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righty, i know i have put a post on this abot leicester, but i have seen and heard good things about nottingham and as i havent ridden there i wondered if anybody fancied going riding there on wednesday night. i know its relatively short notice, but you know how these things are. anyhow, nottingham night ride wednesday 9th feb whats peoples thoughts/reccomendations? add me to msn biketrialsmedia@hotmail.com ben

cool, well thats two of us :P anyone else interested cheers ben

so who wants to ride leicester a week today??? its the only day i can ride when im down in leicester so please post in here and tell me what you think many thanks ben

who d/led the single user version :) also it wont let me on fridge 3

i keep putting RIP DJ but i cant get any further toward david jones

fridge five i got you wankers suck cock

can somebody shack it please, it just doesnt let me d/l it if someone wants to send it to me ill shack it cheers ben

lol (Y) yea i was gunna say tarty bikes offer a price match so they should be the cheapest people out there (Y) at least i think they do cheers ben

well sorry to tell u that we stock maxxis 2.35 at 23.95 at alpine bikes so (Y)(Y):P:P:P:P:P:P:P: in all compounds cheers ben

wellas brisabikes.com doesnt have the new ones on the site, i am assuming that they may or may not be the real ones. anyway this is what i found when i was looking for some info KOT bikes what are your thoughts??? after looking for a second time i think it may be a photoshop im not sure also after i didnt know what they were i thought i would post a pic of the KOT bike that mr staples is riding all these found here cheers ben

wtf is a KOT where can i see one of these contraptions(SP?) cheers ben p.s i searched and used my friend goog :"> :"> :"> :"> :"> :"> :"> :"> edit never mind i actually searched my mate properly (my mate google that is) and clicked images and found what im looking for google is your friend cheers ben

shame they are the shittest brakes for trials. i had one, they have no hold whatsoever hayes are the best dh brakes going, but shit for trials

no but i had never said that i had used a avid :) i have heard that they are good, again on adams reccomendation, although i prefer the feel of a hydraulic, thats my preference. if im totally honest if i didnt get a good trade discount on the hope i would have gone for the avid, but because i get it cheaper working in a bike shop i felt i should get it. and i love it. its probably the best brake i have ever used. its that good. but each to their own. and bike rider yes many of the users of an avid brake have had good reports, but im sure somewhere i have seen some bad ones. and most people i have seen that have used the hope have had good results. both are probably good brakes. i dont want to make this an argument :P cheers ben

yes the hope maybe be slightly harder to bleed but to be honest my hope mono trial has been the best disc i have used, i have been through shimano xt, hayes hfx, hayes cable brakes, hope mini, hope c2. this brake has an amazing feel to it and it locks effortlessly. also how do u manage to get a brake thats proven, the only reason anybody ever seemed to try the avid was because tarty had used one. sorry about this adam, but its true. i respect almost everything adam has to say, and im sure most do, but the problem is, is that you wont know which disc is best for you until you have tried both extensively(sp?). i haven't tried the avid disc and therefore have to refrain from commenting on the disc. i do reccomend the hope, its braking is amazing and works very well. plus you get braided hosing with it as well. however, for price and ease of maintenance iits obvious which wins just my opinion cheers ben

cheers man, i was having a rusty day and need more practice, although to be honest damon is way better than i am and its more like i have something to aim for to be as good as him hows ur riding goin anyhow? hope the python is holding up? gaps are quite big at the moment, but everything else isnt that fantastic although i can sidehop to back wheel onto rails as of yesterday(and keep it) so ill hopefully be gettin more and more riding in. cheers ben

hey i did accept it, dont know y i cant seem to talk to u, i wondered whom it was. cheers for the comments guys. im not sure on how big the red brick drop was, i dont measure my stuff, i just estimate it. yea, hope you all enjoyed the video, im having to send my video camera back so next lil vid will be a while, however im hoping to get back into ridin cos i wasnt ridin my best i dont think in that video, still a bit rusty. oh and im using final cut express 2 for the gentleman who asked cheers for comments again guys ben

right, i havent ridden properly since new year cos of shitty uni exams, so on wednesday went out on my own into aberdeen thoought i would see what i could come up with. here is the end product just a short clips movie really. music is 'boom' by the roots video is 1.27mins file size is 8mb hosted on trials-shack www.trials-shack.co.uk/t............/travistrials.mov any comments welcome. i im being honest its a bit of a gap fest, but have a watch its only short cheers ben EDIT :FOOKIN LINK :blink:

well i own a coust and i love the way it rides, however the downtube is too easily dented, but it weighs less than the others ( i think), i wouldnt fork out 500 for another frame, so if mine goes i think i will be buying the t-rex, its a good bike which is stronger than the coust. I rode dw@hulltrials' rex and it felt nice, and if u get the right components on it then it can be nice and light. also just buy the king perdido headset if ur that bothered about the internal headset. Sell the king you already own and buy a new perdido then u get the quality you want. but i think there werre rumours about the mk2 haveing a heftier downtube to resist the denting, however you must be a hard rider to snap one ( no offence meant). I have a feeling that because of the size of coust, they will ave probllems affording a mk2 meh my opinion cheers ben

sorry to let u down man, we dont have any left, we sold it yesterday at the other store, very sorry. i would get the new moment as it looks so much better, bikes are being imported by ATB sales, but it seems its only full bikes and these are mainly jump bikes and d/h or freeride shity thingys. so if u want the new norco its likely u will have to import it. sorry cheers ben

well we have a frame only for 300 in alpine bikes in scotland, if u wait until tommoro ill post again to tell you which shop to call about it cheers ben

So what is the name of the taiwanese frame makers where all these alu frames are made now-a-days? cheers ben

as the title says i got my hope momo trial. just thought i would let you all know just in case you wondered when they would be out. im not gunna post a test review. i am getting some new forks this week hopefully so ill let u know when they are all on and set up. cheers ben

y the f**k are people like that, why not just save up, pads arent that expensive whoever you are, although as dave says unlikely to own up, don't do it again you cock ;) :P

I also agree, I think this is all a load of bullshit, why the f**k are we always arguin like this, state you're opinion, and if someone doesnt agree accept it, don't have a go LEON, u are the person im sayin did this, early on page three snapping like this at some random is pointless. he is allowed an opinion too, but sayin that, the kid u snapped at, shouldnt be so rude anyhow, the px is a good frame. this is me gettin back on topic btw but just watch out cos a fair few have snapped, keep an eye on the bottom bracket area cheers ben