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The Bike Shop / Re: carving bowls with low psi in the tire?

« on: September 29, 2015, 05:36:33 AM »

Well yeah, of course. Try and pump or carve on a low preassure tyre and it will give after and possibly make you slid out. Just pump that tyre up

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The Bike Shop / Re: Euro/Interbike 2015

« on: September 22, 2015, 03:28:10 AM »

Also the WTP stem with little notches cut out. Wouldn't that be more prone to slippage cause its less surface area?

No, its supposed to grip better, and I think it will. Problem is if it grips too good. Its kind of a failsafe to make the bars move instead of getting brutal force into your wrists. But I guess with the taller bars trend the leverage on the stem is increasing, so it might not make the impact force on your wrist.

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The Bike Shop / Re: Euro/Interbike 2015

« on: September 18, 2015, 07:09:50 AM »

I think it is funny that the company family of Salt, WTP and Eclat singlehandingly flood the freecoaster market.
Not only does each company have one coasterversion, now Eclat has two, with one being a competitor to the WTP one?

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The Bike Shop / Re: Euro/Interbike 2015

« on: September 18, 2015, 02:45:33 AM »

stems with knurling/lines on the inside to improve grip-good idea? or will it just get flattened off straight away cos aluminium is soft? would have thought that if this did work well, someone else would have thought of it before now (besides ron wilkerson, but his system was mehh)

I used to put groves into my stems as a 14 year old cause my bars used to slip like crazy, so this probably works. Not sure if its needed though in todays world.

25.4mm clamping area bars um....

Lame! I hoped for full on 25.4mm tubing bars... I miss my old KHE 1" bars, loved them!

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The Bike Shop / Re: Euro/Interbike 2015

« on: September 18, 2015, 02:37:48 AM »

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The Bike Shop / Re: Euro/Interbike 2015

« on: September 17, 2015, 05:04:42 AM »

Is this something that riders woud want though, seems like a solution for a non-existing problem.

On another note, what would this do to the strength of the fork. I can kinda see that the stress would be lifted to further up the steering tube, right? Will this make it stronger or weaker?

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The Bike Shop / Re: Euro/Interbike 2015

« on: September 16, 2015, 04:17:55 PM »

There are flatland forks thats like half directors, they bend halfway down the leg, weird.

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The Bike Shop / Re: araya 7x rims

« on: September 16, 2015, 04:48:51 AM »

All of my and my friends' haz lites had huge issues with the chrome. started peeling within a year and then basically became useless.

Could have been an issue with the weather and road salt perhaps, as we rode everywhere and anytime back in the day. I would stay far away from them.

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The Bike Shop / Re: Euro/Interbike 2015

« on: September 15, 2015, 09:34:41 AM »

I fail to see the point of those though. I thought the purpose of riding plastic bar ends was to avoid getting sharp metal bits sticking out that would "stab" you if you fell on them. The metal piece here is designed to protect the plastic piece and as such will function like a normal metal bar end.

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The Bike Shop / Re: araya 7x rims

« on: September 15, 2015, 09:30:16 AM »

Quite sure that it is welded. Think most people used it as a light front rim. Also quite sure it was actually designed for race and as such good for brakes.

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The Bike Shop / Euro/Interbike 2015

« on: September 15, 2015, 09:03:26 AM »

So it is the time of year again. Eurobike has already been as so far I havent really seen any good reports part from a post on Fatbmx that there wasnt really any BMX to be found. KHE seem to have been there though with a new line, so I guess they didnt go under after all.

Interbike is happening this week though, so lets post and comment here.

Anything you guys are looking forward to seeing? Personally I would like to see some new and good/wacky ideas. Not so much for subtle changes to existing products or new products resembling others.

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The Bike Shop / Re: araya 7x rims

« on: September 15, 2015, 09:00:18 AM »

Not much more than it being everyones favorite obscure rim back in the days. Have you found one? I remember people looking everywhere for them like 10 years ago.

Think double wall and low profile rims that were quite light.

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The Bike Shop / Re: Odyssey Thunderbolt Woes

« on: September 09, 2015, 06:12:52 AM »

Isnt there a minor risk of doing minor damage to the crank when bunnyhopping it loose rather than using tools?

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The Bike Shop / Re: Parts u h8

« on: September 09, 2015, 06:11:41 AM »

oh, stuff i hate? a lot of products in BMX are still quite shit yet popular. its the idea of some younger kids thinking one part is superior than the next because of whoever pro is riding that brand, or buying into the gimmicky ideas that those companies sell that i hate. This hate, whilst mild, is more on a spiritual level than material.

This. It is what I dislike most of the BMX industry, how it is so based on marketing (which I feel teams are a part of). Just good design and build doesnt cut it.

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The Bike Shop / Re: Parts u h8

« on: September 08, 2015, 02:27:45 AM »

Way too big tires.
Way too wide bars, anything >28" is just silly.
Anything Animal
And I second the elementary stem, loved the idea myself and got it but it just gave me headaches.
Non-splined sprockets. Since I got splined sprockets everything is so much neater down there.