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  1. love that mercedes as always got something up their sleeves. Hate Brawns comments on the "spirit of the regs", honestly, the spirit of f1 is to find loopholes... if they change the rules to ban the merc because they didn't anticipate it, I'll be very upset..

  2. toward the end of 2021 I really fell out of love with riding. it felt repetitive and slightly pointless knowing i couldn't put in time to be as "good" as i want to be. Kind of coming to terms with that and remembering when I just went out for fun. also I have come to hate rim brakes. so I hung up my Crewkerz and built this:

    Bionic B1: found completely covered in  petroleum. a lot of hours of white spirit, rags and face masks to get it slightly green again. 

    hope pro2 evo SS on trialtech rims with jitsie tyres front and rear

    unknown forks, trialtech stem, jitsie Prototype carbon bars

    hope trialzone rear brake with a shimano up front. 

    echo cranks, no tensioner as the chainstay is the perfect length for a stretched chain!

    Initial thoughts: brakes are surprisingly good. rear is 160mm for sidehop protection. It taps really nicely. the lower bb makes it very stable. my only complaint is its a bit on the heavier side.

    Video soon. moving to London soon for my new job so I'm excited to ride there.

    Cheers

     

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  3. 3 hours ago, Mark W said:

    Great riding from both of you, and a really cool concept for a video.

    Jamie - I've only really seen random IG clips from you, so seeing a more complete video was cool! Can see how much your bike control as well as the size of your riding has been progressing. Really cool to see.

     

    thanks mark. there's not really any clips where i'm actually doing any moves that i'd consider big for me, and as Flipp knows i was quite anxious id not really got any of my "big" riding in there. battling rain/snow/ice every time i could :P  if he has the little tyres that could, i have the big slicks that couldnt. 

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  4. 1 minute ago, aener said:

    No!

    It's grim!

    its delicious. :P 

     

    on a side note related to the topic:

    anyone who openly supports Donald Trump. and there are a lot of people who do (a large part of america, for example!) . scrolling through social media and political commentaries get me really angry/depressed. i think to myself i'm a terrible person for judging these people so much, but no matter what i do, there is nothing about that lying, sex offending, racist, murdering scumbag that i believe any good person can possibly like. i try and console myself that they've been fed false information or something, but... yeah. keeps me up at night. a lot of the time. we're going to hell in a hand basket, for sure.

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  5. Joacim's taps are more of a frenchie, not a tap. he's hitting the top of the wall, not the front of it. think its more efficient for comp use. 

    how big was kyles one in coventry behind the gym? that wall is pretty darn sizeable and slightly over-vert.

    only other one that springs to mind is one of porters ones. but i dont think its as big.

     

  6. Newbikenewbikenewbike

    after quitteeee a long time searching, I found another cleep2! As selling mine was the biggest mistake I’ve ever made. And guess what? It’s near as can be mint/unused! Boooommmm. 
     

    took great joy in taking the parts from my old build and adding them to this one. This (other than the daft pedals) is pretty much my perfect build, there is nothing about this I don’t like. There’s not many bikes that I’ve just sat and stared at for ages.

    le spec: (top to bottom) 

    trialtech highrise bars (uncut)

    jitsie foam grips

    hope tech 3 front brake with hope adapter + 203mm shimano ice tech rotor 

    trialtech rim brake lever with Trialtech hoses leading to ‘05 magura slaves with a singular tnn black (right) and Coust (left) mounted with titanium hardware and WAW clamps. 

    New fancy top mounted integrated clean 142x27 stem

    hope headset

    crewkerz jealousy 2018 disc forks 

    crewkerz cleep2 frame and as30 bottom bracket 
     

    crewkerz as30 cranks n’ bash with front (Trialtech?) sprocket (175mm) 

    Crewkerz sprung tensioner with dual cnc hope jockey wheels 


    KMC z1ehx (I think, z610 replacement) 

    hope pro2 evo hubs built to Trialtech rims with sapim spokes and blue nipples, fitted with monty pro race tyres. And another Trialtech sprocket. 

    :) 
     

     

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  7. everyones different, everyone comes from different backgrounds. i did a bit of mountain biking, and then got a mod. then moved to 26".

    there was a piece of advice i found from a pro bmxer which really resonated with me. because everyone IS different, and everyone will give you a different opinion, none of which are incorrect, just find what your favourite rider did/does and do that, if you're struggling to decide. the rest will appear in time. 

