Ali C

The SLs are perfectly fine in disc only, it was just the 4-Bolt mount that caused them to break, we have stopped selling the 4-Bolt model now and have had no returns on the disc only. We do have the 09 Urbans in stock: http://www.tartybikes.co.uk/product.php?pr...;category_id=40 (New dropouts, disc mount and anodised finish for the black forks)

I can sidehop about 26" on my XC bike

I ride 90% natural and 10% street

yep, was Stan lol

my Koxx Mixx! Its PERFECT for the job!

I am entering, but I am also entering the Singletrack Classic Weekender comp where you have to ride a trials, DH and XC comp all on the same bike.....Its going to be hard to fit it all in!

pah, only got a few clips on, they never showed me cleaning the pipes twice the logs and the rock sections Was still good though

Hey Ric, enjoying the bike still? Not sure if I have any useful info on backhops...errmm...Most people I see learning them seem to be really rigid on the bike and either have their arms out straight, or so bent their chin is nearly touching the bars! When rocking onto the rear wheel, try not to pull the bars up to your body to get the front up, use your whole body weight to get you up, your arms want to be slightly bent but not rigid and you want your knees to be bent as well. Keep the whole body relaxed and centered over the rear wheel. Once you have gotten the bike up and you feel like you are directly over the rear wheel you want to start hopping as soon as you feel off balance. Don't try for big hops (like most people seem to do), you only need little hops to correct yourself. Don't expect immediate results, these things take a LOT of practice! You may find that one day you manage 3 hops, the next day you might get 7 hops and the next 10 hops, but then you might go back to 5 hops again...don't worry about it...it will come as long as you keep at it. (I remember the first time I got 13 hops...that was a good day ) as for foot positioning, it sounds like right foot forward is your natural stance...which foot you use the most for every day stuff often has no bearing on what foot forward you are for riding. Taa Ali

rather you than me

Nitromors won't touch it. Your frame is annodised, so you need to use caustic soda (or sand blasting which would be better)

I am off up there on my XC bike, I'll probably see you there

channel 990 on Sky (just after all the adult channels )

just put the screwdriverinbetween the pads and the piston, doesn't cause any damage to the pads that way.

Whoops, was meant to be a full stop!

to throw a spanner in the works, I think you should only go mod if you are small/young. A mod will make you see results quicker than stock, but stock will make you a better rider (teaches you more about bike control, body movement etc)

Mine was built in 1792, When myself and my brother and sister were young, my mum used to hear childrens laughter when going up the stairs to bed at midnightish (everyone else was asleep). My house has a SCARY attic! I NEVER go up there alone....there's no lights up there, broken floorboards and only two windows at each end. there's loads of junk up there and scary shadows..... Some friends and I were playing hide and seek in my house, the seeker went into the attic looking for us. He saw someone move in the shadows but when he went to look he couldn't find anyone. He gave up in the attic and eventually found everyone downstairs. He asked how the one person in the attic managed to sneak past him so quietly, he was a little shocked when we said non of us had gone up there! (the truth). I was once walking down the hallway downstairs (where I kept my bikes at the time) when I suddenly felt something hit my stomach. I thought I had walked into a handlebar sticking out or something, but there was nothing there. I had a big red mark where something had hit me, I still don't know what it was. Back in the day my bedroom used to be all on its own at the end of the corridor upstairs (past the scary attic door). One night I heard footsteps coming up to my door and then stopping, I thought someone was messing about with me so I went to look...nothing but blackness! my house is scary!

you think wrong

yes they are annodised. Does oven cleaner remove that? Is it the same stuff as caustic soda? (castic soda DEFFO will remove it)

adamant would get my vote out of those, montys arnt know for their strength, the Czar has a stupid high bb and is an expensive pogo stick, the orange is dated geo (but still fun for streety bmx stuff) the onza is very heavy, I think you would struggle with it.

nice one patt!

It doesn't sound like it needs an insert yet! If you got it from Tartybikes, we would be more than happy to try and fix it for you if you send it to us, you would have to pay shipping of course but we should be able to fix it easily enough.

if the weather is nice then yeah, its one of my fave places ever! Here's a vid of me, stan and adam riding there. Youtube Video -> Original Video

if your still looking for places to ride, then you have one of the best places in the UK just at the top of Cragg Vale road called Blackstone Edge! The weather needs to be good though. PS, please don't take offence, but Hebden is spelt with an E...its just one of those things that grinds my gears.

I pretty much back up what bigman said.

thanks for the ofer, but its still expensive for me to enter, I really need to save the pennys at the min