Ali C

want to buy my saint?

same as I do every year....watch tv or a bit of PS3 action.

I don't work at Tartybikes so it's got nothing to do with me

I approve

yeah the Echo TR has the teeth central.

I'll be surprised if your dmr has a +45mm bb, if it does you must have some bloody long forks on it! Wheelbase is such an un-important measurement when it comes to how a bike rides you can pretty much ignore it. With regards to why bikes don't ride the same, the bb height is just one aspect out of many. For one moment lets pretend the + 45mm bb you said is correct, the chainstay length, head angle, reach will all be different. The DMR will also be heavier and is likely to have sus forks which adds more weight and a taller, slacker front end. Long chainstays are worse for rear wheel balance, as is a short reach and tall, slack front end, that's probably why it felt worse to backhop than your mod and the Onza.

the cranks and axle are a 2 piece system, the axle it attached to the drive side arm so doesn't need a bolt.

so do I

I would avoid the big hit personally.

1 dab = 1 point. joking aside, that's a pretty sweet sequence, those bars are close to the floor!

I don't agree to that

made of plastic if my memory serves me well.

an orange 5am

I think the 5 is more than capable of being a UK DH bike. Much more nimble and lively.

If you want to ride the tyre off road, I would probably avoid street tyres, they really can't cope with any type of mud. Personally I would be looking at a semi-slick such as: Intense fro or Kenda BBG or High Roller semi The other option would be to get a tyre with a more solid centre tread and standard side knobs like the Maxxis Crossmark. Even a Maxxis Larson TT would be better rolling than a dh tyre but grippier than a street tyre.

he has the best name in BMX followed closely by Chase Hawk

I am pretty sure you can't

servo-wave doesn't necessarily mean extra power. As I showed in the Saint topic servo-wave means the lever alters the leverage ratio from low (plenty of pad clearance but little power) to high (not as much pad clearance but normal disk power) as you pull it. Having said that, it's perhaps the best hydraulic brake you're gonna find for that price range.

haha no worries I was just messing.

I used one and replied

I am going to go against the grain and say leak. I won't say more, only that you'll be back with more questions once you have the same problem again and you'll see what I have written and think that perhaps I am not just an idiot. If not, I have just proved that I am indeed an idiot which I am willing to accept because I have suspected it for some time now.

opinions can be wrong

you see the orange (dusty) round thing in the "c" shaped cut-out? That's the push rod that pushes the piston in the lever. When the brake is first pulled the push rod is further around the cut-out which gives is a smaller mechanical advantage (less leverage on it) which also means the pads start off further away from the rotor than conventional systems. As you pull the lever further the push rod gets forced around the cut-out into a position with a higher mechanical advantage giving the brakes actual full stopping power. Because the mechanical advantage is changing throughout the pull of the lever I found it trickier to feather the brake, however Danny Mac seems to get on fine with them so perhaps I am just a bit ham fisted.

wasn't so much the power, more how it was applied. I found the servo-wave lever thingy to be a little unpredictable for stoppies and stuff.

I have just spent the day riding DH on my Orange five, it was fun! I recken if you can get an orange frame (either a five or 222 if you really just want to ride dh) as they are easily the best riding frames I have been on. I may only have 5" of travel on the back, but combined with some 6" travel forks to slacken the head angle it feels pretty amazing. It's also pretty light too which makes it more of an all rounder plus it makes it easier to push up the hills too. A full on DH bike would be cool if you only ride pretty steep fast tracks, otherwise 5" is pretty good for most UK stuff. I entered a dh race a couple of weekends ago on my Five and I was 5 seconds of the fastest rider of the day who was also on a 5" travel bike.