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  2. JamesB Vlog

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    Heck yes... you are one person I would like to see more video of, awesome - manifesto is the only way ! 

     

    Eagerly awaiting bike check... there was just a thread on here asking about various DJ frames and how they would perform.

     

    Are you still working for a Canadian cirque type company?

  3. Trials Study - What got you into bike trials and what keeps you interested still today?

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    20 hours ago, monkeyseemonkeydo said:

    When I was about 13 (1995) I bumped into a guy on a GT while I was on my skateboard near Evesham while visiting my gran. He was messing around on a few pallets and doing some basic trials. Tripped something in me and I think I then started messing around on my 24" Raleigh Scorpion at home but went to a Scottish car show in Glasgow where Will Cogger was doing demos for Peugeot and got chatting with him about trials and actually getting into it. From there I think I got the MBUK  (trials/stunt? I forget) special edition which introduced me to Martyn and Martin, Hans, Maguras etc. and led me to upgrade to a GT Backwoods which was featured in there. 

    Got the basics dialled on that, went to the Bike Show a few times, got the various videos of the time and JJ Gregorowicz's part in Revolution got me into 20" and I got a Monty X-Hydra. Around that time the guy who ran the Aberdeen exhibition centre's son was into trials and he managed to talk his dad into opening a trials 'club' which meant getting a whole bunch of stuff (skips, barrels, pallets, bunnyhop bar, balance beams etc.) dragged out once a week and us being able to make our own sections and trying new stuff. That put us in a good position to then take part in Under Pressure (even blagged flights off of Channel 5 for that even though we were total nobodies and they were even originally planning on banning 20" and making it 26" only). That went well and introduced me to the national scene (a very young Danny Butler was there in full Megamo kit, Chris Akrigg, the MAD guys etc.) but my first proper comp was a bit of a nightmare- I decided to do red route at the British Championship round at Silsden and boy was that an eye opener. Did poorly for one lap then quit as I was going to hurt myself!! I did a few demos around then as well one really big one at a Scottish show at Inglestone where we were put up by a promotions company alongside FMX riders (Jamie Squibb and a few others I remember), another where we got to ride with James Lampkin on some big motorbike sections and I really enjoyed surprising people by what could be done on a bike. I'd always been quiet and quite introverted at school but riding and the demos really helped me let loose a bit and I guess I liked showing off to the crowds!

    I came down to Uni at Southampton and hooked up with X-Street who was the first company to start importing Echo bikes when they first started. Got hooked up with the first Echo EM2 in the country and got in with Mike Graves and did a couple of Essex comps with him and then the Hampshire series. Rode plenty while at Uni and moved back to 26" for a while (Orange Zero followed by an Onza T-Rex) and started riding for Tartybikes in about 2005. I think it was probably a London ride with Matt Staples that introduced me to Inspired and Dave Cleaver hooked me up with a Mk1 very early on that I loved and rode comps as well as street and was purely on 24" from 2009 until about 2016 having been through a Fourplay, Mk2 Fourplay Team (dual disc), Skye mk1 and then the Arcade that I still have. In 2016 I couldn't resist getting another 20" for messing about on Portland on. 

    I'm now 37, have two kids and don't find much time to ride but I still enjoy it when I do and like being able to do things on a bike that most people still don't think should be possible. Trials was the introduction to bikes but anything with two wheels makes me happy- mountainbikes, road bikes, jump bikes, BMX etc. and the garage is full of  at least one of each.

    It's only ever been a hobby even though I could've gone down the demo route and I really miss the mates getting together side of local comps (the Hampshire series stopped after Terry Graves had a heart attack a few years back) and I really ought to get back into the group ride side of things but we'll see.

    another 82 baby!!! my first bike was an x hydra too...

     

    as long as i can lug my leg over the bicycle and roll around I’m happy... the years of going out and “training” or trying to gap massive things are gone... the memories aren’t and never will be !

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  4. What length wheelbase is a 2002 Monty x lite?

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    On 4/10/2019 at 4:28 PM, crunch said:

    I sold my Skye last week. Just ordered a nice new alias 20.2 build with lots of shiny parts. I’ll post pics when it arrives and I get the wheels built up. It’s satisfying building ones own wheels! 

