Mark W

You read me like a book ;)

I e-mailled Ben 'cos I wanted a copy, so for anyone else who wanted to know - we're looking at £15 (with an additional £1.50 for postage, unless you pick it up from him at a comp or wherever).

Braided hosing makes sense for DHers or other fast riders, but for trials it's a bit pointless. As far as I could tell, the only real performance advantage was that if you're firing down the site of Les Gets and need to haul on the anchors, the braided hosing means that when you brake, the force from the braking goes purely into moving the pads because it's not splaying out the hosing (same way that you get a brake booster to use with a V-brake or Magura so you remove any additional flex). I guess this too means that it's more resistant to getting snagged and crimped like Magura hosing, but that's about it. For trials, I don't really see any need for it. Because of the brake set-ups being run by most riders, they're good enough as it is. I mean HS33's are almost definitely the choice of about 80-90% of riders (if not more?), and with a booster and a good bleed they feel solid anyway. A lot of riders are running front discs now, but even with a front Magura the hose is so short that there's less hosing to flex in a way, and also it just doesn't have the same sort of braking problems associated with braking at speed (like in a DH race). So yeah, £38 for a brake hose or £3-5 for standard hosing. I *think* I know which one I'd go for...

That's about the same as CLS's signature Python frame I guess, so it's aaaalmost becoming standard. Stocks are getting funny too. Just look at that Vinco (Y)

True, but I guess what you do with it comes into play too. But yeah, I see what you mean. It does seem a little shady that they're flying off the backings though. They do look properly shallow. Is there no way they could be made deeper so the pad had more foundation in the backing?

Just out of curiousity, how long ago did he design it and Onza say they wouldn't be able to do it? Are we talking < or > 6 months?

Bleeding's a piece of piss (Y) The way I've always done it with my Magura is (after checking the TPA's loosey goosey): 1. Take out the bleed bolt from the piston. 2. Attach the bleed hose to the syringe. 3. Suck in a full load of water into the syringe (thus filling the syringe and the hose). 4. Screw the bleed hose into the piston. 5. Undo lever bolt. 6. Screw in outlet hose. 7. Squirt through the first load from the syringe. 8. When I take the syringe out, I generally cover the end of the outlet hose with my finger just to stop the crap that's just come out of the brake (if there's any air bubbles, it'll stop them from going back in). 9. Refill syringe. 10. Just before you put the syringe back into the hose, let go of the outlet hose a bit so some water goes back through so there's no little air bubble at the tip of the bleed hose from where you took the syringe out. 11. Repeat until you get clear fluid coming out the other end. 12. Whip stuff out, do it all up. 13. Dial in TPA, and job's a good 'un. That's the way I've always done it, and it's always worked perfectly for me. Of course you substitute whatever fluid you want for "water" up there.

If it's the hose from lever to the piston, then you just need to cut the hose to length, slide the sorta nut/sleeve job on, then the olive, then poke the end with the olive on into the piston. Make sure the olive is down to the end of the hose though. You then just tighten it up, and then do the same as the lever end, but with the lever bolt going on 'fore the olive. EDIT: You can also go to www.Magura.de and download a PDF version of the HS33 manual, which will help you too (Y) http://www.magura.com/english/download/05/felgen_05_e.pdf

How do you mean? Do you not know how to bleed full stop?

I'm running Magura HS33's front and rear (on mod, although Neil Tunnicliffe does mental gaps to front and ups to front and runs front Magura on stock...), but I think the majority plump for discs up front. If you want the cheaper disc option, you could get an Avid mechanical for £55 from www.supercycles.co.uk, and then maybe an Avid SD7 V-brake lever to go with it. Alternatively, you could try the Hope Trial brake and see how that fares (Y) It's more expensive though, so if money's an issue you could always get the Avid.

He won't care then, will he? :P EDIT: Tartybikes is taking it like a man! Good work with the Monty biz too :P

The riding was good. That's about all I can truthfully say. EDIT - That and the wrist issue was savage :ermm:

The whole Trafaelio DVD rules, but I saw it just after watching "You Get What You Get", which dominated Trafaelio in many ways. Anyhoo, Steven Hamilton's section is posted up in another thread on somewhere here - I don't think it's the Little Wheels Thread, if you search for Steven Hamilton it should pop up though :ermm: Hamilton's section in Can I Eat? blew me away as well.

Plazmatic Spanish Flies? Are the new ones the CRM's or something?

Only ever the right ones. I've got one half-dead Heatsink left, and 3 thin as hell ones (two green, one yellow)... Pesky hydraulic systems :ermm: It's hard to say how much the Koxx' have worn though just because I can't really remember how wide they were originally, and I don't know how wide they are now. I know the right one seems to have a bit more air 'tween pad and rim than it used to... I don't know, maybe us Llandrindod riders just rape components more. The street rider here tonight bent his AtomLab General Issue bars which he got new on Saturday. Ridden for about... 5 hours?

Are these the one some people are already using? The "Shit" ones as the majority seem to call them? Anyway, my green Bloxx' have gone ultra good. It's the best brake I've ever used; proper bite and hold. Really sound. They've worn down a bit which is whack, but it's only money I guess. Back to Hydras, seeing as they never did me wrong :P My Plaz CRM's a bit indifferent on the front; it'll go from top banana to a bit shady then back again. It's on an un-ground rim though, so I might run the grinder round it 'fore it gets to comp time...

From speaking to them, red's are softest, then browns are hardest, with the others in the middle...

Nah, I meant the Koxx greens, sorry! Speaking of pads - my Plaz CRM worked freakishly well in the wet yesterday on my new Try-All front rim, without a grind. Weirded me out, that's for sure.

But they'd tell you to say that though if you had got it :lol: Anyhoo, I've properly crashed and/or burned out of the UCAS system this year (at least I know now so I don't have to worry my way through the summer :S), so I think I might be moving to Windsor to live with my brother, and try and get a job at a bike shop somewhere. I work at one at the moment, and I actually enjoy it. When it gets to 3pm and it's a bit quiet it can get a bit sorta tetchy, but in general I do actually sort of look forward to doing it.

The only problem is that no one rider will know what the best pad is. For example, I had a year of top dollar braking with some X-Hydra pads, but Lewis wore through a set in 4 hours. For that reason, the Brake Pad topic was made and left open so people could put in their own opinions. 'cos of the format of the reviews, they're all pretty standardized so you should be able to get an accurate idea. It takes a bit of time to read, but meh :lol:

Or just get them from SelectBikes... Why not get an Alex DX-32 though? I've never buckled mine, they take grinds super well, properly burly, wide enough to be drilled well. Really good rims :lol:

Not really in the same league as causing global persecution, people being murdered in the name of itself, y'know, that sort of thing. Anyway, not the time for it I guess.

/\ There she blows. Personally, I can't stand that Woodman frame in the same way I can't stand their 26" frame, but there we go. Hope it rides nicely :lol: How much did you pay for the frame?

Will, why get Koxx browns when you could get the greens? :P I had a quick ride in the wet then just to see if my new Try-All tyre up front was any good (It is. Oh yes, it is.), but then I noticed how uber good my back brake is. Proper lock, bite and hold now. It's all freaking good. It sucks that it's about | | thin when you get it, but hopefully it'll last a while :lol: Anyway, I'd definitely recommend them. If the wear rate's wank I'll put a post in Pad Review, but yeah, they're well worth looking at :S

It's just the way you said a funny Schraeder valve, I thought you meant "funny" as in the thinner one, if you get me. Meh, well that's what I thought. Plus it's hardly a lock nut, you b*****d :lol: