Ali C

nice original font on your logo. Is that frame 24" specific or is the brake and the position a key factor?

I too also have a lot of time for Dominik Raab videos. Great style, great skills and a nice guy.

I am currently building between 8-12 wheels a day and that's pretty much how I do them. I am going to re-cap anyway. *turn all the nipples so there is no thread showing (this means all the nipples have exactly the same turns and you can count how many turns you do on each spoke. *get wheel true *get up and down motion true *get wheel true again *get dish central *tighten spokes if needed *true again *stress spokes *tighten spokes *true wheel *true up and down motion *check dish *stress spokes *true wheel Done

Hopefully this will clear things up a bit

I knew what you meant, I was just pointing out that in this case it's just not a problem.

why were you riding in your underwear? I liked the first riding section, some good skills going on there and I am very jealous of the weather you have. I stopped watching as soon as you got naked though.

damm engineers!

well, firstly it doesn't. Secondly it was designed and made that way so there is nothing to put right. It's not like the race is half way up a gradual curve or anything. Rather than make a crown with sharp angles that doesn't cope well with flex they designed a small radius to eliminate a week point. Hundreds of forks sold, not many returned = job well done I think?

yep, you are very wrong

I tested them, but the design was all Trialtech's

let me guess, are you an "engineer" by any chance?

well, in this case, it is right

the best thing I heard was that there was an outburst of rainbows the day he was born.

you are talking as if this is something that happens?

to clear things up, the Trialtech fork doesn't have an integrated race. secondly, there may be a gap under the race when installed as the Trialtech fork's crown race has a curved cut edge for strength as a lot of forks with a square cut races end up snapping.

The bit he hooked was at an angle though and with a downhill run up you can get some pretty explosive power. It is pretty crazy though, but perhaps not as impossible as people may think (as he proves).

your hub is a "freehub" rather than a "freewheel". A freehub has the engagement system built in (usually ratchets and pawls) and a splined area to slide a cassette (or single cogs) onto with a lockring to tighten them up. A freewheel is a single enclosed engagement system (again with ratchets and pawls) with threads which allow you to screw it onto specific hubs or cranks. it sounds like the engagement system in your hub has broken (not surprising as it's a cheap hub and trials puts huge stresses through them). You may be able to repair it but as everyone else is suggesting a full hub upgrade would be worth while. Af far as the cassette is concerned, it looks fine to me? The bottom two cogs usually don't have plastic spacers and just have a wider base.

don't see why it wouldn't work, both run dot fluid so no issues with seals. Sure the hope lever may have a different leverage ratio, but all that will do is effect how firm or spongy the lever will feel. The difference would be minimal anyway so I am sure the lever would feel fine. You may need to buy specific fittings from either Hope or Avid though

Worst year for a long time for me. Good points: Riding developed towards something I was happy with Was part of the 2011 roadtrip still have good friends Bad points: My pet cat and best friend for the past 22 years passing away Breaking my foot and not riding or earning money all summer Riding not being as good as it was last winter because of my foot Parents putting my family home on the market (I was born in that house and I'll be sad to see it go) I am not one to let it keep me down though, next year will be good for sure.

That's where I learned backflips

to jump on the bandwagon.....

not a fan of Ultimate calipers (or levers). They are wider than Shimano's offerings plus I found the bearings couldn't cope very well with the fore/aft movement trials dishes out. My bearings always ended up notchy making the brake impossible to set the brake up so both pads hit at the same time. At the time of press, my fave combo is: Avid SD7 levers Shimano LX/XT calipers TNN LGV pads Shimano linear cable Shimano carbon booster.

yeah Ben that was sweet! I am so glad you went to street as now I get to watch you wizz about the place doing massive hops and sweet lines. Keep it up.

I agree with Aener