The Duck

Jammy. I demand a video. Or at least some pictures of you riding it.

Yeah like this a lot... It does feel streety, but not like insane. Not completely beyond the horizons of TGS. Seriously nice frame.

Was thinking about you a lot today Beau, thought I'd give this a bump. xx

Shit the bed G. Your so sick you even snap forks! Wait there going to watch again... Edit: I LOVE YOUR BALLS Your so confident with rails its unreal. Hooks are mental, as said on msn. Bails are quality. As was the editing. <3

Well, never part with goods until you have cash in hand unless you are as certain as you can be that you'll get the money. Asking for it otherwise.

Well you could have at least pretended it was rubbish... Nahhh only joking. Glad most people had a good ride!

Ahh he got it off you! The most shit working maggy ever? I think so...

Faith in the BBC restored, that was enjoyable. I learnt - Alfas are good at looking nice, but shit at being cars.

Oh balls. If the BBC is reading this (which i assume they must be as they certainly aren't sorting out one of the few programs worth watching on their beloved iPlayer) - I HATE YOU.

Just missed top gear, the BBC are f**king idiots. They make iplayer, make a big fuss about it and it actually never works as it should. Went on there yesterday, and it was totally knackered - had a few screen shot from comedy programs on a white background with some computer language - great, thanks. Went on there just now to watch top gear, saw 'episode 4', clicked, started watching, realized it was episode 4 from some f**king ancient series? Like series 9?

Still can't come...

Poo.

You win todays prize for most crap stated in a single post. Edit: To elaborate, your thinking was - It looks like a monty rim > therefore it will perform like a monty rim > mine was weak > therefore it will be weak. Thats rather silly is it not?

Made one of those important decisions... Car (like all friends, anybody else my age) or this (like nobody in their right mind).

Myspace/facebook page required i think...

As requested by the man himself. <3 Dave.

Lol.

Hahaha. Thats a good rule.

Theres a hollow bit where the BB shell meets the chainstays - there. Was a manufacturing defect, no doubt about it. Will have just been a duff one.

Why do sidehops look about 5 times as good on mods as compared with sidehops on stocks? Booo.

Lol. Yeah Bessell cracked his. But, koxx have sent a free replacement because it was under 6 months old. Bingo.

Pads: Koxx Browns Time Used: One month Rim used: Try-All Grind: Yes, Medium/Light Booster: Nah Brake used: Magura, factory bleed, standard lever, standard tpa... Previous used pads: Koxx Brown, Echo Red, Zoo old and new, Adamant, Plazmatic Spanish Fly, Echo New compound, Plaz CRM, Rimjam V3, Rimjam Blue, Phat pads, Heatsink Reds, Heatsink snowies, Heatsink coust, Onza citrus, Koxx Yellows, Rock Blues,... Review: The most beautiful brake I've ever used. Fact. This is with a factory bleed, and standard everything... I normally hate oil bleeds to death and run Echo '08 levers for more leverage. So, got my new bike from Tarty (thanks tarty) with Koxx Brown pads. Ali set the brake up, amazingly. The pads took about 10 minutes to bed in, after that and constantly they have been making a beautiful woosh-peep noise (not angry honk, or annoying squeak) and have worked fantastically without fail for lots of pretty hard riding sesh-iz. I'm never using anything but koxx pads again for the foreseeable future. The phat pads in cnc backings were good, don't get me wrong. But the savagely ear abusing noise got to be a bit, and they did need a sharp grind if you wanted any hold at all, and any dust (from oxford stonemasons for example) made them go to shit very quickly. Unlike the koxx pads. They also work just as well in the wet, keep the woosh noise, just loose the peep.

Got it in one. Edit: Saying that, I can't actually stay balanced enough when side hopping a mod. Tend to chuck myself off the back, cleverly.

Thanks for all the comments! Went for a ride in oxford yesterday with Nick G, Wheeler, Alex C and Andrei Burton (OMGZZ), in between standing watching in amazement and riding street, I gave it a bash round the stonemasons and got it dirty and everyyything!! It feels goooood. Well it sort of does and sort of doesn't. Very scared of breaking it, or it being nicked, or scratching it. Apart from that, I love it. Rides beautifully and has changed my riding style loads, for the better. I couldn't possibly comment on how much it weighs until I've done everything I want to do to it, won't be able to afford to do that for a while, because I had to borrow a little bit of money to be able to afford it... Will let you know the weight in due course Cheers Muel, glad you like. Yes Neil! I'll consider letting you touch it next time I see you, might have to issue you with some sort of VIP pass though... :$ Flattery gets you everywhere Neil, love you. Can't hand over the old frame I'm afraid, but, you can have your relic of a BB back if you'd like? Cheers man.

I never realized that they had the same shaped/hydroformed down tube as the stock :$ Looks really really nice, want to see the paint job though!