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  3. Bike Lights.

    in Trials Chat

    Posted

    I've heard rumours that you can now get a £30 on the spot fine for not having lights on your bike at night!

    Is anyone actually going to put a set of lights on their trials bike? lol.

    I can't imagine any of us putting up a decent chase from the police on their bikes!

    Maybe it's just Basingstoke...

  4. Old School Trials

    in Trials Chat

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    Depends how oldschool you wanna go...

    I was around at the time when everyone bought Saracen X-Ile frames and pimped them up into trials bikes. Back when Pashley had just brought out the 26MHz. We all had bikes with 32T rings and DH bars that you could jump as well as trial (for the record I've built up a Base TA26 along those lines recently; pics on their way, stay tuned). Dayglo yellow maguras were the order of the day in the brakes department, and if your tyres weren't Tioga Factory DHs or IRC Kujos (or later El Gatos), you may as well have gone home. There were a lot of Zaskars and DS1s around that time as well. Montys and Megamos were like rocking horse shit in the UK; if you wanted a mod you had to either spend forever finding one, or special order the Hans Rey GT mod. We could all recite most of the commentary and interviews from Chainspotting word for word. Trials was a lot more closely related to mountain biking in general - we'd be out riding with guys on DH and freeride (which was a new concept back then) rigs regularly.

    Things were different back then - the whole tone of the trials community has changed massively, and the riding has come a LONG way...but it was still more fun back then for some reason. Bouncing around on massive bikes and sidehopping OFF stuff.

    </nostalgia>

    Ahhh memories!

    I started about the same time.

    And yeah, it was a lot more fun back then, maybe because I actually had a crew then rather than riding alone.

  10. *hijacked*radiohead's New Album*hijacked*

    in Chit Chat

    Posted · Edited by robb_o

    I've had it for a few days now, paid 0 because I could.

    I have no moral issue with what I've done.

    But yeah it's never going to live up to The Bends or OK Computer.

    But it's nice to listen to... that's how I'd describe it.

    The whole album seems to be on one straight line of quality, ie: there are no REALLY good tracks and no really crap tracks.

    "Nude" stands out to me as the weakest though I guess.

  12. Noisy Xtr V-brake.

    in Trials Chat

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    My rear XTR v-brake makes some HORRIBLE vibrating noises as I'm riding.

    I appreciate it's where my wheel is flexing as i ride and my brake pad is tacky so it's trying to grip it.

    I think it's to do with the parallel linkage thing...

    I mean, I've had the brake for many years, and I can actually feel the movement in the brake pad when I wiggle it with my finger.

    My question is this - What can I do about it?

    I'm considering greasing all the links up, has anyone resolved this issue before?

  14. Jjb, Anyone Work There?

    in Chit Chat

    Posted

    I used to work at JJB lol!!

    When I applied for the job, I had just turned 16 and was still at school...

    They didn't bother interviewing me, they just gave me the job lol... as a bike tech!!

    Funniest days of my life working there.

    Now I'm stuck in an office as an IT technician.

  20. Reading Sunday 23rd

    in Member Organised Rides

    Posted · Edited by robb_o

    Alright lads...

    I'm considering coming along, but it all depends on what happens tonight at this big party I'm going to.

    Can someone who's gonna be there all day PM me their number so I can find you lot if I'm late or whatever?

    I do kinda know Reading town centre reasonably well.

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