Ali C

went out with the camera Local stream I have plenty more but I dont have photoshop to re-size them and tiny pic seems to be shitting the bed EDIT: it seems to be sideways too, I suck.

haha, yeah, I heard a stable bike is good for skateparks But yeah, it may have felt nervous but it would be better for tricks rather than straight line stability. I don't think I find +20mm high on my hex, I would be quite happy to take that dirt jumping.

or you can stress the wheel after like normal which is faster and does a better job (I stamp on the spokes)

Mark put some LGMs on his new bike and they were pretty ridiculous. I have put a vee on one of my bikes and popped on some Baelays, that's pretty ridiculous too.

not bad riding at all, editing seems good too, but I can't help but think the length of that bike is holding him back a bit.

nitro moors will remove lacquer

Hope hoops are pretty dam good! pretty light, very strong, very cheap and very well built.

give me a van anyday

might make it hard getting even spoke tension as the spokes with the heads on the outside are slightly closer to the rim and would ideally need to be a mil or two shorter.

new lever time then

my parents car said it was -16 here the other night, the river (and waterfall) is frozen, never seen that happen before. I want to go out with my camera tomorrow and take some pics of ice.

Cut the hose shorter, buy a new olive and re-fit then finish your English homework

spreading the dropouts by a couple of mill won't brake it, being a harsh rider and landing stuff sideways will (a usual trait of profile owners).

as someone already said, it has vertical dropouts, so that's not an option. Personally, I would be filing the magura mount slots a bit bigger and possibly a bit off the frame mounts to allow a bit more vertical movement of the clamps.

its alloy, you can tell by the massive welds

Alu will oxidize if left untreated, best get some lacquer on to be sure.

I always build radial with the heads on the inside and shoulders on the outside, the theory being that the spokes make a wider based triangle and makes a stiffer wheel, but either way works fine.

yeah, NS bikes are actually putting out some really nice frames with much better geo than anyone else., still don't get the lack of bb rise though, I remember when trials bikes were considered modern when they had 0bb rise and look at them now!

it's kinda down to the acceleration you can develop at the start of a move that dictates how easy/hard it will be (excluding rider skill). shorter chainstays means the bike is faster to get to the rear wheel which is good for hops, higher bb makes the bike more unstable, but that instability means the bike can change direction very quickly which is good for spins. Think of the Eurofighter jet, that is designed to be very unstable in the air and needs computers to keep it flying, but it is VERY nimble and can change direction faster than any other fighter, this translates to bike frames too. Obviously you can go too far and make the bike ride more nervously than a geko in a microwave though! It still amuses me looking at "street" mtb frames with bbs dragging on the floor and chainstays a mile long.

I don't mean spins on each wheel, I mean proper spins like bunnyhop 360s, manuals/wallrides to 180 etc

sell out! narr, it is a nice bike at an offer you cant refuse! It's still strange riding a long bike again, but it would be at the top of my list if I had to get a pure compy bike again, plus I get the amusement of Mark's T REX© backhopping style

that geo will manual and bunnyhop fine, but it won't be amazing for spins if they are your thing.

Danny Mac's vid tops it for me!

cheers guys

not a fan on the geo (I would have gone shorter backend, higher bb and steeper headangle to give a snappier ride) but the shape of the frame is spot on! Perfect dimensions and tubing diameter, colour is pretty cool too.