thefletch
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I didnt want to go into detail but for the ones he kewn him and what to know what happened....
he was on a bike ride with his mate when some one who had been at the pub all day pulled out in the car park, nick stopped breathing but got resussitated and went on on life support. He was in such a bad way me and his mates were forbidden to see him not even his sisters. He later passed away. His parents are in birmingham but have been informed.
Every one who knew him was at the scene and not one of us can accept hes gone, we had all planned to go out today.
Realy hasnt sunk in whats happened, I had just got my trials bike working with the help onf nick and we were talkin about going riding to get him back into it.
R.I.P
xxx
Good to see the guy has been arrested, moron...
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Sad to hear
but which one is actually true?
Luke
As I have just said in the other thread I'm just saying what relayed to me by adam who spoke to Hobbsi's sister this morning. If anybody can clear up then please do
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As you can see I think me and Callum both put up a topic with this terrible news at the same time. We have obviously heard slightly different storys of the just what happened, if anyone hears anymore news please let us know...
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Hi everyone
I have just had a phone call from Adam Spendlove. Late last night Hobbsie was killed in an accident. We don't know the full story inside out, but the crux of it is somebody reversed off their driveway without seeing Hobbsie on his bike, Hobbsie had no hope of stopping and hit the car; I believe he was proounced dead at the scene. Adam has been in contact with the family and a book of condonence has been setup.
Hobbsie hadn't really been riding much for the last couple of years or so, so alot of the newbies here will probably not know him, but I know alot of the 'original TF riders' who have been here from the start know him and what a great person he was.
The horrible thing is that after not seeing him for weeks (and not riding with him for months), we were supposed to be having a little reunion ride in pompey yesterday, but it was decided we would put it back to next weekend as fletch is on holiday at the moment......
Please feel free to upload any photos you may have of him, I am going to have a hunt on my computer now...
Thanks, Joe
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I can get about 46" to my right and 44" to the left. I still can't tuck AT ALL though
Not a bad thing, no one will take the piss out of you this way
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Good thread!
I always used to sidehop the 'incorrect' way, with my chocolate foot into the wall. I decided after two years to try the 'correct way'...now I can sidehop pretty much the same height both ways. The main things I would note is that when I sidehop my favourite way (incorrect way) I usually go slightly front wheel first and I also can't tuck, I can do 7 blue pallets this way, it looks strange on video as I literally don't tuck whatsoever. When going the other way however (correct way) I always land two wheels perfectly, and I tuck, still can only get about 2" short of the other way though.
Joe
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Has anyone mentioned the fact that it looks to have sharp edges, if i managed to draw blood hitting my angle on a perfectly curved magura edge then thats going to cut deep surely...
Also, whats wrong with maguras or than the price?
Actionman (monkeyseemonkeydo) hit the nail on the head about the 25% power incrase. If you make a lever to suit the increased piston surely you be back to the same power as a magura. The power of a brake is down to how hard you pull it, relative to the leverage ratio in the lever.
Peoples brakes dont work because they dont have the right set up!
SLAP ON THE TAR - thats what i say lol
fletch
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Hoping to come along if weathers ok. Just a reminder anyone whos wants to buy any of my bike is welcome lol.
Who is/are you Mowgli?
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If you want strong BB axles then get ISIS. If square taper is strong enough for you then stick with it! ISIS isn't worth the money and hassle.
Correct, but what you fail to mention is that the bigger ISIS axle means that ISIS BBs use smaller bearings, and this is my main issue with ISIS. The echo external combats this (or atleast should); by having the bearings externally they can incorporate bigger bearings, the best of both worlds. My echo external BB is however shafted, but lasted a year so not too bad. I would personally NEVER go back to square taper, round far too easily I don't care what cranks people say don't round, they will certainly round more than ISIS
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To be completely honest I'd say its because its more difficult.
Street riders who can sidehop 50" are used to going to street rides and people telling them how good they are; if they went to a comp they'd realise they are probably average.
This remark isn't intended to undeter the people here who feel affraid of going because they don't feel good enough, everyone should get good support, and we could do with more people riding comps. I just feel street riders who have never ridden any hard natural know they will suck and where they are used to being better than that on the street scene, don't want their pride taking a battering.
Its the same with some of the 'natural' videos on here. Alot are on big, perfectly square rocks. Whats the difference between sidehopping that, and sidehopping a wall? Its not technical like comps are.
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0% on PURCHASES only most prob.
