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Yeah will get something posted, not sure on the quality of the riding though!!

Good stuff, thinking its the kind of thing I can always take out with me rather than planning days with ma mates where we're gonna take a camera.

Just ordered myself a Kodak ZX1 pocket camcorder, thought it would be perfect for capturing odd bits of footage as its small, can hold lots of memory an records in HD. Just wondering though if anyone else on here has one or knows someone with one and what they thought. Only gettin it cause its £50, was gonna get a proper camcorder like I used to have but found it a pain in the arse to take anywhere with the bag an discs an stuff. Any thoughts??

Best bet would be to get to one near home and see whats what. I might try an catch a few when the footy seasons over for a bit of fun!

Just out of interest, when you guys build a stack of pallets how do you fix them all together? Hoping to convince the inlaws to let me setup a mini arena at their farm as already got a few old tin bathtubs setup for gap-jumping (which are actually perfect for the job!) and there's a few lying around up there along with some metal girders and rail sleepers!

Wahey, finally got round to getting Chainspotting on DVD the other day and watched it last night. Takes me back a bit, remember first startin up doin trials when I saw it. Could watch it over and over again, I thought a lot of the trials would be outdated but there is quite a bit of stuff that is quite hard to pull off (for me at least anyway!!). Love it!

My 2 year old son loves this, always askin if he can watch it when he's tired an wants to chill out before bed!

Lookin out for a helmet as we speak but bit skint till payday. As for the back brake it's as good as it's gona get as cause the frames so old I struggled to get a rim small enough to fit between the calipers, think the distance from brake block face to face was 35mm, so had to do some customising on some offset clamps and the maggy v brake adaptor kit. Seatposts a pain as it tapers at the top so if it goes any lower you can't clamp it up but I've got a solution, gonna swap it with my dads hopefully if it's same size as it has been annoying me! Cheers for the comments, hopefully getting a cheap camcorder this week so will get some better footage up soon!

Been up at the inlaws farm today and found an old tin bath to play on so just did this, feel well unfit though!!

Just spent bout £400 on new everything except frame and forks and can't afford to blow £300 on a frame when the one I've got is still in mint condition. Not gonna go mad or owt, if I get to a point where I think I ride well enough to justify buying a new frame I may do but mortgage an bills come first at the mo but thanks for you input!

Well guys, its been a long time coming and I've realised how much I've lost with not riding for 9 years! Just been for a bod about round near where I live and theres nothing to ride, at least, nothing that I can ride! Ended up on a crappy little rock and a small wall round the corner but I've got a lot to learn (again) and gotta get a lot of confidence back. Mainly about technique as a lot of stuff I see you guys doing nowadays is very different to when I started so here it is, me and my cousin attemting to backhop up a small rock and my cousin up a wall. Bear in mind we are very rusty!! Will be going back to some old haunts soon once I get the bike rack for the car and hopefully get back into it soon enough! Any pointers are greatly appreciated!!

Yeah we usually stay bout 5 mins away from treaddur an holyhead but goin to other side of anglesey for a change of scenery. Will see what happens when we get there, if weathers shite I won't be doin owt but I know if the weathers good the missus likes the beach at treaddur bay so can shoot over there an have a ride round. Wanted to take bike last year but didn't have it rideable an didn't have room in the car! Cheers for info guys!!

Anyone ride/live round here that knows any good spots? Looking for anything at all really as going stopping in a holiday cottage there with my missus an son in August an hope to take the bike with me for a bit of entertainment.

Must be some good spots in stockport, once met a guy on the big steps between the shopping centre an the bus station having a bod about. There's a bike shop near bredbury that deals more in bmx stuff, they might know some good places to ride!

Well I've given up with it, can't tighten BB up as the splines have all but sheared off on one side and the tool won't reach over the axle on the other side. I've noticed that the crank bolts can be tightened up more an more everytime I ride for 5 mins or so, so thought it might just be the cranks slipping just slightly on the splines so will have to just take an allen key everywhere an keep tightening!

That was my first thought but the bb tool won't quite reach enough to tighten the lockring up anymre as the spindle is touching inside and just holding it off the splines! Nowts goin right for me with this bike at the mo!

Shouldn't be dead as its brand new, only got it last month!

I'm having yet another problem with the Heavy Tools! After sorting the chain/freewheel issue out now I have another problem come to light. When I'm riding along, not even under much strain, when I push the left pedal down when it gets to the bottom of the stroke it clicks. At first I thought it was the pedal but that runs smooth enough and is brand new so shouldn't be anything wrong. Now its been a long time since I did any mechanical work on my bike but do you reckon it could just be the bottom bracket isn't tight enough? If thats the case I'll have to sort another toll out as the ice tools one I've got won't reach enough to tighten the lock ring anymore as the spindle is touching inside!

Will have a look into that when I get home, does annoy me that the whole thing rattles about and its not solid! Cheers

Will chain is almost that tight but will whip another link off to get it right down, whats this mod to the tensioner you speak of? I may do it as when I'm stood on the pedals and look down at the chain line you can see the tensioner poking out a bit so could do with something tweaking I reckon. Also realised that I'm not as fit as I was 8 years ago!

Think this has been the problem, the chain wasn't running perfectly inline as the rear tensioner sits a bit skewiff so if I pedalled then brought the chain back it wasn't sitting properly on the bottom of the freewheel, if you understand that! After a lot of messing around shortening the chain, adjusting the tensioner and generally trying it I think its sorted so will see how I go.

I was advised on an 18t up front with 15 on rear, rides quite nice really!

Yeah thats my plan, check chain first in case I am wrong. Just gotta plow through my dads garage and find chain tool now!!

All brand new Its deffo the big bang, cranks jump forward and I nearly cause myself a severe injury!

Yeah I whipped it off with the old man last night an realised it only had light oil in so de greasing would have made no difference. Put it back on and its still skipping, had my dad watch while I gave it some power and he's also sure it wasn't the chain slipping. Just had another quick go to show my mate an he saw it too, happens every couple of pedal kicks. Everything is brand new, the setup is Echo SL 108 freewheel, Trialtech Lite Z610 chain, Try All single speed tensioner and a Trialtech Sport 15t screw on sprocket. Got a pic below, if you wanna see a better pic let me know. What do you reckon? I know if it is the freewheel it is a one off problem so just be sure I'm not holding it against Tarty or owt, an your advice is greatly appreciated! If I can find my chain tool I'll try whipping some more links off an straightening the chain line out in case I am wrong but sure it's not that.