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  2. My Heavy Tools Trials Rebuild

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    Hah wow as i think about does days i remember that i have used my second front chain ring as a bash ring. I remember that i always end the day with a punch tire hahaha it was quality fun!

    Remember before we snapped all the teeth off we used to half pedal onto picnic tables, sticking the teeth into the end of the table and just pedal up onto the top, was awesome!

  6. Mtb Movies

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    I got it free from MBUK about a year ago. It was tacked onto the end of another DVD with that tosser Doddy teaching people how to pedal AND look like a nonce at the same time. But yeah, it's still worth a watch

    Did it have the section with Pete Tomkins showing off his 'new' crud catcher?

  11. Am Bored

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    Saying that i did used to run odi lock on grips and they performed really well untill they got a little old and they turned like putty and got all sticky and gunky. So if i had to vote it would be lock ons all the way . Plus they look pimp

    Thats the spirit!

  12. Am Bored

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    Posted · Edited by isitafox

    Cant vote for either of them as havent tryed none of them so my vote goes like this : Trialtech foam .. Sorry dude

    Not fussed if anyones tried em, as I haven't myself but all bit like old renthal grips I had on my trials motorbikes so should be fine.

    Just can't make ma mind up as to lock on, cable tie or just which looks coolest in general!

    Oh yeah, and I hate the feeling of foam, goes through me :sick:

  13. Am Bored

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    Posted · Edited by isitafox

    Right, I'm so bored at work that I'm gonna buy my rear sprocket and new grips.

    I'm going for a Trialtech Sport screw on 15t sprocket but I can't decide between the grips so I'm putting my money in your hands.

    Will run a poll with the 3 that I'm considering and the winner by 4.30pm shall be purchased, yes, I'm that bored!

    Let the vote begin!

    Here's links to them at tarty so everyone can see what they look like if you don't know

    DMR Zip Grips

    DMR LOCDD

    Inspired Lock On

  17. Echo Tr Rim Brake Does Not Fit The Magura Evo 2's

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    if its not fitting due to the rim width (your post was a bit unclear to what was the actual problem) then a magura won't be any closer to fitting.

    Just what I was going to say, your either gonna have to get the Tensile offset mounts and adapt them to fit the evo adaptors or shave say 2.5-3mm off each pad, that should work and still give you plenty of meat on the pads.

    Other than that its disc time!

  18. Mtb Movies

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    Posted · Edited by isitafox

    There can be only 2

    VHOT6725.jpg

    and

    dirt_dvd-280-75.jpg

    Dirt was a pure classic and the guy on the cover actually died not long after it was made after crashing his Harley not far from here.

    He was called Jason Mcroy an was a proper mtbing hero as well, check his website at www.jasonmcroy.com, be impressed if you can get hold of Dirt as was a freebie vid on MBUK in the early 90's an very rare now.

    Think they wanted to reproduce it on dvd but were struggling to get hold of the master copy to burn them from!

  21. Closed

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    Nothing will stop thorns I've found, over the years I've tried layering extra old tubes over the new one, I even bought some 2mm thick thorn proof tubes once for my BMX, still got punctures.

    Thats an old trick, get an old inner tube, cut it open an line your tyre with it, really good for stoppin pinch flats!

    Might help a bit but its not very strong that way, its strength is how sticky it is.

    Remember my old rockhopper I could guarantee at least 1 puncture a day no matter how small the things I rode, turned out to be a problem with the rims as once I switched them the problem went away!

  22. My Heavy Tools Trials Rebuild

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    Posted · Edited by isitafox

    No, cantilever brakes count, using your 2nd chainring as a bashguard counts, having a 1996 peugeot energy 300 as your first "trials bike" counts. Nothing this millenium counts.

    Too right, remember snipping the teeth of my middle chainring to use as makeshift bashguard until my dads mate could make me summat out of stainless! Still got it as well I think in ma dads garage, gonna have a look tomorrow night when I finish work.

    He made me a bashring for using smallest chainring and one for using middle as well for when I was riding quite far!

    Was this around Chapel? Think I remember seeing you guys somewhere... Ever ride New Mills?

    Yeah that prob was us, round about 98/99. Used to ride a lot in Whaley as thats where 3 of my mates lived and my cousin lived in New Mills so used to bod about round there an down the Torrs!

    Saracen X-ile for me, built with whatever shit I could find for cheap as hell at The Bike Show, including £5 bars, £20 rear wheel, Powerpro's (of course) etc.

    I found an old mavic wheel in my mates shed he said I could have, lasted bout 2 days before I pretzelled it sidehopping off a 5ft wall so I took the STX-RC hub an had it built into a new wheel! Proper budgeteering!!

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