John Shrewsbury Posted January 14, 2006 Report Share Posted January 14, 2006 (edited) Just wondering, isn't the whole point in having a bespoke bike to be able to choose your OWN geo? By looking at the post John might as well start building up aload of the same spec'd bikes and selling them fully built for a small profit! The whole idea is that John is experimenting with his own taste, not someone elses to get the perfect ride for himself. By copying his geo you may get a bike that rides amazingly, for John, but for you it could be utter balls because your not John! Just go on a bunch of different peoples bikes, think about what you've ridden before, change some bits about on your current bike and see what difference it makes.Just my opinion but a viable one I think?May get slaughtered but meh, don't really care.Your dam rite there mate . I've tryed so many parts on this bike to get it the way it is now.Most people run diffrent parts to me. I try and go for the most lightest, cheapest and long living parts around. Most of the tricks i manage to do is because of the set up and the way i want it.The geometry, its just the same as the Ashton edd tongue signture.Gearing, 20 tooth on front, 18 tooth on rear, abit of a weird gearing but i love it.shrewers Edited January 14, 2006 by John Shrewsbury Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash-Kennard Posted January 14, 2006 Report Share Posted January 14, 2006 wow, someone with the same gearing as me!!! thats just given me the insentive to stick with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaiTrials Posted January 14, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2006 wow, someone with the same gearing as me!!! thats just given me the insentive to stick with it.Me too, love it to bits, can you get a rear cassette that has an 18T cog, cos most have odd numbers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash-Kennard Posted January 14, 2006 Report Share Posted January 14, 2006 wow, someone with the same gearing as me!!! thats just given me the insentive to stick with it.is that on the stock or the 24" though? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoyoyo Posted January 14, 2006 Report Share Posted January 14, 2006 Would clive charge extra to put the mounts on the back of the forks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomN Posted January 14, 2006 Report Share Posted January 14, 2006 My mate just got his forks done by Clive and it cost him £23 I think. That was for moving mounts to 24" and at the rear, spray job and postage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoyoyo Posted January 14, 2006 Report Share Posted January 14, 2006 My mate just got his forks done by Clive and it cost him £23 I think. That was for moving mounts to 24" and at the rear, spray job and postage.ok, cheers, were they new forks( Probably a dumb question) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash-Kennard Posted January 14, 2006 Report Share Posted January 14, 2006 I think I may try and get my mounts put on both sides of the frame too,tis a good idea and i bet it will look the bollox Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomN Posted January 14, 2006 Report Share Posted January 14, 2006 ok, cheers, were they new forks( Probably a dumb question)Na they use to be mine them Pashleys, but £65 brand new from clive if you wanted tweak Pash forks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoyoyo Posted January 14, 2006 Report Share Posted January 14, 2006 Excellent, cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaiTrials Posted January 14, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2006 I think I may try and get my mounts put on both sides of the frame too,tis a good idea and i bet it will look the bollox Now, theres an intresting idea, wonder if u could set up 2 brakes, one front and one back of the forks or even frame in the rear, so that they come in at the same time, no more brake slipping for sure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomN Posted January 14, 2006 Report Share Posted January 14, 2006 Ye am sure you can with a few monty splitters? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Booth Posted January 14, 2006 Report Share Posted January 14, 2006 (edited) Wonder how long the forks would last with front and back pistons Edited January 14, 2006 by Tom Booth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash-Kennard Posted January 14, 2006 Report Share Posted January 14, 2006 (edited) Now, theres an intresting idea, wonder if u could set up 2 brakes, one front and one back of the forks or even frame in the rear, so that they come in at the same time, no more brake slipping for sure do you have any idea how long that will take to set up? they all have to hit perfectly, will be hard to pull in quickly, will need water.2boosters, twice the power, will look cool, interesting, posilbly a new development for trials?EDIT: im on about the back one Edited January 14, 2006 by ash-kennard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoyoyo Posted January 14, 2006 Report Share Posted January 14, 2006 Wouldn't it be like running disks on both sides and be really powerfull if you pulled hard enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaiTrials Posted January 14, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2006 Wouldn't it be like running disks on both sides and be really powerfull if you pulled hard enough.It would be extremely powerful, but also i bet u could get loads of modulation.For the front if u run a v break fron and back, you'd just need to connect the tension springs for each side of each brake somehow, then they would pull out together PS - i'm only in on a sat cos im "revising" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomm Posted January 15, 2006 Report Share Posted January 15, 2006 But they would be mushy as hell and you'd have to have an insanely straight wheel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly C Posted January 15, 2006 Report Share Posted January 15, 2006 do you have any idea how long that will take to set up? they all have to hit perfectly, will be hard to pull in quickly, will need water.2boosters, twice the power, will look cool, interesting, posilbly a new development for trials?EDIT: im on about the back one Possibly not, almost certainly in a few minutes someone will post a picture of the green Monty X-Lite from back in '00 that had this setup on the back of the frame.Ultimately its too much hassle for what its worth, it'd probably require extra support on that stay aswell, when normal brakes setup properly have been proven to be great for lock, or modulation, or however you chose to run your brakes.Olly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Booth Posted January 15, 2006 Report Share Posted January 15, 2006 Someone should bully john into putting a splitter on his hose and running top and bottom pistons on his leeson, Then we will know if its good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonny Jones Posted January 15, 2006 Report Share Posted January 15, 2006 apart from seven, peyto, desalvo, triton....Yeah suppose so J. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie Histon Posted January 15, 2006 Report Share Posted January 15, 2006 few more , better picsWhy put the rear magura on the other side? it's a silly idea really because A. it is harder to set up and adjust e.t.c and B. i don't see how it can make the brake any better??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash-Kennard Posted January 15, 2006 Report Share Posted January 15, 2006 Why put the rear magura on the other side? it's a silly idea really because A. it is harder to set up and adjust e.t.c and B. i don't see how it can make the brake any better??? its not where the brake is, it's all that tar smeared around his rim that makes it work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
011001000110010101110010 Posted January 15, 2006 Report Share Posted January 15, 2006 Its not Tar, its magic.I think its more of a gimmic, to say he has his brake mounts there. Looks cool I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Shrewsbury Posted January 16, 2006 Report Share Posted January 16, 2006 Why put the rear magura on the other side? it's a silly idea really because A. it is harder to set up and adjust e.t.c and B. i don't see how it can make the brake any better??? Belive me mate it ant hard to set up, upside down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamtrials Posted January 16, 2006 Report Share Posted January 16, 2006 For all the people going on about two rear brakes look down this page.Two Maguras on rearAnd my year 2000 monty 231 has two brake booster, one underneath and one on top. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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