Also more importantly you are charged a 'Cash Advance' fee for withdrawing cash from an ATM and the rates are normally along the lines of: Rape
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Have to agree, seeing as even Chris Kings are dangerous for trials use. They are very reliable and barely ever skip BUT, **** me when they do skip...it might as well be a chain snappage.
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I done exactly this the other day...got a pinch so started riding fletch's control and I loved it. Could backwheel just as high, tried a few sidehops, weren't as high as my highest but felt easy enough BUT the main difference was gapping!! I could gap a good foot further on stock, I couldn't believe it. There's a road gap near our local train station that I have NEVER done before. The very first time I tried it on stock I done it...
This is why I get incredibly pissed off when you're on a ride and some muppet goes "oh yeah you did the line, but you're on a mod"...as if they think its so much easier on mod...
And also why I'm looking to swap my Ko mod for a stock...anyone???????????
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what is it>?
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Ditto all the above!
Didnt see any mention of replaying the 30 second clips of Ed Tongue and Peter Kraus in Sprung 3 and 4, or Veedub on his Ellsworth, or the Cresent trials bikes(£700 a frame back then
). The powerpro's and ring thing, with v8 pedals were the best part of old school, powerpro's were like disposable lol. Bikes used to have negative BB rise, 500mm back ends and 12" seat tube was the lowest stand over height available. I remember taking an angle grinder to my frame to get rid of the seat tube lol. Old school was before Deng came along lol.
Best part about old school was that trials wasnt about side hops and measuring each move to the nearest 1/4 inch.
Riders used to use what they had, not moan about what they didnt have. We used to appreciate each and every new trialskings clip, not bitch that the rider/video isnt as good as the last.
Trials as a sport is alot better than what it used to be; with lots of parts readily available and more riders etc. But the attitude of riders as a whole is shit (myself probably included), i find myself biting my lip on group rides when all i can hear is people talking sidehops and inches and who's broke what frame etc.
fletch
Cant go without mention of Dave Marshall's win on the channel 5 TV show Under Pressure lol
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AHA! that new T-shirt design is right off the top shelf!!
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Formula disc brakes are extremely underated imo, immensely powerful and lighter than anything else out there
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http://broadbandsports.com/node/1879
Check that out then
Control and Balance is excellent but not very powerful
But damn
Steve
Good riding and all, but can I just say, how ****in awesome is that trials park?!?!!!! In a country where the sport cannot be very popular in comparison to the UK they have already got parks like that to go to. This country will never invest in sports facilities like that, no wonder we're falling behind in ability at almost all sports
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So what's the latest with this? Going ahead?? Me and fletch are looking for somewhere different to ride sat. Kieran, be good to ride with you man, was gonna see if you wanted to sometime when I picked the bike up off you but i forgot lol. Let us know cos its a good 2 hour journey, maybe more, we'd have to start plannin now! x
Joe
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These hubs which which people above have destroyed within hours....are these the same as the current line of echo/zoo/czar hubs???
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how can you expect anyone to be 100% if you having given a specific date...
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Hm. It seems you can't ride trials unless you've got a superman tee...
Sidehop technique was shit hot. But I don't know weather it was the lens or angle of filming or what, but I started thinking the sidehops were big, then when he squared up to the tennis net (which looks the same size as all the other sidehops) it put in perspective how small they are!? Gaps were pretty average.
Link to billocks when he was 13 and sponsor-less
Still, I wasn't even riding when I was 14 so I'm not one to point the finger.
Billocks better purely because he hasn't been taken over by this bloody obsession with sidehops! This is no disrespect to this guy here's video. He is bloody good for 15, but all the videos on here now are just sidehop after sidehop, yea they go fairly high but often the rest of their arsenal is nothing special at all, and because everyone is obsessed with them and all quite good at them no one stands out at being good at them anyway. I bet half the people who post videos on here were entered into a comp, or put on some rocks they'd look like they'd never set foot on a bike before. There are no decent lines anymore either, no style, no imagination, just "oh if i sidehop 45" i'll be considered good"....ummmmmm no, not in my book, if you wanna become a more all round rider try leaning to sidehop 45" to your wrong side also, that will serve you more use. But again, you do have skill for a 15y.o. just don't follow the massive
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yeh, the pictures posted pretty much some it up lol what couple of legends...
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Is it just me or does the bloke doing them world's tallest, fattest, biggest etc on channel 4 look just like Rohan?
Nick Hobbs (hobbsie)
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Bollocks...I had a picture of him hanging off my toilet throwing up at one of my house parties, can't find it anywhere. It was priceless