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The Bike Shop / Re: Fly geo

« on: July 19, 2015, 09:42:13 PM »

Sorry but if you hit your BB or chainstays it's because you'r doing it wrong.
That Geo frame has some Lamborghini touch though.

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The Bike Shop / Re: First Quad Flip

« on: July 19, 2015, 09:07:08 PM »

He looked dramatic in that hug, but i know it's just dizziness.

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The Bike Shop / Re: Broke my Fly cranks. Need new crank suggestions

« on: July 19, 2015, 08:53:20 PM »

I would simply replace the left arm, but new ones are invest cast. It will work too i guess, if you don't mind the difference.

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The Bike Shop / Re: Kink Senec Pedals: Play

« on: February 21, 2015, 04:30:28 PM »

i may have gone off topic, sorry.

And yeah those pedals using plastic bushings instead of metal bearings tend to wobble quickly, and it seems nothing can prevent that beside replacing those bushings.

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The Bike Shop / Re: Kink Senec Pedals: Play

« on: February 20, 2015, 09:02:18 PM »

I'm i the only one thinking that BMX should have a larger OD on pedals spindle threads? i just had that idea while puting some used Animal BPEs and noticed they don't spin aligned. And those where some 17mm OD spindle but not the threads.

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The Bike Shop / Re: Steerer Tube Threading/Compression Bolt Size and Fork Failure

« on: January 27, 2015, 08:17:04 PM »

1mm is far enough to add the strenght it needs. One millimeter seems nothing to us but it's actually adding 1/3.5 of wall thickness.

Thats nearly one third of wall thickness.

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The Bike Shop / Re: my antigram is ghost pedaling

« on: January 20, 2015, 06:01:30 PM »

Antigrams comes with slightly large rubber dust cap wich cause friction, i think that is the source.

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The Lounge / Re: go to india or live rent free?

« on: January 15, 2015, 12:59:36 AM »

You gotta consider visiting morocco dude! Rent, food, transportation, "vegetables" you may need... everything is cheap here. Actually $1K will make you live like a boss for a month in here. Plus i have no problem helping you with all infos you might need to know about living here.

Riding is like very few parks but a lot of nice street spots. Malaga Spain is 45 minutes by sea.

I will back this up. Just came back from morocco not too long ago and highly regret not bringing my bike, especially after seeing that luc legrand was in the same city at the same time as me. I lived there for a month and spent about 300 bucks. Awesome country with awesome people. It is an experience I will never forget.

I'm glad you like it. And yes it's true, Luc Legrand Anthony Lille and two other photographers were here few months ago , i met luc the first time here in Casablanca, the second time when i went to Marrakesh. You can let us know the next time you like to visit so we manage some riding sessions maybe?

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The Lounge / Re: go to india or live rent free?

« on: January 14, 2015, 11:53:17 PM »

You gotta consider visiting morocco dude! Rent, food, transportation, "vegetables" you may need... everything is cheap here. Actually $1K will make you live like a boss for a month in here. Plus i have no problem helping you with all infos you might need to know about living here.

Riding is like very few parks but a lot of nice street spots. Spain is 45 minutes by sea.

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The Bike Shop / Re: aluminum nipples

« on: December 30, 2014, 07:00:27 PM »

First - What the fuck are you even going on about?
-wanna know? go search what you typed

Second - I scrolled through this thread twice just to double check.  And I'll be damned, I never did ask you. 
-but you asked for it. proove me wrong if you can.

Third (I know it's getting hard for you to count this high, my apologies)
-you read and answered, so you understood what i meant. and if you think that you need to appologize then you'r wrong! because it doesn't bother me speaking your language well. 

 - You took a fraction of what I was saying in your last quote to some how prove a point that I wasn't even talking about.
-that's the beauty of it.

  I was talking about the hex head on the top of the nipple and how it is also advantageous for supreme wheel building. 

If we are going off of the "the tool is the key, not the nipples" logic then the G-Sport tool once again proves these nipples are a superior system.
-superior system compared to standard nipples? I never said the opposite.

