AdamR28

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Posssssibly....

Haha, no, the random small holes in the headtube look weird IMO, don't really fit in with the smooth curves of the rest of the frame.

Yeah... that was the best one as well!

Shouldn't have said that

Haha. What size do you need Benny boy?

What's estimated RRPs on these? Cheers gents!

Some snaps from tonight... was a good ride! Dr Jon with most of the pics again Stan rail ride... didn't get far before he decked it, haha. Ad sidehop to rear on bollard Stan gap up to rear from the post to the rock Ad sidehop to rail Ad drop (bigger than he thought!) Ad gap from grey box to kerb (big! Didn't quite make it but Stan did just as security were kicking us off) Stan looking weird cos of the funky light, haha Stan gap (massive, made it smooooth) Stan gap up to rear from block in the bottom left Ad with the same gap, to front, then switch to rear Me sidehop Bit of TGS Hope you like Ads

The nearest station is 5.5 miles away - Rochdale http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=d&hl=e...160675&z=13 The bast bit is a bit of a hilly trek on a pushbike though!

Video of Ben Slinger riding Back Cowm here: http://www.eengoedidee.nl/videoz/download....vtTM228AABMBFJQ

£999 = 1300€, which is significantly less than the price in France! (1600€ = ~£1200) As long as you don't smash the hell out of tubes, I reckon it would be. Have you seen the size of the stuff Vincent does?!

Yeah that sounds like the one

The old dimensions are close enough not to make a difference Strange about the 28h rims - they're not on my price list!

That's a good point - I'll give John a shout. I have 3 or 4 areas in mind, if anyone has suggestions please let me know I think there are still issues with Addingham... I don't want to jeapardise the potential future use of the land for competitions. I do agree that it's an awesome venue though!

When I spoke with John this morning I got the impression it will be 'business as usual' however he did offer to cordon off some specific areas just for us. Those who know Back Cowm - do you think this would be a good idea? I didn't think it would be worth it but certainly open to ideas

Working link with more pictures: http://tartybikes.co.uk/product.php?id=10387

Well, the hub alone is 102g. All the hubs you have posted Rav are weighed without any method of attaching them to the bike, so you'd need to add at least 24g to the total weight? I'm not sure of the axle design of the Soul hub, but the Hope and Boplight require skewers which are much heavier than bolts anyway.

Exactly!

Important information: Due to an unfortunate set of circumstances, the venue and date of this ride has had to be changed - apologies for any inconvenience. The new venue will be Back Cowm Quarry and the new date will be Saturday 3rd May. There have been British Rounds help at this venue before and it is jam packed with top stuff to ride. The total land area is 150 acres - more than big enough! The location is 15 miles east and 10 miles south of Shipley Glen, and is within 7 miles of the M62 motorway. Please note that each rider is require to pay £2 entry fee to the venue to cover maintenance and insurance. Links to the location: Google Maps Flash Earth Map As a 'bonus', there will also be a street ride on 4th May - venue to be confirmed. See you there! Adam

26" rigid forks are about 400-420 length... so a 24" rigid fork would be around 375-395... add 80mm of travel, take off 1/4 for sag, add that to 375 and you get about 435mm = not much upset at all

Beast - no worries Thought it was you, hehe!

Just fit the forks as normal. I guess anything up to about 80mm would be sufficient!

Did you give it a good clean out before the water bleed? If not, there will most likely be lots of gunky ming that's slowing your brake right down... Whip it apart and check, it will be fairly obvious! My preferred solution: Get a track pump, and attach this to a bleed pipe using the presta fitment on the pump, and then to the slave cylinder. Stick an outlet pipe in the lever, aim this towards a bag/tub/something to catch the ming and pump like fury... Then, mix up a 1:5 ratio (ish) of washing up liquid/water... bleed the brake with that, pump it a lot. Repeat the track pump stage and then re-bleed with normal water. Pump the brake plenty of times again, repeat track pump... then re-bleed with fresh water. Drop some wet chain lube on the seals/pistons and work it in my pumping the brake, then wipe off any excess. If it's really not having it, you can try taking the master piston out, removing the seals, then sanding the diameter down a teennyy bit until it slides correctly (push it in and check - make sure you put the spring in! Or you'll have to use the track pump to fire it out again). Lube it up, bleed the brake and try again. That should sort you out! Ads

Some nice features on the frames, would be good to see them in the flesh! Interesting idea on the steerer tube too.. Re: hydroforming, maybe we should split it into 'custom' and 'off-the-shelf'? Obviously any hydroformed tubes/profiles are created with the same/very similar processes but I would imagine custom profiles are vastly different in their development and tooling costs?