The WHOOP UCI Mountain Bike World Series is BACK at Nevis Range, Fort William in 2024 with the legendary Scottish venue set to host the opening downhill round on the calendar from 3–5 May 2024!!
Have a look on motoswm for engine manuals, can't remember if there is one for the climber, but the bottom end is the same as swm 's.
On the bottom of the engine there is an alan key plug, remove to drain oil. Clean the magnet. (Do NOT undo the hex nut) Refill with 1 litre of ATF . Use some super expensive oil if you prefer.
Is he the site owner ?, who runs the site?. A question and answer forum for bike maintenance is a great thing to have I am definitely not knocking the site and its essential if you have a classic/twin shock bike as all those years of experience from the older members are invaluable if newcomers to that particular branch of the sport are to thrive , feetupfun seems to be one of those mines of information. like the chap at thehellteam is for more modern bikes. Have a good evening.
On 1/8/2024 at 5:27 PM, Tr1AL said:
its essential if you have a classic/twin shock bike as all those years of experience from the older members are invaluable if newcomers to that particular branch of the sport are to thrive , feetupfun seems to be one of those mines of information. like the chap at thehellteam is for more modern bikes. Have a good evening.
Hopefully the increasing number of demanding / unthanking members read this. You only have to look at their profiles to see they dip in with questions, rarely acknowledge and virtually never offer assistance to others - rant over.....
Most /all the bearings can be bought from a bearing supplier. The number is generally on the individual bearing. Crank bearings are normally c3 clearance.
Mike Grant is a very good rider, but after many years of practice. I'm pretty sure he used to trial in the winter when he was still racing. We have a local rider who won the TT several times who reckons it took him 4/5 years to attain a reasonable standard.
Had a phenomenal new Trials rider here today, first day out riding serious terrain and he's already acing expert level stuff with very little coaching. 😎
Interesting, I have been riding trials for several decades, and have never seen anyone ace trials on their first attempt. I have seen riders with obvious ability , and those with cycle trials experience improve very quickly, but even so it generally takes years, not hours. Any videos of the rider you mention ?
I've been using tescos finest e10, 50:1 with octane booster in an 1985 rotax with no issues. It does have a modern ignition and newish carb, and runs very well. What problems are you having with modern petrol ?
Compared to discs, drums are generally poor, but, usually more than adequate. They do take more maintenance to work at their best. Twin shocks are slightly heavier, but way more fun, IMO. Costa Brava twin shock trial is next weekend, with several hundred entries, worth considering what the appeal is 😎
@bikerpet in my opinion you need to take @lemurs and @lineaways comments with a pinch of salt. Their views on how trials are or should be, are afterall unique to them. Hearing @lineawaysay he taught his son how to ride expert and move up two grades in two hours... well... thats all i need to know. People pay hundreds of pounds for one to one sessions with world champions!!! and they are barely any better afterwards because of it.
Riding the sections before the trial was common practice for years! In the british championship of all places! You had an hour to ride every section once, you werent scored and you could ride just the one or all of them. Then there was a break, and then you started the trial for real. And no, it wasnt cheating. Just because something isnt done in america, dont mean it doesnt, nor hasnt been tried before. I think you describe something a little more casual, but it worked well in the british championship for years. My problem was, my best rides were always on the practice lap 😕
In the UK, 99% of trials are run on public and privately owned land. It has been sustainable for the history of trials in the UK. And some of the best trials do not have great challenging terrain. It always comes down the to ability of the coure markers and their vision to make a good section from what they have.
This... well i cant do anything but disagree. In our clubs the riders get to know the tough venues from the easier ones. The lower level riders just dont turn up to the tough venues. And the clubs suffer greatly, because across the 4 grades, 50% of the entry is the bottom grade. A tough championship trial you can get 50, and at some lower level trial around some farmers land, ie a few fields with a few rocky outcrops and really basic streams, ive seen an entry of over 180 once.
Sorry, that is an absolutely terrible attitude to have. You maybe dont realise it, but you are undenibaly driving people away from trials with an attitude like that.
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