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Where did they say this?

You didn't even have to click on the link. Why bother if all you're gunna do is b*tch?

Don't do this. Moisturize, sure. Don't get rid of your calluses. They're there for a reason. If you have prolonged irritation to an area on your skin, a callus will form to help you protect the area. Basicly, you so you won't feel it as much. I have calluses on all my fingertips on my left hand from playing guitar and bass. When I first started, I played so much they hurt to play at all some days. The skin was soft and weak. Now I have a callus and I could probably poke a sewing needle into it and not feel it. Whatever you do, don't get rid of the calluses. If you didn't have them you'd be in a much bigger mess guarenteed.

modern day cowboys eh?

I dont have any pics handy but I play bass and guitar I have a fender (gross) squier bass - pretty crappy Jackson V - good single notes, chords bleed a little Godin SGX (I think) - great guitar, good sound, little to no bleeding... looks like I belong in a Chris Gains music video though I currently don't play in a band, but there are two metalheads in my apartment building, one plays bass, one plays guitar so we can totally jam. Just gotta find someone without talent and some extra pots and pans (drummer) hahaha, I kid I kid. I listen to metal mostly. Metallica, Iron Maiden, Trivium, (some) Coheed and Cambria, Beneath the Sky. But I listen to tons and tons of bands. If you havent heard them already, do your ears and mind a favor and listen to Dream Theater. Rock on guys! EDIT: Oh, and Lars sucks. Metallica would be better without that money grubbing asshat

Good call, when troubleshooting any program it's usually the first thing they ask (if not in the top ten things they ask) is for you to turn off Norton. It catches very few things, the things it does catch it often can fix and it f**ks with everything else on your computer. Oh, and it absoultely rapes your computer of any excess RAM. Norton sucks the balls.

Quick question. How the hell is he gunna know what any of this stuff is if he's never rode trials before? Most of these concerns and parts were parts I never cared much about or even thought about when I rode dirt and trails. Break it down for the guy. Everyone seems to be suggesting onza t-pro or some bike. I'm going to likely buy the monty alpine 08 I think it is? Anyways, I'd suggest your first one to have a seat because when you cant trackstand really well, not having a seat is a drag.

Must... not... be... grammar.... police.... BLARGH! The wheel on the string thing might work but, lately I've been trying either an endo and trying to pop the wheel up as the rear comes down or like has already been mentioned, roll towards an object pretty slow, lift your front wheel onto it, slam your brakes hard to kill any more momentum, balance for a moment, lean forward over the handlebars, lean back and lift the bars. You'll fall eventually, this I promise. Make it fun though. I jacked a shelf someone in my apartment was throwing out and put it on grass. Lemme tell you, the fear is greatly diminished when you practice on grass or something else that isnt as likely to spill your beans.

I got off work at 12 midnight and its just before 2am now. I'm hungry and want to unwind. Not very exciting. My woman wants to boink so I'm doin her tonight too

Definately. Good post man.

Of course he is. And yeah there is the chance that he will become a target to that dude and his friends. What else is he supposed to do. In situations like this, really, you have two options. 1) contact police 2) take law into your own hands If the police won't do anything (did they give you a reason why Callum?) and they can't find the bike to resteal it, what is he supposed to do? Bend over and take it? Every action has a reprocussion but you sir are a pussy if you would choose to sit on your ass if you knew this guy had your bike. I would go to the cops first too, yes. Give recipts and such to show it was mine and tell him the guy you thought did it. But what can they do on simple accusations? And what if it isn't at his place where they go to look? They aren't gunna put a search warrant out for a bicycle man. You have to do something about it yourself at that point. And I said in the first post I made "I hate to suggest blah blah blah" meaning I don't like this idea either. And the people in my old town I wouldn't have wanted to hit either because I knew I'd see them around eventually, and probably when I was alone and they weren't. But god damnit. If someone stole my bike from me in a situation like this, I'm going to do something about it.

I already build my own koxx *humping motion* yeaaaaah!

It's because pretty much every day a new person comes here, doesn't read the rules and posts one of these. Now I can understand not wanting to read the rules, I know I dont for every single message board I go to. But it definately will save you some grief by reading them. But to be helpful. Like Nickkkk said, try Ebay. There are often a few bikes there. Also, for 120 pounds you likely won't get anything decent. I'd say look in the 250-350 price range. PS: How do you guys make that funny symbol for pounds?

