Muel

All the usual stuff, including two pumps, which are identical. I've no idea why. Also, a crisp packet incase I get a hole in my tyre, put it on the inside and your tyre is magically mended.

Comparing a Zona Zip and a Monty TI is like comparing a cloud and a piece of paper. They are at opposite ends of the trials spectrum, the TI has a short wheelbase, is lightweight and has a relatively high bottom bracket, and the zona is long, low and heavy.

My brother's T-Lite came with 170mm cranks, they were so gash, they felt about 4 feet long. I run 158mm Monty TIs, and they are absolutely spot on. My brother now has 160mm Echo Forged and I can tell the difference, the Montys feel slightly nicer to me.

Oh yeh! Tarty's bike, but with a proper frame. (I.E: Long).

Click my sig link, then imagine it with try-all H hubs, a Kamel front rim, a rear Dob rim, white TrialTech bars (which don't exist) and a few other trick bits.

When I can manage them, it's drop-gaps for me. Only little ones but they feel rate good.

If I were you, I'd just stick a washer on the end of your front wheel axle as described above as a tempory fix, if this doesn't work properly then get the forks down to the LBS.

The Trialtech bars are made from T6, which is a stiffer, stronger and lighter material than 6061, which is what most bars are made from these days, but it costs more, hence the £50 price tag. Anyway, what are you on about when you say get some Monty bars, they cost £67!

Says the Monty dealer. OOh shit!!! Have I guessed too much?

I had a Scott YZ0 that had a lip in there, it was like the internal diameter of the headtube had been 25-30mm or whtever, and then they had machined the areas for the cups to sit in into the tube.

What he said.

Interesting read, it's not something I've thought about before. I would have got a standard headset in the first place though, purely because I've never had trouble with them.

Invisible, now that would be cool.

That's good, but a guy who bought my old Echo Lite (Matty M) is selling it for £325. It's all pretty posh bits, when you get validated you'll be able to PM him.

I've had both bikes at home and ridden them next to each other with 3 other people, T-Lites are better.

Squince is MikeHayes' older brother.

T-Lites are better than T-Mags! My brother got a T-Lite with all the bits from a Spec 2 T-Mag for £620, had some other posh tensile bits aswell though.

Thought about getting a front Try-All tyre? Not sure on the exact saving over a Creepy, but it's pretty big. Anyways, nice bike dude!

Interestingly, if your talking about the Swizzles Matlow refreshers and drumstick lolley things, the first Swizzles factory was and still is in my little town.

I think Adam Griffin is staying up there for a while, although he might have moved on by now. I know he was only going to be there for about 6 weeks.

July/August I think.

If I were you mate, I'd wait for the new Onzas to come out, because from what we've seen so far they are a bit special.

Yes, that's my point exactly. I prefer to watch riders like them, and also think they are better all round riders, although they might not be able to sidehop as high.

I tend to take riding style to mean how comfertable and smooth a rider looks on his bike.

That's why I said it was all to do with riding styles. I've seen Damon Watson ride, and you can see his forks flex like mad and he rims his front tyre when he gaps to front, he needs a super strong build because he goes so big.