Ali C

may be worth sanding the rim as flat as possible first. No point pitting a light grind on if the old worn medium grind still leaves large troughs and ridges. I built a new rim for my bike during the week, I stuck a new grind on but because I ride streety I didn't want it to have mega bite or sound, so I tried to put the lightest grind on I could (ask Adam lol). I put the wheel in a vice and spun it, I then put the grinder to the rim sooo lightly if barley left any mark. Needless to say the brake worked too well, so I had to take some sandpaper and sand the grind down. Even now it's still got a bit of a honk to it.

I did it purely because I just cant ride maguras with the normal oil in, I just get really pad arm pump. Using water is the only physical way I can ride with them.

more getting at that his type of riding is...errmm...how do I put it politely.......odd? He cranks into nearly every spin, probably the reason why he doesn't get a bmx as you would actually have to put some effort in then.

please see above

didn't you also have one hell of a harsh grind? Light grinds eff teee double you

if your TNN pads were not as good as others, then I suspect there was a problem somewhere in the setup, grind, contamination etc

let's put it another way. When working at Tarty, I had nearly all the pads in the market at my disposal, I have tried pretty much everything out there. when it came to get a pad sponsor It just had to be TNN! Before I was sponsored by them, they were my choice of pads. I could have gotten any pads at Tarty for next to nothing but I still chose to spend more and get the TNNs. I even chose not to run the material I used to get from the states for next to nothing (worked out at around 18p a pad) which is the same as Phatpads as I would rather pay more for the TNNs. So yeah, if you still think the pads you are running are good.....they are not as good as TNN pads.

I was talking about the same material you used. There are reasons

couldn't disagree more. I have just been using Phat material (didn't have any tnn pads) and have just swapped to LGM material on the same bike, same brake, same grind, so I had a direct comparison. The Phatpad material is great for bite, the grind I had was very light and I was surprised by how loud the brake was. The hold was pretty poor though, it would slip through unless I pulled extra hard, this has been my experience every time I have used that compound (and also the reason why I love it for vee brakes). When I put the LGM pads on (as I said, same grind etc) the bite was also very good, possibly better than the Phats but the hold was noticeably better, the brake honked both forwards and backwards rather than a honk forwards but a "whooosh" backwards on the Phats. I found both compounds work well in the wet too.

a fresh grind will improve it loads, a booster may help too. Those pads have great bite but not amazing hold also.

is actually in Lancashire still a very very good place to ride though

look like try-all, or Meta forks to me.

hmmm, yes and no

as long as you have steel forks (which those are not in the pic) then yes, you can just weld/braze them on. A maggie would work with that rim as log as ou ground the sidewalls, but a non-drilled rim would be better I think.

exactly what I was going to say! (nice bike too though)

TNNs are actually a lot shallower depth than most pads. They will fit the backings, but you will have to trim them down.

plus mods have silly long stems that feel like the bike is pivoting in the middle and are generally nasty little bikes all round.

They are deffo not those Monty forks. They look like Echo Control forks to me.

My original hex prototype had vee mounts, and as much as I love vee brakes, I found them not great for bmxy type street. For starters, I have my springs setup quite slack, this means that any landing that is remotely sideways makes the calipers knock about and makes the bike sound like a bag of spanners. The arms also caught my calves a few times when doing spins which isn't ideal. for comps, you can't beat a vee, but for street where spins and smoothness are key, I think there are better options out there. It would have been nice to do a vee version, but then that would mean shops would have to stock 4 Hex frames to cover all bases which isn't cheap. And Yes, Thomas is a good rider.

I cant ride to music, It removes me from my surroundings and almost makes me feel numb. I am trying stuff on street which is a little outside my comfort zone, so I am having to remember to be confident in myself, the instant you start to doubt yourself that's when it's already gone wrong.

I may be able to do some of that stuff, but in my head he looks more confident and therefore better.

does some good shit that's for sure, not convinced if it makes up for the other sketchyness he does though.

seems weird to me to only want to sponsor tgs style of riding, pretty much the only type of riding that doesn't stand out. Would be nice if they were looking for a rider with their own style, one that would stand out in the sea of tgs wannabes

sweet riding, pretty much what I want to be able to do.