Finally finished my first ground up build. Really loving how this bike feels. Weight is a little over 25 pounds.
You may notice the brake cable...I was able to get the outside of a piece of paracord over it (I only covered the section that wraps around the front). Hopefully it prevents rubbing but time will tell.
The forks look pretty darn good without the decals!
I really like your pseduo-detangler set-up for your rear brake cable. I don't believe I have ever seen this before... any additional advice/experience on this would be appreciated. Your paracord covering is also kick-a@#!
Finally finished my first ground up build. Really loving how this bike feels. Weight is a little over 25 pounds.
You may notice the brake cable...I was able to get the outside of a piece of paracord over it (I only covered the section that wraps around the front). Hopefully it prevents rubbing but time will tell.
The forks look pretty darn good without the decals!
I really like your pseduo-detangler set-up for your rear brake cable. I don't believe I have ever seen this before... any additional advice/experience on this would be appreciated. Your paracord covering is also kick-a@#!
...you’ve never seen someone run a long brake cable so they can barspin? I find that extremely unbelievable.
The forks look pretty darn good without the decals!
I really like your pseduo-detangler set-up for your rear brake cable. I don't believe I have ever seen this before... any additional advice/experience on this would be appreciated. Your paracord covering is also kick-a@#!
...you’ve never seen someone run a long brake cable so they can barspin? I find that extremely unbelievable.
Of course I have seen an extra long cable but never have seen one coiled tightly around the head tube/headset like this. Never even occurred to me to do this. Been out of the game since the early 80s so I might have missed A LOT ;-)! Cons of such a setup?
I really like your pseduo-detangler set-up for your rear brake cable. I don't believe I have ever seen this before... any additional advice/experience on this would be appreciated. Your paracord covering is also kick-a@#!
...you’ve never seen someone run a long brake cable so they can barspin? I find that extremely unbelievable.
Of course I have seen an extra long cable but never have seen one coiled tightly around the head tube/headset like this. Never even occurred to me to do this. Been out of the game since the early 80s so I might have missed A LOT ;-)! Cons of such a setup?
Literally everyone does that, it’s amazing to me that you’ve never seen it. Cons- Looks like shit, if you actually do a lot of barspins you’re likely to over spin it and crash, rattles around as well. Nowadays anyone doing lots of bars/whips just uses a gyro.
...you’ve never seen someone run a long brake cable so they can barspin? I find that extremely unbelievable.
Of course I have seen an extra long cable but never have seen one coiled tightly around the head tube/headset like this. Never even occurred to me to do this. Been out of the game since the early 80s so I might have missed A LOT ;-)! Cons of such a setup?
Literally everyone does that, it’s amazing to me that you’ve never seen it. Cons- Looks like shit, if you actually do a lot of barspins you’re likely to over spin it and crash, rattles around as well. Nowadays anyone doing lots of bars/whips just uses a gyro.
I don’t do a lot of them so, for me it’s fine. Also FYI Matt Jones runs an extra long brake cable and I’ve definitely seen other pros recently still doing the same.
And yeah there is no fancy detangling setup here, it’s just coiled around.
On the topic of barspins,I am thinking about purchasing the Trixer 2 gyro.Anyone have any experience with it? It is hella expensive!
I’ve got one. Huge improvement over the mechanical gyros I’ve been using for the past 3 years. Theoretically it’s will last forever as well, so yeah I highly recommend it. Easy setup, brake feels exactly the same as it would without the gyro, and it doesn’t even add very much friction to the system, which is the main improvement over the original one.
On the topic of barspins,I am thinking about purchasing the Trixer 2 gyro.Anyone have any experience with it? It is hella expensive!
I’ve got one. Huge improvement over the mechanical gyros I’ve been using for the past 3 years. Theoretically it’s will last forever as well, so yeah I highly recommend it. Easy setup, brake feels exactly the same as it would without the gyro, and it doesn’t even add very much friction to the system, which is the main improvement over the original one.
Do you have have gen 1 or gen 2 version? The gen 2 is a much more improved design.
On the topic of barspins,I am thinking about purchasing the Trixer 2 gyro.Anyone have any experience with it? It is hella expensive!
I’ve got one. Huge improvement over the mechanical gyros I’ve been using for the past 3 years. Theoretically it’s will last forever as well, so yeah I highly recommend it. Easy setup, brake feels exactly the same as it would without the gyro, and it doesn’t even add very much friction to the system, which is the main improvement over the original one.
Do you have have gen 1 or gen 2 version? The gen 2 is a much more improved design.
He has gen2.
They seem to have been very reliable compared to the last ones
I’ve got one. Huge improvement over the mechanical gyros I’ve been using for the past 3 years. Theoretically it’s will last forever as well, so yeah I highly recommend it. Easy setup, brake feels exactly the same as it would without the gyro, and it doesn’t even add very much friction to the system, which is the main improvement over the original one.
Do you have have gen 1 or gen 2 version? The gen 2 is a much more improved design.
He has gen2.
They seem to have been very reliable compared to the last ones
On the topic of barspins,I am thinking about purchasing the Trixer 2 gyro.Anyone have any experience with it? It is hella expensive!
I’ve got one. Huge improvement over the mechanical gyros I’ve been using for the past 3 years. Theoretically it’s will last forever as well, so yeah I highly recommend it. Easy setup, brake feels exactly the same as it would without the gyro, and it doesn’t even add very much friction to the system, which is the main improvement over the original one.
Is there someplace in the US that sells them? Thanks