Brettoll

What a watch!! Your brakeless skill is immense

Dude you just need to ride it more, you were making plenty of decent progress on the 24" and it suited you better than the mod did... Though if you do sell it... let me know how much first ha ha

Is on the cards, as are wider bars. Then when I can, frame etc will eventually get changed

Actually sticking at it, got used to it being very long! It is nice on the back wheel and is fine for gaps and sidehops.. its just a bit weighty. It will do until I can afford something a bit lighter in the frame/fork/crank department. Honestly, I am pleasantly surprised by this frame as I always considered everything they did without Thiabult Marriaux or Martyn Ashton could be a bit ropey. But this actually performs ok!

Chatting to a few of the lads there seems to be rumbles of a Bristol trip... just nothing set in stone

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Hi all, I have a 4 day weekend and I am wondering what rides are taking place around London and Bristol over the bank holiday weekend? Many people out? Brett

That is a sound idea! I am trying to sort out something for my birthday like a bike ride and some surfing (again something I have done even less of), but the plan is just get a load of people and make a day or two of it somewhere different... If I warn the GF now and get it in the calendar for July I reckon I can pull it off

You need to weigh it up as £800 is a heafty investment! Buying 2nd hand you can get a couple of bikes, see what you prefer and sell the other / keep it as a fun bike. If you are willing to put in the time and effort to learn, go stock out the gate I reckon. Personally I found mod's were good for learning technique, but you can feel like you hit a wall with how far you can go with them (though its not always the case as there are some amazing mod riders out there) A Comp 24" is a good idea as a comprimise as its not as unweildly as a stock can be, but gives you the bigger wheels for rolling moves and a smaller frame for learning the control. A couple of the guys I ride with have done all three and find it an excellent middle ground (And a full build Echo 24 is £875 on trials addict so not far off your budget). Your best bet is to get on a ride, borrow peoples bikes and see what feels best for you before forking out the cash

Shorter stem, high rise bars and practice practice. The Zoot stem seems quite long for a streety feel 24", maybe as its luring you into trying not to move too far away from proper trials moves. Have a look at some of the street riders set up in videos and bike pictures on here see if you can grab some inspiration. For me though I ended up with a 90mm stem and 3 inch rise bars (like the ones below) http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=69197 http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=67681

I know i'm not that old, only 30. But with a kid and a responsible job etc I do find it hard to be able to getting a hall pass from the mrs to go ride my bike and have a few beers ha ha. I think it just sneaks up on people

Need a vid of you and this tearing up the street! Looks short and sweet as

That is a case of over-exposure to such top end graphics etc in the latest consoles that the old ones which were jaw dropping for their day just suck in comparison now... I dug out my old GameCube to play on, managed about 30 mins then got annoyed and turned on the ps3

That was sick, some ballsy lines coming out in that video. Great post!

But the mixing was brilliant, pushing each other and road trips.. I get the solo thing, it's fine tuning an art. But I've tried it and I get bored quicker.

Being a fan of beer, moustaches, checked shirts and old school bikes, this video is amazing! http://player.vimeo.com/video/51119615 However watching it at my desk in work, I realised that I haven't had a good session out riding with some mates in a long long time!! I remember the days of heading out with tinnies on a summer, having a session, a few beers, riding home, dropping the bikes off, hitting a few bars then repeating most weekends and some evenings. Now I muster a few hours a week on the bike around work and family, bills swallow up my every penny that I am down to one bike and for a while I have had that feeling of losing all interest in bikes for a year now which is nuts as I have always loved riding as long as I could pedal. This sucks! Have many of you encountered this...?

Well it's not too bad after a couple of rides.. It is getting used to riding a long frame, not being able to bunnyhop and re-learning TGS again. Frustrating but I will keep plugging until I either get good at it again, or sell it and replace it with a street bike ha ha

Well we will see tonight as it's going to get it's first proper ride.. Update to follow ha ha

Apparently, from what I have found its a barge of a frame with 1150 wheelbase and 0+/- bb rise. If anyone knows if that is true then that geo is pretty looong.. But the frame was cheap so worst case scenario I shift it for something shorter if required further down the line

Have yet to measure or ride it as I have been (and still am) sat in work. Boo Need to measure it when I get home and bed in the freewheel so flat riding for a bit before pushing it. Will see if I can find a geo online though

They are a great little starter bike for getting into 24" trials. Good spec, easily upgradeable parts and a geo that when you get better and want something a bit more suitable you don't have to wrestle with re-learning on a totally different feeling bike. Also, welcome to TF!

That is a bad angle for not landing on your face!!

So after riding street for a long time, decided to sell up my Leeson and get someting a bit more pure trials based. Queue a conversation with Jack Meek and Ben at Trials Addict to help me with a custom build, and this is the result!! The Spec: Frame Set Diamondback - frame disc & rim brake fitting Diamondback - forks (Disc Only) Wheel Set Magura - Rond disc front hub (32 hole) DMR - disc rear hub (32 hole) (116mm) Onza - Fixed chain tensioner: Echo - TR front rim (32 hole) Echo - TR rear rim (32 hole) - now has a light grind on it Echo - Plain Gauge spokes (Silver) Onza - Rim tape (Blue) Echo - Inner tubes Echo - Front tyre (2.35) Echo - Rear tyre (2.35) Brake Set Echo - TR hydraulic front disc brake. 180mm Echo - TR hydraulic rear rim brake w/Heatsink yellows now! Drivetrain Truvativ - cranks wish bash ring (Black) Try-all - freewheel 17t (Black) KMC - Kool chain (Silver) Wellgo - platform pedals (Black) Steering Etc - Open bearing headset (Black) Echo - stem (127m 27* (Black) Etc - Rubber grips (Black) Onza - Rip handlebars (Black)

Yeah thats the kind of green I am talking about. Cool, thanks for that.