Token Posted December 2, 2006 Report Share Posted December 2, 2006 Evening all,Having abit of trouble with keeping my chain tight and also keeping the wheel in line so the brakes don't rub, doesn't seem I can have both tension and alignment just the way I want it. Have to sacrifice one for the other.I'm using fresh products snail cams, ones with quite big notches, so aligning the wheel for the brakes can be abit of a biatch because the wheel moves so much when you move the cam just one notch.I've already got a solution I think.... somewhere hidden I've got a set of Echo snail cams, totally notchless (so aligning the wheel will be alot easier than having the fresh products big notches moving the wheel left or right quite alot, should be able to perfect it ) I'm abit sceptical of using them because I'm guessing they will slip, being notchless, am I wrong? Cheers guys x mat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuyJames Posted December 2, 2006 Report Share Posted December 2, 2006 I had the Echo cams Matt and they didn't slip at all, just make sure you do your shoddy little bolts up tight and it should be fine. Maybe run the wheel slammed against your dropouts and take a few links out of your chain? Might simplify matters if you can take the right amount of links out but it is also tad dodge playing with the one thing which keeps your face from becoming a pile of shit. Love you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT! Posted December 2, 2006 Report Share Posted December 2, 2006 I have the FP cams, and the only problem i have is that they were hard to turn. Your better off setting up the wheel stright, and getting a good chain tension, and thenset up the brake. There's no way the wheel is going to move with the FP cams. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 2, 2006 Report Share Posted December 2, 2006 yeh get the chain tight and then set-up the brakes to work to that tension, that's the way i've allways done it without thinking...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Token Posted December 2, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2006 Thanks for the replies guys,Sorry I didn't mention before, I have a xtp running a 47mm wide echo rim. For some reason I have to run the magura cylinders pushed right out of the clamps to stop the brake rubbing, probally because I've got 8mm pad life and there just isn't enough room for abit of 'play'. Anyway think I've cracked it, just, until I land sideways and get a buckle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT! Posted December 2, 2006 Report Share Posted December 2, 2006 Sand the buggers down!Sooo much easier setting up a brake when they're not right out. Also, tensile offset clamps would help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Token Posted December 2, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2006 You ever bothered using the flat side of a angle grinder to rub pads down? I tried it with a unevenly worn Koxx Brown, made the pad go shiney but also produced aload of black smuck on some parts of the pad so not sure if that's totally ruined it. Can you do us a favour an post a link to the tensile offset clamps? cheers mat x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 2, 2006 Report Share Posted December 2, 2006 Mate, I had EXACTLEY your problem, couldn't run full sized pads at all and got some of the offset mount's from supercycles, they are not advertised online as far as I know.I threw up a mini review of them yesterday.http://www.trials-forum.co.uk/forum/index....p;#entry1107146I had to grind my heatsink blue's before putting them on, didn't f**k them up at all really..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
basher Posted December 2, 2006 Report Share Posted December 2, 2006 I found FP snail cams pants. When i used my smooth snail cams i hated them they always slipped but tartydave ran then and really tightened the bolts up so they can be used. I found the monty ones to be the best they have notches and the notches are alot smaller than the FP ones making it alot easier to adjust it precisely. I did a snail cam review in n/m chat a while back you could try and search for that and see if it helps at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 2, 2006 Report Share Posted December 2, 2006 yeh, im running monty ones nd havn't had any problems at all, never loosen even when the nut's are not tight..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Token Posted December 2, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2006 So, you got any ideas on how to get hold of 'em? How did you manage it? Maybe the tarts can get some in.Thanks for helping me out with this jake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 2, 2006 Report Share Posted December 2, 2006 give supercycles a ring 01159411133 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
basher Posted December 3, 2006 Report Share Posted December 3, 2006 (edited) I got mine from cleanbikes, not sure if tarty will have them in yet seeing as they have only just started selling monty, but cleanbikes have them in, and supercycles will have the offset mounts Edited December 3, 2006 by andy h Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 3, 2006 Report Share Posted December 3, 2006 I got mine from cleanbikes, not sure if tarty will have them in yet seeing as they have only just started selling monty, but cleanbikes have them in, and supercycles will have the offset mounts I doubt he'll need both, the offset mount's should move the brakes enough to let him use the FP cams, unless each notch makee the rim move 5 mm to the left or right , which I doubt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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