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so I find myself in a strange situation. I have been riding pure trials (comps and stuff) for about a year properly. I've found a bike style I'm happy with, and went to today's British round full of confidence. that went totally out of the window after I 5'd the first section, then went onto 5 everything apart from 1 section on the first lap. this is on green(novice route) by the way. I haven't progressed any further in all this time, I can't even clean a section at tykes level, which is a lot easier than a national. am considering going down to primary on order to build my confidence back up which has now well and truly deserted me. I know this is probably a backwards step, but considering I can't even get through one section without dabbing, maybe I should try and win a few of these white routes ( and have fun again). then step back up to green. because I'm not enjoying comps at all, not even slightly. was ready for jacking in completely about 3pm this aft but after chilling out on the drive home this is what I thought about. maybe people will say I'm too good for white, but if I can't clean at least one green section a round, maybe this is the only way?

I've got one on my mod. it's works perfectly well for me, and everyone who's rode my bike says it's amazing

might seem a bit like arse licking, but I can't remember the last time someone was this nice to me. random acts of kindness do exist. the downside is now if I ride really well I'm gonna want a rockman Austin frame and rear disk

it's a disk brake. water is a big no no in one of those. specially a saint for the money they cost

I run a profile mini cassette on a trialtech rim on the back of my onza blade, was out bedding in my shiny new heatsink pads. got onto of the box down the local skatepark, and went to kick off but thought my brake was slipping. tried again, Same result. then I did a track stand with both brakes on, and the pedals spun quite easily. thought I'd done the pawls and springs, but upon stripping down it appears the driver ring that is pressed into the hub shell has spun round. so now I need a new wheel build. am gonna go ffw as well. am thinking new onza pro hub, pro diamond rim and tensile 60 click freewheel as cash is a bit short. might go rear disk as well. all this the night before I'm supposed to go pick Dave barratt up and drive to hook woods for Sundays comp. f**ked off is an understatement. luckily dezmtber has lent me his rockman Austin bike, but swapped the front ends over as we run the same forks and headset, just mine has a longer steerer and higher bars and stem. there is some kindness left in this world after all. of it weren't for him, I wouldn't be riding Sunday. many big props to him

something like an onza blade, or a t pro. disk front, Magura rear. decent freewheel, bars and stem should see you right to start on

I am assuming this is instead of lee mill quarry

yeah, have settled on mod now, can do more stuff on it, just needed to find one that felt right. the inspired was no good for comps. wish I'd stuck to mod when I had my python, but that's life. other priorities at the time. my riding has improved ten fold since I got this.

cheers dude

my bad

oh yes. what you riding now, saw you sold the inspired

they are wellgo plastics, with metal screw in studs. they were £12 and they are 200g lighter than those black ones I had on before. I'm a fairly gentle rider so I can't see me smashing them. for 12 sheets I'll just buy another pair

so the echo team frame is cracked on the bb shell, sorry about the gash pic, it's cracked between the two welds so I now have an 09 onza blade, it rides so much nicer and is considerably lighter now. only things I've changed from the echo are an Mpart headset, echo booster and new Cnc heatsink yellow pads. my riding improved 100% in one day up Shipley glen with neil Robbo and jed hesling geo measures at 1015, 360 cs, +55 bb. it's 20mm less reach than the echo, therefore 20mm less wb based on the same head angle. it's miles better up on the back wheel, so much so that I learnt how to gap in about 10 mins flat. wish I had bought one of these to start with many thanks to josh barker for the frame, and dan cox for booster and pad backing, and for motivating me to get better

change your back tyre for a maxxis. nokian tyres are mega heavy

you want to make it ride miles better, change the bars and stem for trialtech high risers and system ex stem, standard zoot bars and stem weigh a ton. take loads of weight from the front, makes it easier to manual and bunny hop

Newcastle brown ale has an orange top, but has a star in the middle

think I forgot to put the dash in trials forum. I'll have to go on the computer and see if I can recall it, and send it to the right address lol edit: I did forget, you should see it now tom

have made a donation Tom. check the paypal

if you want a couple of quid to cover postage Tom, send me your PayPal and I'll send it over

I'll find places to put them you can't even think of

many thanks Tom, these will be stuck on anything I can find

I wish, could easily quit work and get paid to ride. think everybody could on the above point, I have no natural talent, but I went out today determined to learn how to gap, and I pulled it off, gaping to about a metre and a foot or so down. it's moved my riding on loads, discovered my love for riding again. make of that what you will

you don't believe in natural talent? watch the worlds top ten riders. you don't get to that level without it

get yourself up north and have a night out in Leeds. get smashed, nail a bird , and have a good time doing it

I used to have a dougie lampkin rep beta techno 250, it was a good bike if a little heavy. did a few comps, but it's not as easy as just throwing a mod in the car boot and going off somewhere