To be perfectly honest, most reasonably fit people could be dragged up Everest with good enough weather, good guides, oxygen and the required £50,000 odd permit... So yeah, Fatty probably could do it actually!
Am I the only one that gets a bit annoyed by his irritating public schoolboyness? Ok so I guess he was in the army for a few years and now probably due to his daddy's contacts he gets to travel around the world doing fun stuff for TV. Yes I'm jealous but he just annoys me a bit. And don't get me started on Fatty Mears...
Finally watched the video I posted over 24 hours ago... Some really beasty riding in there- those guys are immense. 1) Those rocks in the wet looks slippery as hell yet they seem to stay grippy. 2) Gille's outfit is completely hideous (oooh matron). 3) I thought the comps were run using UCI rules. Are they not?
Euro BB is the term used by BMX companies for what we would call 'normal' BB's- i.e. the thread size is the same as we use for all ISIS and square taper BB's. So in that respect, the answer is yes. However- I'm not sure what width shell (68 vs. 73mm) is classed as 'Euro'...
Oh yeah, the bike... sorry I was too busy drooling over bacon and egg sandwiches. Depends on how much you want to spend I guess. As Kool says you're just going to sell it 12 months down the line but if you choose wisely you should be able to make your money back pretty much and have some fun too. They all sound like hairdryers but something like this would be fun for a while... Aprilia MX50/new ones are SX50's.
Grr. Sorry peeps... will update if anyone on OTN uploads it somewhere that isn't a pile of french poo. I'm still getting it at 23kb/s but that link is truly aweful.
Cross post from OTN: You will see : - street session (thursday) - animations (Flat, dirt...) - competition (sunday) link 19 minutes and 565mb... HD though so should be good. Just downloading now. Edit: Damn it's slow to download... Alternative link: http://videos.observedtrials.net/hosted/koxx_days_2008.avi