Janson

yeah, tighten every spoke. lots. so that they are über tight. i guess you could dish the wheel so that the distance between the pads and rim is uneven, with the biggest gap on the side which the rim flexes over to.

Are the spokes as tight as they can be? I had problems with rubbing brake when pedalling on my crescent, but after tightening the spokes tightly, it didn't rub. your QR skewer might be loose or flexes a bit? If it is the wheel, you could get the spokes soldered, to add stiffness. You wrap some soldering wire tightly around where the spokes cross.. I have done the same thing but with zip-ties. am not too sure it works, but I think it does.

on the bolt-on version you're only supposed to do the cone/lockring up finger tight, then tighten the pinch bolt with the little allen key. i have ridden my hub for a fair few hours and it hasn't come loose yet, and i have been riding trials on it out of the box... weird.

20% out of ~80. Not 20% out of however many thousands there are registered...

that setup works for both natural and street. things like lighter tube on the front, as well as a lighter front tyre might help a bit, but many people (incl. me) prefer the increased grip/pinch protection of the thicker tyres and tubes. running super light tubes with maxxis tyres works perfectly fine if you want to save a few grams, as the tyres are pretty bulky. for natural, i'd recommend running a front disc. makes natural sooo much easier if you have a good front brake that works in any condition. i use the avid bb7 mechanical disc brake, and am very happy with the performance of it.

improving fast, are we? :( awsome stuff flesh..

impressive stuff... not everyone has two uci jerseys at home. :(

monty foam grips are really good. they are sentitive to tearing though, but feel nice.

considering that the people at onza are not retarded/deng, they probably are thinking about it...

hot hot heat - running out of time

mine

lesson three in the ot pi school: "if drive the monty bicicleta, for get two point use the two foot stand"

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tbs - a decade under the influence

50cent - in da club?

never heard of it - no regrets

i have the comp one.

but then again, that backing design was not very good. too little recessed pad, too much sticking out. also, pad was not enclosed all the way around.

yep.

probably not the snapping but definitely the pad peeling off. my pads fall out of the backings when i remove my wheel. they have never come off riding trials.

i still do not understand how you can rip pads off backings.. i dont even glue my pads in, i just press 'em into the backings.. do you use tar?

the only problem with v-brake adapters of the same type as the fresh design, is that on some frame/rim/tyre combos, the crossover piece of cable hits the top of the tyre. i had that problem with my own designed adapters (similar to fresh), crescent frame, hot-s tyre and d521 a few years back...

of course you can get stronger springs. if you put a tensioner on top of the stay, tensioning the top part of the chain, it would explode. all the force when you pedal is distributed through the top part of the chain, and anything bending the chain down or forcing it out of line needs to be REALLY strong to withstand the force of the pedal stroke. = no worky worky if you're not into engineering

because of how a chain is put together, it is hard to find perfect chain tension with no extra tensioner device. sometimes though, you get lucky, and with the right combination of chain, sprockets and chainstay length, you might be able to get an acceptable chain tension without any extra devices. this doesn't happen too often, and if the chain stretches a bit, you're f**ked. if the chain is too tight, you'll wear the chain and sprockets out quickly. if it is too loose, it will just come off the sprocket all the time. stick with a tensioner. there are other places to save weight. a device similar to a surly singulator or dmr tensionseeker is not heavy, and should keep the chain tight enough. i ride with a mech on the back though.. am actually running 5 working gears at the moment. you really don't notice MUCH difference with or without a mech as a tensioning device. i'd run one, or one of those expensive Rohloff tensioners, because they keep the chain tighter and safer than the dmr/surly tensioners, at least that's what i have experienced. if you kill mechs/hangers all the time, take a look at the fresh products tensioner. it looks pretty sturdy, and should most likely work perfectly fine.

magura backings snap from time to time. i have seen a handful of snapped ones. it is not a heatsink specific problem. i have seen both powerpad and magura backings snap. it's just a case of bad luck and a manufacturing fault. nothing to worry about.