Slopestyle Barspin and tailwhip setup

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Slopestyle Barspin and tailwhip setup
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flag DHDJ11
Posted: Oct 15, 2011 at 14:52 Quote
Im wanting to setup my slopestyle bike for barspins and tailwhips. Do most guys just extend all their cables? Currently im running a 3spd crank so ill have two shift cables to deal with plus two brake lines. I see guys throwing whips and barspins but haven't got to look at their bikes up close.

How are they setting up their cables for these tricks?
flag malc190
Posted: Oct 15, 2011 at 23:06 Quote
Single speed and brakeless. Will solve all your problems lol.
flag DHDJ11
Posted: Oct 16, 2011 at 11:18 Quote
malc190 wrote:
Single speed and brakeless. Will solve all your problems lol.

I know lol but I would like to avoid that if I can. I've seen it done though so I know theres a way. Anyone have any answers??
flag malc190
Posted: Oct 16, 2011 at 13:39 Quote
Could try getting a long break hose for brakes and kinda looping round head tube

For gears u could mount shifter to top tube on frame like below

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flag DHDJ11
Posted: Oct 18, 2011 at 22:13 Quote
malc190 wrote:
Could try getting a long break hose for brakes and kinda looping round head tube

For gears u could mount shifter to top tube on frame like below

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Is that how the pros run their setup? Anyone have any GOOD pictures of pros bikes.(aka close ups) They're all doing barspins and tailwhips
flag malc190
Posted: Oct 19, 2011 at 9:53 Quote
https://www.pinkbike.com/news/Rocky-Mountain-Slayer-Slopestyle-Bike-Check-2011.html
flag samsq
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Posted: Oct 19, 2011 at 13:46 Quote
I don't want to sound like an ass, but before you go ahead and do this learn to tailwhip and barspin. Mounting your shifter on the down tube will decrease your performance, so wait and learn first. If you already know them, then go for it.
flag mk3lew
Posted: Oct 19, 2011 at 14:21 Quote
Hydraulic gyro for the rear brake, run the front brake cable through the headtube, and singlespeed (with a tensioner if needed) ? Just my 2 cents
flag JoshuaBevans
Posted: Jul 26, 2014 at 3:01 Quote
What pros such as brandon semenuk do is they have a single gear so no gear cables and only a rear brake. That cable is then put through a gyro head so that the bars can spin non stop and cables don't get caught
flag smallkinehawaiian
Posted: Jul 26, 2014 at 19:20 Quote
JoshuaBevans wrote:
What pros such as brandon semenuk do is they have a single gear so no gear cables and only a rear brake. That cable is then put through a gyro head so that the bars can spin non stop and cables don't get caught

brandon semenuk runs gears... and a front brake...


if you want to do tricks just go make all your cables long enough for 1 full rotation of the bars. then go learn. in the process of learning you'll probably destroy your bike. then buy another bike thats all set up to do all those sweet tricks you just learned!
flag JoshuaBevans
Posted: Jul 28, 2014 at 12:30 Quote
smallkinehawaiian wrote:
JoshuaBevans wrote:
What pros such as brandon semenuk do is they have a single gear so no gear cables and only a rear brake. That cable is then put through a gyro head so that the bars can spin non stop and cables don't get caught

brandon semenuk runs gears... and a front brake...


if you want to do tricks just go make all your cables long enough for 1 full rotation of the bars. then go learn. in the process of learning you'll probably destroy your bike. then buy another bike thats all set up to do all those sweet tricks you just learned!
He uses that for downhill, have you seen his hardtail slopestyle bike? He uses the exact set up I described
flag byubound
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Posted: Jul 28, 2014 at 14:03 Quote
Semenuk has a hardtail dirt jumper, and a full sus slope bike that is set up with gears and 2 brakes barspin capable.
flag mk3lew
Posted: Jul 28, 2014 at 17:19 Quote
His Trek Ticket hardtail is set up singlespeed with only a rear brake because it is for dirt jumping where you only need 1 brake and 1 gear. And on his Ticket S slopestyle bike he runs the rear brake with a long hose, the front brake hose through the steerer tube of his forks and a downtube shifter for his gears, and he has done for years along with many other slopestyle riders.

Unsecure image, only https images allowed: http://p.vitalmtb.com/photos/users/109/photos/61714/s780_joy_v8a9313.jpg?1376818225His Ticket S with 2 brakes and downtube shifter.

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His Ticket hardtail with 1 brake and singlespeed.
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Posted: Sep 28, 2014 at 17:01 Quote
TheLou94 wrote:
His Trek Ticket hardtail is set up singlespeed with only a rear brake because it is for dirt jumping where you only need 1 brake and 1 gear. And on his Ticket S slopestyle bike he runs the rear brake with a long hose, the front brake hose through the steerer tube of his forks and a downtube shifter for his gears, and he has done for years along with many other slopestyle riders.

Unsecure image, only https images allowed: http://p.vitalmtb.com/photos/users/109/photos/61714/s780_joy_v8a9313.jpg?1376818225His Ticket S with 2 brakes and downtube shifter.

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His Ticket hardtail with 1 brake and singlespeed.
Where's the front brake on the Ticket S
flag cmc4130
Posted: Oct 2, 2014 at 8:33 Quote
"Potts mod" was a front brake cable routing method that came out of early 80's BMX freestyle. It involved having a hollow stem bolt, so you could run your front cable through the fork steertube.

Here's a modern version. Your headset cap obviously needs to have a hole in it (not all do).

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Then the cable comes out the bottom of the steer tube. This is the BMX version. But clearly, on a mtb, you would just zip tie the cable to the fork and run it down to the disc brake.
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