Sam Nichols

With front wheel commitment like that it's no wonder this dude has an underwear sponsor!

Yeahhhh, good stuff man. Keep it up. I have a challenge for you though.. Lose the bitch kicks! Once you've got that dialled it'll improve your riding by approximately 10,000,000.

I regret trimming my pubic hair.

Some parts of it aren't not orange..

I've just upgraded to a (slightly) heavier bike. Bovvered.

He's speshul.

I could definitely make a comment about how the 'same move different walls snappy edit' thing pretty much illustrates why I don't enjoy TGS videos.. I won't though, looks like you put a lot of effort into that video and it shows. I wish I could edit.

I watched some of this.

That multitool looks like its levitating.

I find it really difficult to visualise the assembly without actually doing it myself. What you said makes perfect sense to me.. But at the same time I think I'm right!! Either way, like you were saying, I dread to think what some people are gonna do to that frame! Exhibit A. Exhibit B. And another.. :$

I think it's a fantastic concept, really innovative. I can't quite my head around what Ali's saying about the potential for alignment issues. Provided there are stops for the tubes to ensure they are correctly located and as long as all the angles on the lugs are spot on then everything will only seat in the intended way. The only way you could end up with alignment issues would be if the lugs didn't have an actual stop for you to locate the tube against (meaning you could easily clamp the tubes at the wrong position). I think I'm right.. ? :$ I do really like this but personally could never see myself with one as I would definitely kill it too fast and I don't really feel the need for bolt-on 'stuff'. There will be a market for it I'm sure though. Good luck with the next stages.

Drop him a PM. Phatmike definitely wouldn't rip you off.

Link?

Jon Granger.

I'm 23. Every choice I've made has led me to where I am now. So in a sense I'm not particularly bitter about the regrets. For example; I wish I'd started my degree when I was 18 instead of working for 4 years and then embarking on it. However, if I hadn't bummed around after my A-Levels and then got a kick up the ass from my parents to get a job and pay rent, I wouldn't have taken the easiest job in the 'Situations Vacant' section of my local paper (Airline Baggage Handler). I wouldn't have then worked my way up through the ranks to a supervisory role. I wouldn't have reached the 'glass ceiling' and got incredibly bored. So, I wouldn't be doing an Aircraft Engineering degree and I wouldn't be getting paid to fix planes in my holidays. There's another example that's to do with a chick (everyone has these kind of regrets). I can't be assed to go into details but I screwed that one up and I wish I hadn't. But, there are a lot of things I probably would have sacrificed for her and these sort of things are who I am. I doubt I would do as much riding, certainly not as many weekends riding in London and heading off on a roadtrip and shit like that. I also wouldn't have travelled around Australia for a few months and I wouldn't have had as many sexy times at uni! So yeah, I'm happy with my life currently, so I have nothing to moan about and nothing to regret.

I never used split links at all, I don't really see the point since you have to 'cut' the chain to length using a chain tool anyway.. So all you have to do is not be a special case and pop the pin all the way out of the plate and jobs a goodun. I also don't trust them. That's not based on any facts or whatever, I just stick to the whole 'a chain is only as strong as it's weakest link' thing and omit it altogether.

This is probably old news but I've never seen these before, anyone had any experiences with them? I'm not really planning on getting one, just curious, especially as they seem to go so cheaply on Ebay. Could be good for my Uni bike. Looks pretty slick in black I think. (These are the Alfine CT-S500's by the way) Also, I didn't realise that if you say a certain online auction website on this forum it auto-hyperlinks it. Cunning.

I'm trying to compensate for my small 'dic'... (sic) I'm really really looking forward to not having to set up Maguras, adjust them seemingly EVERY time I have the rear wheel off and I won't have to keep my wheel perfectly true all the time.

Nice one! I liked the first video, nicely done. I'm not overly keen on the camera movement in the second one, it's cool to experiment though.

There would be no point really since the frame set includes hubs and in fact can only be bought with the hubs.

Good choice. Make a video.

0:45 was coooooool