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Maha! Landing on his belly on the seat. That was quite surreal.

That's a smart looking site!

I've got an ONZA short cage rear mech and I recommend it! (It's much better than the XT one I used to have). It's INCREDIBLY short, and cheap, and the springs are nice and firm. Got it off Tarty.

Here's mine...

I'm still running a rear DT Hugi hub! and I have the same problem (but with an 8 speed cassette). i use some bit molegrips on the freehub body and twist the cassette off with a chain whip tool.

I think they only came in that one burgundy? colour.

£450 is WAYYYYYYYY to much. And they weren't very popular frames so finding one second hand will be hard. Ebay or here will be your best bets, patience is needed.

I got me one of them! Don't sell it, get out and ride it!!

Hmmm, I see your point... Maybe I was being slight narrow minded. I suppose the thing that set me off was seeing that someone was selling some rim tape for 50p lol.

Quite the opposite. I rarely used to get pocket money, started working at 14 and started paying rent the day i turned 16. I've worked incredibly hard to get where I am today thanks. So you are therefore incredibly wrong in your assumptions.

Just out of interest, why do you lot bother selling stuff as cheap as a fiver or less? Surely the hassle of packing it and posting it is not worth it? I would personally just keep the part for spares or chuck/give it away.

That's rate cool that.

My first 'trials' bike was a GT timberline

Plinth.

Adidas trakkies and random tshirts... and possibly some sort of hat.

+29 Cos I think this is funny.

Nice one dangerous dave!

How much have you spent?

Surely that isn't 100% the truth...?

I agree with the point that it should be about riding and not English skills. I always thought validation was to prevent "rogue" people using the forum, ie, scammers, offensive people, etc. If someone is a trials rider and has a keen interest, then they should be validated in my opinion.

I don't, and never have, owned hydrolics... but SURELY water bleeds will FREEZE during the winter?!?

What is it that keeps us "old-school" trials riders riding "old-school" setups? My reasons are 2-fold - 1. I get stuck in my ways very easily and scared of change. 2. I like riding what looks like a "normal" bike to the general public and doing tricks that they wouldn't expect from a normal bike. People must see modern trials bikes and think "ooh I bet he can do some well good stuff on that cos it's a well good looking bike blud" and EXPECT good riding. Discuss...

Fair point. Edit: Oh! I'm a full member now! But don't worry, I'm not gonna preach on how to become one (I'll leave it for the other pre-members to do, lol).

I didn't do that though. And to be honest, I'm really not fussed about being validated. People are so 'high and mighty' on this forum and it does my nut.

Standard reply #1 Problem solved, I just spotted his Hotmail address in his signature.Cheers.