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I've really liked them. They are savage though so gloves are a must - no matter how tough your hands are! Im a big fan of thin grips and dont really like foam or bar tape so these are ideal. Just checked tarty though and they are currently out of stock

The Front wheel's rim tape is selotape, and the rear wheels is duct/gaffer tape

Spec List is as follows Frame and Forks - Frame: Speedrace Fans - Forks: Echo Urban, Disc only Wheels - Front hub: Echo TR - Rear hub: Try-All 'H' 135 - Front rim: Trialtech Square Hole - Rear rim: Try-All HOLE - Spokes: Sapim double butted - Nipples: Viz! Alloy - Rim tape: Custom - Front tyre: Continental Mountain King 2.0 - Rear tyre: Try-All Sticky Light Brakes - Front brake: Hope Mono Trial Carbon Ti, 180mm - Rear brake: 2005 Magura HS33, 4 finger blade and metal TPA - Booster: Trialtech carbon - Brake pads: Phat pads - Brake clamps: 2 sets of Echo lowers ground down so no 'C' washers needed Drivetrain - Cranks: Rockman lite 175mm - Freewheel: Echo SL 18T - Chain: Trialtech K710 Kool - Rear Sprocket: Echo Ti 15T - Pedals: Onza Hognesium - Bottom bracket: Try-All - Bashring: Trialtech Steering - Headset: Chris King - Stem: Tartybikes - Grips: Chorrillas - Handlebars: 08 Rage Bars Let me know what you think. For those interested, weight is currently 9.2kg

Yes, but you would have to pump your tubes up far more often as the gas is thinner is escapes faster

I have one. Cant say i've noticed any difference at all but i will tell you why i bought one. About 3months ago i was serving a customer at work and noticed he had one. Having already heard a little about them i was interested as to whether he rated it or not. Turns out that 20yrs ago (chap was about 50) he had a major motorbike crash and his right leg was a right f**king mess. Had multiple operations and lots of physio to get him walking again. The strength in his leg is now similar to that of his left but he has NEVER been able to balance on that leg since the accident. He got hold of a PB band and within a day could balance un-aided on his right leg. Now i know that sounds pretty freekin weird but it was enough for me to get one out of curiosity.

18-15 surely. Pretty standard stock ratio

For streety, spinny riding, i'd stick to rear freehub. For pure trials use definitely ffw. 18-15 has become the gearing of choice for 90% of stock riders and that setup is only really possible with a freewheel if you run it on the cranks.

If the weather is good then i should be out

Any standard steel cable will do fine

08 rage bars

DHL will courier bikes so long as they are boxed up

Hmmm, a birthday competition....

That was awesome. Truly awesome

What geometry is your bike. Generally a high bb needs to be coupled with a reasonably high front. Having ridden both low and high front ends on a variety of 26" frames i can definitely say that i prefer a high front to a low one. Best bet is to have a play with both stems and see what you take to more. Also, bars have a profound effect on the feel of your bike, what are you running atm?

You mean 6th of Feb i guess

It works fine

Looks like your trying to run before you can walk Fair, you definitely have balls. But you really need to slow down and work on your control

Giro Rivet are my current faves.

Were really keen to get Barrow farm into this weekend. Anyone planning on riding there at all this weekend?

Too many skinny jeans.... Who is the stock rider on the Neon?

Yeh, as monkeymonkey said. Sure they wern't just doing a fakie? To allow the bike to move backwards you must also pedal backwards to stop the hub engaging, thus stopping you.

Myself and Joe Seddon are looking to ride somewhere a little different this weekend. Were thinking along the lines of Barrow Farm, Hook woods, Portsmouth, Reading, or anywhere. Open to both street and natural, would be cool to ride street one day and natty the other So who is planning riding where and on what day? Also, if possible a place to crash would be awesome Cheers, Josh

As far as im aware there are no snail cams designed to be run with Kings. They have to be modified by filing out the centre. Im running a king on the rear of my Speedrace Fans stock and its all fine. Only running one cam on the drive side as to not expand the frame too much Forks do affect the ride of the bike. Mainly due to their length. A tall fork will slacken the head angle and raise the bb slightly as a low fork will do the opposate