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Square taper or ISIS??

This probably won't apply to anyone under about 25 but can you remember the cool things you used to have on a bike as kids?? I remember my first bike with 5 gears had a yellow smiley face wheel disc on the back, was well cool! And then there was the Kelloggs rooster reflectors and of course Spokey Dokeys!!!

Definately been owned, finally!

C'mon love, I lowered my standards surely you can lower yours?!

Ring 0800 587 1102. Your google mustn't be as good as mine!

Will have to have a look at that when I get home as at work at the moment and vids are blocked!

Has anyone on here got Ryan Leechs art of trials dvd? Any chance you could give me the list of 38 tricks he's teaching as I'm interested in buying a copy but its so expensive I wanna see if there's stuff on there thats really gonna help me improve before I splash out??

I got my wife and her sisters all obsessed about having the volume on an even number when I said it once just for a laugh, is a proper pain in the arse now! The only things I can think of is all the blowers in my car have to be set perfectly so they're not sticking out and the fins are all straight. Oh yeah, and when I was younger I used to go to sleep with the radio on sleep timer and it had to end exactly on the hour, even if I couldn't get to sleep for say 25 minutes I'd press the sleep button and set it again for the same hour!

Yeah but only after he'd already done the legwork for them!

Assuming you run the Echo TR one all I can suggest is the trialtech sport forged which is what I've got. It's shorter with more rise than the Echo so should make a difference.

I like it, likin the chilled music with it, gives it a real feel of summer.

So it's agreed then, with the powerful backing of Tartybikes and Inspired behind him Ali C will contact Top Gear, give them the idea and see it through if it kills him. Good for you Ali, we're all rooting for you!

Neithers a bloke wading through an estuary but they had a race with one!

I was just thinking, after top gear had races between a car and some bmxers and some parkour guys why not some trials riders? Anyone thought of emailing in and offering them a challenge? Would be a good bit of viewing if they'd agree, maybe one bike a brakeless 24" and the other a standard mod or stock. What does everyone reckon?

If the date was set a fair way off then I'd consider coming next year although it would be down to the missus as she's expecting our 2nd child so don't know if I'd want to leave her on her own with the pair. Not too keen on the live music though unless there could be an area away from it to ride and/or sleep as some may not want to listen when they're riding or might prefer to just chillout and chat around the fire. The main thing that put me off coming this year was the obstacles available but if there'll be a lot more for all skill levels then thats definately a big plus. Think the comps and possible involvement with Welsh Cycling would also be great as long as there's a chance of less skilled riders winning something, their own comp maybe, so they don't feel left out.

Think I might dig mine out, its a shame as the aluminiums corroded over the years so they look a bit horrible. Otherwise would be on my stock as we speak!

Here you go! Back when I first started you got these, the blue ones were the budget set, bout £30 a pair cheaper than the raceline yellows and the reds (can't remember what they were called) and all came with boosters like the ones that come with the evo2 kit although you could get a stiffer "horseshoe" booster for the yellows. Not long after, bout 97 I think, they brought out an even cheaper version of the blue ones which were just a pair without boosters and with composite levers. Think they were called Move but I could be wrong, was a long time ago now! Oh yeah, we could only get 3 types of pad back then as well, standard black pads, koolstop reds and greenfrogs!

My god thats one ugly bike!! I was about 15 and the first bike I started doin proper trialsy stuff on was a 13" Specialized Rockhopper. The bloke at J E James in Shefvegas was determined not to sell me it though as he insisted it was too small for a 6ft lad!

What about a classic Magura Blue mountain? Got a pair of them still in my cupboard!

Thought I'd start this up like the picture of todays riding thread. Rules are that the clip can be no longer than 30 secs long and preferably 1 continuous clip, not a mini edited video! I'll start, on nights last night and went out with my 2 yr old son down the road this morning so he could have a quick play in an old car park. Just so you know this is pretty good for me, reckon I can go quite a big bigger as well now!

Don't sound desperate to me mate, welcome to the forum! There's loads of lads on here who live and/or ride in Leeds so you should have no problems whatsoever getting out to a few rides. You got a bike yet or still looking for one?

I'm liking it!

Think I'm at the other end of the scale to you guys! Like a bit of quality rock, AC/DC, Mr Big, Thunder, but my main love always has and always will be happy hardcore. Mainly the oldskool stuff from 94-98, always gets me pumped up ready for anything!