Tim Stedman
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They are friggin sweet michael.
Loving the 1st pic of shrews.
Stedman...disc....right hand side....??wtf
Its the way forward. Well, the way to stop going forward really...
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you can count me in! Last year was real blast, looking forward to more extreme riding than last year!
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lmao sorry to stir? don't talk utter bollocks, to put it straight mate, if the spokes are all tightened too tight, then it is pulling and therfore putting stress on the hub shell,
if it has nothing to do with how tight the spokes are then, please go tighten your spokes as tight as you can get them and watch what happens........................
"The ratchet ring inside is screwed in on a thread. Once it hits the end stop of the hub, if it gets spun round any further, which is inevitable in trials... the the threads will simply push the hub apart."
ive never heard as much garbage in all my life, the thread would strip before it supposedly "pushes the hub appart"
you just have to laugh at some peoples guesses
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What i said is not total garbage. try over tightening a bleed screw in a standard mugura brake lever, see what happens. the hope hub is the same but on a bigger scale.
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It has nothing to do with how tight the spokes are.
The ratchet ring inside is screwed in on a thread. Once it hits the end stop of the hub, if it gets spun round any further, which is inevitable in trials... the the threads will simply push the hub apart.
I have had this happen exactly the same on a DMR revolver hub a few years ago, but the other way round. The freewheel literally split in half over the top of the threads. My guess is that hope simply have machined away too much material.
Keep building your wheels as tight as you can!! they will fall to bits otherwise...
Tim
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Hi guys, I have to say that was the best club trial I have ridden.
Great sections! its really good to see some real challenges being laid down! Great job by Patt and Dave for the setting out.
Hopefully more of the same next year then guys? You can count me in to be attempting to ride em next year!
The only thing that would be good to see happen differently, as Dave said at the presentation, is higher turnouts. Why arent more riders coming!? If all the other comps were similar to this one, which ive been told they were, everyone should surely have to have a real good excuse not to turn up!
Spread the word guys, Next year will be awesome!
Tim.
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Hi guys, heres a short vid of Danny Smith and I, from the riding in Poland we did. The two main places we rode were in Poznan, and at a park in Warsaw.
Dan is riding a home made bodge job of a 24, which rides surprisingly well! And im on the usual Pashley 26 GHz.
Simplest editing going, as im pretty new to adobe premier... But hey, its about the riding, not the editing!
Go check it out! Poland.mpg
Cheers,
Tim Stedman
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I'll most definately be there!
Count me in!
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Hi Guys and Gals,
Finally, after a good couple of weeks of tweaking, adjusting, and generally changing stuff round, I can finally Launch my new website!
Its got my latest Pashley video up there, and some of my much older vids. Theres some great pics up there too, including a few old skool pre pashley pics!
If you have any constructive comments on how you think it could be improved, please feel free to mention them, and I'll see what I can do!
Thanks,
Tim.
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Have you checked your hub axle, because if thats broken, it can cause similar problems to what you're describing.
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Im running a 118 truvativ gigapipe DH on mine, clears fine. On the older versions it may not clear, but it definately will on all the new ones.
Tim.
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Not necesarilly, when I was first riding trials, I rode on a standard mountain bike, and used my outer chainring as a bashguard! No modifications at all!
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Yeah, it was similar to the bike battle, but not quite as big.
The comp was happening as part of the celebrations for the city of Riga's birthday. there were many festivities happening all through the week, and the freestyle trial comp was just part of it all.
There were two classes; A pro invitation class, and an amateur class. Everybody had a two minute qualifying run, and then the top six from each class went through to their respective finals. The top three from the amatuers won prizes, and the top six invitation riders won cash prizes. Everyone was judged on 5 different criteria, being; use of the course, difficulty of moves, magnitude of moves, style, and something else that I cant quite remember!
I met Kristaps Skudra (latvian no.1 and the competition organizer) while I was out in czech republic. He asked me if I would like to ride the freestyle comp, and I said yes, nothing more to it really!
Im not sure about vids, I havn't found any yet, but I'll post them as soon I do find some.
