AdamR28

Yeah, sold out fast.

I'm afraid you know as much as me right now, seems that info gets on the web before any importers know about it these days.

Yep.

Neither of us can prove either way, all we are able to go on is what Dave has said to us and what arrived back here. I have already offered to give Dave a steel axle which I have spare which will get him up and running again. I will speak with Reset yet again to see if it's possible to arrange a spare axle.

Not many, certainly no trials companies.

Internet arguments always are, hehe.

^^ That lame joke was Ali

Lol, not really, but I can't work out in my head why the spacer would NOT contribute to the axle failure... Matt - looks like the axle has sheared after torsion, I edited my post above a few times to include this: Edit: Had yet another look at the BB, looks like it's broken at the end of the crank bolt, which finishes at almost exactly the same distance from the crank stop as the thickness of the spacer used. There is of course a stress riser from the bolt anyway (solid to hollow section change), but combined with the crank being in the 'wrong place' and not covering over this stress riser... you get the idea. Looks like more of a torsional failure, doubt it would have happened if the crank was up to the stop as designed... Hence Reset not replacing it.

Delivery from TW to Aus = faster than TW to UK

Sorry, I thought it would be obvious, both circumstances are identical in terms of force and distance - apart from the addition of the spacer (red bit) on the axle. The crank stop (alloy sleeve, grey on my image) on the axle is 15mm long. Adding a 2mm spacer (red bit) means the force is applied at a point which is 2mm further away from the bearing, right? Therefore a higher bending moment on the axle, as the force (which remains identical for the sake of argument) is being applied further from the pivot (bearing). Increasing the width of the pedal is pretty much irrelevant as this will only increase the (vertical/horizontal, whichever you want to use) component of the force a tiny amount? The maths could be done but nobody knows the exact foot position Dave uses so... Edit: Had yet another look at the BB, looks like it's broken at the end of the crank bolt, which ends at almost exactly the same distance from the crank stop as the thickness of the spacer used. There is of course a stress riser from the bolt anyway (solid to hollow section change), but combined with the crank being in the 'wrong place' and not covering over this stress riser... you get the idea. Looks like more of a torsional failure, doubt it would have happened if the crank was up to the stop as designed... Hence Reset not replacing it.

Product was designed (and passed CN tests to the same level as the Cromo axle) in situation 1, was used in situation 2, pretty clear which one is more likely to break?

It certainly is. As the die for the rim gets old it wears, meaning more material is added to the rim. There about 1.8m of rim in a 26" rim...

http://tartybikes.co.uk/product.php?produc...;category_id=33 --> - Weight: 1165g (manufacturer's claimed weight 1000g)

I think it's so you can upgrade the rim, also means the bike is more durable in case you are 'scared' of single wall rims. We would have liked to see single wall ones on the bikes!

Unfortunately not, these are the rims on the Sky: http://tartybikes.co.uk/product.php?produc...;category_id=26 http://tartybikes.co.uk/product.php?produc...category_id=517 (Not available in Pink separately)

Aaah, I was wondering if this would show up here. I tried to make sure that the bike was wrapped up nice 'n' tight, didn't want a bike that expensive getting battered in the post! Glad you're liking it anyway, and long may that continue... Mark

http://tartybikes.co.uk/content.php?short_name=price_promise

Oops, sorry, that's my fault! The Maxbar is a very flat shape, maybe 6 degree rise and sweep, not like the Pro720. A 720mm bar at 239g sounds too light also...

Unfortunately the weight is not 239g, it's 274g.

No we don't, sorry!

Info from Raleigh, Diamondback distributors: Effect: £519.99 In stock Justice: £519.99 eta 2 weeks Effect Frame: £259.99 eta 2 weeks Justice frame: £279.99 eta 2 weeks Looks like we should be getting some Effects very soon then!

Bearing caps.

Interested to see how this would be done, I have some compound here I'd like to test. I tried at uni and they said I would need a few thousand quid and a mass spectrometer? (Or a friend in the right place!)

Light, but there are two very vital things missing from that hub