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André Castro is from Porto. He says thanks for the comments. The part from 4:16 was done with a steadycam and his next vid will have alot of that.

André Castro (the Portugal Danny Macskill) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L56n5YD7BnU enjoy

the song is "Dont Know" by the Lost Prophets the bike is a Monty X-lite from 1995 with a disc mount adaptor

Portuguese trials, André Castro style: (aka guy who tried something new and made a real "long mod" 1090mm) Enjoy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gGroOz-ezM

1. The guy is 6' so I wouldn't say he was short. 2. If you can ride a 1080 or a 1100 26" you can ride his mod 3. Of course it's long because every other mod on the market is for midgets! 1030mm mods aren't long their short!

Mr. Long Mod reduced the frame to 1060mm and then filmed this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91ypyGRXjk0 He is still running a regular mod stem (150mm) and says the bike is da bomb! Some Spainish pros tested it out and aside from the frame's weight (~3kg) they liked the geo. So with some luck some company will soon start pumping out real "long mods".

Well I haven't got a video just yet but here are some photos of Mr. Longass Mod in action.

Well someone finally did what I've been going on about for ages. Someone actually made a long mod. No not a "long" mod like the new Koxx 1030mm 20" XTP I mean long! WB: 1090mm BBD: +45mm CS: 340-355mm Now to be fair I never suggested a 1090mm mod as that is probably TOO long but I had talked about 1040-1070mm with 350mm CS. Still this friend of mine decided to boldly go where no one has gone before and I for one am happy he did. I haven't ridden the bike yet but from what he's told me it gaps and sidehops like a motherf...ker! later

That's the best looking Monty ever but then that's easy cause the rest have always been butt ulgy! haha. Still I love small seat tubes so i think this bike looks awesome it would look better without the bump/hump but still very nice! Wonder if the geometry is any good though (monty kinda suck in that department...) Well there is hope cause Mr. Belay was involved!

Hot! but would be hotter if that was the 26" model!

Ok let me clear up a few things. What matters is not only how much the rider is stretched out on the bike but his/her position over it. This is because you can have the same stretched out position with two different top tube lengths if the stem length is adjusted (like in mods). So there is a big difference between running a long stem on a short bike (short in the Effective top tube sense) and a long bike with a short/medium stem even if the overall cockpit length is the same! In the first example the rider will have more weight on the front wheel whereas in the second eg the rider will be in the middle of the bike. Increasing the headangle (eg from 71º to 73º) will also put the rider more over the front end. Increasing the bb drop also shortens the Effective Top Tube but puts more weight on the front end (if you don't increase the rise of your stem). So a the Koxx Derangboy with a +80mm bb drop and a wheelbase of 1085mm has a shorter (ETT) than an Koxx Coustellier 1085mm with a 0mm bb drop. Now assuming all things are equal (chainstay length, bb drop, headangle, stem length) then a longer wheelbase (eg 1100mm) bike will be longer in the cockpit than a short (1060mm) one. I have a 1100mm Koxx and I'm 180cm and I think the bike is too long. Kenny Belay is ~179cm and his koxx was a 1080mm. My opinion is that a bike with a wheelbase over 1080mm is for riders over 180cm. Sure there are exceptions but I think this is a good generalization. If you used to sub 1060mm then going to 1060mm maybe better than 1080mm. I would definitely stay away from 1100 if I were you! Of course if you have the opportunity to try out some bikes then that would be the best way for you to find out how long is enough. The attachment below may help you "see" what I'm on about: Stock_Geometry.doc

Get some Kris Holms instead! Their cheaper and apparently stronger! http://www.unicycle.uk.com/shop/shopdispla...p?catalogid=883

Geometry wise the Gu Typhoon Short and Adamant A3 short are virtually identical: HA CS Wheelbase BBHeight BB Drop Effective Top Tube Front Center GU Typhoon 72º 362 1000 315 55 562 644.6 Adamant A3 72º 362 1005 315 55 567 649.5 So I'd make the choice on looks, etc. Personally I prefer the look of the Typhoon but you're the one with the money...

I've had a Arrow Prime Bite 24x2.75 both in normal casing (~1000g) and the DH casing (~1300g). I know exactly how much of a b*tch it is to remove the DH one!!! The problem with these tyres is that they are super low i.e. they have very little height. They are basically XC like tyres with huge side knobs to get their 66mm (2.6) width. So they are crap for trials. I'm talking ofcourse about the 24" cause I've seen some of the 26" and they seem to be taller. As for buying them here in Europe I dunno about nowadays but back in the late 90s when I ordered them I got them direct from the arrowracing website. I also got one of the last Mavic Xy 24" rims (which I still use as a front rim) and a free T shirt (which I still use). And I have got a Maxxis Highroller 24x2.5 and on my 38mm I still feel flex on it! But yeah 47mm maybe sufficient...

Tis a pretty sweet site indeed been going there for many a year: These were the result of my last play on it: a longwheelbase mod a short chainstay 26" and my future bike another long wheelbase 24" wheeler