TonyB

A little bit of tar on the back rim will make a lot of difference. Perhaps try some brake cleaner on the front disc and pads?

Been training in Wing Chun for a while now. Since 1995 anyway.

Looks like a good deal to me and its in your area. You can always upgrade bits as they break or you need better performance but as an introduction to biketrials I'd say get it and start riding.

There is a Hampshire Bike Trials Club so I guess you are in luck. For people in your area click on the county name (underlined) in your info box. You'll see a list of people in Hampshire.

I think point E is the eutectic or eutectoid point...maybe. I'm better with steam thermodynamics to be honest. haven't looked at materials science since college days (and that was a fair long time ago).

Scratching back through my memory - the diagram describes the state of the metal for a given temperature and composition. At X the lead/tin mixture is starting to solidify (as it cools). Basically follow the dotted line downwards (as the metal cools) and the metal become more and more solid until it hits line B-E where it is all solid (it doesn't all solidify at once, which is what the diagram is showing). The proportion of each of the constituents decides at what temperature these two things happen. Below the solidification line the temperature and composition will decide what structure the material forms (face centred cubic, body centred cubic etc). I'm more familiar with the iron state diagram and lead tin but the principles are the same. A represents the melting point of 100% lead E represents the temperature where solid lead/tin melts to liquid without going through a transition stage (like partial melting to form a paste). This only happens for lead/tin with the composition shown on the diagram, all others go through the paste stage. This point has a specific name but I can't remember it off hand. Googe `lead tin state diagram' Good luck.

Yeah its RWE...its a fair cop

Yay!! Nice video. Merry Christmas.

Quality. You're right - the Grifter weighed a ton. Wheelied like a demon though. Happy daze.

Back to Swindon? You must have been bad...

Skateboarding....I'll get me coat

Look out for roadworks. You usually find a few lumps of dried tar when they've finished fixing the road. You only need a small piece. Lasts for ages.

Do you mean the Isle of Wight?

42 at the end of the month

Not as much fun as removing brake caliper pistons... Hairspray works well for grips. Extra stong is best. Use the same for removing them.