Ross McArthur

Still loving mine. Brilliant for all my bikes.

Just got rear pads and bar tape to fit. Cost me £100 (and a couple of beers) to build.

Point missed...

Great to hear that. See, have faith lad! Ill be at the Wickerman from Thursday till Saturday night. Going to make a special effort to get to Aviemore in time on Sunday!!

Nope, side hops to back with no brakes to bar spin drop offs is NOT trials. Only side hops with brakes, to drop offs without bar spins IS trials. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EP2jttou8lg http://youtu.be/EP2jttou8lg

What makes non-para jobbies less (Sorry Edit) -more resistant to side wall dings? Are they built that way for that reason? Ive run TT single wall rims since they came out and never had a problem with regards to strength. Very impressed.

Haha, why did you call it Saints then? Anyway, you've spent what looks like a shit load on the build already. If a jobs worth doing, its worth doing well. So put some smelly Conti's on it.

That bike with some Conti's and saints would be sexual.

There would have to be a bars upside down and bars normal test too.

K-SAS?

Whats the front tyre? Maxxis what? And why is there no more info on that Giant? 1 photo in the whole world? Ive got the Trial Mag it was featured in

A flippin Monday? People gotta work to buy Danny Mac tyres!!

I try my best to go to any comp I can! There’s a reason why I was second in British Expert last year and my trophy cabinet is stacked - no other willy showed up! Thats not a good thing in my eyes because it means I win, its a bad thing because no one else is showing support. Hang around for 10 years dribbling about comp formats and quote anybody’s name all you want but its my 10, 15, 20 quid that goes into supporting the scene every time I ride a Scottish, British, whateverish comp - old or new format.

Not fancy some SPD's?

Uurm, ah dunno? And uurm, no one said you're not entitled to have an opinion. Where did that come from? Loads of people come out with that sort of statement - usually when they're flapping for things to "defend themselves with".

Moar water guns!!

He's not either of those. And when it comes to running comps, he is superior to you.

The formats to blame for the decrease in entry numbers is it? If anything, competitions like GetCreative have had more of an adverse effect on conventional trials comps. The big marketing push on that definitely made me think, "Why should I stand around in a muddy field all day for a plastic trophy when I could be winning a brand new Inspired frame plus all sorts of goodies". Again, before I get shot down for shit talking peoples hard work, I support all video making competitions as well as any other trials comps.

That’s the thing, I don’t think its that bad, is it? I'm all for new formats. Kevin had a section set up like the Tarty Comp plan in Aviemore last year in one of the Scottish rounds - I enjoyed riding that. I rode the Street Light Sessions comp - Loved that. I organise street rides for anyone who wants to come, weekends away with mate’s yada yada I think the dab complainers are doing more harm than good. Younger lads thinking of getting into comps can be put off very easily if they hear/read the Cool Cats and the Big Guns of the British scene bad mouthing the current set up.

Air con stuck on warm all night. 3 hours sleep

Gutted, I thought that was directed at me. Such a good description!

All hail DM for saving us from our pogo sticking destiny of doom!

Cool. Liked that. Whats he riding? An Arcade?

Do people still wrap bits of tin can around the back and the side of the pads to fill the gap? Did people ever do that?