ben_travis

im not sure but i think tarty may have suggested that place. ANyway, any more suggestions guys, if anyone wants to add me to msn feel free, we can have a chat and some organising. cheers guys ben

righty. I finish exams on 16th May this year and am planning for some decent weather and some rides to be organised. Here we go, as the GF lives in Leicester, i am planning a small visit to that area to see her till the wednesday night, now i want to stay in that area to go for a decent ride in that area this may well include Nottingham Street Natural Riding (tarty made a suggestion, forgot its name) Leicester Loughborough (any more suggestions???) So this may be a ride for the thursday or Friday, alternatively i could come ride that w/e (21st/22nd), depending on everyones thoughts. Following this i will be returning to hull, the birth place of myself, to ride with the guys from there, and possibly raid the Tartybikes place see if i can find some stuff to spend on :P. So organisation of a similar ride during the week or on the sunday in yorkshire, suggestions i make are leeds hull sheffield Natty in yorkshire any other random places, make some more suggestions!!! so what do u guys think, i know this is well in advance, but you know its good to organise big rides well in advance, i am quite happy with riding natty both days or street both days on the w/e, although one day (sat) in leicester area, and one day (sun) in yorkshire are would be fantastic. any suggestions sorry for long winded post, want to make it as clear as poss. ben

read the thread joe it says above what he was doing nice one man, unlucky about not being able to get a new replacement cheers ben

this un named forummer watson by anychance, haha, some of these are good carry on ben

more than likely due to bandwidth problems, iassume adam needs the space for the matt staples promo video, just wait a wee while and adam might bhave it back online, look how many people have looked at tartys topic imsure the d/ls are 100+ already cheers ben

yea this is my reason too, but im 100 miles north of this guy so its very difficult to get down there :o, although next year ihope to be down in hull for second uni semester so its really more likely ill be able to compete good topic wayne

hey mike put the clips up that u got from aberdeen :o cheers ben hope your ankle is ok, i missed it but looks harsh

you will find that trek are one of the biggest bike companies on the planet, they have ultimate resources, from wind tunnels to extremly good knowledge with frame materials, its certainly not market bull as they took a frame to a trek uni day at stirling on wednesday and cut it up along with many carbon frames, so they did invent it and do own all rights to it, hence why no one else can use. i am unsure why you think its unlikely trek invented the material, you obviously dont know how big they are in the cycling industry. also on this uni day they only found one other manufacturers carbon frames that were better then theirs, colonago frames, however after a quick phonecall they found that colonago get their carbon from FERRARI. so yea, my two cents

if i am correct in thinking u mean DAMON WATSON from hull, one of the most awesome riders going, been riding less than two years, yes TWO years, glad you guys had a good ride wish i could have made it, aberdeen is around 12-14 hours drive, haaha cheers ben

yea i had spotted it, if u look in the post above yours :unsure: cheers ben

righty guys, was having a chat with my boss at work, and a trek rep today on the phone, basically ZR9000 would be a great material for trials, its super dent resistent, very light, and uber strong, i know im contradiciting my first post, but this is a confirmation of facts now. However, trek and gary fisher, are the only people who are allowed to use this material, must be their design (trek own gary fisher) and the base material, Zinc i think it is, is super for frame building, however the downside. expensivio, not so much as ti, but still very expensive to manufacture and as trek dont make any trials bikes, i cant see it happening anytime soon for trials frames. anyway, thought i woulc confirm something cheers ben

i dont think the zr9000 that trek use for there top of the range XC bike would be that ideal for trials, as adam said, firstly they tubes are thin, and by this i mean uber thin, secondly its a very expensive material to put together, im unsure exactly on the method of construction but it is expensive, however i wouldnt think it were as expensive as titanium to put otgether. i would say that zr9000 is a good tubing material for frames, however there are reasons why companies use certain materials for certian bikes. for example the stresses and forces applied to a trials bike is very different from say DH or XC. So as ZR9000 tubing was designed for lightweight XC bikes i think it should stay that way, with XC bikes. cheers ben

hey whoever said use a spring washer on ur crank bolt! why the hell would u do this, surely there is no reason for this what so ever, why does this guy need a space in between his bolt and his crank. please enlighten me, because i would have thought if a spacer were to be put in between crank and bolt it would already be on the bolt or with his cranks. cheers ben

for some reason i really like this picture, maybe its my mate spencers super lowering on his bike, some ace piccys so far, get some more up ben sorry its pretty massivio

well who ever said the livestrong ones arent made by nike im sure ull find your very mistaken, lance is sponsored heavily by nike, as they paid a lot of money towards lances foundation and toward his recovery treatment for his death defying recovery from cancer (brain lung and testicle) (at the same time). so im very positive they are made by nike. sure it will say on www.laf.com or www.wearyellow.com these being the two sites they talk about them most cheers ben

hahaah adam u porker, sort them pallets out, howd u make them wobble like that haha sorry off topic,

i have done 6 pallets (probably 5 on all blue ones like on tartys video) with both feet forward ( to be seen on my new video when its out) and to be honest, tartys explaination seems perfect to me, although i probably dont pre-load that much, hmm not sure ill let u know next time im out, the video shows pretty much the right kind of thing to be doing as well cheers ben

i found having your tyres at a lower pressure, made it much easier, i can do fairly high wheel swaps, but having been practicing them switch (let foot forward) and found the spring of a lower pressure tyre did help me. also i found its alot to do with upper body strength, so just keep practising is my true advice cheers ben

man , errrrrrr.........cheers watson, but im all :"> im f**king shite compared to all of them boys in there, and i think im the oldest. but seriously why the hell would u put me in there ben

hey mike, i got ur text while i was out on my bike, i am working fri sat sun, till 6 eaach day, but will certainly be up for a night ride, specially as it will be quieter than during the day. incidentally why on earth you coming up to aberdeen?> and u coming on your own, or with some other guys. hit me back just to chat ben sorry was listenin to eminem

hope u guys enjoy this absolutely f**king awesome, http://www.santoalt.com/videos/corey_martinez.php cheers ben

well i reckon a ronnie, they are super strong and work last. if u have had a koxx rim then dont get a viz rim the two are the same rim almost i found the viz rim to be just as crap for holding grinds etc as a koxx rim. meh my opinion ben

some riders have decided upon tubeless for their bikes. probably weighs the same as a decent tube, but however it apparantly works if u do it correctly. so what do u think of what has happened since u have been away ezza? ben oh and people have only learned to spell properly because there is now a spell checker on one/if not all the skins ben

i was using standard magura oil, i know its the best stuff to use if you bleed your brake correctly cheers for the chat guys, i managed to fix it now, host had just popped off and its all gravy. cheers ben

dj was killed, or is that over a year now!!! he was hit in a hit and run, see many peoples signatures and posts all over t-f, see his personal page where you can leave memories. buy his t-shirts etc maybe you knew that but it shook the trials forum in a big way and many people ride in memory of him ben