craigjames

I always cleaned out the backings thoroughly, rough up the insides of the backings and the pads a little and used a bit of epoxy to glue them in place.

I think the majority of it is down to location. Good natural riding spots are fairly few and far between on this small island. Down here in the Southwest there are quite a few and you'll find that the local riders quite enjoy riding the variety of coastal, Dartmoor and Cornish natural spots. The same can be said for the other end of the country in Yorkshire/Derbyshire etc. There is also quite a lot in Wales. But a lot of these locations are reasonably far from the larger cities and concentrations of riders, where street riding dominates.

Clean have done this for the last couple models of freehub, odd really. It certainly doesn't make a lot of sense. ALthough I guess it artificially increases the performance compared to their competitors rear freehubs and gives a more fair comparison against FFW set ups.

Are you using a sprung tensioner?

What are you doing to kill all these freehubs!?! What hub was it this time?

Generally if a frame or fork is referred to as tapered then it's a 1 1/8" to 1 1/2", apart from Jitsie who for some reason use 1 1/8" to 1 1/4". The main difference between the Inspired forks and say a set of Crewkerz or Clean comp forks, is the axle to crown length and the offset. The Inspired forks are a bit longer at 415mm rather than the 405mm of the Clean/Crewkerz forks. and the offset is 30mm rather than 35mm. I ran tapered forks in a 1 1/8" integrated headset frame with an external lower cup, so that would open up the number of frames you could run them in. What frame did you want to use the forks in?

That's a bit sad really. You'd think that Jack would appreciate some healthy competition to keep pushing him and requiring him to progress. But then from the seems of it his ego gets the better of him. He certainly comes across as a sore loser, i don't understand Jack's bitter comments against Clean either. It's a shame because I think Charlie is a positive to any sponsor, he gets the results and has the right attitude. Without Jack's influence Charlie would probably still be a Crewkerz rider. I wonder if Jack will have the same reaction when the Weightmans start wining events and taking the limelight.

Come on, what are the reasons, i'm intrigued! The relationship between Jack and Charlie seemed a bit tense, mainly from Jack. But i'm sure there were other aspects that contributed to his move?

Caustic soda is whats in over cleaner and removes anodising from Aluminium. You need to be careful with it, it's nasty stuff, so glasses, long sleeves and gloves are a good idea. Also you need to protect any threads on the Frame as it can and will eat away at them if you leave the frame in it for too long. Bear in mind that once you've removed the anodising the aluminium will oxidise and go dull reasonably quickly

Passed the promotion interview board at work, which i'm very happy about. Got offered a role that I wasn't expecting and comes with significantly more responsibility than i've had before. On the positive side it also comes with significantly more money. Hopefully I can adapt to the new role and maintain a reasonable work/life balance, as there's not much point in extra money if you can't enjoy it. Also, the bottom end of my Audi S4 engine has been built, i've rebuilt the K04 turbos, just the heads to do and it all goes back in the car. Sadly it won't be ready for our wedding in May. But that was always ambitious. I really can't wait to get it back on the road, it should be much more fun than the little Suzuki Swift i've been borrowing. And finally after a year out due to injury and getting fat, i'm back to climbing. Definitely not at the level I was, fingers crossed i'll shift some more chub and build on the strength i've got Definitely feels good to be moving in the right direction

He seems right at home on it. I wonder if he'll continue to be sponsored by Hope, as the hubs won't fit in his new frame.

What bike is it? What rear wheel does it have?

I agree, it looks like the frame is made up of several sections of different frames. It's a shame as Clean do make some nice looking bikes.

Whut?! An 8 year bump, just to make no sense at all!?

I did think about this, my only issue is you don't see many pole vaulters landing with their poles. What I mean is you'd need to be able to dampen that springy energy whenever you landed a move to rear wheel to stop you getting bucked off. It might be possible, but does make things more complicated.