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What year and model we talking about?

I thought they were all the same? 05 06 07 frames. . .Excuse me if I am wrong.

Back in 2005 55bb was considered high...

But now it is considered mid/low, and +70 is more of a standard, but +55 is a much better height.

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I thought they were all the same? 05 06 07 frames. . .Excuse me if I am wrong.

But now it is considered mid/low, and +70 is more of a standard, but +55 is a much better height.

They're not all the same. And as jake mentioned, +55 back in 06 was high.

I'm not trying to be argumentative here haha.

Also, how can you make a statement that 55 is a better height? For what exactly?

I personally love a high bb short mod.

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They're not all the same. And as jake mentioned, +55 back in 06 was high.

I'm not trying to be argumentative here haha.

Also, how can you make a statement that 55 is a better height? For what exactly?

I personally love a high bb short mod.

Not trying to be a dick here either, sorry if it seems I am :P

I don't know why I think it's better, it's not hard to do rear wheel moves on any mod, even one with +30, so why compromise the feel of two wheel moves?

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Not trying to be a dick here either, sorry if it seems I am :P

I don't know why I think it's better, it's not hard to do rear wheel moves on any mod, even one with +30, so why compromise the feel of two wheel moves?

No you're not don't worry. Healthy debate never hurt did it :geek:

I get what you mean. At one point I had a limey, an ice and as a spare a 2003 echo team with a modern spec. The low bb on that was so fun for bunny hops and general messing about, but that was about as far as it could stretch. But I would always turn to the limey or ice for a decent days riding, and to keep up with my ability.

I suppose it all depends on what you enjoy doing, if manuals and smaller moves are your thing, a low bb mod is the way to go.

Anyway, I'll shut up now and get back on topic. I love this frame.

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I think most trials companies are made with target audiences in mind, competition riders are a HUGE audience. They probably ride more in a week than a street rider does in a month...

They also from what I've seen, tend to buy brand new parts more than anyone else. Which means they have the bigger call in terms of geometry, they want higher bb, GU gives them higher bb, profit.

If you want a 2013 frame with a 2004 geo then you have 2 choices, become a very good and well known rider, like CLS for example and work with a deng to get a geo you like. Second choice is buy a frame from Marino.

If you're still going to moan about high bb, don't. It's not going to get you anywhere.

This was aimed at DrStix :P

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i like the idea of splined hubs, but it looks like deng is using his own spline pattern in those pics. anyone else get the feeling he's going to alienate his customers by forcing them to buy his sprokets too? a bit like he has with the intergrated c/r on his forks. i know he owns a sizeable portion of the trials market with his various brands, but it still seems a bit greedy to me.

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Seen most of this on faceyb - http://www.facebook.com/biketrialdreams

Those hubs are the '09 SL hubs. Pretty hard to find these days since he stopped making them a while back.

Lately there's only been the TR screw-on hubs but seems for 2013 there's at least one TR hub that goes back to using splined cog:

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2013 SL cranks: 160, 170, 175mm

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