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Just thought id share a couple of websites that have some pics of the freestyle comp on them. Dont worry about not being able to understand Russian, or Latvian, hopefully the pics can speak for themselves!
http://www.apollo.lv/portal/galery/49715
I know theres only 1 pic on that link, but the other pics give you an idea of what else was going on near us while our event was happening.
http://www.trialbikes.ru/tn.php
Some good pics on that one... check out the damage to my front wheel after messing up a 360 off the highest tower - about 8 feet up I think.
If I find any vids, I'll post them up.
Overall, in the Pro invitation class, Stefan Pcola won, I came second, and Josef Dressler came third.
Cheers,
Tim.
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erm yeh, i hope you learnt your lesson, trials bikes and NOT designed for stair gaps!!!!!.
glad your ok though, any injuries?
Haha, Im sure ive learnt my lesson from that, I needed to hit it a little faster with stronger bars!
Anyway, only injuries were grazes on my elbow, knee and little finger. Nothing worse luckily.
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Just a short crash vid from the Bristol ride on Friday. Tried jumping the big set of steps at castle park, but the bars snapped...
Check it out.
http://www.eengoedidee.nl/videoz/bike-tria...tedmanbails.wmv
Tim.
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Thanks for the positive replies everyone, I hope its been worth the wait!
Someday in the not too distant future there should be an update to the whole TV Series website, which im sure you'll all agree, is well overdue! So keep your eyes peeled chaps...
In answer to the helmet question - its a california pro I think, circa 2001, with a load of stickers i got free from a bike mag.
Cheers,
Tim.
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with a bit of luck, i should be there ploughing into some rocks.
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whats even madder... is that Dani Comas did a whole lap in elite for 4!!!
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How about a pashley 26GHz?
Decent strangth, and not too hefty. wheelbase of about 1035, with pashley forks. spot on if you want a shorter bike thats going to last... and last... and last! You cant beat the feel of quality steel too, Its much more forgiving than alu frames.
worth looking into if youre after a street bike anyway.
Tim.
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Well done to aran for winning!
I managaed some absolute scorching sections on the top, but I just couldnt cope with all the mud at the bottom! I managed to clean section 8 in just 22 seconds! Not sure where i finished, but it was somewhere in the middle i think, on 59,
I thought it was a pretty good day over all, I really liked the sections, there was plenty of hard stuff, and some nice easy stuff to get you moving. shame about the rain, but that just makes it a bit more interesting i spose.
Bring on the next round at addingham!
Tim.
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Steadman managed to do both fine :P
He arrived at Prawns house near Plymouth at 2am on the Monday morning after driving from the Yorkshire comp via Worcester :P
I managed to ride the Hampshire comp aswell as the Devon comp. My mental weekend of riding worked out to be about 400 miles travelling, riding 48 sections, messing round before and after the comps aswell as riding street in Taunton for a while on Sunday night.
Anyone who can get to the Devon comps should deffinately make the effort, I was well impressed considering the club has only organised limited competitions :-
im still not recovered from doing both the tyketrial, and the wemcc in succession! looking back, it was a bit silly, but it was definately well worth it! I was impressed with the sections, they all seemed rideable, its just a shame i was so damn tired. Im not sure about the way it was run, going round with an observer, it seemed a pretty slow way of doing things with a decent turnout. maybe it could be run a bit more normally next time.
i managed 800 miles in around 36 hours over the two days, well worth it though. two good trials at two very good venues.
Tim.
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XC riding is fine on a trials bike, and DH, its just a little scary. I shall be riding the redbull mountain mayhem 24 hr event later this year on the GHz, so ill let you know after that, really how good trials bikes are for proper XC...
I reckon short trials bikes are the best for dirt jumping though, its just not so good when you come up short with no suspension :">.
Glad you all like the riding anyway.
Cheers,
Tim.
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Hi all,
Wilson cant post cos hes stuck in new members. He wants to know what he wins off you wayne! Still riding his gimp, with more style than any french sidehopping rubbish! You'll have to sort him a helmet though wayne, apparently its been abused! p.s hed like to win a new back rim!