Mark's bike(s)

New year, new bike, new pics of all 3!

Weights: BMX 9.8kg, 24 9.8kg, Zoo 8.5kg)







Frame and Forks
- Frame: Lynx Long
- Forks: Trialtech

Wheels
- Front hub: Viz Light
- Rear hub: Echo TR Screw On
- Snail cam: TR snail cams
- Front rim: Trialtech SL
- Rear rim: Trialtech SL
- Spokes: Sapim
- Wheelbuilds: Mark
- Rim tape: Tarty Special
- Inner tube (front): Maxxis Ultralight
- Inner tube (rear): Maxxis Welterweight
- Front tyre: Try-All
- Rear tyre: Monty

Brakes
- Front brake: Magura Louise
- Rear brake: Hope Mono Trial
- Rear brake lever: Hope Tech

Drivetrain
- Cranks: Try-All ISIS 175mm
- Freewheel: Echo SL 18t
- Chain: Trialtech Z610 HX
- Rear Sprocket: Echo TR Screw On, 12T
- Pedals: Trialtech MG-1
- Bottom bracket: FSA Ti 68x113
- Bashring: Trialtech Ti

Steering
- Headset: Cane Creek
- Stem: Try-All Pole
- Grips: Atomz
- Handlebars: Try-All Carbon







Frame and Forks
- Frame: Echo Urban
- Forks: Atomz

Wheels

- Front rim: Echo TR
- Front hub: TR
- Rear hub: Echo TR Screw On
- Rear rim: TR
- Wheelbuilds: Ali
- Rim tape: Echo
- Inner tube (front): Kenda
- Inner tube (rear): Kenda
- Front tyre: Maxxis Holy Roller 24x2.4
- Rear tyre: Maxxis Holy Roller 24x2.4

Brakes
- Rear brake: HS33 (when it's on, which it hasn't been much)

Drivetrain
- Cranks: Trialtech ISIS 175mm
- Freewheel: Tensile 96 18t
- Chain: Trialtech Z610 HX
- Rear Sprocket: Echo TR Screw On, 13T
- Pedals: Trialtech MG-1
- Bottom bracket: FSA Ti 68x128
- Bashring: I don't make mistakes

Steering
- Headset: Echo SL
- Stem: Onza PZ31 85x20
- Grips: Rockman
- Handlebars: Trialtech High Rise

Seating
- Seat: Federal
- Post: Premium
- Clamp: Inspired








Frame and Forks
- Frame: WeThePeople AtoB
- Forks: WeThePeople Helium


Wheels
- Front hub: WTP Supreme
- Rear hub: KHE Geisha Light
- Front rim: Odyssey 7KA
- Rear rim: Alienation
- Spokes: Sapim
- Wheelbuilds: Mark
- Rim tape: Kink
- Inner tube (front): Maxxis Welterweight
- Inner tube (rear): Maxxis Welterweight
- Front tyre: Ody Aitken 2.25
- Rear tyre: Ody Path 2.1

Drivetrain
- Cranks: Profile 175mm
- Sprocket: Tree 25t
- Chain: Z510 HX
- Pedals: Fly
- Bottom bracket: Profile Mid, ti

Steering
- Headset: FSA Impact
- Stem: Profile
- Grips: Yoshida
- Handlebars: WeThePeople Mad Max

Seating
- Seat: Eclat Gonzo
- Post: Eclat
- Clamp: Fly

Unusual...

Well, it's just turned over to a new year. I thought we were going into 2010, but apparently we're going into 2000 again judging from the looks of this bike? Old school! Rides pretty nicely too as a fun trials bike.









A steal at £899 too, go check it out!

Just Because...

We've now got the Because Trial and Because Street frames in stock, with a Because Trial full build to show you tomorrow. It's a seriously nice looking bike with a pretty interesting feel - +70mm BB, longer wheelbase, shorter back end; not your typical twenny-fo.





£249 means they're pretty bargainous too, whether you go for street or trials! As a bonus, our 24" tyre and rim deal means that if you fancy dipping a toe into the 24" market, with that cheap deal and some spokes you're pretty much good to go if you're running a 26"er at present.

Inspired Forks

These forks are awesome. Potentially the most thought-out trials forks made yet? Bold claim, but a pretty accurate one. Disc only fit both 24" and 26" (In fact Ali is currently using a white set on his 26"er), the HS33 only model has mounts that'll only fit 24" wheels. Regardless, super good forks - full info on the site.

