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Forget the shimano hub ! You require a freewheel with a lot of engagment points. It depends of your willing too. If you want to ride a single speed bike (the best solution for trial according to me) or not ! If you are single speed addicted you can ride an DMR revolver hub with a Try all 108.9, Tensile, Monty or Eno freewheel. Else a Chris King, DT Swiss or a Hope pro trial are good alternatives. Atomlab produces this kind of hubs too. Concerning the rims, a lot of trial rims are available: Echo, Try all, Viz!, Sunn/Un (only available in France), Onza. They are very wide (between 38 milimeters to 47) to be easy balance on your bike.

No, with magura plastic backing. The standard blue model: You can ride without grinding your rim, but, depending on the weather, they could not be enough efficient. That's why I grind my rim, and the result is amazing. But I don't need tar. In France, the Heatsink pads are very well considered.

I use Heatsink pads too. They are amazing !!!

Hello, I have got any good UCI vids on my Dailymotion account, like World championship in Livigno, Italia 05 World championship in Les Gets,France 04 Another (to download) : A world cup in Buthiers, France 06 There is also an interessant thread on this french forum: Here you can find some UCI vids Hope it helps. PS: Sorry for my english!