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From 2008, yeah. It's only BMX racing though.

5p coins are too small for FSA BBs and maybe some others (which use M14 rather than the normal ISIS M12 I believe) - I found that out the hard way with a 5p jammed in the threads But yeah, coins do work. I've got a little metal thing that came with a BB, it just sits in place the same way as a washer but it's a lot stronger. Not sure where you can get them from though. I like the long bolt idea, that's probably better than any other bodge

I'm not sure I would be advertising this on a public forum... You'd get into a lot of trouble if you were caught. But well done all the same.

Yeah, I agree with what other people have said. If you can true wheels well and are confident in doing that, then you can build your own wheels. It just takes time, but there are plenty of guides and it only take a bit of common sense to work it out. Plus you get the satisfaction of saying that you built your own wheels, which is pretty cool.

It's just a scam. They don't have the bike, they didn't take that picture. I bet that picture is on google images if you look for long enough.

For pure power I would get a BB7. Mine was mentally grabby and powerful. Some BB7s are better than others though, some just never seem to quite bed in properly. I don't see the point in the 203 though, the 185 (when working well) is easily good enough. I've now got a Juicy 7 (185) which has taken about a year (!) to bed in, but it's really nice now. Almost as good hold as the BB7, and tons more modulation. Feels nicer too. But like I say, it's taken about a year to get to this stage - I was considering going back to the BB7. Nice brake - Better than the BB7 overall. My friend's got a Juicy5 on his DH bike (203 rotor) and it's not as powerful at all. Perhaps it hasn't bedded in properly though. I always wonder what the Shimano brakes are like. People love them on XC/FR/DH bikes, but no-one uses them in trials. Hmmm. Also don't get Hayes Nines - I've got them on me XC bike. They're nice enough and good modulation, but nowhere near enough lock for trials IMO. In conclusion, get a BB7 or a Juicy7.

Considering XC has only been in the Olympics for 10 years, I think the chances are slim.

Kinda, you get the 12 months from when you bought it, or 3 months of new warranty, whichever is later.

Apple did a straight swap with my iPod when it was in warrantee - great service. But then when they're out of warrantee I thought you were on your own. Worth a try though.

If you send it back to Apple, you WILL get a silly bill I'm afraid. Something daft like £160 for a full iPod service. Depending on what's actually broken, you might be able to fit it yourself/send it away to some repair company. I know there are certain iPod repair people out there on the internet, but I don't know any specific ones.

D521s (or 721s as they're now called) are fine. Plenty strong enough. But wider rims are a bit better for trials as the tyre folds less and it can help grip. D521s are actually too narrow to fit in certain frames (the brakes don't reach, though this won't matter if you're using discs). Mavic don't make any wide rims really, so most trials riders use the likes of Koxx/Onza/Echo etc rims which are a bit wider but not as strong. I reckon just stick with the 521s for now. I forgot to say the other reason why people don't use discs - they break frames. Not really sure how much of a problem this is, but it's something to look out for.

Read the prospectus? That will tell you exactly what they're looking for. My impression is that (like people have said) you need something arty to show you're creative and something sciencey to show you can do the calculations etc.

If you buy a Middleburn spider, you can put on most 22t bashguards. Not quite qure why you'd want to though

No it's a completely different system.

It depends on whether you're running ISIS or square taper. But yeah, you can't really go wrong with a wide BB, even if a narrower one will actually fit OK.

Yeah I'm at Manchester too - I live in Withington. The disc thing - there's no real reason not to run them. Spoke flex is a bit subjective and I wouldn't worry about it. If they lock well enough then I'd keep them - a few people are starting to use rear discs now in trials. The main problem is that not many discs are really powerful enough, and they feel a bit different to rim brakes (not as grabby, which is sometimes what you want). The other thing is that it's very easy to bend discs - E.g. when sidehopping. If you get an HS33 with some real decent pads (I don't just mean the Magura red pads) on the back, you can't go wrong really. As for the tyres, a lot of people swear by the Maxxis dual ply ones so they're a decent bet (better than the tiogas anyway). You might want to get the 2.35 versionrather than the 2.5 Just make sure it'll fit in your frame. Out of the ones you've got, the Hutch might be a bit narrow for a rear tyre. The Tiogas are OK but they're not terribly grippy and they're heavy. But certainly if you want to save some money, then you could run the Tioga for now. No trials riders use suspension forks these days, apart from a handful of Americans. And if you're using it for commuting, rigid is better anyway. Just make sure you get a big fat lock.

You at Manchester uni then? From what I've found, there's not a great amount of decent riding spots between Fallowfield and Manchester centre. Just a few bits dotted about. There's a skate park in Fallowfield (in Platt's Fields) which occasionally isn't infested with scallies. As for the bike, if you're slightly serious about trials, you should get a 22t ring. If you then have a full cassette at the back, you'll be fine for commuting I reckon. What bike have you got? As for the wheels, you'll probably break the 519s riding trials (especially on the back) but then I guess you could always run them until they break - to save you from having to rebuild the wheel now. Ideally I'd have the 521 (or something wider, ideally) on the back and a 519 on the front. The HS33s (with decent pads of course) will be MUCH better for trials on the back brake. On the front you can choose, probably the mini is better (as long as it locks up relatively well). It just depends on whether you're building a trials bike, or something different.

Whether or not you like the looks of them, I'm not sure you can call them toss. Meh

Albums Regina Spektor - Begin to Hope Jurassic 5 - Jurassic 5 Led Zep I Three DVDs Spinal Tap Pulp Fiction The Community Project - it's a snowboarding film. Might make me a bit depressed on a desert island though! One book - Probably an encyclopedia of some description - Does Wikipedia come in book form? Favourite Riding Spot - Can I have Leeds? And then I'd only ever be a stone's throw away from HMV anyway. Luxury Item - Gotta be my guitar, can entertain myself for days at a time with that. Unless I can have my laptop with some form of internet access? You know, just to keep in touch

lol What exactly about them is toss?

If he called it an Onzo, he probably stole it.

You can cut a chunk out of the snow up to 6 ft deep - it's easy if you're on a steep slope. And then you can see the individual layers of the snow. For example, if there was a long warm period with no snowfall, you get a layer of ice (Due to freezing/thawing). Then on top of that you might have a layer of soft snow, and the layers can slide over each other, which can obviously cause an avalanche. You can also do things like look at the different layers through a microscope, and see what they look like but I don't have a clue how that works. Also, once you've uncovered a snow column, you can see how compact-able it is, by bashing it down with a shovel and seeing which layers compress most, but again I don't know the ins and outs of it. Only seen it being done. The other thing they sometimes do is to just to chuck a big chunk of ice/snow of a slope and see if it sets off an avalanche... I set off an avalanche once. It was only about 60m long though

Don't look up ejaculation on wikipedia. There are some pictures I could have done without seeing on a nice Sunday evening FACT

Why are you calling it a bicken? That just confuses matters But yes Um... I can never quite tell whether you're being sarcastic but that's just wrong.

42 No one is saying that chickens come from some micro-organism that has laid an egg. Obviously there are a few (millions of) steps in between. But ultimately, there would be some kind of chicken-esque creature (I think we should call it a dickin) that laid an egg that was slightly different to the other dickin eggs around. This egg hatched and was immediately outcast by all the dickins because it looked different. However, this new 'chicken' was twice the size of a normal dickin and as such conferred a natural advantage, as it could beat up all the dickins. So eventually there were no more dickins, only chickens.