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old fork versus new fork, the old one is on the right. just slightly beefier hahaha

lush mate!

haha new fork versus old one. old one is on the right......

jeez hit the nail on the head for sure
oh and for the record im running 26s
tricking on 700c just doesnt make sense, dont understand how i did it for so long.....

the forks just dropped swede, mine are sweet!!!!

Anybody want a custom musette (Canvas courier style) bag made? My girlfriends just started making them, heres my one http://shredability.blogspot.com/2010/08/must-be-musette.html

how much??

I'm gonna pick your post apart but purely for the sake of the discussion.

You say you like that you can run the seat slammed but still do sitting down and flat ground tricks, how does that differ to a small frame with an extended seatpost?
Some might say a smaller frame with an extended post kept the frame out the way and made certain tricks easier.
Surely it's the placement of the seat that's important for the sit down tricks and general rideability of the bike but that seat is what makes the bike harder to tuck up under you like a bmx.
You say you like the tight back end and steep head angle for wheelies and nose tricks. What would you say if I told you that in flatland bmx where the bikes spend most of their time on only one wheel, steep headangles and short back ends were considered de'rigeur a few years ago but more recently these things have been slackened off because it's been found that a bike that's easy to get onto the front or rear wheel is not easy to keep there and that a slacker head angle/longer back end creates a larger balance point?
Is a sturdy trick bike really lighter than a mid level bmx? ( i say midlevel as it's possible to build ridiculously light bmxs but they won't be very sturdy and it's equally possible to find cheap bmx's that weigh around 40lbs)

ahhh no problem guys, i love a bit of banter me ;)

seat being slammed = much less likely to break when landing 180s, as you land in your seat hard to pedal fakie, also much easier for nice high bunnyhops. i hate high seatposts sooo much.
as far as steep angles go, i love twitchy bikes. even if slacker angles make balancing easier to maintain, i hate the way it feels for general riding....
my bike is lighter than a mid level bmx :) i know because a guy in my lbs got the scales out to try and prove his bmx was better than my esb
40lbs?!?! my bike weighs 19lbs, and thats with 2.1 tyres and a bmx drivetrain!
besides, weight has dick all to do with this argument really, as i wouldn't buy a bmx regardless of how heavy/light/amazing it is, as i simply dont like riding them.

the reason i ride a fixed trick frame -
most of them have already been said....

i like the fact i can run my seat slammed, but still do all the sitting down and flat ground tricks
i love the small back end, again with slammed wheel making wheelies all that easier
i like the fact that mines still a beaut to commute on (67 gear inches)
being able to choose between wheel sizes is pretty sweet
its LIGHT
i adore the way it looks
the headtube angle is lovely and steep, making nose pivots/manuals easier
(my seat tube is 50cm, the toptube is 54.5, headtube angle is 74 i think)
i like the choice of parts available for it
and most importantly its fixed gear :)

im not arguing that any of these reasons are valid by the way, just explaining my reasons for picking mine over a mtb frame. end of rant :)

such a savage build. like the fact that its 26 and 700 compatible.

clearly you misunderstood, i meant a fixed gear trick bike.
stick to what you know, gumwall tyres and leather bartape.
why don't you call them for me?

do you even ride a trick bike?

cheers man, think that photo was from a quick stop comp

people, DON'T BUY IDENTITI FORKS. i snapped mine! not even doing anything massive either, just a 6 set!
also, my front chukker is totally out of true now...

What about gusset pigmy cranks? They have 48 splines i think... cheap as well.

i called ison distribution about these, they're being re-designed apparently, due to be re-released in 3 months....

i got a tree sprocket with profile no bosses, spindle and bb from albe's bmx in the states for just over 200, and that includes p+p, id give them a go....

biggest 26" tyre you can get for the esb? front and rear?

Who are you? T-bone Wilson?

mighty boosh quote?
if so, jolly good!

riding on a fixed trick frame is much more fun than the mtb stuff, mainly because of the geo! i personally love the tricks that are fixed drivetrain specific!
all this giant bmx stuff is cool as well though, because although kids are doing it on bmxs more easily, i think thats the whole point. fixed bmx style is HARD. some people just like a challenge i guess??

26s = more fun + more people hating on you.

stealth century

burrito sunday. its on like donkey kong.

lovely gorilla, but why is the front laced radial? shit is weak man! 4x all the way

i cover 200 miles a week on mine ;)

nope, hungary in 1 day!
called 14 today, they said my forks would be ready by this time next week, fucking finally!

yeah, there is barely any bb drop at all, when i tried my mate's wheel with a 1.75 i was surprised!
too many people are writing off the 26 thing....

first of my new parts arrived today, thought it was my cranks, but no, it was the slightly less excciting 12T cog. gutted.

haha great advice both of you!
tried a combo of the 2 today, getting it much better now, just need to get those wierd hop 180s down now, not the proper bunnyhop ones, anyone know what i mean?
speedy fakie scares the shit outa me :S
tried my mates 26" on the front today, felt mint, so ive ordered a set of 26s, plus some new cranks with a much smaller chainring to make up for the slight bb drop.

tom, ive got my old front wheel, just a non branded deep v laced to a formula, but il let it go for £15?