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I'll be there! Steve

The site is looking great! Very clean and easy to navigate. Well done on your top notch website clientele too, #2 looks a very good company Where did the testimonials go? I thought that was a powerful sales tool Also, on the screen where you can select out of the 4 creative areas, how about some small icons that help as a quick cheat guide so you don't have to read those long descriptions and digest them? The portfolio is looking impressive already - Keep adding the content! Steve

I agree with the post above. The rear of the CNCed lever has sharp edges CNC is the 3rd up. The others are all better! For the tubing, 2.5mm ID tubing, preferebly clear and the right material for enough flexibility to get the fittings in, but not too flexible that it bulges when you squirt the syringe. The minimum order quantities are usually high, which is the problem. I'm afraid I can't send you any small bits because they've all been taken for bleed kits Good luck! Steve

If you're only picking on looks. I like 4 the best. The others are too abruptly jagged and look like you've accidently attached a saw blade to your bike! Steve

Well, I'd rather not say too much because I guess it's a bit cheeky to post about family matters. Let's just say we get a crazy snap shot into the alternative world of laissez-faire parenting and an unfortunate marriage. At the moment I get exhausted each Friday evening because I play "Gruffalos" with both my son and her older and very manic son running around the garden. I'm like the weekend dad for her 3 year old son because his father has passed on his parental responsibilities. Particularily amusing is the part where she fills him with Coke in between playing, when it's me that is getting tired out by the hyperactivity! Steve P.S. "Gruffalos" is an invented game which involves me lumbering around the garden like a Gruffalo: plenty of growling and chasing around basically which is hard work on a hot day!

I go around my Mother In Laws on Friday evenings for tea. Tracy and I always have plenty to talk about afterwards due to the crazy life of some family members who are around there all weekend. Let's say I must be their Star son-in-law (although they never tell me so!), my brother in law is an, ahem, interesting character! Steve

^^ Why not. A weekly or bi-weekly column written by the Section7 lads, on TF would be compulsive reading! Maybe taking its content from the weeks goings on in the world of Trials or just a cheeky look at a week on the forum! Steve

Maybe this article will give motivation for the organisers (and cooperation from riders) to crack down on this behaviour. Martyn was right to highlight the bad conduct of some riders in his article. It only takes a few to spoil it for everyone else. Addressing this issue can only be a beneficial thing for trials. I would have certainly written the same things if I had a trials column and had just come back from the one event I went to not so long ago. I'm sure everyone agrees with the points, it's just when you're a certain age you may not be able to see things from other people's perspectives as well. This airing and discussion of the issue will make people realise about behaving in a decent way, and some expected levels of conduct can be made clear before the event. Penalties should be laid in place, similar to football's cards. A warning, and then disqualification. If a pushy dad is being anti-social, then it should count as a card against his son/daughter. If riders arrive with stereo booming crazily, or leave in a similar way then cards can be handed out. And in the case of leaving after an event, I'm sure that carrying a card over to the next event would quickly motivate riders to think of other attendees and the owners of the land. When I went to one of the Indoor trials events in Llandudno, since it was an unjudged event tempers weren't flairing. Whilst people were leaving on the other hand, I remember thinking "They won't let us use this venue again" The sports hall was right up against a residential area, and the noise being made by stereos and shouting was embarassing. During this period of time, as trials is hopefully growing, there's plenty of scope to get these issues tackled and resolved. We should jump on them now. "Carpe Diem". The football organisers would love to be able to improve football supporters behaviour, but history is too strong and behaviour so ingrained, they'll never achieve it. In the trials world we can nip these conduct issues in the bud now and make sure that trials evolves into a sport more respected than football and its supporters. Steve

Name and shame + Positive peer group pressure?

