Dan6061

47. Me. 48. Rich (rich4130)

Got a new brake, took pics.

The Deng levers are a bit square though... not too nice on the fingers...

just like crack

or maybe now....

is really shit.

all of you

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Nooooo way. Magura's have plastic internals, meaning they don't really need oiling up that much. From what I understand, Hope's have metal internals, meaning they really need oiling up that much. - Water+Hope=bad. Bad= seized pistons+wasted money.

Tarty-Party™

Heh..is that my picture in the Exeter results bit? but cropped a bit? I have the exact same, but wider on my pc, that came straight off my camera... Site looks awesome btw.

Poll didn't work for me. Large Blooo.

I don't like my video now...haha. Jonny will win 'cos of his sick editing skills.

I've cleaned my bike...twice. In three years. The mud will just dry and fall off... Any crap on my rims I clean off, but never the whole bike..not for the hell of it anyway.

I'd always imagined you with some massive 'Tartybikes' sign out the front. Get one. Place looks awesome. Any pictures of the work area? - Where repairs and whatnot get done?

Use mineral oil. Do not use any DOT fluid in it, as it'll rape the seals, and pretty much everything else. I don't think Dani meant to take the brake off completely. Just had to undo the bolts (that hold the caliper on) slightly, pull the brake, and then do the bolts back up. In theory this should work, as when you pull the lever, both pads come at the same time, which should center the rotor in the caliper. - Meaning no/very little rub. Now you say it's not holding, you've probably contaminated it somehow. take the pads off, and boil them. - Wack them in a pan with some water, and put it on the hob for a while. Hopefully all the oil will come off. Another thing to try, is get a lighter, and just burn the pads a bit. Once all the black smoke has gone, that should mean you've burnt off any oil on there. For the rotor, put it in the dishwasher (obviously wash it in there) and that should be fine too. All of these has worked for my BB7, so I don't see why it shouldn't work for any other brake. Just be sure to not get any oil on the pads or rotor when you re-bleed it.

The majority of us have aluminium frames. - No rust. I suppose if you coated it all in lacquer then it'd be alright?

I thought people had problems with the cracking somewhere? Unless they were first batch ones...

I have a 165mm on my mod. It's more that enough really. If it's for 26" 180mm is fine.

I prefer the flex in my (old) Zoo bars.. My mate recently got the new ones, and they're really solid, and feel horrible. He pretty much has the same bike as me too. Same frame, same forks, same bars, same stem...

Mine slowly creeps to one side from time to time..little b*****d. Soon stop it though. Probably crumbs on my desk or something, making the sensor thing on the mouse go mental.

So minimalist.

I guess people will know where the images came from, seeing as they all have 'www.tartybikes.co.uk' written across them. Can't see it being a problem, as then people will know where they can buy the products.

Tartybikes are closed 'til the 21st May.