Nick Manning

Looked damn fine up close. I wanted a go on it but Joe was being protective of it. But it looked like it rode really well as Joe was on fire riding it. (null)

You would have to contact the guys from Glass Eye Trials about it, as far as I'm aware it was mostly Nick Goddard, but I know in the past Ben Rowlands has been a big part of it.

Either that or you can go 1 stop to Eastleigh and get trains to Portsmouth from there. (null)

Even though the name maybe registered as ONZA TIRES, the tires themselves are questionable. For instance, the IBEX FR looks remarkably like a Maxxis Minion. http://www.onzatires.com/22-1-IBEX-DH.html Just came across this also, which suggests Onza tires to have been around before Onza in Nottingham - http://bikemagic.com/gear/onza-are-back-making-tyres.html

I've been running the '05 lever bodies for years. I love them, yes the body tends to crack, but if you cut the body to eliminate the right angle in the body, this seems to prevent it ever cracking. I've been using a front body on the rear brake for about a year and it only started cracking a few months ago. I've cut the right angle out and now it's all good. I've also found with the front body on the rear that the lever bolt has never come undone. I use this body with the Magura CNC lever and a water bleed, nice and light feel and very responsive on the lever return.

Oops, I saw May and 201 and must have just thought I saw 2012 rather than 2011. Please ignore then. yeah that explains why I had problems with it when I first downloaded it, nevermind.

I bought the Tapatalk app quite awhile ago as someone on here said they were using it to access the forum on their iPhone. I was using the IPB app at the time, but found I could not add replies or start topics on it. The Tapatalk app sounded great but after downloading I had the sam problem as Singlespeed101, it refused me access claiming my username and/or password was incorrect. The IPB app appears to be working now, which is great. I am curious as to why Tom you have started this topic to promote Tapatalk when you have now said that you don't have installed on the site to be able to access it from the app. Just makes no sense.

Couldn't bare this rain preventing me from riding, so I headed up to Barrow Farm and rode their barn. I did a little bit of filming whilst there, I was using an Extreme Cam, a Nikon D5000 and a iPhone 4S (due to battery dying on the Nikon).

Trialtech forks, FSA Orbit headset, Rockman bars, Trialtech high rise stem, Hope mono trial front disc, Magura HS33 with Magura CNC lever rear and Coustsinks in TNN Belaey backings, Trialtech cranks, Echo SL freewheel (2 years old and problem free), Wellg MG1 pedals, Trialtech rims on Echo hubs with sapim spokes, Schwalbe Fat Albert front tyre, Schwalbe Big Betty rear tyre, KMC Kool chain with Try-all half link.

Thought I'd upload a couple pictures of my current ride. The only major change is the frame, which is to replace my Echo that snapped earlier this year.

Coust pads come in plastic backings from Michel Coustellier, and plastic or CNC backing from Heatsink Bikes. The problem you have won't be your pads when it's wet, it will be just the brake dust mixing with the water and making your rim filthy and your brakes performance reduce. Some pads do perform better than others in the wet, but generally they fail because of dirty water or just wet brake dust.

I can vouch for how loud they were. I remember selling these to you last year, there lasting you well. My experiences with the Coust pads and Coustsinks have been the same as Azarathal's. I can't fault either pad.

This is slightly off topic, but as the topic is regarding pads, I shall post this up. Coust pads and Coustsink pads use the exact same material. The possible reasons for different performance from the same material can be down to how the material is cut and how each pad is fitted to the backings as Azarathal has mentioned. I have been emailed by steve Spurgeon (Heatsink Bikes) a quote from Michel Coustellier. "I supply with the green rubber to Heatsinkbikes for years for the manufacturing of pads Heatsinkbikes Coust. This material is the same that that used for pads Coust. If pilots have a doubt, they can contact me directly on my e-mail to have the confirmation of it.COUSTELLIER Michel" I would like to think that this will finally clear this confusion up. As for which pads are best, all pads are going to perform differently based upon the riders brake set up, (with or without a booster), also if the wheel is ground, if so how harsh the grind is, Even the frame can have an effect on the brake performance, a flexy frame may cause a set of brake pads to perform differently to the same pads on a stiffer frame. I have used the Coust pads and the Heatsink yellows in Heatsink CNC backings. Both pads in my opinion worked briiliantly on my set ups. I am currently using Coustsinks (but I have the material fitted to TNN Belaey backings, just a choice of mine), which again in my opinion are working as well as my Coust pads, in fact I feel they are holding a bit better, but that could be down to a different frame and brake set up. Both Coust pads and Coustsinks were fitted on pretty much dead grinds and almost straight away were working spot on. I have also used the TNN Belaeys which I found worked really well, though the performance seemed to drop after the pads had worn about half way.

Makes me sick how easy Matt makes everything huge look so easy. Good to see Cap and Stan still on form too.

I shall be there, though probably not for the whole day.

Hi all, I'm going to be riding Poole tomorrow (Saturday 7th). I'll be down from 12 at Poole Quay if anyone fancies coming along.

Well deserved sponsorship there. Felt a bit sorry for Flip as he appeared to be having a bad day falling off loads at the beginning. But watching the rest of the video you can see why he was falling off, those were ridiculously technical especially brakeless. Loved every second of it. Well done Flip!

Thanks for all your kind comments. Sean I guess it was only us two that were hardcore enough to stick at trials.

Here's my next video. Hope you all enjoy. In all honesty I'm not that happy with it, but I've been struggling to find spots and lines to film over the past 5 months, so chucked what I had together. My editing isn't great and neither is my filming, hopefully I will have learnt enough to improve all that by my next video from the amazing Joe Maher For those that can't watch it on Youtube or would like to download it.

I can't actually make it either weekend unless it happens to be on Saturday 12th. Hope everyone has a great day, my thoughts will be with you all.

Just seen this video and not seen it on here, so though I'd share this with the forum. Really enjoyed the riding from both guys.