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The Lounge / Re: Last trick you learned?

« on: March 17, 2016, 10:12:59 PM »

Over smith on rails and crankslides. I want to learn spin bars, crankflips and tailwhips. Any good tips on these? i can't get over the fact of letting go of my bike.

for crankflips do loads of no footers, and make sure your chain and cranks are slack enough to spin freely

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The Bike Shop / Re: Odyssey Clutch hubguard alternatives

« on: March 17, 2016, 10:10:58 PM »

pretty much everyone i know with the clutch has totalled the included guard hah

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The Bike Shop / Re: UK guys, could you help me value these parts?

« on: March 16, 2016, 03:48:58 AM »

if its not all smashed to shit, wait 10 years and you might get a bit for it. over here in australia theres a bunch of old guys atm paying shit loads for late 90s stock haro parts, to rebuild their blammos and other toss completes from the era. its obscene

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Sell and Swap / Re: WTB- Primo Logo Grips

« on: March 11, 2016, 01:59:53 AM »

these were nice grips, one of the first aftermarket parts i ever bought

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Bike Gallery / Re: Fixed gear bikes/ Post your big bikes V2

« on: March 03, 2016, 06:43:26 PM »

I'm glad to see you've taken your riding outdoors.

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Riding Videos / Beckenham

« on: March 03, 2016, 06:39:58 PM »

sweet new faux street plaza just got built 15 mins down the road from me, my mate made an edit of the lads fucking about there last week. that place is so damn dreamy...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nf4YPALUVFc

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Bike Gallery / Re: Fixed gear bikes/ Post your big bikes V2

« on: March 01, 2016, 10:36:15 PM »

fuckin helllll

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The Bike Shop / Re: GT Bars?

« on: February 22, 2016, 08:19:09 PM »

thats cool. i still couldnt run them unless they were taller though

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The Bike Shop / Re: Advice needed

« on: February 19, 2016, 09:40:11 PM »

come on guys

i cba

Hmm

well i managed to contribute more than 3 letters

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The Bike Shop / Re: Marmoset hub replacement parts

« on: February 18, 2016, 09:23:17 PM »

i picked colours that made it look like a boob

1 cut may be enough to free the guard, but in case its not, make the second then file it away from there, just obviously be careful not to go through onto the axle itself if possible

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The Bike Shop / Re: Remember how a few arm-chair engineers called this out? Well who'd a thunk it..

« on: February 18, 2016, 07:48:48 PM »

i think that part of teh issue with the older style wombolts is the climate in which they were released. it wasnt cultifornia 4 pegs smash your bike off a ledge for 3 hours then go blast a 20 stair on pitta bread tyres. wombolts came out when it mandatory to include a weight as a part of your bike check, and i think the design suffered due to having to be released in a market where if a product was too heavy it just wouldnt sell.
odyssey have always been sweet about their warranties, and subsequently revised the cranks beefing them up considerably. ive not heard of any thunderbolts break (although maybe the market share suffered as a result of the earlier models breaking so theres less out there to break). basically any steel crank is going to break at somepoint, unless you run powerbites instead (and even then they break sometimes if you put them on wrong or your xLaZx), at least odyssey hook you up if theirs do break which is one of the main reasons why i like to support them, even if theyre totally not cool in the bmx nerd scene anymore

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The Bike Shop / Re: Advice needed

« on: February 18, 2016, 07:40:57 PM »

come on guys, this is the first time in like a year theres been a legitimate bike shop query.

depends on the brand of the tyre as well OP, theres a lot of variation for the measurements when it comes to bmx tyres. there was an interesting article on bmxunion about it (which i cba to find the link to).

maybe post a pic of the clearance on your current tyre, and we may be able to give you a yeh or a nah based on our collective professional opinions here at BG corp.
other option is that you could maybe add a half link to your chain and run your back wheel a bit further back, depends how tight the tyre is side to side and the shape of the seat and chainstays

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The Bike Shop / Re: help I.D.'ing some mid-school 4-piece bars....

« on: February 18, 2016, 07:38:04 PM »

crossbar is welded slightly higher on those GTs on teh museum

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The Bike Shop / Re: Marmoset hub replacement parts

« on: February 18, 2016, 07:36:31 PM »

That's probably the best idea so far. I did put anti-seize on, but I don't think I used enough and I think the hubguard has been smashed around enough that it's simply mashed into place. I get what you are saying, but I'd still like to see a paint drawing because I've had a shitty day and paint drawings make me laugh.

Ask and ye shall recieve

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The Bike Shop / Re: Marmoset hub replacement parts

« on: February 17, 2016, 09:32:13 PM »

maybe he was in homer mode? personally id just go at it with a hacksaw, as close to the axle as you dare, then finish with a file-alu is nice and soft so should be pretty quick. if you kinda cut vertically just to the side of teh axle, will do you a paint drawing if you dont get what i mean