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Isopropyl alcohol is the best way. Will take off all the oil without leaving any residue behind. Put in on with a towel, rub off the dirt/excess, allow to evaporate and your good to go. Isopropyl acohol is in surgical spirits but if you want purer 100% stuff you'll need to buy from somehwhere else other than the pharmacy.

I have an Onza T-bird which was excellent for learning on. I bought it as a cheap starter bike and it did the jobe well.

Also try www.trials-online.com they have a great explanation FAQ and technique page where most aspects are disscussed in so much detail. They also have great instructional vids, use trashzen aswell.

Lol Think he means the pads stuck to the rim with the tar, so locked up when not supposed to

Is pledge not polish? Therefore making your rim hellishly slippy? Yeah cillit bang etc will work fine, anything with degresing properties, just put it on, clean the rim then rinse off with water

The echo pads are meant to be near enough the same compound as the zoos so give them a shot. If you don't want to grind, take a stanley knife and make quite a lot of very light slits in the rim all the way round. I've done it and the brake is awesome, without losing strength in the rim.

His riding is unbelievable. Can anyone else ride like that? I've had the pleasure of seeing and meeting him live at a demo, he is unreal, and a really decent guy.

Anything that protects your head!! Anyway i have a met formula, does the job fine.

Great vid Your gap technique is awesome!! Any tips.... lol

The zoos and echos are made for smooth rims or very very light grinds, so that's why they wore out fast. Koxx-brows or greens > heard a good review on greens, ask onzaboymark.

Thanks for all replies, with the advice i am getting better already! There's only two things really causing slight problems just now and that's after i kick more than 2 or 3 times in a row i can't keep the front wheel up, is there any advice to help this? And i sometimes lose sideways balance, is there any cures? Or will practise perfect both of these? And how many pedal kicks should i be able to string together before moving onto things like gapping? Thanks

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Don't worry i'm not scared about falling backwards, i've done it a lot and practised going over on purpose. I think poopipe is right as i feel i am too tense. Anyway thanks for all the pointers, best thing now is to go and practise

Not trying to be smart, but seriously try to learn hopping on the other side, (if you right foot forward).

Only full members have the report button, new members don't so thats why its not there!

AS a 12 year old you shouldn't be advertising that on a public forum

Thanks for all the help guys, i've finally cracked how to do realatively small pedal hops. I took a small video (bad quality due to using phone) and was wondering if anyone could give me any pointers? Click here

I am still learning the basics in trials but lower pressure does help. It makes the tyre more 'bouncy' therefore there is a bigger impact from preloading. Having lower pressure will make a very very minuscule change to the weight over high pressure. Hope that helps

I am now comfortable on backwheel and want to go about leanring the pedal kick and have read all the online guides and i know what i have to do. I was just wondering if anyone has any tips and or methods to aid learning? Thanks

Wtf was the stuff about the cat? Was the video just meant as a pi*stake yeah?

The post will have been edited so the for sale item isn't there, as its not allowed in NMC. This topic will probably be closed soon anyway.

www.trashzen.com is a great guide I'd recommened a second hand bike

Just compare brands for price, A set of Zoo's, echo's, koxx-bloxx etc are probably £18 plus postage Heatsink blues, snowy's are £14 plus free postage! Heatsink reds come in cnc backings for £25 then refills are only £8 so there's now way heatsink are really expensive. They are proven to be great quality and they are a lot cheaper than the 'big boys'

Sorry just realised that i can't get a link to the specific pedal i found, but they aint the right ones anyway! I think i will just get a set off ebay or something, the V8's are pretty cheap on there.

Are these the Wellgo DMR V8 copy's? And does anyone know if they grip well? Thanks