I had a quick look on the net and found this site: http://www.supporterflags.co.uk/ Why not go the whole hog? 2 x Car Flags 1 x Pair of Furry Dice 1 x Tax Disc Holder 2 x Metallic Badges 2 x Number Plate Emblems 1 x Car Arial Football 1 x Air Freshener 1 x Hanging Football Strip 1 x Windscreen Banner 4 x Satin Ribbons 4 Bumper Stickers £25.00 per pack + Vat When you're putting in your order in for the car flags, be sure to invest in a flag pole for the garden (or a sail flag), and why not go for one of the "England Supporters Event Packs"? 2 x 5 Mtrs of Bunting 4 x Giant Flag (5ftx3ft) 24 x Hand Held Flags 24 x Bowler Hats 12 x Blow-out Noise Makers 12 x Trumpet Horns 48 x Assorted Balloons 2 x Wall Banners 12 x Stickers - Selection Pack 10 x Satin Ribbons £50.00 per pack + Vat Steve

Am I the only one who doesn't like it? Even if I did want something like that design on me at some point, I may not later on when I'm in a different place with my life. It's a very personal thing of course, and your body. Just thought I mention that it's cool not to be tattooed too! Steve (Not a tatoos fan)

I bled my maggie with water, which makes the lever snappier than the magura oil. I really like this, and coupled with some aluminium backings on my pads and a good booster the result is also very responsive. Baby oil is the cheapest oil option. I've seen bottles in Tescos for less than £1. Worth a try too! Steve

The bike is looking great! What rear Vee pads are you running nowadays? Steve

Above average writing with some strong descriptions. To be honest I found my attention going about halfway down because the pace was slow, so I started skipping bits and reading the odd lines to get a gist of the story direction. I can't really comment on whether the story was good as a result, but be aware of the old cliche which gets lazy story writers out of a story line cul de sac - And then I woke up! If you can put clues in the first part which are there for the reader to read back when informed of the plot outcome and make sense on this second read, then that would be clever. When I was reading about the continual references to huge earth quakes happening in the present, I couldn't help doubting whether they were happening because no matter where he was in the UK, surely he would still feel some tremors. Maybe you should add this, saying that the lead character perceives that he is feeling more tremors (rather than there actually being some), something which could be also just the car engine (so that the real situation is backed up). Maybe something along the lines of, as he starts the car at that very moment he was sure that he experiences a minor tremor, cue flash back. Try not to get entrenched into these continual descriptions maybe, some sudden changes of pace as suggested earlier to keep people's attention. There are a few clumsy sentences that could be tweaked e.g: Michael was deemed by the courts [to be] lying about his story, - But even then deemed isn't a strong enough word for a legal judgement. His dark black hair was soaked in sweat, and his skin glistened with it also. - Could you avoid the clumsy "with it also" somehow so you only mention sweat once? Watch out for repetitions such as references to his mind in very similar language. I don't know how much effort you've put into planning the story, but maybe you could make a scene bullet point list based on the original story, and note the aspects you think it could be worth changing or adding (change of pace, truncation of description, insert new scene etc.) Steve

It looks very slick, and the fancy way the pages loads is pretty. If you're looking for some feedback on how to improve it, I can offer the following ideas: 1. After browsing a few pages it's a bit tiresome waiting for the pages to appear. 2. Also the text is generally a tad too small 3. You need to hover the mouse over the page to see where the links are (then it requires accurate placement of the mouse) 4. The icons in the top right are too small aswell. 5. Music on websites is annoying for most of us who are listening to music at the same time. It's hardly as if I'm the webpage design-meister general, but I hope this is useful! Steve

You'd look more handsome in a helmet though! Couldn't resist putting this in (Bored on a Friday PM): [attachmentid=4351] No ones' ever seen them together in the same place..... Nice photo of Shane McGowan! A warning to Gary Neville during his post-football years. All that money could buy alot of booze. Sorry Pete! Steve

Nice looking bike Impressive playpark next to those old flats!

