Rumplestiltskin

Will this be open to people riding 24's?

OH SNAP!

Pretty much, yeh. If you live in Edinburgh you've always got to be watching it, because someone's likely to just walk off with it. Ross can testify to that.

I don't even bother with a bag, it's just extra hassle. I just take out a set of allen keys, a spoke key and some tar in my pocket.

Have you seen the film Outbreak? Don't do it...

BMXers need to learn to take themselves less seriously. Looks like they'll be somewhat crowded out on the numbers front anyway...

Ahh! No! No more...

Footjams, but I want to get them from bunnyhop. That's a long way off at the minute though. 360 bunnyhops are sweet as well.

If that hasn't worked I'd just give up now...

Unit 23 is awesome. Lots of space to learn without being crowded out by other folk, and usually fairly quiet as well. Transgression in Edinburgh at the Ocean Terminal in Leith is sweet as well, but a bit small, so if you're looking to learn it might be hard to get space amongst the better guys shooting about. www.transgressionpark.co.uk There is one in Aberdeen down at the beach, but I've never been inside it. From what I've heard it's also a great park. www.transition-extreme.com There's also a really good free concrete outdoor park situated in Kelvingrove park in Glasgow's West end.

Only learning them at the minute, but tailwhips are awesome to do.

I wasn't referring specifically to your post, more to the huge response (most of which is so poorly described it's essentially useless), and subsequent amount of argument which has gone on over the last few pages, all over such a simple matter. It's typical of NMC where you get a large number of inexperienced riders throwing in their 2 pence worth to any topic. I do know that there are plenty of experienced riders in NMC. I'd been riding for about 5 years when I joined the forum, as had most of my friends when they joined. Shouldn't you know how to fit grips anyway if you've been riding for 4+ years? Validation wise you might want to look at your apostrophes - writing a properly spelt post with decent grammer so that it's not a chore to read is half the process. If you do that, it won't be long before you're in members.

It's like an episode of neighbours in here. You're all such a bunch of divas. Good riding though.

Your profile says you're from Inverness - theres a fairly large scene up there. Mostly mod riders, and most of them are really good. They're likely to be the guys you saw. If you're looking to progress quickly you won't go far wrong by riding with them. There is a function where you can search for riders in your area from your profile, but I've forgotten how to use it. If you search for RossMcD, David20 or McInnes in the members list you should be able to get in contact with them via pm. I think there's a guy from Inverness in NMC at the minute - his username is HDMckay or HDmackay (or something like that). They should be able to help you out a fair bit. Good luck.

Thats a pretty sweet build man, good job. Get some straight blades on though and it'll be excellent.

I'd just about gotten over the trauma of riding one of those when I was 14. You've gone and brought it all back. Thanks.

On a serious note, really don't do that. Inspired's need extremely high front ends. I take it your running the steerer tube at the length it came in the box? Leave it at that height. If you're already running it lower than that, DON'T cut it any further. If you do, it'll handle like a tank and be terrible for manuals - me and Ross McArthur on here both run at least 3.5cm of stackers on ours, and I even run 2.5 azonics on top of that. Danny Mac runs a complete tonne as well (he advised us to in the first place) and it does make the difference between a flickable amazing bike and a bit of an average one.

Argh! No! Whatever you do, don't take a saw to it! Doing that to an Inspired is blasphemy.

Thats really nice - particularly like what you've done with the stickers at the front end. A pivotal seat and post'll finish that off really well. You might want to get rid of that rear tyre and replace it with something more pinch resistant though. The sidewalls are the flimsiest in the world.

Bike wise, this was the oddest: me and a mate were out riding, found a new gap and climbed up to check it out, leaving the bikes below. After a few minutes we climbed back down, only to find that all five of my mates chainring bolts had unscrewed themselves and vanished. The bikes were lying six feet from us on a flat surface in the middle of a paved square. Nobody had approached the bikes whilst we'd been off them and after hunting around for 40 minutes we still couldn't find the bolts. To this day we haven't a clue what happened. Non bike wise was essentially sitting in the middle of a robbery in progress. Me and some friends were out on Christmas day testing our bikes out in the local supermarkets carpark (we'd just started riding and were trying backhops and stuff), when a bunch of crackheads in a hijacked car careered past us and smashed right into Tesco's front door. They all ran inside and went for the pharmacy before making off with their ill gotten paracetamol. The whole thing happened in a matter of seconds, leaving us sitting there going

It's NMC. What do you expect?

I worked for Tesco's once. I didn't think it was possible for anyone to have a higher staff turnover than them. Looks like I was wrong. Considering how bad Tesco's was, Sainsburys must be utterly horrific.

Nobody knows this, but I'm the man who fits Danny Mac's grips. I made him the man he is today...

I know this sounds really patronising, but did you leave the hairspray to evaporate for a few hours before riding the bike? It doesn't matter what you use to get the grip on - if you instantly ride without giving your liquid of choice time to set/evaporate then it's not going to have time to stick the grips to the bars. I generally use water to slide my grips on - the inside of the grip is sticky enough to adhere to the bar without any extra adhseive, so I'm using the water for lubricant alone. Once it's dried off, the grips natural friction keep them on the bars. If you're using hairspray, I'm assuming you're using it for both lubrication and for adhering it to the bar. Hairspray isn't generally noted for it's adhesive properties when it come to rubber and metal, so you might as well use something with a decent sticking ability. Spray paint generally works well. Clean the inside of your grips and the surface of your bars to make sure there isn't any residue from the hairspray, spray a liberal amount of paint into the grip and slide it onto the bar. Leave it to set for a few hours, and the grips should be firmly stuck to the bar. If all else fails, you could try lock on grips. They have a plastic sheath inside them which is tightened at either end by an allen bolt, so you're bolting them to the bars rather than sticking them. They're available from pretty much every half decent bike shop nowadays. If you have a halfords local to you, you should be able to get some from there.