Carlperkins

i think if there was 100's of sports involved like climbing, kayaking, basejumping etc it would be a good idea. but im sure something like that already exists, i remember using it once. its a massively over complicated way to find out spots to ride, and seeing as trials riders can ride on mostly anything.. i cant see this having any where near enough information. for example i want to know riding spots within 20 miles, not the spots in canada. it probably wont work. it might... but dont expect it to be the next new thing.

ahhh there goes my side of the argument...

in that case i will whip my brakes off now.. you can try something once and not like it, you dont have to do it for ages.. anal is my first example and im honestly not wanting to go below the belt here.. but the debate requires it. we saw your first 2 months videos, and you were riding on a wall 2 foot high, then on some grass and a kerb. i can do that without brakes, but i wouldnt call myself a brakeless rider. just saying. dont take too much offence. depends how much you like falling off? its not that bad and most time it doesnt hurt, but i wouldnt say i enjoy it, id prefer not to.. thus.... brakes haha

well it kinda is different. for me its polar opposite. you do ride to what your limits are and all that, but at the end of the day it comes down to the rider.. i, for instance.. ride with brakes as its a lot safer for my riding style some things i dont have to use brakes on, but they are there if i need them and they act as a placebo affect maybe. i tried brakless for a week and was always on the floor, then i got back on brakes.. and no falling off. id rather not need them but have them, rather than not have them and need them. where as you mark, are much more confident in your abilities and skills so you dont need them. really this whole debate is kinda pointless because people ride with what they feel comfortable with, and when we want to really test ourselves we will make it that little bit harder. and for the record.. im sure flipp has a tooth missing, and half the bmx kids in my village have teeth out. hahaha.

I think people generally ride with brakes cos you can do more (maybe not in flipps case... but were not all flipp are we) but mostly just because is safer. i personally dont like falling off my bike, i just like going out with mates and having fun on my bike, i tried brakeless for a few weeks, granted it is actually quite fun, but my progress was really slow. if my progress with brakes slows down and i start getting bored.. then brakeless might be an option to liven stuff up. plus... i cant do half of what flipp does with brakes.. so why would i take them off. haha

not to mention.. those bars ARE going to snaaaaap!

dont know about you.. but i dont stick my finger down the end of the hose to make my brake work..

what forks are they? neons? and are they any good?

yes you can.

i probably don't need to mention this.. but the song is absoloutly terrible. probably the biggest downfall of your vid. its the sort of song that you would expect to hear on some kids tv show bike edit, like a cbeebies bike riding tutorial edit, pt 2, day one without stabalisers... ok now i'm rambling on. other than that. thumbs up

really enjoyed that! whats the song? sound like black keys. sick tailwhip at the end by the way.

ok i take my comments back then.. for £50 thats bloody good!

dont want to be a dick.. but am i the only one that doesn't like that bike? i mean its good for a budget bike but.. meh. in my opinion it needs straight streety forks big street tyres, like holy rollers disc brakes nicer bars and stem. ... and a splash of colour. looks boring as hell. and before anyone jumps on my arse thats my opinion. out of interest.. how much has it cost in total?

theres loads of products out there to keep you warm.. heated grips, heated seat face buffs, gloves yada-you. is there anything out there to keep you cool and stink free??.. people i know who ride to work have to get there early and take a bloody shower! this may be something to mull over.. just sayin. and if it does take off and you become a millionaire.. i want a 10% cut.

Ah prob why when he sidehops he falls on his back, Too used to jumping backwards.

really? i cant even imagine doing a sidehop with brakes locked. surely thats harder?

taps are just like normal pedals ups really.. go to quite a high wall. (tapping something small runs the risk of going over the bars) a wall you would find quite hard to get straight up to rear on but that is do-able. then just play around with the distance that you start the pedal up. get closer and closer untill you bump the front tyre. dont focus too much on the tap, imagine your going up to rear and just let the bump happen keep your arms nice and solid when it hits. the point at which the front wheel touches the wall.. you should have just started to jump.. (i.e already pre-loaded and are on the way up) the tap does the rest, shooting your rear wheel up quite fast. so be prepared for it. it does feel a little weird the first few goes.

then finish me off every night.... edit... and then make breakfast in the morning.

yeah yeah i know.. haha the lever was wank so i traded it fot the echo TR which is alright my me. its had a few mods to improve it. apparently the 2011 slaves are flexy.. ? so dunno. ill clean mine up and see whats what, if they get stuck again ill chuck them out my car window on the motorway and get some 05's

the slaves were new mid way through 2011, they are the hs33's which i hear are crap anyway. running an echo TR lever, TT splitter and royal blood bleed. ill do the same again, blow the shit out and lube up, guess ill just have stop being lazy and keep ontop of it.

saints a DH brake. designed for long periods of slowing down. thats why it has so much power.

got a sticky piston on one of the rear slaves... last time i blew an airline in there to get the piston to pop out a bit.. then cleaned all the crud out and lubed it with 3 in 1 oil. worked for a month or 2 but now its sticky again.. any better ideas? i cant be arsed to do it every month..

being too serious wont help you either..

where'd you copy and paste that from? your brakes saints on your limey were shit!... haha

tryalls are mint. i had a go on a bike with trialtechs.. and they feel weird. and they have a weird shape. lumpy. the try alls are only like 1g lighter i think? and they look waaaay better.