Tom Booth Posted May 7, 2013 Report Share Posted May 7, 2013 Completly served this mouthy willy that came into work today. Been meaning to do it for a while, feel good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam T Posted May 7, 2013 Report Share Posted May 7, 2013 Completly served this mouthy willy that came into work today. Been meaning to do it for a while, feel good. More info needed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Cox Posted May 7, 2013 Report Share Posted May 7, 2013 Gonna get some beers and give the bike a fettle in the sun. Also, no more work til Saturday! Ben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dann2707 Posted May 7, 2013 Report Share Posted May 7, 2013 Built my first 3X wheel with no assistance pretty happy. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blake Posted May 7, 2013 Report Share Posted May 7, 2013 cheeky fishy fingers also; tonk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Cox Posted May 7, 2013 Report Share Posted May 7, 2013 Free can of GT-85 from halfords/o2. Thank you very much . Ben 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greetings Posted May 7, 2013 Report Share Posted May 7, 2013 Progressing with my riding every time I go out. Hope I don't run out of steam! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark W Posted May 7, 2013 Report Share Posted May 7, 2013 Wheels have arrived, oh my..... Yeah, like I said - kiiiind of jealous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali C Posted May 7, 2013 Report Share Posted May 7, 2013 me too, they didn't give me shit when I emailed them about rims Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew62 Posted May 7, 2013 Report Share Posted May 7, 2013 Apparently there is really, really limited old stock left of 24" stiffys. From what I gather Daves rims were gained by contacting spank directly where someone then had to search the warehouse for an old set and happened upon some. Also Adam when sourcing the rims happened to come across one of the very helpful guys. As soon as I heard there was stiffys still available I was surprise and tried to get a set myself....need to chase that up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isitafox Posted May 7, 2013 Report Share Posted May 7, 2013 I emailed him at the beginning of March and he said I was the 3rd person in as many weeks to enquire about Stiffys. Said they stopped making them as there was no demand but they put that down to the fact they were so well made once people bought them they couldn't destroy them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark W Posted May 7, 2013 Report Share Posted May 7, 2013 My penchant for excessive spoke tension might have proved them wrong, although that's me doing it wrong rather than Spank I'd imagine the majority of MTBers deciding gimmicky new wheelsizes were The Way Forward™ probably hampered sales when people left the one true wheelsize and experimented more. They should reeeeally start making them again though... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CalopS Posted May 7, 2013 Report Share Posted May 7, 2013 Just been out doing some solo trialsy trails before the weather changes. Was good fun Three days of rain then a dry portsmouth weekend please mother nature! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew62 Posted May 7, 2013 Report Share Posted May 7, 2013 My penchant for excessive spoke tension might have proved them wrong, although that's me doing it wrong rather than Spank I'd imagine the majority of MTBers deciding gimmicky new wheelsizes were The Way Forward probably hampered sales when people left the one true wheelsize and experimented more. They should reeeeally start making them again though... I've insisted. I might mention it again to them but 24" really is dead in the MTB world. It seems all street riders and DJers are on 26" and most of the MTB world is moving away from 26". It's a real shame as I couldn't go back to a 26" trials bike but there is so little interest in 24 I wonder if it'll soon exist outside of street trials? I can't ever give in to holey rims. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark W Posted May 7, 2013 Report Share Posted May 7, 2013 More BMX companies are firing out 24" street-orientated cruisers like the Model-C: Standard BMX-orientated rims that they use are fairly shit - relatively heavy, stupidly expensive and not particularly wide. I'd imagine they'd virtually all benefit from getting some Spanks, but it's pretty hard turning the juggernaut that is the BMX industry so I doubt many would switch over. The thing I don't get though is that if you've got the tooling to create the extrusion for your rim, that's the expensive part - altering the wheel size is just a case of tweaking the jig that actually bends the rim itself which is straight forward (no pun intended). If they've got this range of bangin' 26" rims, then all they'd need to do is alter the jig and lash out some 24" rims to help ease their Inbox-related issues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blake Posted May 7, 2013 Report Share Posted May 7, 2013 More BMX companies are firing out 24" street-orientated cruisers like the Model-C: Standard BMX-orientated rims that they use are fairly shit - relatively heavy, stupidly expensive and not particularly wide. I'd imagine they'd virtually all benefit from getting some Spanks, but it's pretty hard turning the juggernaut that is the BMX industry so I doubt many would switch over. The thing I don't get though is that if you've got the tooling to create the extrusion for your rim, that's the expensive part - altering the wheel size is just a case of tweaking the jig that actually bends the rim itself which is straight forward (no pun intended). If they've got this range of bangin' 26" rims, then all they'd need to do is alter the jig and lash out some 24" rims to help ease their Inbox-related issues. Has anyone ever ridden one of these nicely? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark W Posted May 7, 2013 Report Share Posted May 7, 2013 I saw a vid a while ago of someone riding one with a pretty decent style. I guess it's just unfortunate that about 80% of Sunday's team appear to exist in some kind of style vacuum. Getting Aaron Ross to make something look fun to ride = no no. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich J Posted May 7, 2013 Report Share Posted May 7, 2013 Even Jim trying to ride it looked horrible. Spank need to chuck em on their completes (if they still do them and don't already) or chuck em on someone elses to get them out there. I ran a 26 one up front for a long time, crazy strong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark W Posted May 7, 2013 Report Share Posted May 7, 2013 Jim C's always had a fairly 'functional' style though in fairness. But yeah, I know what you mean. The geo's actually not a million miles off what people are going for now with street-trials-orientated 24s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dann2707 Posted May 9, 2013 Report Share Posted May 9, 2013 First exam of 5 went amazing! Revised the past paper which was essentially the same thing but with different figures. Honestly think i've got every answer right. However the ones next week and the week after are the hard ones 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD™ Posted May 9, 2013 Report Share Posted May 9, 2013 I can't really stand football, but when it comes up and smacks me in the face with a shocking error it's great fun: bosh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isitafox Posted May 9, 2013 Report Share Posted May 9, 2013 Dropped both my frames in at the powdercoaters earlier, can't wait to build them both up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake. Posted May 9, 2013 Report Share Posted May 9, 2013 Spent the day sorting the bike, college is over with for the year. Brakes bled, found the creak which was the pedal not tight enough in crank which was lucky, took bb out to check it was okay then put it back in tighter than before, new chain, cut the steerer down from 15mm spacers to 10, filed brake mounts, retapped one of the rear brake mounts, bled both brakes, destickered and polished the frame... List goes on. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blake Posted May 9, 2013 Report Share Posted May 9, 2013 Spent the day sorting the bike, college is over with for the year. Brakes bled, found the creak which was the pedal not tight enough in crank which was lucky, took bb out to check it was okay then put it back in tighter than before, new chain, cut the steerer down from 15mm spacers to 10, filed brake mounts, retapped one of the rear brake mounts, bled both brakes, destickered and polished the frame... List goes on. Finally. Those stickers were gash. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake. Posted May 9, 2013 Report Share Posted May 9, 2013 Finally. Those stickers were gash. I never thought they were particularly nice, just always fancied having a whole top tube stickered haha. Still got them on the downtube though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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