Ali C

20-18!! its pukka, 1 in every 10 master riders reccomend it!

I still like my v brake and now with my updated super uber home made pads, the brake is unstopable!!!! it will surly take over the world (known as mars)

he used to hate the idea of disks, he was deffo a magura fan, but now he seems to really like a front disk...I think "smoooooth" was how he put it.

I found I could get bigger gaps with a spinnyer ratio, the extra acceleration helps, same with sidehops ect. I was running 20-19 for the last few months, but I am now on 20-18, seems nice enough.

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23lbs

could be a hoffman, a german frame maker. the maggie is sandwiched between two plates, the plates act as boosters which should make the brake plenty stiff, could even make the frame feel "softer" as the back end might have a bit of up/down flex because of plates rather than tubes. who knows.........god?

I am allowed to get fed up in at least one comp in 7 years I think its all in the head though, if I had been in the right mindset I would have carried on, but I wasnt having fun and I was risking hurting myself or the bike. I still think retireing was the best thing for me to do.

I cant believe it!! I actually retired...I have only done that once before in 7 years, that was due to my stem breaking. This time however things wernt going my way and I got pretty fed up. I set off at 9, its about a 25min journey for me, but after 2 hours of trying to find the venue I gave up and went home! My mum said she would come and help out at the comp and navigate there, but we got lost again but eventually found it (were there any tyke signs on the road??) after a late start, I started the sections badly, 4 5s in a row!!, my balance was all over the place. Then it started raining more, then it got windy and then to top it off I fell off the easiest bit of a section ever into a bunch of really strong nettles, I stung all my arms and it still hurts now I then went and waited in the rain for the next section for 15 mins only to 5 the first rock, I then saw there was at least a 20 rider que at the next section, I was really fed up and I had had enough, so off I went. well done to everyone who stayed with it and thanks to everyone for putting the event on, it must be a bit demeaning to see people retire, but it wasnt because the comp was bad, just because I had an off day. cant wait for the next one

I use a steel hanger that I made, its 4mm thick heat treated steel, VERY strong!!!!! I have had it on for maybe 6 months now and its not even thought of bending, even with landing with all my weight directly on the mech! you might break your mech a bit easier, but they are pretty tough and can cope with a fair whack or two.

I have ridden in Slovakia Czech Sweeden and the canary islands I am off to spain, france, singapre and japan in a few weeks though.

looks nice enough, no gash colours, keeping it simple but I still hate those frames never ridden anything worse in my life

I hate with a passion flouresent rims

any disks that use mineral oil, shimano and magura are the only two I can think of now. Though why you would want to bleed a disk with water is another matter

the new ashton, mk5? mk6? I cant remember, its the newer longer frame with little gussets in the rear triangle. I would be mighty impressed if your pall broke one! and PLEASE dont say "cuz" it drives me up the wall, I really do despair at the language young people use these days

ohhhh OHHHHHH BURNLEY!!!!! its the BEST town I have ridden for street! ohhh, I am going there again soon

EAST LANCS!!!!!!!!! gotta be one of the best places in the uk for riding oppertunities, the place is FULL of quarries, also your not that far from blackstone edge (which is fecking awesome!)

tartybikes is a jolly good shop to buy these frames from

I wouldnt count on it just yet, martyn didnt like how the rear disk felt. though...if I have it my way, they will have a very beefy mount indeed! but I might have to pesuade martyn a wee bit first

ohh baby! thats why high bb bikes suck, cos you cant ride like that on them

I think there will be a terrorist attack, thousands of people will die and the world cup will never happen again, even the words "world cup" will go down in history as a swear word. or if the FBI are reading....France

cheers Chris...theres the bangor ride vid too (and hopfully another vid soon when dave gets around to putting it up ) also watch trial noir dvd, thats got porter and ashton himself riding one. my frame is dented and scratched to hell now, but no cracks! I recken these are one of the strongest frames out, but they are a tad heavy, but you dont notice it as they ride really nicley.

and rims

I had a rear try-all, I remember using it in a stream and the grip was amazing! However I found the profile too round and they folded and pinched more than the maxxis tyres I have used this was on a 38mm rim though...on a try-all rim I recken it will be a better tyre.. Still good tyres though, cant really go wrong with either try-all or maxxis

I wont be there, its not my kinda thing (plus I'll be away doin the worlds I think). But if they changed the course to a big pile of rocks, took away the crowds and it was near me I would go.