Ok so they’re awesome, however compared to your vivaro it will be a potential pain in the ar se. They’re slow, juicy and extremely likely to be nicked. But for all that they’re awesome.

Cheap Tr450s here, although only in small. Transition Owners Group members get a further 5% off as well, which is a pretty cool.

Teva or the Shimano AM ones. Have both and like them equally – seem to like the shimanos for xc duties more.

Yep, we’ve all done it. I put the wrong logo on a full page advert in the Sunday Times many moons ago. Used to work in an agency where all logos and digital assets had the same file name but were stored in separate files.
Rush job, exported the job for print, didn’t check the pdf. Advert went to the colour house, proof came back, Studio Manager didn’t check it. Sent approval – and an advert for £4m+ apartments on the Bishops Avenue appeared with the wrong logo.

LOLLING @ the folk who say they would have beaten the OP if they’d chosen those lines.

Me too. Stu is a legend.

Transition Transam

nice one Stu!

I have total woodshed envy… currently getting the money together to have a Jotul 602 installed.

I did some design work for a ‘boot camp’ fitness company he’s involved in with 2 former Gladiators, one being Jet. He’s supposed to be alright…

@Sancho
From Kyle:

carbon coverts….probably late this year but still TBD. working hard to get them done as fast as we can but it’s a long process. :( i want to say November….but the way i normally guess i’m probably off a bit. ;)

You might be lucky…

What’s a “ditor”

are you PC or Mac based? IF you’re Mac then you cant go wrong with Pages, latest version is excellent. I’m a graphics professional and use the full CS suite from Adobe, yet I still use Pages if I’m knocking up a letter to a client or a price list etc.

Quote from Kyle from an email I had earlier this year:

I hear ya on pricing. it is tough game for sure. our costs keep rising… and the made in Taiwan thing is more about what we can accomplish rather than the price we can do it for. but yah i hear ya. something we’ll be focusing on more in the next couple years is making an offering at affordable prices. We’ve gained so much experience in what we do that the natural thing is to build the best thing you can and of course that costs money. ha. from there though i see is getting more back to our roots of having killer high value product for the lower price segment. anyway, don’t count us out of that game yet cause it is still close to our hearts here!

I think part of the problem is that the the standard covert is such good value for money considering what it costs them to produce it. The carbon frames are being made at the limits of their capabilities and with a completely uncompromising approach. Its understandable that they’re going to be big money.

To be completely honest the whole ‘Santa Cruz can charge more’ concept is one I dont really get… Yep they make nice bikes, (I had a Bullet as my first Alps bike) but they’re also making far greater numbers and have a bigger market share. Transition are a far smaller company with much lower operating profits.

Carbon bikes are in a rarified atmosphere, and lets face it, if you’re spending over 2k on a frame for an All MTN bike then a couple of hundred quid here and there isn’t going to make a big deal to you. Ultimately you’re going to be buying the one you want. Chances are you’ll be putting a £900 fork on the front of it – so its all relative.

Saying that though, I just read that Spesh’s new carbon s-works Demo is going to be over £10,000 8O

Ah I see what you did there, you’re confusing people who comment on Yahoo news with ‘the rest of the country’

its not cookies – its their site. they broke their t’internets

sell the roadie and buy some new forks. One of the best mtb riding destinations on earth.

most important thing is to keep on keeping on, if you get my drift. Been in the industry since 2001 and its an industry I grew up in as both my parents were designers. I’ve been pretty lucky and I now run my own company with a nice set of clients that I love, but its generally pretty tough by all accounts. You just have to keep getting up… some nice jobs advertised recently on linkedin so get on there and plug away. Best of luck.

Hi Minzo – Nols here from the Transition UK owners group.
Not sure if they’d actually send you one direct from the USA to be honest anyway. You’d have to ask Sam, but I reckon you’d just be pointed in the direction of Surf-Sales. We’re trying to get some deals on new old stock 2011 stuff for members of the owners group, as we’re being supported by Surf-Sales. Keep an eye on the Tr.OG facebook page. We’re getting stuff together for Friday 13th. Various demo bikes, stuff that was warrantied for paint defects etc that Transition USA have approved for resale and new old stock from 2011… Saying that, there’s only one small and one XL bandit frames available from 2011 with Surf-Sales – so not a lot to choose from.
http://www.facebook.com/Tr.OG.UK

yep, been married 7 years now, wear it all the time except at Jiu Jitsu, although its smooth I wondered want to hurt anyone with it by accident. Cant say I really notice it when its on, although I miss it if I leave it off for some reason.

