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It gets a bit bumpy in places but beyond that you should have plenty of fun.

I would be quite happy to lead a similar route for a group drive via this forum if anybody is interested. We would be setting off from the Skipton area BD23. For anybody travelling up for a drive I can send some hotel recommendations as we would be looking to start early & happy to arrange a afternoon/evening meal if that was the case. If it's just a bunch of midland/Northerners then winner winner. We hit a few super single track roads I would avoid in larger groups so starting over Skipton way would suit better but I do intend on following Adam up Hartside Pass and watching the MX-5 do it's thing.

Marking myself officially safe from a trip out with Tarty Adz. Quite the driver Adam!

Ramp in action. I seemed to have lost my locking nut key or suspect laying with the garage I had my coolant pipes swapped at although I'm not sure what the wheels would come off for. A fun way to blunt my new set of drill bits anyway, I have replaced them with what seems to be a set of lockers with an even more misplace-able key 🤷‍♂️ Brakes bled & new front pads to see if Texstar are any better than the Brembo ones that I fit last year. new eBay win was a genuine Cayman spoiler wrongly listed I don't think the breakers yard knew what they had/ how sought after these are - I am excited to do a very bad paint job on this and fit it anyway, I suck at rattle cans 😂

I am shocked you didn't have the roof down, soft lad. After it had about 2" of snow in it last time 😂

I think we exchanged one of those senior moments where we both looked at each other having recognised but at the same time having no clue who either of us were. I have just changed pads this week and need to get out and bed them in hopefully one evening next week & then I am game Adam. Mid March suits me the most work wise & should give the council enough time to sort out a few of the sniper potholes we encountered on the last drive out. Keen to see how the 370 handles the Dales, the 350 was cool when it came out but the 370 has aged the best, always wanted to see how they go on on the twisties. I'm sure I'll have my work cut out with you in the Supercornerer3000 can't wait!

Definitely roof down weather 🌡️☁️

Had somewhat of a cold myself Thursday - Today but it seems to be nearly gone. My car goes into a specialists in Barnsley on the 3rd of Jan for the coolant pipes. I would like to have had a go at this myself for full ramp glory but the price difference between parts & the quote from these guys made the decision for me. Plus I imagine 10 year old rubber on aluminium's likely the best welds on the car 😂 So at some point mid Jan Adam I'm keen to head out if you get any free time.

Ramp half built this afternoon, it's huge! Give me some winter fun to play under the car. Run wise if people are local enough to make these a single day or even a morning out that's all the better for me I'm quite happy to post more than just one & that gives us chance to do different routes each run. Forest of Bowland is a nice little route into the Dales to link up with Ribblehead Dales there's loads can do the wider B roads through and hit Buttertubs Pass. Can do Patley Bridge to Lofthouse which is just 15 mins of totally blind corner after corner (I love that) before some epic narrow hill climbs. Tan Hill via Cross Top. Plus all my going out to clear my head routes which mostly consisted of me getting completely lost and driving along narrow lanes that are breathtaking although not as quick. Can't wait 😎

Can't wait, gives me some time under the car over winter. We've nearly got the kit car ready for action just some more messing around required but going to get it booked in for the geo and suspension setting up. Olly @ Phoenix Motorsport springs to mind having met him through a mate but I have no first hand experience with him Adam. Any other recommendations you could give us? EDIT: Just checked your website & if you can do it Adam there's absolutely no rush, happy to fetch it over any time. It won't be hitting a track until spring.

We had an agricultural building erected down at the stables this year & it would be rude not to waste half of it as man cave surely! Our new ramps arrive Thursday but the artic delivery is impossible for the location so these are getting drop off at a friend's garage and we will have to trailer them over. Got a small list of jobs I've accumulated on the Boxster to try and solve including a coolant leak the parts are on back order for. Very keen on getting out and doing a forum Dales run if others are? The Dales is a mixture of wide open visible routes, blind single-track & visible single track climbs. Obviously the added bonus of tourists, walkers, cyclists, farm traffic and being stuck behind me but I do know my way around quite well after 8 years of leading Boxster runs. Dreamy 😎 Let me know if you fancy it and I'll create a thread. I'll probably drag @AdamR28 out with me now I know he's an all weather animal through January but post something worthwhile for people to travel up North to, hotel suggestions & route (be all day of a job driving 8am - 4pm) likely around spring time. It will be pretty social, I haven't met some of you and haven't seen some of you guys for years so should be really good fun. It's more about driving than tyre kicking be warned. All cars welcome 👍 Full props to Mr Read as we keep going to ride the warehouse and no matter the weather his roof is down on the MX-5 can't wait to see it in action 🔥

Couldn't you have just taken the seat out and used a torch to see if it's a visible crack behind that weld? I seem to recall this era of Fourplay cracked in this area and changes got made. Although it wouldn't stop me from riding the frame for a while.

Interesting concept I didn't actually know this was a thing. I presume this was around the inspired element era. Did many actually run V-brake? I remember the console protos all seemed to be V but I'm not sure who was riding these. I'd guess Mr Rowland's and Nick Cooke spring to mind but I thought these rode brakeless

The 24" version of the frame lasted 5 weeks 😂

Yeah at the locksmith expo they showed a transit driver door being opened with a screwdriver. I swapped that barrel & added two additional locks to the rear doors. The Renault trafic models they pinch a hole through the sliding door to get to the exposed wire. Doesn't set off the alarm. The VW Transporter they punch a hole through above the handle to push the snib that's locked the door. Doesn't set off the alarm. Scary but no van is immune. Pop tops have been forced open and bikes taken out of campers at Gisburn Forest. I think the aftermarket van alarms are the best there is as all vans tend to be wobbled before any attempt of getting in is made to check if there is any kind of alarm/siren and these connect to your phone. Although mine has gone off as people have sped past my parked van its a inexpensive deterrent.

This was a frame I had made by Marino I specifically asked for Spanish BB on this, I had it on a czar and it was what all the Deng stuff was coming with so seemed like a fun shout at the time & the 24" teal green bike I rode in an older edit was the same but smaller. I had issues with the BB on both frames as the welding had turned one side oval. I can't remember if it was these frames or one after where I used to have a gusset under one of the yokes as that for my riding is as the weak spot. I believe the frame was passed over to a former friend & then Jamie Wiltshire before being sold on again. It's 2014 👍 I think the head angle is 74 I'd have to scroll a long way back in my communication with Marino to actually work that out but my 24 was 74H/A Chain stays got worked out for 18/14 so I think 383. I think the BB had a cut out on the 24" as well I can't remember if this did or not? I also cracked the disc mount on the 24" I think someone like Ross or Leon sorted that with Marino and they moved up to a new style of mount. Brilliant build thread! Post some clips up 🤘🤘

About 18months ago I bought the new shape Vito, 1.6 fancy spec 111, air con and the nav options ect. I liked the quality of it but found the offset driving position ruined the van so back into a caddy for me. I've since bought a new shape transit custom limited for work. It's got the fancy LED lights which I love, pulls like a train, hill start is lovely and pedal positions are great. Normal driving position. I've only installed a spoiler & replaced the front grille for the model deleted honeycomb option. It's got heated seats, heated screen, heated wing mirrors. Air con, front and rear park assist, multifunction steering wheel, DAB that's got a pretty strong signal compared to the VW & Vito. Lots of storage under passenger seat with flap from bulk head. Certainly quiet enough with the bulk head in the back. Cruise etc My thoughts on having a van with all this spec as standard with the limited model, could you even be bothered with another brand. It drives amazing. Mines also a short wheel base and for anybody thinking about one for work I can actually get a 8x4 sheet in straight, stood up which is something no other SWB medium van with bulkhead offers. It's a workhorse for me - but it's a joy to drive.

My thoughts are that it is either the Echo pure or one of the original Zhi bikes based on the horrific dropouts & slightly kinked top tubes. Both brands then changed dropout style to the ones the top part of the rear triangle sat onto the dropout. It's got to be what 2004 era?

I think there is a outside party involved heavily in the funding of the comp frames via TMS & a lot of the design elements are just HSU enjoying building these along side the street bikes which seem to be where Tibo has focused his brand. I love Tibo he's been fantastic with me over the years and wish they had better communication with Tarty so more of their products could be stocked within the UK.

This was good & glad to see people making the effort to go visit the trials area. More so when they rinse it! Wrists got slapped because of the metal bits sticking out of the gate posts (council), mind boggling but a grin when your clip riding one of them came on screen 😎 Be amazing to wipe the slate clean and ride together again Flipp. Bring back the good old days 😜 Keen to ride & travel about

I'm suspicious of the sorting office as I haven't received the last stack.

Brilliant edit, I like the chilled out vibe it gives off. I love Ben he's just continuously getting better & more stylish. Jack has really homed in & dialed on those moves now again just throwing loads of style but he's not trying to cram in too much which I think fits this well. I'd certainly like to see the pair of them commit to a trip away together for more of this! But my Instagram feed is full of Ben 😂😂😂😂😂

Absolutely mega video & soundtrack. The build upto lines and no hops vibe is crazy in this! The casual just rolling that rail gap upto front and 90⁰ = blimey!!! Nevermind the backwards rail gap, insane commitment throughout.

I'm not sure you can call that mediocre, you have certainly captured how much fun you're making of the 26" Some huge moves mixed into countless lines nobody could have guessed were about to happen. Loved the autumnal feel to it. Best video of the year, thank you!

Thanks Ben! I appreciate you stepping up and taking on the task of dealing with the council and quarries for this project. Originally we was told we would get the opportunity & funding to build a skills area/ MTB skills loop following on from the trials park. Maybe not in trials riding volume but it's a talking point for everybody seeing riding done in that area. Despite that it's not all that simple when it's on council land & with the pump track running out of the same money pot any funding really needs to be spent on surface materials. So getting a quarry willing to donate items is mega. I remember we only got the approval of the trials park mid way through the build of the pump track as there was a previous trials area/ ruins of the original park gate entrance. So other than some additional concrete pipes Tim managed to get from a local housing development the existing items were used. They had a 8 tonne digger we managed to get in the afternoon it was due for collection and we did what we could/ nabbed as much mot sand as we could to create the surface. We tried to use the rocks in ways that opened up a few more lines with the mindset we could create more gaps, landings & take offs from the skills loop. There's a number of run-ups it would be great to avoid dropping things in the way of & there is a land drain I think you might have marked in green/yellow but plenty of scope kicking around. I'm really excited to see what you do with the place & if I am back up from Leicester in time I'll lend a hand where I can. Manny who runs the pump track is awesome the local community don't appreciate or phrase him enough. His role in helping get the trials area more accessible for everybody is huge. - We need a sign specific to the trials area for safety - We need a seesaw - We need a seesaw, can we have a seesaw please? Thanks