TNN Braking System.

It's been here for a bit now, but now there's not an insane rush like there was before Xmas we've been able to add them to the site. Lo and behold, the TNN Braking System. £59, 94g.

Speedrace Fans 26" complete bike.

This bike is awesome. A solid spec at a respectable weight (10.2kg), this is a great performing bike which should be reliable too. Go get it!

Bar info.

Well, just put up the new RockMan bars, and took this opportunity to update the info on our bars. We've now got a new geometry section on our bar pages. There's now a clear, easy to read section with the Width of the bar, from tip to tip, the Upsweep, Backsweep and Total Rise. Typically, bar height is measured from the centre of the bar clamp to the centre of the first bend. However, with upsweep taken into account this isn't necessarily an accurate representation of how the bars will feel. Instead, we now measure our bar height from level with the centre-line of the bar clamp to the centre-line of the tips of the bars. We find this helps out with working out how significantly the bars you buy will affect how your bike rides, and will hopefully make everything a bit clearer.



And here's a couple of diagrams to show what the Total Rise is:




(Image resizer sucks, click 'em to see 'em!)

Aw yeah...

Well, snow means no riding the normal bike. Gotta improvise!






Bike was made by Iolo!

New year, new frame?

Go on, you know you want to!



During January we'll be running a series of special offers on various frames, so get yourself over to our January Deals and treat yourself.

Hungry Cannibal?

The new Ozonys Cannibal frame-kit is now available to buy, with a complete weight for everything you see in this pic of 3.15kg, and a price of £699. That's a lot of bits for your money!

Gav is old.

Its Gav's Birthday today and he is now about 48 or something.

Anyway we got him a cake and some tarmac, check it.

Harder, better, faster, stronger...

4 days without a post? Slack. For the record, I hate snow...

Anyways, Deng has some shiny new bits 'n' bobs coming out in the Echo range - go to EchoBike.com to have a peep at them. Plenty of revision of their current parts plus some interesting new ones too. Check the weights!

Should be getting some in ASAP, keep your eyes peeled on the blog to find out when it drops.

Up to date.

Sky News have their finger on the pulse - they've just spotted a viral video on the internet of some guy called "Danny Macaskill". What a scoop! Anyway, it's all good coverage for him, so go read about Danny here!

Odd.

You can thank Tic for this...

Quote of the day...

Mark: 'That satsuma was so juicy, I nearly drowned on it'

Manuseseseseseseses

Rockman Manus full builds...

'Standard' spec, in Green:




Super Pimp 'Light' spec, in Orange:

Oh, and...

...new Hydroxx build up on site. Go buy it, it's cheap!*



*Especially cheap 'til 1st Jan, then it's going up by 2.5% or something like that. Damn you, VAT.

Gay.

As I type this, Ads is rocking some kind of Ot Pi world record breaking challenge get-up whilst trying to build up a Rockman build in time for Xmas...



Not cool.

By the way...

We're still going to be at Tarty HQ until tomorrow, so if you order today or tomorrow with a next day courier service, you'll still (theoretically, as long as the snow doesn't mess them about!) be able to get your parts before Xmas!

Winter solstice yesterday, it's all uphill from here...

Gav arrived at work today...

... sideways, haha.

Manusususesesues

The new Manus frame has been out for 3.2 seconds and already has more nicknames than I've had hot dinners.

Anyways, they're selling fast so if you want to get involved, be quick! For a glimpse of what they're like, check out Kieran Whitefield doing some stuntz...



We've also got a 'spec' build for the Manus frames now too - expect these to alter a bit as we start shipping more out the door. We've got some pretty tasty builds lined up - you customers rule.

Snow!

The view that greeted me this morning... wahey!



Adam

Friday afternoon randomness.

Well, it's been a long hard week but we still had time for some product development and testing.

Don't try this at home:




Waterproof? Check.




A Gav is born:




New brand?

Neeeeeew Stuuuuuuuuff!

So much new stuff! This morning was pretty hectic...



Aurem3's.



Manus'.



Switch 26" frames.



Ashton/DB Effect frames.



Ashton/DB Justice frames.



Rockman CNC'd backing pads.



Rockman 20" forks.



Ashton/DB forks (With headset).



Justice full bikes.



Effect full bikes.

Snow!

Ahem.

Mark straddling a parcel. Nice.