AdamR28

Yeah, like Massa in India...

Agreed (and I'm a Hamilton fan)! Still, wouldn't have been hard for someone to nip out with a grinder and sort it out.

Think he's on holiday at the moment.

Try and get either a longer or shorter crank bolt - at the moment it's finishing right in line with the crank and causing a stress riser.

All looks pretty normal. Does the drive side of the hub slip 'down' out of the dropouts?

Pics of setup?

Grip seal bag?

Sit on the top tube facing backwards while you're adjusting the tensioner and doing up the rear wheel.

Got a winning lottery ticket I can borrow? haha

Yes - but there is more to a car than speed IMO. It's more of a 'that's a cool car' than a practical decision

As we discussed on the phone dude, #3 with 180 is your best bet, it's always a bit of a fiddle though.

Looks cool that I need an Exige in my life sometime (I'm aware that's an Elise you put up a link to, but they aren't manly enough ). Just hope they aren't a huge disappointment if / when I drive one...

Or half of trials forum, lol.

Should be plenty in there, just snip a corner off and use it like toothpaste It's some sort of moly grease I think, pretty sticky stuff to stay in place. Still goes hard over time but it does the job nicely, without it the bushes will squeak and wear fast.

Lots of grease on the bushes, don't overtighten the 'U' clamps, don't crimp your brake lines!

This is in jest, but I had to do it... Just shows you can't (add a) polish(ed finish to) a turd

Best one I've had. Standard Trials-Forum mix of opinion

What's your bar and stem setup like?

No worries Welcome to ask more if you like. Yeah, I guess at a national level things might be a bit more... 'forceful', haha. Still, you'll be mixing with the mid pack straight away I should think, and you'll learn a lot very quickly! Haha, yeah the wave is for the guys who let me through when I was lapping them. Those who held me up didn't get one There are meant to be blue flags but the marshals always seem to get mixed up regarding who is where on the track... Here's another vid from the same track (but a different series), the guy's in a Mk1 Clio. It looks like Need For Speed with the massive differences between the cars, haha - I think there are a couple of different classes on the same grid though...

I thought of you when I posted the vids, hehe. It certainly is great fun, especially in the wet. Lots of questions! I'll do my best... 1) The MX-5s are SLOW in a straight line, but as you know all the fun is in the corners which is where they are awesome. In this series we all have to use your favourite Federal RSR-595 tyres - it helps keep costs down having a tyre that lasts well and copes with wet and dry conditions. 2) Did you mean 4:40? If so, it just locked up - the track was like ice. Zero feedback to the pedal and there was no chirp from the tyres! Suddenly realised it wasn't slowing down at all and had to bail out. 3) Overtaking... I think there are some specific rules, but we just keep it sensible and everyone's happy. Generally if you are weaving all over the track it's dangerous and nobody wants that. You will get people blocking sometimes but if you have enough speed / the balls you can just tail and slipstream them, wait for your next opportunity to get your nose up the inside. 4) It depends on the speed difference between the cars I find. If you're passing backmarkers they are often engrossed in their own race and don't really notice you - in this case it's your own responsibility to make the pass cleanly, so often you do it offline. This means watching them fairly carefully and thinking about the manoeuvre. If it's someone with similar pace, you tend to worry more about your line (if you go offline you'll drop back from them!) and try to ignore them, which is tricky... But to get to this point you need to look at 'the manoeuvre' and plan 2, 3, 4 corners ahead to get yourself in a position to make the pass. An example would be dummying a look up the inside, making them come across to defend, then you head to the outside on the brakes to get a better line through the corner, and because they have gone in tight you get a better exit... Or deliberately sacrificing apex speed on one corner so you can get a better exit and carry more speed through an upcoming high-speed section. These sorts of 'tricks' aren't as apparent in mixed vehicle racing, but single marque helps you develop them. If someone's behind you, you need to know where they are (that's why I have the huge mirror in that car). As soon as you don't know where they are you're likely to lose the place and it can be dangerous if you turn into them accidentally. 5) Again, for me, it's different depending on who you're passing. If it's a back marker you're probably going to be later on the brakes than them, so you just send it up the inside. If it's someone with similar pace, you'll be braking about the same place, so you aim to brake where you normally would and keep a close eye on their brake lights just in case! Same with corners really, although having to lift out when you catch a back marker mid-corner can be dangerous... See 6:48 in the second video! The next lap I deliberately braked earlier to give more space, so I could accelerate through the corner and therefore take a higher speed into the straight. You do have to put a lot of trust in the other drivers though... it takes a while to learn which ones you can trust and those you can't, but once you know they aren't going to fire it off into you, you can get super close and have some amazing battles. 6) That looked brilliant fun, very long lap!

Warped discs are pretty much a myth, it'll be pad pickup if anything. Race 1 video from the weekend... first of two class wins, 6th (out of 20) overall. We share a grid with the Mk3s and they hammer us down the straights so you have to pedal pretty hard to keep up! And Race 2... decent start for a change, lapped up to and including 3rd in my class (somehow ), took the class win, 7th/19 overall. A good weekend

Oh I see what you mean - there was only one clip of yellow since you have to be seeded to enter that route, so you'd have been doing comps for years to ride it anyway

1) The freewheel needs some 'non trials' use for a bit to bed in. The noise is the freewheel skipping, which will have done some damage but not too bad given its now stopped. 2) You might struggle to get alignment since the frame will be designed for an 18t up front, its workable though. 3) The smaller front sprocket puts more load on the chain, you need something nice and strong. What are you running at the moment?

Proper engineering that! hah

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