If you have a major mechanical there is a network of people around the place to get you up and running. Marshalls in Stevenage is literally 5 miles away and is run by Edd – a guy that Tony and myself ride with all the time. Tony has 2 bikes with him most of the time. The coaching venue is testing as its designed that way, but at no time will he put you in a position of danger. If you don’t have knee pads and really want to wear some then there’s usually some kicking around. They will be smelly though.

ok so I’d first cancel the credit card and have them send me a new one.
I’d call apple and inform them that you were doing so and the reason why. Get someone’s name and direct line if possible. Whenever you speak to someone request a time that they will call you back with an update. If you dont get called when they say they will then call and ask why. If thy realise you’re not going to go away until you get what you want then usually they end up giving it to you.
Apple are usually very good though and have always helped me out when I’ve had issues. I bought a 24″ imac a few years back from a reseller and it had a chip in the screen when I unboxed it. I was adamant that I hadn’t done it. My reseller refused to replace it, I wrote and emailed Apple UK and 3 days later a courier arrived with my new imac and took the old one away.

Adobe to admit flash is even more redundant.

food, jacket and an open mind.

@jambalaya well, if you’re a fan of the brand you’re more than welcome.

We’ll be doing some Tr.OG members only deals and stuff soon. It’s still early days for the facebook group, but we’re being supported by Surf-Sales. It all came off the back of the recent uplift at FOD. Thought it would be a good place to get everyone together to share info etc. I’m currently building an ali covert and the plan is to keep a diary of sorts for the various models. As soon as we have a discount scheme set up info will go up on the site. Currently trying to get the next uplift sorted.

If you have any worries about the build quality then don’t. Kyle was riding it at HS and hung a landing from a 12 foot drop. Cased the rear wheel and destroyed the rim. Frame was perfect, not a mark on it.

OK so from what I’ve heard there has obviously been a lot of interest Worldwide in the frame so we’re going to be putting a email link on the Transition UK owners group on Facebook for anyone that’s interested in getting one. Simply go on there and ‘like’ the page and we’ll keep you updated with whats going on.
http://www.facebook.com/Tr.OG.UK

nicked one never turned up… likely that it was binned and all the kit taken off and sold.
I was lucky enough to ride it the day before up at HS and it was pretty sweet. I also got to see it being ridden to the limit by Kyle. Having seen what he was prepared to do on it, I’d have no qualms at all about having one as my ‘almost everything’ bike.

glad you got it sorted

good for you dude…

All the series’ are awesome and getting the box sets is a fantastic way to avoid the usual rubbish on tv. Current one on FX is ok…

Love how it makes me want him to get away with it, even though he’s a killer. Nicely twisted.

no idea mate, must be a lip for a bearing puller to attach to. Hmm.
Try emailing them…

email kyle or kevin, they’ll get back to you or have Carl email you. Total open door policy on email from customers – bear in mind they’re on pacific time though.

alternatively try this:

Step 1: Remove the wheel from the fork.

Step 2: Remove the 20mm end caps from each side of the hub. You should be able to just pull these off by hand and then set them aside.

Step 3: We need to remove the two piece sleeve system that the 20mm adapters were resting on. To do this, use your 20mm thru-axle from the fork. Place it inside of the black sleeves, but not so deep that it contacts the silver bearings. Then just use it as a leverage bar to pop those sleeves out of the hub shell. Do this on both sides of the hub. Once these are out, you’ll see that you’ve exposed the bearings.

Step 4: Tap the bearings completely into the hub shell. The best way to do this is with a socket that is big enough to cover the entire surface area of the bearing (so you aren’t applying pressure to one localized spot). Place the back side of the socket on the bearing, again, to better distribute the pressure – then use a mallet to tap the bearing in. Give it a couple of mid-strength taps to be sure it seat’s all the way. You probably wont even notice it move since it’s just *barely* too shallow in the shell. Do this to both sides

Step 5: Reinstall the sleeve systems on both sides. This is the trickiest part of the process since the fit is pretty tight and you don’t want to press them in at an angle. You need to tap the outer sleeve – not the inner.

So use a socket again or even better is a piece of pipe or a crown race seater to tap these evenly into the hub shell.

Step 6: Put the 20mm end caps back on and reinstall the wheel

read the 4 hour work week. leverage yourself out of your company. ride your bike more.

I had the lunchbox – It was lost may years ago. However Tamiya re-released both the Lunchbox and the Midnight pumpkin last year. So you can actually get everything for them, all the spares, the hop up kits, everything.

comb-over time…

Not many shops actually ‘stocking’ them at the moment. Although Surf-Sales Tr.OG.UK are doing a few demo days and free uplifts this summer. Usually a few different sizes at these events. I’m 5’10” and I have a medium white one on order to replace my now knackered Spesh Pitch

Am in Hertford town, will keep a look out mate.
On another note, people need to start taking pics and making a note of all serial numbers on forks, wheels etc. Get as much information about your bikes as possible. These w*nkers are stripping the bikes and selling the kit off. If you have a note of the serial numbers you might help get conviction even if you dont get your bike back.

Bliss

having seen what you were wearing yesterday I think you could help write the course materials here[/url]: