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Taking payment for the event in advance like was done for the first Tartydays would at least give an idea whether the event can break even before the money is paid for the event facilities. Maybe find a serviced campsite near a good trials area and get a group deal for that. Once people are close enough to the trials spot and the campsite rules are followed it could be a goer with a lot less organising headaches. Somewhere coastal with rocks and street stuff could work well provided there aren't too many people on the urban stuff. There are a couple of places in Ireland that could fit the bill for this, so there must be plenty in the UK...

It's only the folks from the south east of Ireland that have this problem with their th's, and as far as anyone living away from the east coast they're practically west britain anyway ... I enjoyed Tartydays a lot this year. Great to see so many people riding so well. Got a few lines I was pleased with myself too and the atmosphere and the banter were great. Much more stuff to play on than last year and while it was raining in the mornings I got to have a good look around the other displays at the event too - some fantastic stuff there and at the risk of sounding middle-aged, the standard of carving and woodwork on display were exceptional, especially given that most people involved were amateurs. The guy at the wood chipper stand was a bit of a legend too (Turns out he's a mountain biker as well) - we now know what the best chipper for (hypothetically ) disposing of a body is this one: http://www.timberwolf-uk.com/Templates/350infopg.html One thing that was a bit disappointing was that both burger stands I went to for food during the day were not only poor value for money, but the standard of the food itself was very poor too - the burgers we got on Sunday at the BBQ were absolutely amazing though. Huge thanks to everyone involved! I'll hopefully be able to make it again next year.

Hopefully hitting the road to Dublin in the next hour for the ferry...

Spot on with the meaning of cock fart . It's what the rooster does before getting out of bed to wake the rest of the farm ... 66 hours to go...

Just read this whole thread from the start after ages away from this forum - can't wait . The same Irish contingent are heading over as last year for a second helping of trials, pyromania and talking shite . We're sheduled to roll off the ferry around 5:30 am in Holyhead. We'll probably try to sleep somewhere if we can keep the adrenaline down and hit Tartydays as it opens on Saturday morning ... For anyone looking for me, I'll be on an all disk braked blue 26" GU riding everything under 2 feet high ... Is the location in the map linked below correct? Just want to make sure because we'll probably be navigating by it http://tartydays.co.uk/event-information/location/ Will there be Woodfest/Tartydays signposts up by cock fart on Saturday morning from Abergele or Bodelwyddan?

I'm about 90 kg and have no problems with a 108 click Echo freehweel and Trialtech cranks on an ISIS BB. The good news on the front freewheel cranks is that they're a pretty soft grade of aluminium, so they'll tend to lose threads rather than snap suddenly. Previous to that I ran Middleburns on an ISIS BB (I ran Middleburns on a square taper BB before that until I started snapping BB axles, I've never had an ISIS axle fail on me), but this was before the Hope Pro II trials hub was on the market in a reliable form, so the rear hub (Shimano XTR) was the weak point (I hadn't the cash to go Chris King and anything from Shimano short of XTR would fail at the freehub in months - the real problem was it was a 16 click hub, so crappy pick-up). If I was building a bike from scratch right now I'd go with the front freewheel setup I currently have - the pickup on it is better than any other setup I've seen that's strong enough for the job. Superstar and Industry Nine have 120 click hubs, but I broke a Superstar one riding XC (Their warranty support is excellent and I was told it was only the second of these hubs he'd ever seen fail, but they're definitely not up to trials use), not sure about Industry Nine, but they're not enough cheaper than Chris King to justify them over King hubs...

I've a Louise on the front and a Hope mono trials on the back of my 26" bike. The Louise feels great up front, but it definitely doesn't have the bite or hold of the Hope. Both are 200/203 mm. On the front the Louise is a good choice though because it bites and holds well without being a completely on/off brake like the Hope.

I'm liking the feel of Tha Goat's Avid arms with XTR lever and Nokon cable outer... Not as much as I like the Hope Mono Trials I'm using on the back though ...

Check the barbs on the ends of the crossover for damage - if you put notches into the edges of the barbs while cutting the old hose off them you've probably created a path for fluid to leak out.

What I've found is that the riders I've met who are genuinely good at national/international level tend to be a lot more encouraging and less judgmental than the ones who are second or third best in their local riding group and feel a need to lord it over someone after getting their asses handed to them by obviously better riders. I know I'll never be desperately good on a trials bike, but that doesn't stop me riding or take from the buzz I get from nailing a line that I could never do before. The only people that get abuse out of the trials riders in my area are the ones that don't go out riding and the abuse they get is for not being out and has nothing to do with how good they are...

The kgf unit was made up by Americans who didn't understand that the units in the SI unit system defined mass and force as separate entities right from day one. The pound was originally a measure of force before it was understood that a mass in gravity exerted a force which could be measured and mass was invariant with gravity. I'd avoid using the kgf unit at all costs - Newtons are the correct units of force.

I'm a very regular solo rider. Solo riding is a great time to practice the repetitive stuff and mess with new lines. I also find it very relaxing to stick in headphones and enjoy being alone. It's also a much higher intensity as there are no stops to see what other people are doing and I tend to cover ground a lot more quickly. Much less organising needed for solos rides too of course. Group rides are great for the chance to push yourself knowing that if you crash there's help at hand. Watching how other people tackle a given line is a great way to learn new techniques or even to see lines you never thought of. If I did all group rides I'd definitely not get out riding half as often and would probably be less fit, though I may well be a slightly better rider in terms of trying dodgier lines.

I've seen a good few people say there's nobody in their area to ride with, so they go trialsing alone, other people get out on rides with groups, so here's the inevitable survey. I reckon it'll be interesting to see what the results are like. Are the same people at every ride or is there a lot of variation? Does who comes out vary depending on where you're riding? How regularly do group rides take place? Is your riding group growing or shrinking? Why you prefer to ride solo or in a group? Are there advantages and disadvantages to solo/group riding etc.

Does this mean that to be a trendy sport trials riders need to learn to hate people who do other sports? I think those who gravitate towards trials tend to be less trendwhoreish about their sport. Half the reason lots of people run the same setups is because there are so few decent products available. Unless you're pulled in to trials by a big group of local riders (And I'm guessing very few people are what with the shortage of big groups of trials riders in most places), most people ride trials because they have chosen to, not because their friends do it. As a result of this you're guaranteed to meet a very varied range of people because riding trials is what unites them and that's enough.

If you spin the cranks does the chain get the tension you set it to at one crank position? If this is the case nothing's moved and you just need to set the chain up with slightly more tension (Just make sure the cranks don't seize part way around if there's a big difference between the max and min chain tension over a crank turn). If something's moved then you need to tighten the hub more or to roughen the surfaces where the hub touches the frame. Degreasing the surfaces is a good first thing to try.