Ben Davies

EX721s here: https://www.westbrookcycles.co.uk/mavic-ex721-mountain-bike-rim-anodised-black-p191586/s221656?gclid=CjwKEAjwkq7GBRDun9iu2JjyhmsSJADHCD_HP6PSgdAFqSVlsGB81frCy7EydkTFw9qPBWyqmwonxBoCOYvw_wcB although, what is wrong with your current set up?

yesss! just off to ebay to hunt down a small zaskar, BRB

Not my bike here but does anyone remember the sunn trials bike? Ed tongue was riding it before the pashley was born, there is an issue of mbuk with him doing an endo on the front and looking down at the camera, great intro article on the pashley in that one, I wish I could find a copy on the plus side, I have a sunn trials frame hanging up in my man cave

Love it. Here is my pashley from many moons ago (early 2000) I'd love to know where it is now... Its what I'm riding in my little profile picture on here

Haha yeah it's a bit different eh!! lets get weird! I think at some point maybe a more compy frame might be on the shopping list as and when I get better- but for now, this is how it stands. Marmite.

Then this pops up in Instagram, FFS, can't please em all

I'm yet to ride it! Just picked it up yesterday and it was hoofing down with rain, shame I couldn't get out today, hopefully will be able to give it a run before the weekend

Haha yeah I had it ready to go on, not sure if I prefer the selle italia, I guess the inspired seat will be a bit more hard wearing... I literally just picked it up yesterday, Ben at trials addict sorted most of the bits for me, although the frame and seat came from tarty if anyone was interested it's a 120 stem and low rise bars

Hey folks ive had this on and off for a year or so now, it had a little holiday with @Dan Jones for a few months but it's back where it belongs now and I'm pretty happy with how it looks. ...now this isn't your typical inspired build, no pro 4, no spank rims, no arcade bars....no disc brakes, I'm an old git who loves Magura all round, seats on bikes and chainspotting .... As for modern bikes go, the hex is the most similar geo I could find to older bikes but I've gone for a more trials set up rather than streety. I have this crazy idea that maybe when my son is a bit older than 18 months and we've got the next kiddie out the way I might get out more than once a month!! Hmmmmm see the pics and don't be mean I guess I've tried a lot of things but just want a trials bike that looks cool and is a bit of an all rounder cheers

There is one on eBay at the moment...

Sorry this isn't trials specific chat, but is there any way I can change my user name on here? Mines a bit silly

Brilliant! That's about as good as me these days (on a proper trials bike)

Thanks for the info... Was that an expensive process? The reason I'm asking is I'm toying with the idea of getting one of these frames at some point and a hope hub would be awesome...

Very cool indeed, is the rear hub spacing 135mm or 116mm? If 116 then how did you get the hope hub in there? If you've done some sort of hub modification, please tell!

Yes Neil lemon, I saw him riding at a bike show in Bournemouth early 2000 I think (he wasn't part of the show) very very good!!

This might be helpful, might not... There was a guy selling a frame and forks on retrobike.co.uk last summer, it was a collection only but only £75 - it came with a few extras as well like cranks, stem, bars.... He had some yellow race line brakes also which he wanted £75 for it was located in Worcester, I was going to buy it but my old crap car broke down on the way! I can try and dig out his contact details if you like, as far as I'm aware he still has it PM me if you like mate Ben

It's the long one, I've only been out on it a handful of times so I'm still adjusting bar angles, brakes need to bed in a bit too, it's all brand new!

Here's mine, I've only had it a few months and it's good fun - despite the fact I'm way out of practice, this is quite easy to lob about

Exactly!! I've promised myself that I will keep the hex for at least a year now, there was no real reason to sell it in the first place apart from the fact I wanted to try something longer with a higher BB... enjoy your bike, it looks wicked!

Interesting read, I to am mid 30s now (almost) and have a wife and 15 month old son, and work 2 jobs to keep things flowing so I don't get a lot of time to get out riding, I used to ride every day back in the late 90s/early 00s and then lost interest after a few of my riding mates got cars/started riding BMX or got girlfriends/became locals down the pub.... I've dabbled in various different bikes over the past 10 years or so but never kept anything longer than about 2 months as I was always looking for that 'perfect feeling bike' (I suppose having more money now than I did all those years ago means I can experiment more) I recently bought an echo pure (2008 I think) and it did feel a bit alien compared to what I was used to back in the old days, it felt like I was riding on a tightrope, and just really unbalanced and high, I had the long high stem and set up the way everyone else does and the bike looked like it was ready to go (I think - to be honest, what it was, not the bike, it was me as a rider, I'm so out of practice with trials, have poor technique at newer style moves, generally a bit unfit and don't give it enough time each week to get better) I think what you have there in that echo is a great starting point, you just need to ride it loads to adapt to its geometry- me being so impatient and fussy have sold mine on and have an inspired hex, funnily enough, I bought this hex new about a year ago, sold it in the spring this year to get the echo, sold the echo after about 2 months and then bought my hex back off the same person! Sounds ridiculous but as I said, always searching for that 'perfect bike' when to be honest, if I just got out more I'd get better and more confident on riding what I have. 'always searching for that perfect bike'

I love it! Is that a 14.5 inch?

I do like a nice Pashley! If you are at all after any of the parts mentioned above I have a few bits which could fit the bill 2 inch silver azonic pyramids, Alex dx32 32h rim in black (hardly used) and a silver middleburn pro trials guard... PM me if you need anything, could do you a deal

That was me! ...on retro bike! Yes long gone I'm afraid

There is one on eBay mate!

I have a mint condition 180mm one which I used a handful of times, £10 posted if you want to try one out on the cheap? I think I paid £25 for it! As Dman said, they're not as good as Shimano but Ive had worse Reason for not using it is I broke down my bike and sold some bits off and now I'm riding with front and rear Magura - it's a retro build!