Ali C

some nice easy steps 1)prepare your bits, fill your syringe, make sure the barbs are all on. It also helps to have a tube on the other end of the system to catch the excess fluid (I think the kit comes with the tube) also undo your tpa, but its not so important if you forget. 2) undo the bolt on the slave cylinder (where the pads are) 3) screw the syringe barbe in same hole (8mm spanner needed for the barbs) 4)undo bleed nipple at lever (3mm allen key usually) 5) screw in other pipe (to catch excess fluid, cut up an old milk carton to catch the fluid, get an old spoke and force it though the tub and make it into a hook to put on your bars, keeps a hand free) 6)press syringe untill no bubbles are comming out of the overflow pipe, dont use all the fluid though, leave about a cm in the bottom of the syringe) 7)take out overflow pipe and put the 3mm bolt back in 8) pump the lever, this will force out any remaining air into the syrince (why you left a cm in it, also if you forgot to undo the tpa before you started, now is a good time to do it, it will just suck up fluid from the syringe) 9) remove syring and using a 5mm allen key put bolt back in The brake should be perfectly bled now, but if it isnt, put the syringe in the lever and pump the lever again, air rises so it will make sure there is no air in at all! no excuses now lads

22 psi front and rear for me

yeah, 5 weeks without riding now, I am begining to forget how to ride, I remember somthing aboutpedals and a chain to go forwards, but I cant remember where to put my hands

at the moment a big fat 0!! when I have a working bike maybe between 2-10 a week

I love my Marta!!!

I'll try and get both and maybe do a review on each after using them for a while. This is only if I can get the surly for free or next to nothing (they sometimes let me have parts for free at my shop) I am deffo gonna get the rolhoff though.

stick with your vees!! just get some heatsink pads and possibly grind your rim if you want more power....the brake will be just as good as a maggie, but you will save a lot of money! if you do get a maggie, please please get an 04 model lever, the 05 ones really are the biggest pile of tripe ever to come from germany!

sigh whats your idea of a decent brake? and if you know of one other than a vee or maggie than please tell us. I presume you have a maggie and are reffering that to the decent brake comment? Pretty much all trials riders have maggies (vees are also bloody good!). I am yet to try maggie or vee that works straight out of the box without mods, so the next logical step is to get decent pads. To make these pads work even better, a grind really makes the brake work. I dare you to go and ride a nice muddy comp (or any comp for that matter) with a smooth rim, I can guarentee you the guys with grinds will have better working brakes and get better results because of it. Please dont give out advice on things you havnt really properly used (presuming you havnt), grinds are the best thing you can do to your bike to make the brakes work. Tar is utter crap, and if you get your rims wet, it turns into grease, not somthing I would want to have on my rims. rant over As for the stanley grind, I did somthing simular years ago when I rode a mod, but I used a hacksaw to cut slots in., I remember it being ok in the dry, but it had nothing on a grind, they really are the thing to have

narr, I like to feel I know where to put my bodyweight it was just a crap brake!! completley silent and no bite or hold, even the £200 bmx's I build at work have better working brakes

the avid mech is a good brake BUT I find they dont last long, the dials com off, the arms snap and they are heavy. I went on my shops enduro testbike the other day, that had juicy 7s, they were pretty dam good, but they did have a 200mm rotor., the lever is amazing, but the return feel is a bit vague. I also dont like the way the hose goes into the caliper on the side with a 90degre connection, they are very vunerable to hits. I have to say my fave disks are maguras, they are simple, light, powerful and reliable. The hose goes directly in the top, so not much chance of hitting it and getting oil all over your pads and disk. They also take mineral oil which is good for the enviroment and it also means you only need one tub for both brakes. They also have most possiblitys of upgrading, xt or rb levers, different pads (like monty and plazmatic). You can normally find them on ebay for pretty cheap too

jeeeez! do you know how lucky you are getting all that! dont think all my pressies added together cost over £100

so when I can gap 9.3ft, sidehop 55" and tap 58" I will be the best in the world? No where near!! it takes more than just being able to go big to be the best.

no socks for me

hmm, toughy..... if its got to be a british rider, then either ben savage or ben slinger. Although akkers and ashton are mint street riders and can compete in master category at the worlds, so they get my vote too

I aint no bmxer, but when I had my bike thats what I ran....it was ok, still too hard for my liking though, I couldnt do rollback for shit. I guess I am too used to my nice easy trials gear which is mint for controling rollbacks. Also, why when I spent hundreds on brake parts to make sure they were decent they were crap? I had hulahoop chrome rims evolver brakes front and rear slic cables (tried nokon at one point!) tech 77 levers and plazmatic spanish fly pads It was still utter crap, I could barley skid! And yes my rims and pads were clean, I used muck off, a clean rag, even wore latex gloves to not get any fingerprints on the rims for gods sake!! thats probably the main reason why I quit bmx, I have no confidence if my brakes are crap.

I am almost deffo gonna get the Rolhoff actually, I jusst remembered that the shop I work at deals with them, so I can get them at trade price thanks for the advice though peeps

well, presuming the pitbull is a 1080, that means the wheelbase is only 15mm longer than the ashton, so downtube hits wont be any different really.

well, I hardly ever hit my downtube anyway, it more there cos I was bored and wanted to make somthing

would, but I have next to no tools and I dont like that style of tensioner thanks anyway, looks pretty proffesional

ok heres the deal punks! I am wanting to get a tensioner for when off duty from comps, combine one with my unbreakable hangers I will never have to worry about sliiping to my right I am really put off by the "normal" range thats out there. Surly and the dmr are apparently too weak in the spring department. Not keen on the fresh and dmr simple tensioner, seems like a lot of hassle to take the wheel out. I have rounded it up to Two (possibly three) models. 1) paul melvin 2)soulcraft convert 3)Rohloff tensioner The paul and soulcraft look pretty tough and Iolo has the Rohloff and that put up with a lot. Its just a lot of money to spend, so I could do with reasurence really. or shall I be the guineepig and test one? Also how are webcyclery to deal with? they ok sending to the uk? cheers dudes and dudets

ashton was saying somthing to me at the bikeshow, he said somthing like he almost or did land a tailwhip sidehop drop on his 24" It was a while ago, so my memory is a bit fuzzled. I know theres loads of stuff I wanna learn, including no footers, no handers, bar spins, tailwhips etc.......I doubt I'll ever land any though

I got the arcade fire album, it rocks! some gloves a big bar of chocolate guinnes book of records 2006 (Ithink my parents got me that as a last resort to at least get me somthing.....I didnt really want or ask for anything) Bikeshop sent me my new uniform, a nice warm mid layer Gill top, its VERY nice. my bro is comming up on tues, so one more pressie then and on wed we are going up to see my grandpa, uncle, aunty and cousin, so two more pressies then. Got nothing to do now, so I am making some stuff for my bike, including unbreakable mech hangers...whoop!

opened them a moment ago, I got: Arcade Fire album (f**king ace!) a belt (much needed) some gloves (my old ones irritated me, so thats nice) guinnise book of records 2006 (not really my thing, but its alright) biiig block of chocolate (Iwill feel guilty eating it, my teeth are bad enough as it is ) got a pressie off my work (blazing saddle bike shop) its a Gill top, with the shops name on, very soft and warm, its nice my brother is comming on tuesday and then we are all going to my uncle and aunts house, so more pressies to come

I have only just got up, havnt opened anything yet. I aint really expecting anything, maybe a cd and some socks, but thats ok. dont eat all your sweets at once guys

took aaages to find a decent one with my name