ben_travis

hey again ali, seem to be following you at the moment. lots of posts after urs or vice versa. anyway. I LOVE MY ADAMANT, its great, really enjoy riding it, and i have never had more fun. My toxsin was good, it was a great bike, but mainly for taps, which i like, but not as much as hooks and sidehops. Also in my opinion is much better for natural. Both of ali's above comments are opinions, and i know i disagree. Ali is an awesome rider, and knows what he is talking about with regard to GEO and bikes in general, however i think its each to their own on this. I LIKE HIGH BB RISE, its good. better for the things i like doing. but, if you like tapping then dont go there. its not a bike for taps. im just starting to get there, but is difficult. also dont go with such a high rise stem, i have the low HIFI stem on my bike and its LUSH

RIGHT, will everyone in this thread stop talking SHIT, unless you know the exact truth then shut up making rumours etc. Firstly, i am riding for adamant, and have echo and zoo parts on my bike. I have run the echo hub, as has team rider Damon Watson, CLS and Tunni are also running the hub,along with us im sure there are riders worldwide testing the hub. Im sure that only us four are the riders in the UK who have an echo hub. Both me and damon have had problems with skipping, while damon has blown his up. I dont know craig and tunni personally so i dont know there problems or joys of riding the hub. The truth is that the spring design was not the best. Damon and I have both suggested to deng he re-design the hub with leaf springs rather than the design that is currently being used. Also chinese riders have had problems with theirs by the sounds of things. So in conclusion..... There have been PROBLEMS with the current design, A NEW DESIGN is being made by DENG. this will be out in THREE or SO months, yes MONTHS. this will allow for a better design, and hopefully a more reliable design. SO. STOP TALKING SHIT IF YOU HAVENT A CLUE. I KNOW WHAT IS HAPPENING AND THAT IS OUTLINED ABOVE. THANKS

well mr read nah, it was sorted, ill try the KHE again soon, im happy with it now, and if chain snaps ill try KHE. cheers for all the help guys and MR read, on daves account love you both really

ali, the thomson is more than worth it, i can guarantee it will be the best purchase you will ever get (stem wise) just go for it, race face are pish, and FSA are not the best either, thomson all the way im afraid, it is definately worth the extra moolah. my 2p

i think some people take the street vs uci thing way too seriously. Its a problem we have to over come, in fact i quite like the banter with some of the more streety people, but those who take it seriously are just f**king weird. i mean after all, its just a bit of fun for most of us. I like both sides, if i could afford a streety bike as well i would have one, although i doubt i would use it as much. as you said, both riders u mentioned are awesome, however if there is this big divide, what would you say about james porter for example, probably one of the most amazing riders on this forum, yet he mixes technical more streety stuff with uci big taps, hooks etc. i dont give a shit about whether i ride UCI or street, both are fun in their own right, its what each person goes toward, people just take the divide to seriously.

hey all, thought i would give an update FIXED IT. here was my solution, put a KMC back on, put second jockey wheel back on, adjusted chain line, and seems to be fine. Although im sure now it would run fine with the KHE As well. problems i noticed were that surly cog has much longer teeth than standard, chain should wrap further round the cog on its cycle (pardon the pun) and then less likely to pull against, teeth, hard to discribe. running one cog with a tight chain was difficult, so putting two cogs on seemed to help situation. meh its all sorted also sam, the SURLY cog has a wide base same as a king cog, so shouldnt and hasnt caused any freehub damage, cheers for all the help guys ben

Giro E2 is the helmet of champions lovely helmet, will be awesome for anyone, fits nicely and works a treat, v. strong, those who saw me bang my head yesterday will agree

just wanted to sya i have finished my uni work for this semester with only a presentation to go tommorow, all is good, im happy, and good luck to all you lads and lasses who are finishing uni for chrimbo this week and have all sorts of shit to do. but anyway, its such a relief, back home next week, bristol on sunday, leeds on 27th, looking forward to it all awwwwwwwwww yer ben

cool. cheers for the hints guys, ill try them all, to mr wood. i would rather keep the KHE chain mainly because i snapped a KMC cool last week, and it hurt. so strongest other chain is KHE. may even try a cool chain again. meh we will see ben cheers boys

