ben_travis

my magura explodes, but lets go back and ill tell you a little story................ yesterday i receive a phone call from another rider (non-forum) saying, aye min me feckin freewheel has broke, so i ask him to come round and i fix it, while he waits he is riding another guys bike and breaks his magura hosing. f**k, day ruined for him, it didnt touch a thing just decided to pack in and break. then today another mate is riding along and hops up a kerb, kaboom onto his back on the kerb, day ruined his plastic magura hosing goes as well with no replacement we head home and thats that. tonight about half an hour ago, i am riding, thinking about snapping the hosing. after doing some decent drop gaps and some big ups, i pick up confidence to go for a front to back on a rail. now a front to back is the move where you hop into your front wheel then to your back, for an example see a craig lee scott video or a engage vid. and you will see how crazy this looks on a rail. im trying this move after getting pretty good at it, after a few failures i finally make it, and land nicely, few more fails and another good attempt, then i think hmmm, one more, so i go for it, make it to back wheel and on landing, my brake lever reaches the handlebar and i fall. what the f**k im thinking then i look, my braided hosing has snapped. now why the f**k does three go in the space of 24 hrs. its crazy. so to the point what hosing do you reccomend, i am thinking either back to standard hosing or looking at goodridge or hope. i have tried magura hosing, which is what has just snapped. whats your thoughts cheers guys ben p.s sorry for babbling

owh si the dydad dna hatw eods eh od cheers ben

wayne, i think that would be a cool idea, having a koxx - days type thing in england would be ace, if we get the right spot, its a tad hard for me to get to france living in aberdeen but somewhere in england would be ideal, i should think i would like to go to that. cheers ben

to be honest id like to know your sources before you post stuff like this. you may well be telling the truth, but where did you find this information and why dont you share the link etc (if its a website) i know he is still riding for aire valley ben

GOOGLE IS YOUR FRIEND IT MOST CERTAINLY IS !!! which returns you to here !!!!! edit : or here

sweet video one of the best i have seen recently, sweet riding, wayne - i didnt think you were as good as that video proved (trust me this is a compliment) your a fooking nutbar, sweet as!!! TRA - hand hurting still you seemed a bit wary of it at times but going big as always. phil - your ace on a bike haha, sweet moves, you are the front roll in master cheers guys ben

sorry to sound harsh but why are you bumping a topic with 45 posts, for a video, people who will have watched it will have, incidentally i have and thought it was an ok video, but nothing special. sorry if that was harsh, there was no need you have all the constructive criticisms you could need to progress your videos ben

oh my dear lord, sweet jesus that drop is massive, shows how danny holroyds apparent 16ft drop in mbuk wasn't 16foot. thats absolutely crazy, why on earth would you do that, why would you need to do that. god so much for being good :lol: anyway, cool video Andrew, i really enjoyed that looking forward to the video cheers ben

boss - guys i fecking told you buthiers was right at the last turn, boy next to hermance - f**k me vinny is sucki sucki again hermance - i agree boss, i told them that tra - i dont care just let me do some gappage boy in white - hmmm maybe if i look innocent they wont realise its me who made mistake benito - ima cryin boss, dont blame me rambo - who in the hell are these beautiful muscular men for me to hold and love

come on guys, wheres the attempts >_< there would be an easier way to touch the makers of t-f with a little bending of the rules come on, haha ben

a chocolate bar/biscuit board game 2 CD case hair gel a nipple and my challenge is you touching the trials forum owner a cassette lockring a polaroid picture a diary some wet grass >_< so who can pull it off. lets see ben

all thinking - c'mon boss!, do we have to hang around with these mere mortal trials riders for a fecking week? or hermance - ze english arz back again, ill just win anyway. benito - i only speak spanish, shut up! tra - hand hurts boss, i dont care im norwegian and proud

so what did that mean philth it came out like this on a translation Which (who) was enough good. They see some snow still chociaż haha my attempt Słodki Wideomagnetofon , zrobię podobne do to. Utrzymują & przybywający, Wiele wdzięczności (Sweet Video, i did like it. keep them coming. many thanks) ben

ah jt, u serached google much faster than i did, i was looking at this about 5-6months back at work, seems like a decent idea for u street riders who fancy two gears cheers ben

this isn't aimed at topic starter, but at the guy who said he was feeling old at twenty!!!!! how is this possible, i'm sorry but i'm sure you have a long way to go, i'm twenty and i'm enjoying myself more than ever, i'm more mature and have much more fun now than i have ever done before, granted i cant ride my bike as much because of my uni work, but still get out quite often. ben

your going to have to quote proces before hand, nobody will give work to someone who states prices after you have undertaken the project. its the way of the world ben

Sorry if this sounds harsh, but you already have the brake, so surely you will already have the standard rotor! so just try it and see what happens, a 185 theoretically should work better, when i rode tarts disc with a 180 rotor it was good, but i felt that my 160 worked just fine just try it and see

JT! i agree, the video wasn't any good, the editing was over the top and excessive, i honestly thought it made the video worse. Unfortunately for the guy his riding wasn't amazing either, a shorter video with some of the changes would have been good. sorry, don't want to sound harsh ben

ill shack it when im home in about an hour ben

yea i agree with ben, the sidehops to pedal are gay, at first i thought it doesnt look to be much of a video, but it improved and other than the quality it was decent, i enjoyed it and the music, which may have been a bit too rocky, but otherweise was a decent video keep improvin guys (Y) ben

well i am finally getting around to getting some pics done, so here goes, what you think? click the thumbnails for better views so they aint the best moves in the world, thought they were worthwhile showing to you guys and seeing wht you all thought cheers ben

hey man, as already said, i live up in aberdeen, riding is decent, depends on what kind of stuff you want to ride, courses im not sure on as i go to uni up here. also i havent heard of Insch, i live in stonehaven which is 15miles south of aberdeen i ride quite often but am working/uni working quite a lot, give me a shout and ill chat to you about it. also i havent been down there recently but edinburger and glasgow looks good for riding, and there are a few decent riders down there by the looks of things. cheers ben

twas a bit harsh, your first comment being coust = shit frame, when it obviously isnt, they are stiff, good on the back wheel, and are long, maybe your problem is the aesthetics, which is a personal opinion, but your choice of sentance was veyr harsh, because the coust design is proven to work although i do agree when you say the stickers look gash, i hate the yellow ones. incedentaly (sp?) how much did you pay and is it first or second gen frame cheers ben

well i have to say i rode some natural today weather wasnt great rocks next to see = v-wet and slippy, and my rim jams were shite. honestly they were bollocks, now i ride rim-jam blues on a grind and in the dry they work amazing so dont tell me my brake isnt set up. i know they hold, but todya they were crap. i voted null vote because i havent tried the plaz pads. just my bit of info ben

hey man, some decent riding in there, you are improving loads i am impressed. most constructive criticisms have been made, although i think my biggest fault was the repetitive shots, other than that it was cool, catch you later ben