AdamR28

Nah, that's the whole point of the helicoil, it goes back to M5 thread. Time serts look bombproof, however is there enough meat in the brake mounts? Plus, if you are ripping a helicoil out, you are seriously doing it wrong!

As said right from the start, the date was always going to be the same as the Woodfest - so we can't do anything about any clashes unfortunately. That sounds pretty spot on, although we've only got a day to make them... Don't suppose you have any photos of your setup? Sketches would be equally awesome, although I understand they will probably take you a fair while to do! We can infer the rest of the dimensions from the height of 2' you see Thanks!

Dropgap to sidehop = winner (all 3 versions)! Bail = Unlucky dude

P-A-R-T-Y?

Plenty of space if you want to bring a biggun! The bike storage last year was a big barn, but I'm not sure what it'll be like this year (see below) - Matt may see this and know though We won't have a shop as such, but I'll bring a few 'staple' items (chains, tubes, grips) for emergencies - I must stress that this weekend is meant to be a chill out weekend though, not running the shop in a more stressful way in a different location! Related news: Hopefully gonna be heading off to the site this weekend to grab some photos and make some ramps/kickers - let me know what you people (realistically!!) would like

Most people will be camping if last year is anything to go by Been a busy morning on the Tarty Days front, we now have some more confirmed riders... Andrei Burton and Rick Koekoek are at a competition in the Netherlands on Saturday, but are travelling up to Tarty Days to join us on the Sunday and Monday! Andrei: Rick (check out the dropgap at the end of the first vid! ): I have also just booked flights for ex-Multiple World Champion and Current World Top 10 (in both 20" and 26"!) Aurélien Fontenoy! He will be around all weekend, taking part in the demos and just chilling out/riding with everybody. I think we need to set up a gap and sidehop competition

30 days until Tarty Days 2011! Tees have been ordered I'll post a few pics up when they are here.

I would guess a motor

At a guess... Meta might?

I don't really think anyone would be up for doing it with that design... there would be so much waste and re-clamping would be a nightmare (unless you changed the design a bit). I would probably say getting the main plate machined then bolt on some 90 degree brackets is a better way to go?

Happens instantly Had the same with a Control frame and FSA BB (also alloy cups) a few years back, screwed in dry by hand, picked up a bit of thread - game over. No worries, good luck!

Sounds like it cold welded in that case, bummer. I would just go over and over with the BB tap, the sandpaper won't really help.

Hmmm, looks very dry? All I can recommend here is spending a lot of time with the BB tap set, lots of cutting fluid, then a load of copper grease for fitting the BB and taking your time

Pics of inside of BB shell?

Yeah, went for £42

Just trying to save the guy some hassle and money... never mind...

That might be so, but I very much doubt they will work on this chap's setup... That chain is VERY stretchy so the wheel is a long way back in the dropouts. What is this distance? 30mm? 'Biggest' snail cams you can get are 27mm.

THE RETURN OF FJ!!

Snail cams are great - but - the hole on the T-Pro is too far forward to use them. With the Onza ones, try and make sure the back plate is as flat as possible. The slot in it should allow the bolt to sit in a straight line. If that fails, give some Gusset Kojak ones a try, they are all made of steel and the threaded bar is 8mm instead of 6mm, much stronger

In that case you will need V!Z or Onza if you don't want to have to do some bodging

Correct. The bearings are integrated. Try-All uses cartridges: http://www.tartybikes.co.uk/bb_spares/tryall_bottom_bracket_bearing/c103p10371.html

What is the diameter of the inside of the head tube?

Had a check and the Echo ones are M5 x 0.8.

Looks good - my bars are about 10mm higher than that (same frame)

Internal = 44mm, 'standard' = 34mm. Looks Internal to me