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If I could be as comfortable on a bike like that as I am on my mod, and enjoy the different style of riding as much - and if you asked £550 (possibly £600, if you get a few people interested) in return for it, I'd give happily it. That is beautiful. Sadly, the first two of the above circumstances stand no more than a .05% chance of happening I LOVE the way oldschool bikes look, but hate the way they ride. Edit: But with a proper seat

Unless they have different head angles (thus effecting the reach) - they're not that different. They probably won't ride all that different, as a result. If you go for lightweight, pick the lighter one. If you're not bothered, pick the one you think looks the best! Hehe. Await some ACTUAL responses though. I've never ridden either of them. Maybe one has a tendency to crack or something.

What cranks do you have? Some cranks have a longer threaded section than others.

Staying alive through your [descendant's] blood? Damn... I knew someone would turn it religious. I think "preservation of the species" is a catch-all. Preserving yourself allows you to procreate more in the future, so self-preservation is included. I guess this makes homosexuality a defect among the species... Maybe some sort of psychological problem? If you're not interested in the opposite sex, you won't have procreational sex, meaning you're holding the species back. Haha. But then again... We're such a plentiful species, it could be argued we've evolved OUT of the need to procreate, which opens us out to offspring-less relations.

Hence the further explanation. I couldn't think how to word it. I'm beginning to think I should've used the word "intuition" (or even "hunch", for f**k's sake ) in my first post, rather than "instinct"

I hate to do this, but yes damnit - of course it is!

How are you editing your posts without the thing at the bottom coming up? That's twice I've read a post, left the thread and come back to find an extra bit. Instinct is something you do without thinking. A reflex is an action your body takes without even asking the brain. You can choose not to act on an instinct, whereas you cannot stop a reflex action (unless you try REALLY REALLY hard... like keeping your hand in a fire until you start burning. A reflex is to pull your hand off something hot before you get damaged) Fear is an instinct, I suppose. Flinching from an incoming fist is a reflex.

'Fraid I'm getting the first mod off this production line. I don't care what Josh says - I am.

Same... Haha. I started out thinking one thing, but now I'm arguing the opposite

Agree very strongly with that. But... Surely at absolute birth we don't know that things will fall towards the ground if there's nothing supporting/suspending them. That's just something we learn very quickly, because it's so prominent in our surroundings. Would it be more appropriate to call behaviour instinctive, and knowledge not? If it is, then that blows what I was thinking when starting this thread out the water.

Dayum.... Yo' good!

Yay! Another super-cool headtube Might have to get you to go to town on the comp whenever we "SSL" it

Perhaps - but if animals are territorial, I wouldn't call possessiveness anything different. Also - maybe knowing a gun presents danger isn't instinctive, but shying away from a recognised danger HAS to be... right?

Yeah... I guess I didn't really think it through, just saw a possible thread-starter that didn't involve something been said a hundred times, and pounced on it. Although, for the sake of argument; I meant instinct as someone further up said... about being a series of lightning-fast decisions (didn't read who wrote it - sorry . Edit: Mr. Johns!). I agree with you on the "you have to be indoctrinated in to religion", but - and I suppose it's only disagreeing because we're using different definitions - I'd class something like trying to prevent someone stealing your laptop as instinctual. Yes - it could easily be broken down in to a whole host of decisions as to whether you act on it or not, but I'd class it as something different. Same as if you DID try to prevent it and he pulled a gun on you, you'd most likely "instinctualy" give it up, 'cause you decided your laptop isn't worth your life. I dunno. Shit thread, I guess, if the starter doesn't have a clue what he's on about

I hope not. That wasn't the intent at all.

Don't know about eJay, not used it in about 8 years. You can get a trial version of Acid that lasts for a month for free, and then keep re-installing it when the month runs out (again - you COULD a few years ago). Failing that - it's easy to get hold of dodgy copies... depends how naughty you're prepared to be.

