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I'm sure Vincent can go bigger and is more capable now, but this is PRIME Vincent Hermance style! Watched this video so many times back in the day.

@jamesb, you have no right doing that line on the green rail at 3:34. So good!!!

Firstly, congratulations on the news, Rich! It's certainly life changing, but I hope you stick at it even through the impending change. Good little video. Still got it.

Probably shouldn't be surprised that Ali is better on a fat bike than I've ever been on any trials bike . I'm a little late to the party but that was class, @Ali C. Some really dirty stuff in there, not to be messed with. More videos like this please on all of your bikes!

Mark, Your technique looks ok, but i think you just need to commit a bit more as well as using your knee's a bit more throughout. Things to try: raise your front pedal a little more to allow you to put a bit more power down through the pedal to get to the tap. Crouch down more as you land on the edge then jump out pulling your knees up / pushing your arms up and out to give the bike some height. The more height you have the easier the rotation should come around. My personal technique is slightly different as I don't kick my pedal to get into the tap. I pull my front wheel up and round (technically i hop both wheels, but the back only comes off the ground a little bit) and my back wheel lands on the wall almost parallel with where it was on the wall (where the kick you tend to move forwards toward being where the bottom bracket was). Then continue with "crouch down more...." from the above sentences. Hope that makes some sense. Ben

Where did he get that seal from?

Cheers guys! Much appreciated

Back on the bike after a couple of injuries late last year and decided to pull together a fun / quick edit with Adam McGuire. Filmed over four saturday morning rides in January. Let me know your thoughts

@Al_Fel, your time is now!

No. This new username is not ok.

*it's nice and easy though, @Adam@TartyBikes. Just write up a 'blog' then send it to the PB moderators to review. Definitely they'd be interested.

Not ran the Avid rotors, so can't compare i'm afraid, however if you can get these - https://www.tartybikes.co.uk/disc_brake_rotors/magura_mdrc/c76p13782.html then i'd highly recommend them. I've been running these for quite a while and definitely noted they're stronger than the standard Storm HC rotors.

So bad news will no doubt prevail over good news but I’ve genuinely had no problems in over 18 months of use. I’ve wouldn’t consider that I go easy on them either. I wouldn’t stress to much and just enjoy that buzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Should've gone with a green screen colour. Imagine the vlogibilities.

Wow, @aener, so good. I particularly liked the driftwood kitchen line and the 'up to rear into drop to bridge' lines you did. Bueno.

I've had crown steerer unit creak issues with every fox fork i've had recently. This included 32's / 34's. Ran RS lyriks for a couple of years now with no issues.

Hey man, you had me questioning my own knowledge for a second, but no, the thin wall in that video was at a spot in glasgow! Phew

@isitafox can you deal with this spam, plea......oh, erm, awkward...

Same here, we've been switched to BG from Peoples energy, but just waiting to see what happens with my tariff. I'm going to assume that BG will be bending me over and inserting something large in somewhere I don't want it.

Unfortunately you're never going to fix the problem in full without some custom modification as the pads are never a tight enough fit. If you haven't tried them, the trialtech pads tend to have less pad rock than most (and as such less noise), however, i find the tape method is usually the best for removing rocking noise. I recommend gorrilla tape or similar rather than a double sided tape. Recently i've been using a new method to the gorrilla tape application where i wrapped the tape around the sides of the pad backing and stuck down to the front of the pad backing (avoiding contact with the brake pad material) then i cut off the gorrilla tape that would have been in contact with the piston. So far i've not had any problems and reduced the rocking noise significantly. Hope that helps.

This I like!!

I had this discussion with someone and they made the very good point that once you get used to it on the downhills, the weight isn't so bad, so actually it'd be better if the batteries could last twice as long and the bike be the same weight as they are now. Obviously battery life being twice as long and the weight being the same or only a couple more kg than an analogue bike would be the dream, but i think that'll be a long time coming. I definitely recommend an e-bike, and basically agree with this:

I am double jabbed, and am more on the side of getting inoculated than not, but I don't think we should be forcing jabs on anyone either. You say there is no evidence it'll harm you, but we don't know the long term effects of getting the jabs so some are obviously going to be wary / suspicious when simply being healthier and taking care of your body can also greatly reduce the effect COVID has on you. Jabs are a short term solution for a long term problem, and in my opinion, a lazy way out of the issue (like most things we do as a species). Yes we can encourage taking, but mandating the jab to 'get back to normal' is ridiculous and i think that is the problem we'll have globally. I was told by someone else recently*, that the W.H.O announced that world leaders (and as such us), will just have to learn to live with COVID, like we do the flu, and I am definitely in agreement with that. It is just not likely to go away anytime soon. *if it's bullsh*t and they didn't say it, then i think they should be saying it.

For way too long i was sat thinking 'why the f*ck does he want a 4" circle of grass?', then 'how the f*ck would he cut grass with a carbide wheel?', then some 'it'd be hard with scissors to get that 4" circle of grass perfect' then i had a huge "f*ck me, i'm an idiot"