I received my TMBR Sullivan and I am pleasantly surprised by how different it plays from my Baldwin of the same weight.
I am still learning the ins and outs of this new axle system and having some sporatic string catching and yoyo going responsive. I am playing with it and trying to break it in a little better. It is fun to switch between butterfly and imperial!
It is very well made. It throws Fixie smooth no matter how threaded in or out the halves are on the axle. It is fun having the imperial shape as an option. Double or Nothing and every string trick is so much harder that way!
I am looking forward to the new Irving and Eh? I will probably have to sell something to buy them but they look so cool.
I am about to put my first new string on the Sullivan.
I canât quite figure out how to adjust my gap on my No-Jive though (itâs too responsive)⌠I made a thread awhile back and I was told that paper works but any other suggestions/tips would help!
Put a little rubber o ring on the threaded part of the axle and lightly screw the yoyo together until you feel the hex but bump it. It takes a few tries to get it right where you want it, but it works. I was lucky enough to buy mine with this modification in place already. Gotta love the BST and great traders like JRod.
this thread is cool. this kind of thing is what started me with fixed axle.
basically i was talking to jack ringca and spencer berry about how theyâd had a little competition to see who could be first to hit cold fusion on a russell. it didnât seem so impossible, and neither did the rest of the ladder tricks so i worked on it. got some proyos and i worked some more, got some no jives and i worked some more⌠after i finished the ladder, i moved on to sector_y. you can hit almost anything on wood if you go about it the right way. at some point, i shifted my focus though. itâs fun, but way less interesting (to me) to hit long technical tricks on wood than it is to figure out tricks that feel like theyâre MADE to be done on wood.
my first wooden fixie should be here this week or nextâŚmight have to adjust the gap as the person who made it said its alittle offâŚstill excited to try one out
I have found that the new no jives dont need any adjustment. Also the EH should be out soon and I imagine it will be amazing. So if you are going to be getting your first fixed axel get a no jive or wait a little bit for the EH!