  Because of the fact the nipple tapers, the tool fits very snug.  Also, I'm no math wiz here....  but I'm pretty sure that 6 sides touching each other would provide a better surface area for tightening the nipple than 4.  Thusforth and so ons and what have you.....
-no, it's wrong. 6 faces are likely to rounding  than 4 faces, think about the angles of the edges. But this doesn't mean hexagonal nipples are weak for their job.

  G-Sport Tapered Hex Nipples (and the tool) > whatever the fuck you are trying to say.
-so now you wanna hide behind those nipples?

 you'r being a tool here Unless you would like to further explain yourself......
-What? you think you gonna try to offend people then ask them to explain themselves? are you brain damaged? did you crash your head lately? YOU explain your first offense!

Also, after further consideration, you are a tool that I wish got lost.
-same lame pathetic words.

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The Bike Shop / Re: aluminum nipples

« on: December 29, 2014, 09:52:27 PM »

If you CBA to buy these nipples because you are afraid you will lose the tool, my suggestion is to stop being a tool and keep track of your shit.  Just a thought....

Are you trying to look smart or funny using that "tool" word in different meanings? because it's not, it's actually pathetic if you ask me. Here's something funny!

as tight as I could with my fingers

If standard nipples had a tool that surround them and had comfortable grab, they also can be tighten that much. The tool is the key, not the nipples.

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The Bike Shop / Re: aluminum nipples

« on: December 23, 2014, 07:40:08 PM »

I'll probably buy a set, as they are light but i'm worried about the availability of their tool in case i loose the included one.

I have no problem giving my money for a light nice invention.

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The Bike Shop / Re: aluminum nipples

« on: December 23, 2014, 04:02:47 PM »

Step 1:  Collect Underpants
Step 2:
Step 3:  Profit

Hahaha, santa's factory.

Back to the spokes and nipples. i had some alloy nipples in the past but they seem to crack even if the spokes were the right lenght. Because they had thin walls. I guess gsport can avoid that cracking problem as they are hexagonal shape that make them have thicker walls than standard square shape.

I guess the spoke not reaching the top of nipple wont be a problem if they only need 2 or 3 millimeters to reach the top.

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The Bike Shop / Re: Solid is done

« on: December 08, 2014, 09:32:50 PM »

Until you have built custom frames you have no idea what a ball-ache it is. Setting up jigs and machines, getting all the joints working, even just cutting the tube efficiently is more difficult... and that's before you get to the huge headache of talking to customers who have very specific wishes, want instant communication and delivery etc.

BMX custom frames have always been ridiculously cheap. If you want a custom road or MTB frame, look at the price of an off the shelf high end frame and double or triple it to get an idea of price. Off the shelf BMX frames are already stupidly cheap anyway, so expecting a custom frame for 30-50% more is totally unrealistic.

IMHO Aaron has made a very sensible decision and I wish him all the best with it.


G.

Definitely agree with that, a lot of people don't know what goes into a frame. With an OTS frame you have jigs set up for all of your cuts and welds, and parts are made in large batches. You can set the machine up and crank out 50 rear ends without having to measure each and every one. The machine set up, measuring, and jigging, is where most of the labor comes in, so in a way you can make 50 OTS frames just as easily as you can make 1 custom.

I have no problem setting the jig and cutting tubes in angles IF i had dialed precise machines i can trust without having to remeasure everytime. But certainly the hardest part is communicating with customers especially with specific requirements.

I remember times when there was some really hard to build frames, each one of them had different geometry than the other. Now that was much harder to buid.

Surely increasing prices is a sensible decision. Good luck for him.

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The Lounge / Re: Do you like old or new bike companies?

« on: December 07, 2014, 09:14:47 PM »

I do respect old companies who survived, and ready to respect new companies making decent parts. I'm buying parts from any innovative brand that shows true interest in BMX, and not brands that copy someone else efforts to make money.