makes the brake feel much stiffer. It's also pretty much sealed and comes in a wide range of colours :( My brake is at least on a par with a Magura and it can't leak :P

That's Bruno Arnold, not Caisso.

Very nice rocks :-

Here's my koxxdays vid. I only filmed the comp on sunday. It's 16:36min long and 176MB. Get it here Big thanks to ObservedTrials for hosting :sleeping:

There were at least 300 riders. They came from everywhere, USA, France, England, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Japan, Poland, Belgium, Spain, Slovakia, Russia, Switzerland......

It was a great weekend. Buthiers is an amazing place, really cool sections. In my opinion the organisation was not the best, but the comp was a lot of fun. :angry:

I didn't search for it. I knew where to look: www.magura.com

That might be helpful: http://www.7thexchange.de/download/magura_..._brz_is2000.pdf http://www.7thexchange.de/download/magura_...sse_brz_mit.pdf

I snapped many chains, but never at the connector.

It's not a HS24, but a HS22! The HS22 was available with a 16mm or 14mm master piston. In 1998 it was replaced with the HS33. The lever blades are indeed longer, but the ratio is also smaller (or bigger? I'm confused :blink:) The old style levers are definitely not more powerful than a HS33, but you can put an old lever blade in a HS33 and gain more power.

The HS24 got a bigger master piston than a HS33, this means it got less power. Don't get it!

What about grinding the rim? Can it be done without filling in new latex?

I didn't film it, because I was riding. I just exchanged some tapes with a guy who filmed there. I'd like to see more 26" footage, as well.

Here's a long vid of the qualification at World's in Les Gets. [21:49] [215MB] http://www.trials-shack.co.uk/planetary1/les_gets_quali.mpg Enjoy!

Yeah, maybe next time! I rode a RAVen 4.0 before and I'll get another BT when the new frames are released. I feel more comfortable on a long bike, but a short, agile bike is nice, too.

http://www.trials-shack.co.uk/planetary1/alibongoriding.mpg 3:03min 36MB

I don't know if they're available in the UK yet, but you can definitely get them directly from Michel Coustellier. Two of them cost 20 Euro (14£)

The Try All hub is extremely overpriced. If you want a fixed hub, I'd suggest something cheaper and lighter, like Viz or BT.

Don't get a brake with this parallel push stuff! There are more moving parts than necesarry and it's prone for wobbling.

As long as it's dry they're very good pads. I think, they work best on a pretty worn grind. I used a set of Spanish Flies for six months and they still had some rubber left.

My Ali Bongo's bb height is +30mm with Echo Pure forks and as Matt said, it feels really amazing.