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Also, one of the best live bands I've ever seen (Skynd) are doing Bloodstock. Well worth a look.

Never been, but I did see Meshuggah last year, it'll be worth it for them alone. If you look up Meshuggah crowds specifically it's usually pretty tame, mostly people in awe, the weird time signatures and polyrhythms probably make it harder for your average person to follow and bounce correctly to.

Trials? Fashion? Ha!

After all the advice you were given last time you went and put the same weak caliper on the same flimsy adapter and got the same result? I'm stunned. Do you have money to buy a Saint brake every week but not £7 to buy a capable adapter? At this point you deserve it. Instead of questioning every experienced opinion you're offered, what about actually taking the advice? It's usually the same few people posting this topic and I contribute to nearly all of them. It's really quite a simple fix if you LISTEN. Also, I have never broken a caliper or an adapter. Just saying.

This, it really doesn't benefit most people, they just see the elite do it and assume it's the key. I'm pretty sure it hinders most riders.

Had one briefly on the front, too skinny. Unless you weigh the same as a child and have your tyres at 50psi I'd avoid.

No, but I promise it'll ride like shit. It was one of those trials/dirt jump/slalom/DH/drag racing frames that was good at nothing.

You'd choose less power over a £5 adapter? I have never, ever broken an adapter. It's not something you should use forever anyway. I promise that frame will crack before a beefy adapter will.

Cheers all. I do already have new valves, tape and sealant so it'll just be one insert, I'll try and get some closed-cell foam first and make my own. I did have a stretched, rattly insert inside my other wheel and it was killing me to know it was just banging about sounding like crap, so I had to take it straight out and cut it down. So I'd rather avoid one that's prone to stretching.

The modern Shimano calipers just don't seem up to trials related forces. But yes your adapter is awful too and allows a lot of flex. You could probably bend it apart by hand, imagine what a hard landing could do. Hayes, Hope, anything with some meat on it.

I forgot... Best insert choice/price? I've seen the prices of some of the top ones and I'm not paying that for a piece of foam, but I also don't want dents. Is pipe lagging too soft?

Cheers. I've used them for a while but only with tubes, and I have my tyres a bit softer than most who ride similar things. I've also got the Light Bicycle carbon rims and they're so good I was just worried The Spike 33s would be a bit skinny, mainly with 90 degree gaps etc. Sounds like it'll work though. I use inserts on the back. I used to Love a Stiffy 40al on the rear but I just can't justify the weight. Hope's Wider rim looks good but again, too heavy. I'm about a decade behind the trends and advancements so I'm just trying to get things as light as possible.

Was it ideal on the rear though? Guessing you changed for a reason.

They're not the widest rims, pretty minimal for street. Has anyone used them tubeless? I'd rather get wider rims if they're gonna cause tyres to flop about.

Compressionless outer cables are a must on cable discs, or any cable brake.