HargrovesToby

mate i have a perfect plan, take your bb tool, put it in a vice facing upward, then place the cracnk arm on it, with the splines interlocking with the freewheel. place your left hand on the crank above the freewheel and push down, then get a large rubber mallet or hammer ans hit the crank arm anti clockwise to unscrew the freewheel. it was worked for me every time to this day. toby

Motion seconded. Hes right you know, i know people that have absolutely no spacial awareness and end up riding into most of the time because of it!! toby

maybe they just feel like they are riding for the fun of it, dont want to take it seriously and just want to ride for the fun. i dont know really, its a bit of a pointless arguement really isnt it!! its kind of a personal matter or preference, i love riding street and natural, just find street isnt chalenging enough. toby

i have a story like this moral was low with the lads recently, what with crappy weather and no light late at night, all getting a little bit boring riding, then suddenly, we all got right back on the ball, and as nick so lovingly said, "upped the level." Now were all back into it, riding huge natural lines that we would never have imagined riding, which in turn brings a massive sense of achievement, like today, a line was a 6 foot gap with about 4 foot upwards to an awkqardly facing rock, at an angle....that was a challenge, these things ive me sense of achievement, sometimes falling off is good as it does prove that you cannot do things first time al the time. Just go out, look at trials with a whole new view, try everything and anything, i think when people start getting good on the things they have been riding for years, they forget to look outside the box a bit, now im a better rider after just 1 day or natural riding, some huge lines today, huge sense of achievement and even though i have a dodgey knee and shouldnt be riding, iv come away with the biggest buzz ever. go find some huge lines, try them, then perfect them. toby

or cum even further over like chichester, bognor n even worthing, damn that place is good to ride!! or just go to southsea on a big ride! toby

love the bike, looks the part, cant wait to see how it rides as if the KOT breaks, i know what comes next!!! toby

Looks nice, i personally wouldnt have one, solour and a really displeasing shape is not for me. toby

One thing to say - Sexual!!

People her are totally right, its notjust about paying tax though, ok so we do have to admint, how many of us when we become old (if some of us ever get there) really want groups of guys on bikes riding outside our flat with damn noisy brakes waking us up on a mid-day slep?? At least thats how they see it. Part of the problem is that people dont actually appreciate what we are doing, at he end of the day, would they rather us ride our bikes or go out and mug old ladies and spraypaint walls?? Having said all that, the police around here aren't too bad actually, a few have stopped me just to ask why my bike doesnt have a seat and another was actually encouraging us. The governmet need to sort them selves out, they complain about youths vandalising property, they why dont they encourage people to do something more creative, even if it does mean ploughing a flower bed with a nice maxxis tyre, shrely we would be doing better to them if they made a place for us to ride, then we would be off the street and doing our own thing. they have shot themselves in the foot!! Toby

heya there i was recently the victim of a fraud using a web based company called www.trading-security.com which turns out to be a spanish guy trying to trade under a false name then taking your goods and not paying. i had this done to myself, and i am powerless, has anybody got any ideas as top how i can get either my product or money back from this man?? he does live in spain though. more worrying, he works on ebay aswell, so watch out for those bike auctions as he may try any buy and if he asks to use a escrow comapny, dont do it!! toby

Anyone about for Wothing on saturday, weather permitting?

If the weather is ok the bognor lot should be out, with spare chaind this time!

no worries dood, pm if u get real stuck, toby

i run 18-16, used to run 22-16 andnearly killed meself, but 22-18 pretty close in feel and response if that hleps, its what felt right for me, toby

firstly, you wil gain confidence the more you are on the bike, the more you ride it the better you become at understanding where the bike wants to move to, and how it wil respond when you put it in certain positions. once you become more familiar with the real basics or backwheel balance, front wheel work and trackstands, then just try this, it helped me alot, mark two lines on a road, or up a kerb, and practice wheel switching, just keeping the pressure on your pedals, and using your weight to hop both wheels off the floor to bring the back wheel to where the front was. this helps you to gain the motion you will need when blunting adn tapping really big things of having to throw the bike from beneath you. then, find a wall, no joke about a foot high, no bigger, preferably with nothing on the other side, becasue this height wal any bike can rol over with no problem pretty much nd it will gain you confidence in trying to blunt. right, then approach the wall at a fairly brisk walking pace or a slow jogging pace with your WRONG foot forward, you are trying to push your front wheel over the edge of the obstacle not hitting it, the most common problem people i ride with have is they take off way to early, giving them no drive with their feet, you are trying to take off late. as you come to abut a bike length away, pedal hard down raising the front up then with the remaining quarted of your pedal stroke left, stamp down hard whilst throwing the bike from beneath you with eh motion you learnt earlier, transfering to the rear wheel, then locking the brake funnily enough!! when you start to get better, your take-of has to be perfect, to late and you wil hit it, to early and you wil bottom out on it hitting the downtube of your bike on the wall or goin head first into it, just take off far later that you think you have too, try and misjudge it and give it loads of power, keep your weight quite far back, this way ther is no danger of you goin over the wall. practice makes perfect, i have tried to explain it but there are bound ot be things im missing out, just go balls outl loads of power and dont be afraid to mess up, give it all you have and practice loads, you will soon be a better rider!! toby

rite mate either force another socket or screndriver into the head with a hammer and tap or you could try giving it a grip with monkey locking pliers, loads of leverage and if they are on tight it wont slip atall, thats what i do with my bolts when i round them!! toby

what is everybody saying, i think personally these new frames with horizontal dropouts are just esactly what we all need, no more silly chain mechs to get in the way when punctures occur, easy as people if iw as a shop, i would stock these, they are a prize component, i would be a UK distributor if i could be...! toby

i love that chain, yeh it may not be incredibly strong if its el cheapo there but it loks that part, if only they did them glow in the dark coloured, how cool.. toby

i built that bike!!!! nice to see you getting along with the Aorta, il be back soon too witha whole new machine. toby

ill be there, rawlings

heya people, i have a friend who lives in baisingstoke and was wondering as you guys willprobably know, if ther is much good to ride around those parts as i could bring my bike up, cheers people, toby

just for all the bognor people out there, we should all be going up to the london ride, hows about the worthing lot going to join?? let me know, toby

used to be mine, i loved it and it does ride incredible with that stem!! hes just lucky i sold it to him!!! i must say though, since hes ridden it he has got really really good, keep going jk!! cheers alex

hey mate wheel building isnt for people that dont know how,!! with even the best of guides it isnever straight forward unless you have been doing ti for years, by all means go and watch and help at the bike shop but i wouldnt reccomend building you own wheel from scratch, especially a disk wheel as they have to be built in certain ways top gain maximum strength. toby

most of the time i ride with a great big tit called john, but sometimes if im lucky i ride alone!!! only joking i find if i ride alone then i don't progress at all and never try and push myself. cheers alex