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good good. cheers matt. btw, any riders wanting to come from the hull area and get a lift in my car, then back sat night/going again sun morning, i have 2/3 free spaces in my car. so give me a shout. easier to car share / petrol share cheers ben

i like two 1.5 - 2 sugars depending on how heaped the teaspoons are, with milk, but very strong. also you that dont like tea. your just too young to appreciate it :blink: ben

well i have been looking at the site www.biketrialuk.com, and although i have found info on certain things i havent found its information very helpful.... where are we able to park, i wont be staying overnight, but will be back on the sunday. so where can i park? do i have to pay to watch?if so how much? will skipton be closed off? for the whole weekend? or just the parade? any further info on stuff similar to this will be appreciated. btw the reason im posting is because i have to make my way from aberdeen and want to know well in advance. cheers ben p.s i have looked on the forum as well. ta

cheers boys, glad you enjoyed it, yea i think i have improved a wee bit on the toxsin. :lol: im loving it at the moment. damon can go massive in all riding aspects. however all i seemed to get on film was sidehops. he is practising them all the time. cheers ben

cheers joe, cheers watson, cheers all. glad they have been enjoyable, was just chilled out basic editing. many thanks guys damon ur a bitch :blink: u beast

glad you all liked the video so far, any more comments welcome. many thanks ben

Singer Michael Jackson has been found innocent on all 10 charges of child abuse at the end of his trial. The singer strenuously denied the charges of molesting a 13-year-old boy. There were cheers from his fans outside the court as the verdicts were read. He was also cleared of giving the child alcohol and conspiring to kidnap him and his family. The verdicts end a one-week wait for the jury's decision in Santa Maria, California. The star was accompanied from his Neverland ranch by family members including father Joe, mother Katherine and sisters LaToya and Janet. Jackson fans outside court before the verdict Michael Jackson fans gathered outside court for the verdict His trial began in February and the jury retired on 3 June. More than 100 witnesses took the stand in the trial. They including Mr Jackson's accuser Gavin Arvizo and his mother Janet. The trial was sparked after British journalist Martin Bashir made a documentary in which Mr Jackson admitted sharing his bed with children. Past allegations Bashir gave evidence but refused to answer many of the questions put to him. Mr Jackson's former wife Debbie Rowe spoke in favour of the pop star, but called his entourage "opportunistic vultures". And actor Macaulay Culkin denied being abused by Mr Jackson when he was a child star. But Mr Jackson did not take the witness stand himself. Judge Rodney Melville, who presided over the trial, allowed past allegations against Mr Jackson to be aired in court. extract from bbc news. meh who cares.

cheers for compliments rossi, your the same as damon, u need to get some stuff out there (well more stuff) so we can see, damon is truly a powerhouse, i oneday hope to catch up with him, it will be hard though. anyhow everyone cheers for compliments any more ben

some cool pics those joe, impressive, did you pay ashton to be following you around or something (N) jking. yea im not liking slingers new mod, other than the position of the chain tensioner i can see no benefit. meh, my opinion ben

how did i know the first reply would be about damon (N), yea he is awesome, we only really got sidehops on cam, as you can see, but when he gets a video out you will be amazed in general. anyhow, when people see my vid, let me know your thoughts ben

so, its been a long time since i released a video, and with lack of motivation/energy for street, i decided to mix it up. Since receiving a deal from toxsin i have pushed myself on the natural riding a wee bit, with this being my first serious bits of natural. So i hope you enjoy it, its fairly relaxed and i will hopefully be pushing myself further on street and natural and be improving my riding in general. so here it is hosted kindly by trials-shack, much appreciated Si, and RIP T-S. it is 26.4mb in size, 4:41 in length. and is finished of with a tune by roots manuva called Where My Mind Is At this can be found here (click here) Secondly, is a small clip of a fellow rider who is going to be someone to look out for, in fact he is awesome already, its only a few wee clips but i thought i would post them already, riding for only 1 and a half years, this is damon watson, true powerhouse who can ride with the best of them. hope you all enjoy this wee clip, he will be bringing out more to come. this can be found here (click here) hopefully you will watch both, any positive comments on either would be appreciated. many thanks ben

if this was aimed at me, then u need to re-read my post. i said i TRUST the forks, only part that have been reliable for me. i have had rims that have lasted about 3 rides befor being destroyed in some manner or another, the after market service isnt exactly great either. and dont chai and dan ko ride together, which would lead me to believe them to be good mates. so another reason why he is sponsored by viz (although id be lying if i said he wasnt good) ben

