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Depends what you ride and how you ride. I ride 22-18 and that fits me perfect. For natural stuff people like 22-19 because it is a slightly lighter feel. I would say if your strong go 22-18 because you can get extra power if your strong enough to put it down. And 22-19 if your a bit of a feather weight or natural type of guy. It is down to your personal preference. If I were you just try a couple of gears out on your cassette and you will soon see what you like.

I think your site has gone down. I was mid way through downloading.

What pressure do you run it at.? I really didnt like my one, I think I used it for a month and then took it off. Its still in my garage. For I hated the grip for natural, lots of people use them for natural I just didnt like it. I bought it to replace my trailblaster and it was just no where near as good.

If you for a panaracer on the front, dont get the fire xc get the trailblaster I guarantee its 5x better. Have you got a single ply on the rear?? If so I take it your pretty smooth. I had a single ply highroller on the front for a short period but I took it off because it rimmed out to much (even on the front) and had terrible grip.

I would like to buy a new chain but lack the funds to do so. It wont weaken it that much I dont think. Its not that bent but I cant get it to bend back. I mean bent as in when you look down on the chain the chain line kinks because one link is not straight. Its not twisted at all just one link deveates from straight.

Im 12.5 stone and hardly ever pinch it. If i do it is my own fault for smashing it into an edge. I find mine grip very well too. Just because its not made out of glue and wont need to be replaced ever month doesnt mean it dont grip. They weight 860g. Obviously if you do massive drop gaps all the time with 20psi then its not for you.

Every time i snap my mech hanger I manage to bend a link in my kool chain. This is very annoying as it does not go round the drive chain very smoothly. It happened before and i have managed to bend it back with my mand, but this one wont go back and I cant think of a way to bend it back with some sort of tool. Any suggestions.?

When you go out ridiing dont have any expectations. That way your never dissapointed. (Y) But seriously this is what I do and I dont get stressed out much at all. If I cant do something that I know I can, after the first few go's of failing I will just go away and try something totally different to freshen up and then come back. Riding the same place all the time wont help either. If you are riding the same place alot of the time then always try and come up with new lines or use different techniques to get up things you have riden a million times before, it keeps things interesting. e.g if there is only a tiny wall, try it switch and things like that.

How many people do you think will be able to enter, and how many have you had already? Also how much will the entry be? I know you said it gets you in to the event aswell I just hope its not to much.

I have been on the web site but there's not much there yet. Will there be entry forms or will we have to email you fred to enter? How much will it cost to enter, do we have to pay to get into the event or will we be a part of it so entry is free?? Whats the weather going to be like? (Y)

In case some of you dont go on otn http://www.fcity.de/WC_Graz.wmv Not the best footage but quite alot of it and it gives a good insight into the event. I enjoyed it.

Why lie smithy why :shifty: I like my hope trial but I also like the avid.

They will work for thorn punctures and small holes like that, but not for pinches.

I do like my one, good hold and it does have loads of modulation too. But it can go a bit funny sometimes. If you get one and set it up proper then it shouldn't give you to much trouble. The avid mech probaly locks better though :shifty:

Yeah I would but a blow torch to it. It expands the metal and softens it slightly. If its a steel frame then you definatly wont have a problem after. Blow torch all the way round it then try again as soon as you stop.

am I hearing you right? Nick Goddard. Its his DVD. He said to me that it would be ready when its done.

I also notice that cassio wasnt riding the scorpa. Maybe didnt get on with it?

Just heard the basic results from nass. 1. Matt Staples 2. Sam Wheeler 3. Andrew Chai

Just measured my bar height at roughly 37.5 inches. This is on a short control with 110mm thompson 0 rise stem and onza carbon bars. I was quite shocked at how low this is. I was just wondering what peoples general ideas and experinaces were with bar height.?? e.g. higher is more controlled or what ever it is.

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Cool cool, Im going for sure. Fancy a bit of natty. Maybe go for the win with no one there :S

I will probaly get the 321 I was just wondering as I thought they were wider you ginger. But I dont want the weight, Im just going to drill the life out of it. My arms are only Inflatable you know. :S

Your new bike looks well nice aust. I didnt think it would look like that.

So not as light as a drilled 521 then. Are the front echo rims really only 28mm wide??

Do you know how light you managed to get yours adam?? Do you have a pic of it with a nice fat tyre on it?? Thanks for all the speedy replys.