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  1. ajay

    sea otter dh results

    HILL, SAM M 23 LAKE ELSINORE CA USA :huh:
  2. ajay

    looking for new tires.

    providing the kendas are dual ply version, them ain difference is the compound. You'll find the Maxxis are tackier and will grip more than the kendas, the trade off being that they do wear down faster and the knobs can break off. Down here in Australia, everyone seems to love Maxxis (I guess cos...
  3. ajay

    FSA gravity vrs. shimano hones

    We are essentially saying the same thing :)
  4. ajay

    FSA gravity vrs. shimano hones

    Jon - I weigh about 75kg (160-70 ish lbs?). I didnt hit to hard and I wasnt stomping either. Maybe all the force was concentrated at the point of greater weakness... Frontrage DH - You didnt include the financial insentives offered by the sponsors to entice a team to use their product...
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    FSA gravity vrs. shimano hones

    ^^ There was some ambiguity with the gravitys as we didnt establish exactly which ones he was looking at. I never compared them to XT's or Hones either, I dont know where you pulled that from, I was merely stating my experience with those lighter cranks. Im dfinately not going to be shouting...
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    FSA gravity vrs. shimano hones

    So i did some research... Gavity gaps gaps are forged, where as the Lights are tubular and apparently far stiffer and stronger (and lighter!). The cranks im talking about are the Gaps which are by all comparrisons, crap! When Hill bent his cranks i belive they were the cromo (or forged alu)...
  7. ajay

    Shock Opinions

    I felt a rocco on an 08 norco team Dh, it felt extremely supple on the initial stroke but is quite "bouncy" lack of platform maybe? It may be worth trying the Rocco, but it doesnt really fit into the "few years of being proven" criteria...
  8. ajay

    Shock Opinions

    I hate to sound condescending, but if you had it for a year, and in that time had it installed on "serveral" (3 or 4?) bikes thn you probably havent given it the time it deserves to tune it up. Out of the shocks you mention the DHX is perhaps the most proven! Tuning can be hard as you say, but...
  9. ajay

    FSA gravity vrs. shimano hones

    best spot to lose weight (most noticable anyway) is the wheels. If you run dual ply tyres, use xc tubes. Im a bit jaded as Ive had bad luck with cranks, so im never skimping there again.
  10. ajay

    FSA gravity vrs. shimano hones

    Do you run them?
  11. ajay

    FSA gravity vrs. shimano hones

    Sure about that buddy? Just becasue Hill is fast, doesnt mean his cranks miraculously become stronger... There has been a few occasions in which he has bent cranks mid run at World Cup level, then theres all the other times... In any case, a DH crank should take more than one faily...
  12. ajay

    FSA gravity vrs. shimano hones

    Cant recall which is lighter, although id be steering clear of both of em. I clipped one rock with my gravitys just 2 days ago and bent it real out of shape, theres barely a mark on 'em yet it still managed to bend the drive side arm quite alot - wont be getting gravitys again! Unless you...
  13. ajay

    SixSixOne Evolution Helmet

    THat design is actually quite cool - remeniscent of the peaty D2... The others posted above (actual photos, not artist mock ups) are boring as bat ****. Its the same 'ol style regurgitated year after year. I dont work in graphics, but surely it cant be that arduous to churn out a few originals...
  14. ajay

    bIg Betty

    Ahhh, i see. I didnt pick that up... Do as the others have said and run it with a decent amount of psi. Worst comes to worst just get a dual ply ;)
  15. ajay

    SixSixOne Evolution Helmet

    Yeah ive always disliked the graphics on 661 lids. The fit well (this years bravo excluded), protect well etc, but the graphics need some attention. every year its just some generic MX lines from 10 years ago. 661 need to look at skateboards for some graphic inspiration... The shape does...
  16. ajay

    bIg Betty

    Our shop team runs Schwalbe tyres. I cant give them enough priase. We use Big Betty's as our regular DH tyre (ill to do a little research on this) but ours are actual DH specific tyres wich also have a dual ply casing - albeit not as strong as a maxxis, but ive not yet flatted. I find they skate...
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