micce said:Awright... I think I know what you're talking aboot now
Here's a link to a lil sequence(50mb) a friend of mine made the other day. It's from a festival we attended last week. Me and the Rubber Ducky is represented 2:17 into the flic - that's why I choose this bmw porn thread, hehe... I'm somewhat slow/tired in the sequence cuz that's the last thing I did that day. I'd usually come outta that curve faster... just so you know. Some of the other riders are friends aswell and some are complete strangers who happened to be there when the camera was rolling. Enjoy.
credits to sune
It's both - 24" wheel rear and front and some "biggus dickus" fork and frame :love:seismic said:
micce said:It's both - 24" wheel rear and front and some "biggus dickus" fork and frame :love:
It's pretty wierd to jump around like that cuz the suspension soaks it all up if ya dont pull the bike upwards...
How much travel do you have front and rear ???
that's funny... I thought most ridemonkeys knew about the rubber duckie by know. But I was obviously wrongseismic said:NICE :devil: THe bike looks super cool !!!
micce said:that's funny... I thought most ridemonkeys knew about the rubber duckie by know. But I was obviously wrong
The bike has 11" travel in the front and 13" in the rear. Search for "rubber ducky" in these forums and you'll find lotsa info about it. Photos of it and smetimes me + the bike can be found here:
http://www.pinkbike.com/modules/photo/?op=list&function=myphotos&photouserid=21603
macmx said:
macmx said:
Honestly I dunno the stroke length of the rear shock. I'm guessing here but prolly it's more than 3½" - Ask joe @ BMW if it's important to yaseismic said:
beauty squared. really nice work xy.xy9ine said:the bike. now with stickers! (thanks, chris!) sorry about the crap quality. my camera has problems focussing... could be the caffiene withrawl as well...
ViolentVolante said:nice bike.
mono6s and a 2.0 it dont get any better
It would be nice if they dialled some sort of progressive action into those. Do you have any details on them?joel hester said:
Sorry I was kidding about the anti-bucking rocker plates.Millar said:
haha! good one. evil ABRP's for your TMX. that'd be sweet cuz i've often wished i had a need to run something evil other the the cool stickers plastered on the computer at the office. those guys and allison are wicked cool. wicked evil! hehe.joel hester said:
How do ya mean CG?tmx said:
It's looks wierd with corrosion on such a bike.
what is the nature of the bucking action? how/when did it happen? i guess there could be several scenarios. an under-damped shock could pogo the rear on take off. jumps with rolled/flattened lips are also more likely to buck riders regardless of bike setup - the bike compresses front & rear up the face of the jump, but then the front follows the decreasing radius of the flattened lip as the rear starts to unload - resulting in sweet bucking action. technique can circumvent such rodeo action - ie, popping off the jump. if you were bucked off a large flatish landing, i think there's a couple possibilities; too little rebound - (shock as pogo), or (a little less intuitive) way too much rebound - the shock bottoms, but rebounds too slowly to diminish the bounce. hmmmm....joel hester said:
those rusty bolts are actually stronger than stainless. i believe all the structural bolts in these bikes are grade 12.9 - the strongest avaliable.micce said:BMW didn't put stainless steelbolts on the ducky. I wonder why...
Good-o, Just taken arrival of my RaceLink frameset, to be built up with 888s/Monom4s amoungst other parts. Frameset equipped with Avy/Ti spring, Various other Ti bits n bobs, Profile SS Cranks (The big beefier ones), and apprently a Ti jackshaft spindle or something, but having little experience with these frames, and not having taken it apart yet, i'l have to see what all thats about..Espen said:
Mmm stainless, easy to bend. Don't put stainless bolts on anything that'll take a decent amount of load, the last thing you want is damaged bearings/bushes from easily bent bolts.micce said:
AR_ said:Good-o, Just taken arrival of my RaceLink frameset, to be built up with 888s/Monom4s amoungst other parts. Frameset equipped with Avy/Ti spring, Various other Ti bits n bobs, Profile SS Cranks (The big beefier ones), and apprently a Ti jackshaft spindle or something, but having little experience with these frames, and not having taken it apart yet, i'l have to see what all thats about..QUOTE]
Hey hey, welcome to the Monkey and the Brooklyn-freak thread.
RIK, interesting note about the stainless steel bolts. I had no idea they were NFG for load-bearing. Dumb question (?), but does the same go for Ti???
ti bolts arent as strong, but seem to survive most applications. i've used them for several years on pretty much everything; the only problem i've had is with bending a couple thrust-link pivot bolts on an rm-7 (not surprising given the leverage on them). my tmx has loads of ti - though it seems a futile effort...tmx said:
yeah, i do alot of cleaning. i keep all the steel bolts cleaned and WD40'd so that they do not turn that nasty rust color. as for the frame, I spray WD40 inside the frame. you gotta figure that the bike is sitting on its wheels or bike stand all the time so any water will collect in the same spots all the time. so if i keep WD40 in there, it will collect in the same place and help protect the frame. it cant hurt to be preventative. i am sure there are people out there that never touch their bike for years and years but i am not like that.AR_ said:
