116mm Or 135mm

[Phatmike]

Lets be honest, anyone who can't get bloody snail cams to work deserves a wet fish-slap. Having never used cams before, when I got my Adamant (stock btw), I just whacked it on and had it going straight away. They never slip, nor cause me any grief.

Ditched tensioners over 2 1/2 years ago, when I got my fresh product frame I designed with eccentric dropouts, and have never looked back. Not having to worry about snapping hangers just makes riding so much simpler.

Unless you need gears, there really is no need to have vertical dropouts - however whether it's 116 or 135mm just depends on what frame it is you want. I ended up with 116 because I like the Adamant frames. Had the choice of king, profile, various front/rear freewheels and went with a profile as it was the most reliable and cost effective solution for me. Lets face it - the only hubs you can't get for 116 are Hopes, and that's soon to change anyway...

Mech hangers/sprung/fixed tensioners are old, redundant technology, and deserve no place in todays trials scene*.

*Unless you want gears.

[Tim/Trialsin USA]

"Mech hangers/sprung/fixed tensioners are old, redundant technology, and deserve no place in todays trials scene*."

I personally agree...but...over the years I have found that amazing riding skills does not necessarily translate into mechanical ability. With the increase in full disc bikes, vertical dropouts are pretty fool proof in getting disc correctly aligned with the caliper. Until stock bike frame makers adopt a simple standard like the WTF, we are stuck with a patchwork of tensioning systems.

Vertical is better for ensuring quick/consistentg alignment of disc brakes. Horizontals (WTF frame aside) have a more durable tensioning system. Pick the most important to you.