LOL Kill him on the inside. That's even better. Go to the meet, get the bike. Tie him down or something and lecture his ass for 6 hours. Then start laying into the "your mother never loved you" lines

Echo Lite perhaps? Seems to be a popular bike. Looks cool too

Gotta agree with Danny on this one. Even if it's just you (or your friend whos bike it is) Arrange the meet. Literally sprint up to the guy and punch his head like you're trying to send it express mail to me over in Canada. You really only need to knock him over, maybe give him one or two kicks to give you another couple seconds to ride away. Make sure as you ride away though, gotta say something trashy or funny. I dunno like "thanks for the washing my bike for me" "ride or die b*tch" "your face hurt my hand, we're even" "thanks for not gaying up my bike" Man this dude will be pissed. He's not big time or anything is he? Just some punk bike thief right? We had some of those when I lived in my home town. I never left my bike anywhere unless it was locked on the frame, and locked on the front wheel. Always removed my seat too. So many times I got stopped by mall police when I was locking up saying "what are you doing to that bike?!" You can never be too careful. If I had a shrink ray I'd shrink it and put it in my underwear for safe keeping. Actually... maybe somewhere that wouldnt be so susceptible to the various jabby parts of a miniture bike. Actually... I'd shrink one of you guys (Ash) and keep you as a little pet. I'd put you in a cage and build you a nice trials park (natural AND street!) We'd make tons of money!!! /end rant

You said he tried to sell it to one of your friends? Then set the b*****d up. Get your friend to say yeah, I'll buy it. Have them meet your friend somewhere you (and your other friends) are familiar with. I mean, if the cops won't do anything and you can't find it but know this guy has it... he will HAVE to bring the bike to where he is gunna sell it right? Go there in numbers, you will likely not have to fight. I mean if its him and one or two friends and you have like 20 people pop out from all directions once he tries to make the sale... he will either give up the bike or not remember which way is home in the next 5 seconds. I hate to suggest something like this but sometimes you have to man. Law isn't always right and justice is subjective, but get that bike back bro! Knock some sense into that thieving b*****d!

Great riding dude. Keep it up

Yeah I'll let you know man

Yeah it has front suspension. I like it for riding around and if I just want to play around a bit, hop off a curb or do a jump here and there its a fine bike. Actually, it's an incredible bike. It just wasn't designed for this. I definately would like to get a trials bike but that's like a birthday gift to myself in a few months. I definately think a real trials bike would help do some of this stuff. But I'm gunna go ruin the underside of my bike and make some terrible attempts and tapping up something tomorrow. I'm gunna look like a beached whale I'm sure. LOL EDIT: When your suspension finally gives in a bit trying something, like an bunnyhop when you're not expecting it to compress (I have it on a super hard setting right now) it really messes with you. But you know... I'll work with what I got for now.

Naw naw man, that was fine. I get you. I don't go out with a set time in my head, but it tends to be about that long. I usually get fairly tired after about 45mins or so it seems. I know what you mean about trying things to get up some random obstacle. Next time I go out, I'm going to give sidehops and taps a shot. I was attempting it after a brief catwalk to get my wheel on the obstacle but I'd really have to time the pedal strokes so that I end with my pedals exactly level. Didn't work out too well. I make a point of trying to do these moves off of smaller drops. There is this apartment beside mine that has a ledge that as you walk down gets higher and higher. I like to catwalk off of that. I'm also going to give manualling off that a shot. It might not make too much sense right now... but when I start doing stuff from larger heights, I want to make sure I can bail off the obstacle without having to shove my bike off and pray to the maker. Ha Thanks for the reply

Hey guys. I'm basicly on the prowl to see how many moves people practice in each session. I know a lot of you do lines and just have a good time but I'm a new rider and wanted to find out if I'm maybe overloading myself. At the moment, being new and all, I practice endos, manuals, bunnyhops and catwalks/wheelies. I ride probably 4-5 times a week and practice for about 30-60mins at a time. Some days I ride more than once, some days I take off. I was just wondering what everyone else is up to and wanted to know if maybe I should be focusing on just one move per session. I've been trying to use these in practical settings lately, mini lines if you will. Like I'll ride up a curb, turn around endo at the edge and catwalk off. Or manual off a curb and launch a fast endo right after I land. Anywho, how many "new" techniques do you guys practice a session? How long do you normally ride for? When practicing, how much of your time do you spend making a new move go smoother? I try to have fun everytime I ride. I dont want to push myself to try new things when I don't feel like it. I don't push myself to ride if I don't feel like it. But at the same time, I don't what little progress I have made to dwindle from non-practice. What are your guys' thoughts and feelings? PS: Someone threw out the top of an old round wooden table and a small wooden chest or something. I'm totally gunna drag those around and use it to build a makeshift line. Yay for scrounging!

Some of you people are freakin hilarious

Can someone check their IPs?