craigjames

I agree it has been a bit pedestrian and he does seem to be massively overbuilding the front end of the car in a not very well engineered or logical way. I guess he's pumping out videos no matter the lack of progress to keep his subscribers/sponsors happy? I can imagine the 308 is still taking up a lot of his time in just trying to get/keep it running. I want to see more of the Quattro!

Curious too, i've been following it for a fair few years now. I do feel that his builds don't progress at the rate they used to, but I still find them interesting and enjoyable.

That's a trad climbing shoe, so will have no insole as such, just a rubber smooth sole and a suede last, maybe a very thin plastic toe and midsole for support on tiny rock holds. I agree though the Adidas Five Ten shoes aren't a touch on the original Five Ten products, the build quality isn't as good. I don't think the rubber is as good either, It doesn't seem to last as long.

I mean if you live in the southwest everywhere is considered "the north". The M4 is the North/South divide.

Glad to see you back on your feet again, looks a solid house that i'm sure you'll make a home out of.

I've had absolutely no problems with it at all, it is the updated 4 pawl version (like the Pro 4). So that may be why I haven't experienced any skipping, that and I'm a wuss 😁

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