I love the fun that comes across in your vids there Joe, along with the beasty moves Are those garden and indoor riding areas open to the general public? Steve

It's horses for courses. I want a package that's easy to use, and powerful enough a tool to realise the designs I've sketched on the back of an envelope. For me it's more important that it's easy to interrogate the design in 3D to make sure that everything is where it should be etc, rather than it render beautiful images. Nice images by the way ^^ I found Solidworks easy to learn and it continues to fit with what I want. Steve

I don't like the locks on grips either. I personally find that grips stay on really well with WD40 (Use copiously and scrunch in around in the grip before pushing grips onto bar and leaving over night). I can't see why I'd need to spend so much more, and live with the metal collar thingy which is in completely the wrong place. For keeping the grips on I tried hairspray too, but it wasn't as reliable for me as WD40. MBUK's idea of using clear spray paint sounds expensive and unnecessary. Steve

I'm a spritely 30 years young. Still out most evenings and learning new things! Bunny hops are getting better and I've branched out into some basic ramp work at the moment. There's loads of variety to keep things interesting I don't think I stick out too much, in fact trials is a great way to turn back the clock by burning off that beer belly and of course you can cover up any hair loss under that helmet! When I stack, I don't know if I take any longer to recover. It depends on your level of fitness, and I guess that typically around your thirties life conspires to try and turn us into unfit couch potatos. Burning up the streets a few times a week is on another plane in terms of a fun work out compared to all that boring gym work and jogging other people do (ever seen a happy jogger?) Definately get into the trials I say! Steve

There are 3 common MTB spoke nipple sizes: DT Wheelsmith (Black Parktool, 3.22mm)European (Green Parktool, 3.3mm)Japanese (Red Parktool, 3.45mm)^ The blue one is for Motorcycles, 3.96mm I have the red one because it can be used on all 3 types. If you can get/make one, a 3.5mm spanner will do the job as a univeral nipple tool. Steve

Hey George, I saw your thread and popped you a PM. It won't be a problem to get your braking sorted out Speak soon, Steve

I guess I'm pretty well qualified to help out here You can use either Epoxy Resin glues or Superglues for pad making. I've made, erm, quite alot of pads over the past two years and have used either of these glue choices depending on the circumstances. Nowadays superglues are the best match for me, but read on; 1. Epoxy resin is a thick glue which is ideal when you're making your first pads. It could take alot of practise and jigs to make close fitting pads (not only around the edges but getting the depth spot on), so this thick glue is ideal to fill the gaps between pad and backing. The downside is that the strong stuff takes 24hours to cure, and all Epoxies require a few minutes of work premixing between the two seperate parts that make the glue up. You could say that the long cure also has a plus side in that you have literally hours to tidy up the overspill as you press the pad and backing together in a vice. Very smart looking pads with no visible glue surplus can be made in this way over night. 2. Loctite superglues are a very thin glue which penetrates excellently between close fitting parts. In fact the thinner the gap the stronger the bond. The huge benefit for this glue is that it's dry enough to remove from the vice in minutes, but your pad making skills may need to be be better to get the close fit you need for max strength, and you have to be quick to clean up the surplus to give a smart looking pad. You have to be very careful to not over dispense it causing drips/splatter as you turn the pads over in your hands to bring them together, because these drips will glue your fingers together (not nice peeling them apart!) and ruin clothes! You have to learn how to control it carefully to be able to not run into this each time you glue some pads. Summary So if you're just making a pair of pads for yourself, then you may find it simpler to use the Epoxy glues - Easy to use and don't require the pads to be made as accurately, if you have the time to leave the pads overnight in a vice for the glue to dry. If you're making alot of pads then you may prefer to move over to superglues, which require more accurately made pads, more skill and care to use, but the pads are in and out of the vice in minutes so many tens can be made in an evening in one vice. Steve

Fear not Dave! I'm really behind the 24UK 100%. I'll make sure that there are frames in stock because there's a strong wave of converts to the merits of 24" including myself, and my view is that this will only grow in time I'll be bringing more colours out too to improve them further. In the coming weeks I need to get a white frame ordered to showcase that as a future colour option. Also, some more alternative decals are in the works, so the only way is up Steve