trust my fooking luck, my boss being a wanker about me getting the time off work to ride this comp, apparantly the DH'ers from the shop come first to go watch, but for me to ride a comp there (the only one in scotland) its not a good enough excuse. i hope to be there guys, i really do, obviously some more specific details would be great times etc. i assume this will only be a one day thing? anyhow..... looking forward to getting there to ride. many thanks ben

perfect answer, although i dont get many people riding round here, including myself 5 at the most. bit of a bummer, but when im down inengland i always try get out on bigger rides. ben

having used viz componenets at points in time over the past year and a half, i can truly say that the only viz part i have trusted is my forks, and i believe they will be snapping soon. :mellow: they ahve lasted taps/hooks/abuse in general and the only viz component i haven't regretted purchasing. the rims were shit/are shit/ as my king is away in USA i have been using a friends king on a viz rim, and although i have been pushing myself i dont trust its sttrength at all. please stay away. sorry dan, but i dont believe they are trust worthy at all. meh ben

ali, you have hit the nail on the head for me. thats exactly my thoughts. if somebody is so disgusted about it they will say, asking me to move on politely is what i want, i dont need people gettin upset and shouting to move on. i wouldnt say riding on a memorial is disrespectful.... it ISNT riding on the graves of the dead. this object is just a memory for certain people, to remember there parents/grandparents. i am FULLY AGAINST riding on a grave as that is specifically for one person whom will be actually below you. thats disgusting to even think about riding on that. but memorials are not a grave, its rememberance of happiness, which me riding on it is happiness for me. i know its not exactly the same, but this said i wont go out of my way to ride this memorial because its a memorial i ride it because i feel it will be an acheivement for me to make a gap/an up. meh. ben

what you will find is actually you have a crap rim. koxx rims are shit for holding grinds and always will be. try a real rim such as an echo/ronnie you will notice a swift difference in the capabilities of a rim for holding a grind and how the stone cutting disc works superb on these rims. my opinion, not looking for an argument. ben

Energy is the one thing i feel i am certainly lacking at the moment, although i usually find energy is co-existant with motivation. Usually i am motivated to ride, although when i arrive at a spot, i think i cant be arsed. So to change this i tried riding natural (new video on the way) and this has helped me suddenly get huge bursts of energy. Also i have tried eating better/sleeping more/drinking healthy drinks, and it all helps, but obviously there are limits, i have to be active i hate being sat with nothing to do, such as right now hence im writing this . The weather also deflates me, if its pissing down i hate riding, when its ace weather im out, i love good weather, however i try to get out in worse weather to help my riding, which motivates me to push myself, which helps my energy (as explained in previous paragraph). Also if you are constantly riding the exact same stuff all the time, and not generally improving you wont feel happy with your riding, trials in my opinion is about improvement, whether this be being able to try a more tech move, or improve your manifesto stylee, to being able to out gap yourself/sidehop yourself etc, back on course now, my point is that if you dont feel happy with your riding you wont be energetic enough to keep going. all sorts of stuff effects this energy topic, and most have been explained, scientifically i imagine there is shit loads to discuss but thats for all these sports degree peeps, you loughborough lot, get explaining.... ben

thing is wayne, many people dont ride the british champs and wont make the effort to write to the committee to help make this change, basically because this doesnt effect them. I havent entered a comp, but this year i do hope i will, and therefore am interested in this outcome on whether 6 gears minimum is nessacary, however i also know that nobody checks on the lesser comps (ymsa/tyke). I will probably go send an email stressing that other than weight i feel having 6 gears or 1 gear makes no difference, it doesnt nessacarily mean either has more stress placed or more difficulty, both are in the same boat, most trials riders have a gear that suits them eg mine is 20:18, that they mainly do trials on. So i believe if a rider is complaining they were at a disadvantage because they had more gears it is just pure petty-ness. anyhow ill be happy to forward an email to biketrial to see what might help de-restrict this rule. ben

well if this is the case, maybe its a question of a bad batch, towlers 05 magura lever on the rear is fantastic, i can definately feel the difference in power between my 03/04 lever and his 05 lever, i would imagine the possibility of a bad batch is the case, meh, my 2 cents ben

only one that made me remotly laugh, good caption ben

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why on earth would you be bothered about running 6 gears just to sound smooth at a comp. thats not the point, im not sure what the point it, but it certainly aint that. cheeers ben