I was talking with a friend the other day, and although I know the example's kinda shit, no others come to mind. I like to make music, and quite often have a rhythm in my head, but can't work out how to write it down in MIDI and get it sounding the same. I had the idea that a program could be written to take an input (beatboxing in to a mic), analyse the frequencies, and for each "kick" it adds one MIDI note, and for snares etc... A step further would be for the program to analyse the sound, and choose the sample in your library that most closely resembles the waveform). I know without a doubt that this is possible - even without having any idea on how to go about actually programming it (short of that it'd almost certainly be a Max/MSP project). (Edit: Forgot to mention I later found out there's already a program very similar to this. It's a VST called Drumagogue (unsure of spelling), and it replaces drum sounds in a clip with samples of your choosing. It doesn't create a MIDI file though. This is just for producers - I guess no-one else gives a rat's arse ) Specifically - I guess I'm asking if you can just... know if something's possible, or do you believe you can only know for sure it's possible when you've worked out how to do it? On a more general basis, do you go on instinct to take a belief, or do you have to have the cold, hard ([plus optional] nitty, gritty detailed) facts before you believe it? I think I'm a mix. Things that have a physical output, such as the example above, I'm very much the first. I quite often think "I KNOW that can be done" but not have a clue how to go about doing it. ...I guess that's just logic - knowing what's been done before and combining with other things. With things like religion/belief systems, I'm very much the latter. How about you?

If only he was English Edit: Not that I'm not impressed with the riding. I'm sure I couldn't do it.

If you want breaking in to the hell hole that is the digital audio workstation gently, go back and play in E-Jay for a bit. Then get Sony Acid. THEN try Fruity Loops. The previous two programs will give you somewhat of a better understanding of what's going on. Neither are very good - but they give an idea of what's what, and are very intuitive.

I usually end up ripping them putting the bike in the car - but if you manage not to do that... I've run a pair for longer than two months. Cut them off 'cause they were stuck and was changing brake.

Appearance-wise, the Inspired. I really hate the look of BMX bars when they're not on a BMX. Functionality-wise I can't say. Never been on a BMX24.

Clarks grips from Halfords. You get four tubes for a fiver. Cut each tube in half for a pair of grips. £1.25 a pair is pretty decent, and once they squish down a bit (takes about two rides) they're lush.

That's the most lovely writing style I've ever witnessed on this forum It's not for that, unfortunately - but I'll give that a go too, if you like.

Well... There's a few things to know. You'll hear about "square taper", and "ISIS" cranks. This refers to the system used to mount them on to the bottom bracket. If you have a square taper BB, obviously you need square taper cranks. ISIS is supposedly stronger interface, and quite often easier to get off, but I've never had a problem with square tapers. The tapers can die after a while however, and I think there's more choices with ISIS, so if you're starting from scratch I'd recommend ISIS. Next is the length. The longer the crank, the more leverage you get on the drivetrain. Whilst it won't change the amount of gear-inches you get, longer cranks will make a certain gearing feel easier to pedal than shorter ones. There's no right or wrong - it's all your personal preference. If you have an 18:12 gear ratio and 158mm long cranks and it feels too heavy, but 18:13 with 158mm cranks feels too light, you could try an 18:12 ratio with 165/170/175mm cranks. Over time you'll find out what you like. Finally, most trials-specific cranks can take a front freewheel. If it has threads on the driveside crank, it can take a freewheel. If it has anything to do with bolts, or "arms", it can't.

I need examples of what really savage brakes sound like. The harsher and higher pitched the better. Also - if it has less of a tone to it and more of just noise, that's perfect. A lot of comp riders have a brake that sort of grinds a bit and then sounds like a shotgun. If you have that, that's exactly what I'm needing. For example, the line starting at 1:07 is a good example of the sort of sound I'm looking for, but even better is John Webster's in the comp section at the end. 14:07, 14:14, and ESPECIALLY 14:16. Unfortunately - I need there to be no music behind it. A bit of background noise doesn't matter, but the less the better. If you could rip the audio from the video, that'd be lovely. If possible, 320kb/s mp3 or higher (WAV would be magic). If not, upload the video somewhere in it's highest quality and I'll rip it out. I know this has been a very specific request - but the things I'm asking for are the ideals. So basically - if you have a clip of a monstrous sounding brake with no music behind it, please upload it to somewhere I can download it, or extract the audio and upload that. Either Vimeo or rapidshare/alternative please - youtube really rapes sound quality. Sorry for the hyperspecification :$ Thanks!