    Congratulations! Hope you find good fortune with that alias, I’ve been tempted myself but 13 bicycles is enough :S only ride one or two of them.

  6. What length wheelbase is a 2002 Monty x lite?

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    I came in this thread to say you should get an alias. I’ve ridden a skye, not my jam- but at six feet tall aint for me..and I’m an old school rider- up and over smoothly is all im interested in, maybe a spin off but f off w those footjam spaz shit. 

     

    I competed with 221 x-lites and my last mod was a koxx level boss. I’ve ridden an alias w some weird brakes, but it felt nice... set it up w a whatever kind of stem/bar to fit your riding- it is versatile bike, will never be as good at todays competition bikes (which you would immediately throw in the garbage after riding), but I believe you’ll be much happier with it as opposed to fourplay/skye etc.

     

    that being said, every now and then you’ll see a 221 on ebay... it definitey had a feel, nothing sidehops from both wheels/surges/wedges as nice imo... had some awesome rides on that lil blue beast ! 

     

    edit/ and for wheelbase.. for some reason the numbers 990 and 1005 come to me ? my levelboss was a weirdo.. dont get one of those :D

  13. How far do you drive for everyday rides?

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    2 hours ago, ben_travis said:

    Some interesting methods of SPAM bots right there....

    28009888 and counting

     

    USA numbers... my closest competition is a 23 hour drive. same if I want to ride with more than one person.

     

     Street riding I have on a 10 min train ride, real rocks are a 45 min car ride.

     

    Back in the day it was normal to drive 3 hours to go ride w someone.

  18. I9 Hydra Hubs

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    690?! HOly fuuuuuuuurrrrrrr...  

     

    Aside for more noise for the spectator I can't feel the need for anything over 72 ep...but people need to sell NEW FANCY hubs !  Keep that money train rollin.  12- 24 was huge, 24- 48 was biiiig, then 72 was king (no pun intented...or...)  now we have 108, 144, 690, 303209999 ep.  more the merrier, i9 hubs look great.

     

    Still none as instant as the silent clutch I ran on my koxx cheat code :D #deathtrap #goodbyeteeth

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  20. Instagram clips

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    On 1/26/2019 at 4:08 AM, Davetrials said:

     

    i remember those trash?? bins from trialskings days... like hooking them was huge...

     

    him bunnyhopping those to rear on full sus= aahahahhahahhahahhahahahha wtf

  21. Adidas Terrex Trail Cross Protect

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    Spend time strengthening your ankle in the gym, getting shoes to solve a problem is like putting a bandaid on in a thunderstorm- shit don’t work... will feel ok initially but it doesnt matter, ankle still weak- no amount of shoe will save you, injuries waiting for you down the line.

     

  23. D8 with Kev, Tim, Matt, Fraser, Lewis, Danny

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    23 hours ago, US_BenR said:

    Been feeling pretty nostalgic lately, thank you AndyT. 

    Nice to always see lines versus going up an object turning around on the rear tire and then off.

    20+ years of riding has gotten me a few riding rules...

     

    Every single move- sidehop, gap , whatever has to be linked in 3 moves, no matter how small they may be.  Never one thing over and over.  Unless your name is craig lee scott or neil tunnicliff (where are they now?!)

     

    If you are doing a balance line- and you take your foot off to balance, you didn't make the line.  The second you take your foot off to dog pee, just get off the wall cuz your balance line didn't count.  Jeff Lenosky taught me this in the late 90s, has stuck since.  Kind of like a bitch crank, but to the 8th power.  Dog pee = Instant cringe move.

     

    Finally always have fun and smile while you are riding your bicycle. You aren't in a prison, you aren't a soviet olympian in the 80s.  Settle down, relax and have fun- you are riding a bicycle!! frowny concerned faces only get you anal cancer, chill out people.

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  24. D8 with Kev, Tim, Matt, Fraser, Lewis, Danny

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    Found this 13? year old uk gem...from the simpler times before vlogs, fat tired +20% bmx bikes and hashtags.  Just riding and messin about... Keep your followers up... might see a lil john s in there , where are they now?? wayne mohamet??   Watch out for awkward zoo and koxx living...beware the flouro rims they are only in for one scene.

     

    I promise NO  footjam anythings :

     

     

     

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