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The long lived Toxsin... still going strong


trials riding tutorials

Well...It all started with a KillerV600, model '96, customized with DH bars and high rise stem. Then I replaced every single bit that failed. I reckon that after a bit more than one year of playing around, the only original parts that remained were the bar grips. The KillerV600 frame cracked after four months and was replaced with a KillerV800 frame (the nicest frame ever...but a weld on the back sloping tube cracked after about two years and a half of abuse), which leads to the Beast of the East as a warranty replacement. So lifetime warranty works at Cannondale. Not too much complain about that, although I had to look somewhere else for a trials frame because they didn't have another Beast and instead I asked for a road frame to replace a cracking dawes touring bike (now with a fantastic Road Warrior). So the Zero Orange looked good. But it cracked at the junction weld of the BB and left chainstay, after 9 months. The frame was replaced under warranty, but then the Cannondale fork broke. I decided to go for front disk brakes with a new front wheel, fork, handlebars, stem and make the damn bike much lighter. I also took out the seat and replaced the useless big rings on the freewheel by the smallest gears available except the 18t I used for trials. I replaced some non critical steel screws by aluminium ones (from motorbike shops). That gave me a nice hybrid Orange/Monty look until the frame cracked again. No Guarantee replacement this time...
That is when I opted for the pure trials Toxsin Frame (5cm longer), re-using most of the other parts. The Toxsin is still my current bike, though it evolved, and I had a nice setup for a while, until pedal threads ate into the cranks, the forks cracked, and I decided to get back my Monty bars. Also, I had to put a brake booster on the rear only for the sake of protecting the hydraulic hose from abuse.


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Frame: Toxsin
Fork: BT.
Bars: Monty (oversized)
Stem: Hope
Crank: 175mm Tensile Urban Legend with Tensile 18t freewheel
Bottom bracket:
Try-all ISIS.
Pedals: Onza
Brakes: Avid Ball Bearing 7 cable disk brakes (front) with AZ2 disc and Magura HS33 hydraulic (rear) with red Heatsink pads in aluminium backings and a custom lever from Fresh Products.
Seat??? what for?
Rims: Try-all (rear) / Onza drilled (front)
Hubs: Try-all CNC with fixed cassette (rear) / Hope XC (front)
Tyres: Maxxis high-roller 2.5" rear and Panaracer XC Fire 2.1" front.
7 speed freewheel (11 to 19t): Gear ratio, 18/16. Home-made chain tensioner.
Wheelbase in this current setting: 1095mm.