Ali C

ones shorter than the other I think.......I cant remember which way round it is. shorter = stiffer but longer = more power

WHOOP!!!!!! the resetting trick did it! I am VERY happy, thanks guys!!

I have had a titanium fsa isis thingy spinning away in my frame for the past 10 months without even a single hint of complaining at me. SKF bbs do look the bomb though

I am at this very moment making a big batch of vee pads, I use heatsink vee backings, light, low profile, strong.....what more could you want?

I like monty mods, xtps are ok too I dont like the look of this because its just too dam beefy, it isnt sleak enough for my eyes

whitespirits is oil based and leaves a resedue. slap on some good old fashioned fairy liquid

get good comp results as well or instead of vids

yo, when I was in Singapore I got myself an i pod nano for cheap. I got home and plugged it into my computer, it seemed I needed the lastest i tunes for it to work, so I have installed that. The problem is that I cant get any responce from my computer or nano when its pluged in I have also just seen a sticker on the cd it came with saying "install software before connecting i pod" .......please dont tell me I have f**ked it before even using it!!! any help would be great.

mine lasted about 10 months untill they cracked near the steerer. I am on a mission, going fishin, catching chicken, fingerlickin to find/ make some decent trials forks.

not a great looking bike, but if it works it works

cool stuff, Burnley is one of the best places I have been for street! Give us a pm when your riding there again, its onlt 20 mins from me

I am camping stan

18-18 a "rideable gear ratio"??

I agree with iolo, they are both discustingly awfull riding frames, but the......actually, I hated the ride of them both equally! I would rather ride a wheelbarrow than either of those frames! They are so bad I would rather shove wasps up my arse than ride them! GOD I HATE THEM......BAD ahem

iolo pads! I wouldnt use anything else

maggies are ok good points: can be powerful brake will feel the same no matter how much the hose gets wrapped up more frames with 4 bolt mounts Bad points bad quality non adjustable spring tension spairs harder to find (say if the hose bursts out riding) bleading harder than fitting a new cable harder to set up pads wobble and wear uneavenly I am deffo a vee person, dont lecture me about maggies being more powerful, I won a world round using a vee when everyone else was on maggies! Good points: more powerful (especially backwards!) adjustable spring tension lighter pads dont wobble cables are easire to replace GREAT quality (ultimates) more spairs available (all bikeshops have cables) more adjustability bad points cables bind when bent lots not as many frames with vee mounts

just got my avid ultimate levers............DEFFO WORTH IT, sooooooo nice, your finger sits in the bend like a vice and they are silky smooth, also made my brakes better. (ps, also get some shimano xtr gear cable, has to be the 5mm stuff! even better than nokon!!!)

cheers guys! the singapore comp was easy enough section wise, but SOOOOO hot!!! hottest Danny or I have ever ridden in, it made it quite hard (though danny still did very well) Japan was much cooler, but I was still sweating buckets! the sections were all pretty easy (apart from the hill section) but I rode like a blind muppet and dropped farrrrr too many dabs. still, very happy with third overall, and well dont to ben, lois, danny and tom for their good results too! Al (singapore airport)

I dont like riding halifax, not enough decent places and too much riding in between.... Hebden or todmorden is better.

iolo blue pads on a grind

pretty good conssidering how long you have been riding and that nasty NASTY frame.

hahaha, you should see my bike, I dont think any of the tubes are round any more just ride it, possibly just keep an eye on it for cracks, but it would have to be a mighty big dent to cause a crack at all.

I am working on dual compound pads I saw these pads in czech, I even picked them up and chewed them! seemed tastey

I am un-familular with this word.....shave