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righty chain problems, KHE collapse chain, echo fixed 16tooth cog up front, king hub on back with 14th surly cog. and my mech is a 105, wiht only one jockey wheel (bottom) problem : while riding around my chain constantly skips, i can ride if im only doing power stuff (without runups) but anything that requires run up = taps, hooks, etc i cant do them because of the chain skipping. chain is brand new this week, fixed cog has been run for about 3-4weeks, with a kool chain on, surly cog is about 2 months old, and i really cant see where the problem is. its definately not my chain line, this is near straight. meh any ideas would be good ta

here........cracked not snapped, and stan cracked his in same place as mine so im informed

I f**kING LOVE TRIALS RIGHT NOW> I am no different to this tap hook sidehop this that and t'other, but i constantly want to progress, whether this means do 50" sidehop or trying onto thin objects I LOVE IT. sad as it sounds, im having more fun now than i ever have been. The pissing rain is soo much fun, if you go out with a positive attitude its great fun. So what my brake slips and tyres slip, but the necessity to push myself is huge. im looking forward to the bristol and leeds street rides over chrimbo, they should be good fun. Have some lines i want to do in both places, and also in Hull. meeting up with new people is great meh. im having a great time also ride some freaking natural rather than street, if u aint got none, find some. its much more fun than street

just thought i would give this a bump as well. come on, should be a reet laugh.

just thought i would bump this, to gain attention, get yourselves along, you know it will be good. also it be my first time in bristol so a local to show us around would be awesome

that would be ME...... mr ashton, v nice. liking the last line on the rails. to dropout to back wheel then bunnyhop that other bad boy

77 is the very bottom pic. its a caliper for a road bike, that is hydraulic

the sleeping policeman got the better of the motorcyclist.

now this is the attitude im talking abuot. i truly love riding in the wet rain cold allconditions, it you practice hard over the winter and exceeed all ur current standards, then when it comes to summer and its dry, u will grip better and should be able to go bigger, or improve or find a new street move. i love it, what i do hate is UNI COURSEWORK only 5 days left and work is killing me. although ill be out tonight aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww yeah

Many of us now ride with a UCI style, where bashgard is not an option, whether this be street or natural. I certainly do ride like this. When i was younger i did not give two shits about what i ride, however now im a bit older (21 :)) i have become more aware to the feelings of others. This said, there are instances where i have ridden things i maybe shouldnt have in the interest of a video :) Its all fun, and as long as you arent causing damage, then there should not be a problem. Rubber does not damage walls, unless its unstable in the first place meh thats my opinion. I think u see videos and pictures of us riding historic stuff because sometimes the best contradiction is the modern day bikes riding along an old wall. meh another opinion Ben

just so u know aran this venue is another hour north of fort william, at the moment we done have many sections with rocks, although maybe more will be being placed at the venue. we have lots of space but not to much rocks or obstacles in general. feel welcome to come, but hopefully there will be more to ride this time. i certainly enjoyed it last time. we had six sections, but this time hopefully more will be viable (Y)

hey guys, i reckon we will be there for about half eleven, to twelve, at the train station sounds fine to me temple means or whatever its name is for half 11 hopefully damon will get his wheel sorted by then (Y)

yer have been riding it for a couple of weeks now, really really like it, hard to tap, but i am getting there. see you on the leeds ride btw :huh: should be good to meet up with you again. Also get ur arse to bristol on 18th. to keep on topic some nice pics, ali c's moody picture is the best so far IMO

lol, sorry ali, but that was amusing, hopefully it wont start some environmental argument on the forum :huh: but i have never ridden a magura disc, my hope trial was awesome, juicy sevens are ace on DH bikes, but not so sure for trials. BB7 seem to have good reviews ;) my recommendation is hope trials

basically, stop worrying, most people have to adapt to a new frame, there is no way that a new frame will make u shit loads better. just ride it. it will take time, or it may happen in 15mins. just get used to it AND HAVE A LAUGH