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My blue spray job lasted over a year and still looked pretty good when I went camo. People mistook it for a factory job and that was keyed, sprayed and rebuilt in an afternoon with no lacquer.

I never bother. But then I'm lazy and impatient...

Or Mongoose.

No doubt about that 'back in the day' but in the originally posted video he makes a real hash of it!

Don't pull the lever as hard?

I'd second that 'sketchy' comment actually. Did you see him trying to get up that ~30" step? Bunnyhop up, hang the back wheel like a bitch and then a massive correction hop which cuts away really quickly as if he has to put a foot down. He never used to be sketchy and was a complete legend but that video made him look like a terrible rider. He didn't make anything look smooth or easy which is one thing that I think a demo should. However, if anyone wishes to upload 'Keepin' it real' it'll show he was pure awesome back in the day!

Easiest way I find is to use a hammer/mallet and hit the end of the axle. The axle and bearing will then work its way out the end opposite to where you're hitting. You can then use a tube of some sort to get the bearing which remains on the axle off. To refit you just need to get the axle through the bearing which will still be in the hub body and then use the tube again to seat the other bearing back onto the axle and into the shell. A bit of grease and the application of heat will also do wonders to help things along...

I'm good thanks .

I don't there's a plan for a homo version I'm afraid Luke . Thought you were a BMX basher now?!!

See my (not so) sneaky edit.

They're straight blades. The pics of John Shrewsbury and my bikes in the Bike Pics forum both have proto Inspired forks on for your perusal. It took me a while to get used to the looks of the forks because I'd only used curved legs for years but I love them now and the strength and design is second to none in my opinion. Edit: Just had a quick chat with Dave and he reckons they'll be here before the end of November. RRP is to be confirmed but they'll be available disc only in black or white and magura only in black.

First why is (I think) because of the amount of machining and work that has to go into the production. They have quite intricate, neat dropouts and a one piece machined steerer like the Trialtechs. The second is because they're just perfect. I've been running my protos for ages now (8-10 months at a guess) and due to the single piece steerer and design they are the strongest, stiffest forks I've ever used (on a trials bike of course). A lot of thought has gone into the disc mount to ensure it won't put undue stress into the legs or welds. The top cap (which threads directly into the steerer which is nice) also allows for the brake line to pass down the fork for that Danny Mac look! Together with all that they still weigh less than 1kg. They rock.

. Start saving though, I believe they're not going to be the cheapest forks on the market but they will definitely be the best.

That's the usual way of guestimating whether a gap is doable static or not.

It looks like one of the really basic simple ones that exist on lesser forums... Sorry but 'Nooooooo I don't like change'!

Read the title as Quark Theory. Go figure.

And it doesn't even have a saddle. Sheesh.

I don't get where the spacers were going... If you kept removing the freewheel to put spacers in between the cranks and the freewheel you'd be reducing the amount of thread that the freewheel is able to use which would cause the thread to strip. But that can't be what you were doing because that would be moving it closer to the frame...

You say that but I'm quite pleased that they got a couple of guys into the European Parliament. I wouldn't want them in power here but hopefully they might be able to stir things up in Brussels and reduce all the shite we have to put up with...

He has some points about Islam though...

Great find! That looks like so much fun! Loving the girl with the umbrella keeping wee Danny dry!

Yeah but that was blatantly aliens. Tracking orbits, building pyramids, Machu Picchu... aliens. I saw it all on this documentary called 'Alien vs. Predator'.

Yeah but they were a bit stupid really... the Earth is flat?! Whateva mister!

Can't be surely... on the green Crescent? I'm sure he's way better than that.

As anal says that is simply common sense. The way any religion tells you how to live your life is nothing more than differentiating between good and bad, right and wrong. 'Don't kill anyone.' Really? Not even one? Ok. 'Don't rape anyone.' Aww, come on, where's the fun in that?! 'Don't eat seafood.' Now you're just getting ridiculous. Religion tries to provide guidance for people in life and attempts to provide some kind of reason to be good (the promise of a happy afterlife sitting on a cloud). In essence those things should only be needed if you're weak, stupid or just plain ignorant. Anyone else already knows what's right and wrong and tend to live their life accordingly without any religious beliefs. As I've said before, Ben, please don't take any of these comments to heart- it's simply that you're the sensible person who always speaks sense and tries to see the problem from all directions and so I always end up replying to your posts!