AdamR28

Looks similar to the Stealth hub. They were a bit hit and miss...

I feel redundant

Therefore it's not the most stupid ever, it's actually pretty clever.

The other way is to use a bolt which has a head small enough to fit inside the crank

You seem to be doing the rounds with the 'realistic' posts this morning Of course everything will break at some point, the key is for riders to understand they need to buy parts that are suitable for their riding. And if there is a genuine issue with said product then that is what the warranty is for.

So basically, freewheels are like brake pads

f**kin ace

*insert hair-related joke about the scissors* ?

Enjoy your shit tyres Nah, they're ok if you keep it smooth.

If there is any movement other than sliding / rotation between the ball and the socket, it's goosed.

Any play is bad. Easy to wiggle around is fine as long as they have no slop. From new they will be pretty tight and tricky to move if you have them in your hands.

To a point. The correct Hope one.

'Wrong' rotor - too many holes.

Cheers for the feedback Jack - and of course for observing too! No worries Paul, it was a shame you couldn't get down but I know you're a busy chap Good point about self-observing not being ideal if there is a prize / positional award... so maybe this sort of thing would be better without positions / awards? Maybe it would work just giving a 'focus' to the day, and it ends up as simply a gathering of riders looking to have a good day out that would be a good thing? Trials riders tend to ride in smaller groups nowadays from what I can tell, but everyone always enjoy a group ride. Gotta fly but I'll add more later...

Aahh I see - makes sense! Yeah, the self-observing thing was a general question to anyone, I appreciate it's kinda radical but might work... Maybe... The paired observers didn't swap this time. We thought about it but decided consistency in the sections was important. Ah, cheers. It's cool though, we just want people to get out on bikes and have fun, that's what it's about... We're looking at possibly Lee Mill for the next one. Tony Lund at the council has been in touch a couple of times asking if we have anything we can use the facility for. There's quite a lot of MTBers up there all the time but the trials stuff is barely used since they are only allowed 4 (from memory) motorbike trials days there a year. It's fairly bleak when the weather is bad, and the rocks are mega slippery, but you can definitely put on some good sections.

Yeah, with hindsight an extra section or 3 laps would have been good - we didn't think people would get through their laps as quickly as they did. Glad the nominated starter section seemed to work, feedback from a few of the observers was that a lot of people seemed to ignore that request, haha, but I guess it helped a bit

Good stuff Yeah, the observer thing is an 'issue' if you wanted to try and add more sections, however the way I see it is this... - You can't run a comp without observers. - Therefore you need to look after the observers. - Giving them a lunch break (with a free lunch) and having someone else with them at the section (2 observers per section) makes their day more enjoyable. Nothing worse than being stuck in the same place for 5-6 hours a day on your own! - Hopefully, you may eventually end up with more volunteer observers given this way of doing it...? Had a few people yesterday say they actually enjoyed observing, which was cool! We ended up with 11 observers and 1 at the control tent all day, so we had one spare to 'float' - BUT 6 of those probably would have ridden the comp given the chance. If that doesn't work, how would people feel about self-observing? It works well in car autosolos, basically you have two 'pools' of entrants, one drives the courses while the other officiates, and then you swap round. This isn't the UCI World Champs so there's no point being militant with the observing, if you're getting your bike through the gates and not taking the piss with the markers and tape then it's all good. In my mind it would work a bit like this... - At sign on you indicate which people you'd like to go round with for the day. From memory I don't remember seeing groups much larger than 4 people, maybe 5 at a push. - With 5 sections and, say, 40-45 riders, that's 8-10 riders per section. - Allocate 10 pools of riders (2 per section), making sure a complete group of mates is together within a pool. - Send 2 pools of 4 or 5 riders to each of the 5 sections, so you'd have 8-10 riders at each section. - One pool rides while the other observes, then swap over. - When the section is finished, one pool goes 'right' (if they start at 1, they then go to 2, then 3, etc) and the other pool goes 'left' (if they start at 5, they then go to 4, 3, etc). Benefits: - You don't need to have 'fixed' observers. - You will probably end up riding with (and observing for) a wider number of riders than you normally would. - You'll never end up with a big queue at a section because there's only ever the same amount of riders at each section. - You can actually learn quite a lot from watching other riders in a section! Downsides: - You might end up in a group with someone you don't like. - A bit more admin. - Possible lack of consistency with the observing (although with tape in the right places it should help). - Maybe end up with people 'cheating' since there are no 'proper' observers? Although you'd hope not, since it would mean there are 4-5 observers! (And probably more of both I've not thought about!) I'm probably living in a dream world, but what do you guys think? Another point is that marking out the sections is a laborious task, especially when you have to try and make all the routes 'cross'. I think it was about 7 hours to do 5 sections and there were 6 of us setting out. Speaking to Mick Carthy, they've had to do 8 sections with 2 people in the pissing rain before, not fun... Maybe you don't need more than 5 sections? Maybe a smaller entry is better anyway?

6 months. Still got a load of emails to reply to from Friday night, Saturday and Sunday and Stan's not in today...

Awesome - we're glad you had fun, that was exactly the intention Thanks a lot for the feedback! We have a few tweaks in the pipeline for the next one (yes, I've said it!), I'll get them down in writing asap and we'd love to hear your comments. We're under no illusions that this format could replace 'regular' competitions, but from the atmosphere yesterday it seemed there are loads of people out there who just want to have fun on their bikes, take the piss out of their mates when they fall off, get satisfaction from making a gate they wouldn't normally be able to, etc., so we'd like to develop a format that allows you to do all of those things and more. Cheers again to everyone who came along, helped out, observed and spectated!

Exactly this.

Yeah, that makes sense. I guess it checks the alignment of 4 wheels so we'll let them off on a technicality There's nothing wrong with a good laser alignment, all the known methods (string, laser, Hunter, etc) produce perfect results with good care, just the Hunter systems are easier to get something close in a short space of time (ie. ideal for a garage).

As Robin says, 3 deg caster is spot on for a Clio, and its not adjustable without aftermarket parts. I know why your setup was so cheap now too Dan, all they adjusted was front tracking (which is fair enough since that's all you can adjust on a Clio as standard). Them calling it a 4 wheel alignment is probably a little OTT, haha. But yeah, it should drive fine with that geo as long as no bushings / joints are f**ked, tyres are decent, etc

There will be

No manpower for a shop, sorry. Also no entries on the day...

Tried a 510 or 610 HX? They don't do that