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  8. 9 hours ago, CC12345678910 said:

    This question's abit like "how long's a piece of string??", particularly off that generic of information.

    Nevertheless, if you were a mate and you'd come to me and said "I wanna do abit of that [trials] like what you do" and that mate had a background in bikes but like road or XC; like, rides bikes, but nowt where skill is primary over athleticism,

    [what I'm getting at is that a die-in-the-blood-never-done-owt-else "cyclist"/road rider would and can smash me when I'm out for a road ride, because athletic AF and does "training" and goes for "training rides" & has watts for days but same person X would never leave tarmac and couldn't even hop a curb in an evasive - like wise light trail/trail centre/XC peeps are more skills orientated by nature but I could never think of them manualling rollers or riding wooden features or doing gap jumps and so forth - some might be able to endo turn and bunnyhop a bit and half do a trackstand clipped in]

    and that 5ft 8 mate described their ambitions as you have, my intsticts as someone whose been around trials 15yrs ish would be to get them hooked up with a "cheap" Mod (that is, 20in wheel front and owt above par/a certain standard will have a 19in wheel in the rear with a trials specific large volume tyre in the rear and, frame in particular, 4bolt mounts for magura HS style rim brakes and/or a disc brake mount capable of a large disc brake).

    The manoverablilty and ease of use, I 'spose, is the reason I grab the mod more often than not over my 24in Inspired these days. A good mod is just so easy to cock around on, I drop myself on it and no matter how long it's been or what I was riding last I can just click myself into where I left off, like I was just on a pause button.

    In this hypothetical I would advise my mate that they want around 700gbp for bought new from shop (Echo, cough, from tartys, cough)

    or as ebay/farcebuck mrktfceplm/gumtree etc is your oyster;

    <100gbp can buy you a shitter to idley sesh the curb outside your house if you are willing to put the effort in bargain chasing and are not scared of the tools and hard graft/unf**king other peeps finest workmanship and learning the tough way about trials parts and standards.

    100-300gbp - kinda same same, less of a shitter spec wise, could be a right shed and at the very least a money pit. I'm exprienced enough to be confident in this price range and would take an educated punt I wouldn't advise others to do. Do your research, know your shit, shop wisely, still be prepared for a frame up rebuild/service and maintainance items to be done for piece of mind. You could get a gem.

    300 - 450 squid - proper money now I know, but hold your nerve and this is where the good stuff is/was before the 'rona. What it is, spec and/or condition denotes price. It'll have the good gear but you don't skip the service items just cos you paid more - it's a trials bike, it's never turn key, always high maintainance and quite often highly strung til and even after you get them "well sorted". 

    450-600 - this is where the proper stuff is, and, unless it's exceptional, I don't think this kinda money fits the brief. You'd be underskilled and overbiked IMO.

    My gut tells me to look for (but in no way restricted to)

    Monty 221 PR, 221Ti,

    Onza pro series, so Blade 2010 (the white gold colourway) & Comp 2010 (the purple/grey colourway a certain Jack Carthy rode for a spell) Limey 2, Ice, Limey 320,

    The 2010ish dark blue Onza Pro w/ 4bolt + disc mount, 2006 Onza T-pro (the anodised army green one),

    Echo lite, team, team 09, SL

    Zoo! python, pirahana

    GU Typhhon, LE, ST, 2014

    Czar 07

    Adamant A3

    Because colour

    Neon bow

    Speedrace Fans

    Atomz Premier

    Koxx Hydroxx

    KO KM1

    ZHI

    Ozonys Curve

    Yeah, eBay's your oyster...

    id like to agree with this. 

    im not sure on the science, but theres DEFINITELY a trend of people starting on mods and then changing (or not!) later once theyve got the skills. mods are easier to learn on i think. im also guilty of this.

    only thing i would say is going from riding big wheels to small will be quite a jump. people would suggest something like an inspired hex (street trials bike), which is a fantastic bike, but id say mods are better for learning the "trialsy" side of trials. pretty much everyone whos awesome on a street trials bike were also awesome on a normal trials bike to start with. 

    also i think that 5"8 is a pretty spot on height for a mod.

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