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Sorry then guys my bad, I hadn’t noticed the change.

Although I do not own a Zoot a friend of mine does so I tend to get a chance to ride it a lot. I ride a mod so it is different to what I'm used to but still a lot of fun, and as far as I know he hasnt had any problems with it at all. The link below is a topic about the Inspired Fourplay and the Onza Zoot, not sure if you found it when doing your research but the comments sum up both the pros and cons of both street bikes. Fourplay vs Onza Zoot Hope this will help.

Quick question, although the disk protector is pictured on the rear, can it also be used up front?

That is true but remember you have to be a 'Member' before you can use the for sale section of the forum.

If you’re not going to strip the paint (which would properly be the best thing to do) you want to make sure that you sand it and get rid of the shine, sort of give it a matt look, this will give the best surface for the paint to stick to. After that you'll properly want to user a primer as a base coat, and then once that dries paint with your chosen colour, leave that to dry to see if it needs another coat, apply more paint if needed then its ready once it’s all dry. You can always add a finish to keep it looking nice, some sort of lacquer should do the job.

I tend to go with skate shoes like Emerica's or Lakai's. It has taken me a while to find the best shoes for my riding as I like my shoes to have a thick sole to stop pains in my feet caused by pins, but also a nice bit of flex around the pedals. I found that Nike 6.0’s (which a lot of BMXers use) are nice and grippy but they didn’t give the flex I was looking for. Just takes a bit of shopping around to find what you want, but skate shoes are a good place to start and are cheaper than most bike specific shoes.

I can’t comment on the Rockman, but I am currently running an Echo TR hub (disk) on my mod and its still running perfectly well, would definitely recommend it.

Not on the forum if your a new member. You should re-phrase that as, 'What is a good 26" to start on as I am looking to buy one'.

Best bet is to explore a little then you'll know where to go for next time, I'm living in Weymouth and have only been up to Portland a few times which I regret, and there’s a lot of parts I haven’t been to so I’m defiantly going to have a ride about up there in the near future, shame I’m busy on Sunday. Are you local to Weymouth and Portland?

Rite oh, to start I think you should forget about wanting a new frame for now as your current reason for wanting the Echo is down to it having no seat, yes you would have more room to move about on it but it is a lot of money just for the removal of a seat. Secondly you said you wanted to learn more side hop based things, if that’s true, by the end of the year you might change your mind about a new 24" frame and go for a complete Stock or Mod. Defiantly wait until you have progressed more and have found a style of riding you enjoy as that will help choose as well.

You'll soon forget about sore fingers when you hurt something else, and then you'll be worried about that. My hands were aching after riding all half term, turns out that just pushing through the aches and pains does get rid of them.

If you’re fixed with doing it yourself I'm sure there’s some spirits out there that would get the job done quick.

Cant think of any bodges I've done myself, however, a friend of mine who rides dirt cased his wheel on a jump which loosened a lot of spokes, this was then solved by using a tin opener as a spoke key to tighten the nipples, then tightening the spokes that little bit more by wrapping gaffer tape around them to add some extra tension, it worked pretty well too. Oh he has also used a cotton reel and some tape before as a substitute chain tensioner.

So far I have only used Try-All Stiky's on my bike and I am currently on my second, I cant recall having any pitches with the current Stiky I've got or the previous one so that’s a plus. As this is the only tyre I've used I can’t really compare it but I get along with it fine when riding.

I'm unsure about whether you 'need' to change things but when I changed my forks and bars I went with V!Z pro 720 bars and Echo urban 09 forks and would defiantly recommend both. I love the feel of the V!Z bars and they look pretty posh too.

When I started riding I played about with the brake set up switching the levers round just to see what it would feel like, and since then I’ve been riding with my right lever as the back brake, so in my case it’s just down to personal preference with what set up I went with.

That’s crazy, I would have thought a trials rim would be able to undertake the force used to put a tyre, but here I'm proved wrong, I gather you won’t be going down the magnesium rims route again after this. Looks like the heavy and strong option is a good way to go with rims then.

A friend of mine mentioned it. Well it's good to hear positive things about them encase mine pack in one day, but in my opinion I do prefer the look of the pre 2011 Magura's, but that's just my personal taste. And thanks for the correction; I’ll know for the future when advising or buying for myself.

And if none of that works try and get hold of a new Magura HS33, I've heard 2011 HS33 do tend to slip so try and get a pre 2011. Is the diamondback a 26"? If so then a Magura (or similar product) on the back will be the best to go for compared to a disk. Edit: You can always buy new pads that suit your rim (smooth or grinded) too to increase the efficiency of your brake.

I saw this too and needed some new cranks at the time; I wasn’t too confident with going all the way from 160mm to 175mm but I thought I should give a longer crank a go. I ended up buying some 170mm Try-All cranks and have loved them since.

From things I have read on here 20" bikes are a lot easier to learn on, this is what I have been riding since I started trials as they are nice and easy to whip and bounce around on, very fun. Onza bikes are probably the base level of 20" bikes and are rather easy to improve on, I started on an Onza Rip which was good but I think the Onza Bird would be as basic as you would want to get for a starter bike as this has a rear 19” wheel. The size bike could also come down to how big you are, however I'm 6ft4 and ride a 20" bike comfortably. James.

Although I do not ride a stock or know anyone yet who does, after thinking about this topic, I would have thought that due to more force and the bike being bigger than a Mod in general, I would advise using a very large disk on the rear on a stock mainly down to the force the disk will be put under, defiantly one larger than you would usually use on the front.

By the sound of it your at exactly the same stage a friend of mine is and together we decided that the 2010 Onza Pro was defiantly the best choice for him as from my experience dual disk is a good way to go as the stock brakes can be upgraded for something like Hopes when you improve. The Onza bikes, I started on a rip, are also rather easy to progress your riding on. As for the weight issue, (I mentioned before that I previously rode an Onza Rip, pre 2010 model, which had some very heavy parts, bars and forks for example) I found that learning on this and gradually buying high spec parts to bring the weight down was an amazing way to learn because from learning on a heavy bike I have found things on my current build (something around 8kg) a lot easier as it requires a lot less effort to move the bike around. Personally I don’t think that starting off on a heavy 'ish' bike is too bad as you can always swap out parts as you improve when weight really is an issue.

Well, I re-discovered that I could 180 into a 180 tyre tap which was rather interesting, also that learning up to front was a choice, and that buying a 3L bladder for my bag and filling it up with water at home saves a lot of money as there is no need to buy any drink whilst out.

Well it’s nice to see another bike with a big stack of spacers. Most of the ones I’ve seen only have the single spacer under the stem, but that’s probably down to most tall riders having a stock instead of a mod. Lovely looking bike too.