There is no facebook generation - it is a (horrible) platform for everyone that wishes to be on it. I meant the boomers who have all the money are getting older and are dropping active sports in favour of things like gardening. It is though nice to see that trials riding still attracts older people, there are plenty in our club, but as pointed out earlier they tend to just have a nice ride round rather than try to do Bou impression. My point, which I perhaps didn't really make very well is as @huski correctly points out the younger people are property skint and have so much stacked against them.
You do need somewhere to store the bike and that is not a flat. (Mine's at work). Plus the rent/mortgage is many times what it was back in the days when trials was a mass market sport in the UK, back in the day everyone had a garage - even on a council house. Also people need to be able to get the bike to events. Youngsters are put off as they don't get the automatic B+E licence and car insurance for younger drivers is bonkers (my nephew paid over a grand for a Skoda Fabia). You need to store the trailer somewhere in your flat too ?
You can keep a pushbike in the house/flat and stick it on a roof rack. It's more "trendy". But it certainly isn't cheaper. Go to one of the paid for MTB venues and there is some serious dosh swilling about. We went to Bike Park Wales last year and you can see there is a lot of enthusiasm for two wheeled recreation.
Your starting to scare me with your misplaced angst. Your absolutely correct ChrisCH, or may I call you Greta, it was all so easy back in "your" parents day !
It is a growing problem. I think the facebook addicts fail to understand that other people are not as sad as them. Andy's view on it is very interesting. I also don't facebook and never will. Much better class of person on here ?
Got to love a wild generalization ?? I know many people that are on both, the main difference is on facebook, they tend not to hide behind vague names (like mine before you say it) The real beauty about facebook, (sorry Andy) is you can block tedious posters, unlike here !! Manners tend to be of a higher standard amongst my fb friends and acquaintances, too many on tc will not even take the trouble to acknowledge the advice being offered, and disappear until they next get stuck. Rant over.
Thanks for the advice.. I had all the spokes replaced and the front wheel rebuilt a while ago. I then did a couple of seasons tightening various spokes as needed. Recently I did some overdue truing work to remove some side to side and up and down that had appeared.
I followed the above clip and another posted by Rocky Mountain ATV and got everything running quite nice. But to finish the job properly as recommended in these clips I need to go round the wheel doing every third spoke and torque everything up evenly (after truing there are some significant differences from spoke to spoke) Going by ear after a major rebuild or truing work is not really the best option and the adjusted spokes if not torqued evenly probably won't bed in very well. Hence my question asking if anyone know the spec torque values for these wheels. Not just my old bike but all models of Trails machines. My manual doesn't mention anything but the info must be available.
26ft lbs is recommended through Rocky Mountain and in some cases MX wheels get torqued up to 60ft Lbs! 26ft Lbs seems ok for regular riding but trails bikes with along with use of low pressures etc, may have higher torque values to help them cope with being smashed over rocks and such.
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Well bugger me, generations of wheel builders have been wrong !!! Learn something new every day.
So what is likely to be the problem if we restart trails too soon... Queues of riders waiting to sign on at the secretaries van, using the same pen and clip-board as that chap with the rough cough.
Queues of riders waiting to enter a complicated section, where everyone is getting stuck, and needs towing out... The largest queue I have ever been in was over half the entry, 40 riders all waiting for their turn.
Also in the sections, everyone grabbing hold of the same branch, as they walk the section... We would need to buy disinfectant by the gallon.. A new take on 'Cleaning a Section'.
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Modern petrol is designed to be purified by a catalytic converter, exiting a trials bike its carcinogenic, probably best stay at home ?
Thanks you pschrauber and b40rt. I now feel enlightened, and will do an exploratory op' later and see what needs doing. Really appreciate your advice, and feeling a bit more confident at attacking it now.
If you do end up taking the casing off, its worth making a card template for the allan screws as there are various lengths.
I'd run it at 50:1, 100ml to 5 litres of petrol using a quality semi synthetic 2 stroke oil.
Even at this reduced rates it will smoke and build up in the crankcase and exhaust. As said above, it needs decent run to get some heat into it to burn off excess, or cleaned out and repacked if this isn't possible.
Should be able to do it just by removing kickstart etc (fyi, you can take casing off and leave carb in situ) Hopefully seal and o ringing cure your leak, if not there is another o ring on the other end of the shaft which requires splitting the casings to access.
I'd rather loose a mark by grounding a wide sump guard, than not finish a trial having damaged my ignition / gears. It really depends on what sort of terrain your competing in.
Sherpa 199B Clutch Push Rod
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Top hat type spacer on some ?