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If you want it silver, use Caustic Soda. Sand/Shot blasting will give it a pretty rough finish that dirts sticks too like nothing else. Luckily so does primer, so great if you're thinking ofspraying them.

The expensive stuff is designed by TrialTech, (trials tech? Seriously JT, the names been everywhere for the past year at least), while the cheaper stuff is generally rebranded, I think.

I've got it apparantly. I can read spell and type really well, but can't hand write for shit. I have to say each letter out loud as I write it.

He's got the normal ones, never seen the light ones and havn't heard anything about them I'm afraid.

Echo SLs are way too weak. Go for Viz, my mate has some and they're seriously good. Very stiff and strong.

Saw this bike in action the other night, probably the lightest stock I've ever picked up, yet the spec seems so rideable, most bikes this light are let down by something but these even has a front disc and a King rear hub. The work that's gone into it is really high quality. A proper example of removing what you can remove and leaving what is needed! Got to see Dave do the Hokey Cokey aswell! (Couldn't remember what order everything went on though!)

I think you're getting mixed up between a smacking and slapping. Sounds like your Dad was slapped about a bit too much. A smack should be round the back of the legs or on the arse, somewhere it won't do any damage, but does sting a little bit momentarily. It's useful to have as a last resort, like if you were really, really naughty, not to be used lightly. This is where shit parents differ from good parents.

Phatpads are supposed to be amazing on almost any set-up, but I think they need a stiff setup to work. I had mine on a Kot MS2 frame with an Echo 2 bolt booster and it just wasn't stiff enough. I think it depends on how much of the presure you put the brake under is actually transferred to the rim, rather than flexing the frame apart. More pressure in the pads means that the surface of the pad will deform to the grind better.

I love when people describe abortion as "killing a baby", how deluded can you get! It's not as easy as just going to get an abortion either, you've got to have a real reason, like you're 15 and don't know who the father is. Anyway coming back to it, no, smacking shouldn't be illegal, but if they're going to do anything about it they should hand out leaflets so that parents can be told how to use it.

Made the tyre grip better on edges and lost a load of weight, so it seemed good to me! Thats the main reason I've done it again, these front tread minion grip loads better on edges with every other side knobble removed apparantly.

Just every other side knobble, but the bigger ones. They're just huge knobbles compared to the ones on most stock tyres. In fact I think any stock tyres? f**k you Mat.

Scapel works best. Lots I saved 90-100g just on a rear Creepy Crawler. (Can't remember the exact number). I actually saved less on the new tyre I've got for my stock, (Maxxis 2.35" Front Tread Single Ply Minion 42A), 72g.

Yeh it's completely normal, it's because the freewheel thread and the tapers in the crank arm are never coaxial, (the centre of each doesn't line up). Same for the sprocket thread and the axle in the rear hub.

Mitts are what fingerless gloves are called... I've never worn them for trials, they'd make me look way too gay.

Thats how Mothers from Cheshire seem to do it. Daft deluded bint...

No it doesn't, I've been using it for years, you just stick a screwdriver down them, work it round and spray some WD40 in there.

Well that would be a rational good car, so if you did you'd be cured.

This thread is 2 years old...

The thought NEVER crossed my mind... Is she German or just a big fan?

Smacking doesn't work if you ask me, my Mum used to smack me for every tiny little thing, and up until I was about 14... All smacking does is remove any respect that the child ever had for the parent, it's bollocks. I do believe that it should be there as a last resort, when you're smacked as much as I was then you realise, actually it doesn't hurt and it's worth it for anything you want to do. It should be something only dished out by the father (not being sexist, just believe it work better coming from an "overlord" type figure"), and only when something really bad has happened. As it happened it f**ked up my childhood because I was incredibly angry and depressed all the time until I was about 15 and then I just hated her and hardly spoke to her. My Dad never smacked me, he just spoke to me like a human being and made me see that what I'd done was wrong, and 9 times out of 10 I apologised to my Mum without being asked.

Riding was great, really annoying how the whole video was in slow motion though, I had to mute it and speed it up.

Eeeewww, imagine stroking that wrinkly old thing! Gimme fur any day.

That's possibly the ugliest bike I've ever seen!

Haha, I want to come now.