Ali C

very good show sir, jolly well done indeed old chap. big riding, needs more natural though and shame about the bike

as far as mechs go, I am very pleased with my sram x4 (or somthing like that) I have shortened the cage and its mint!! its mostly steel, so pretty strong, but not too heavy either

loved it!! nice one buddy

carbon internal gears twin disks tubless internal hoses better forks I all think those will become more common

pah, I used a 118mm bb with my control, that was with tensile cranks and 18 tooth bash, there was plenty of room.

pardon?? anyway, it does look interesting, not the prettiest thing ever (but the hayes el camio and formula oro are both butt ugly too) I like the vented disk, I recken it would be good for trials as it would be harder to bend, shame it only comes in 205mm though. I cant really see it being any better than the mono trials, but it would be sweet if that lever can be swapped over to make use of the comfy lever and bite adjust.

Pat the milf man hahahahahaha CLASS!!!

I cant say I have ridden years with a high bb bike, but I citenly owned one (hifi) I have however 7 years of expirience of riding lower bb bikes I feel if your just starting out, you can get used to a high bb bike very easily because you havnt learnt any habits or just dont know any different. I feel this is why I dont get on with them, after 7 years of riding low bb bikes, I am kinda set in my ways of how I ride a bike. I had a hifi, but I sold it again after 4 weeks as my riding just went downhill. For one thing, I dont just have a hoppy hoppy style of riding, I like to flow, riding streety style on natural (imagine chris ackrigg, only not as good). I found the hifi horrible for that, the positioning on it was naff, felt like I was touching my toes and riding in a "superman" position when both wheels were on the floor. I didnt like the hifi for riding natural either, I thought my weight was now too high on the bike and would make me loose balence easily, not somthing you want to happen in comps. I was good on the rearwheel though, but too good! it was so stable I found the bike was hard to control, it just wanted to hop backwards instead of forwards and if I put a pedal stroke in, it would want to loop out. I also found I couldnt tap...AT ALL and gaps were harder....when you landed, the bike wouldnt level out, it would want to stay on the rear wheel and make you jump off the back. I think high bb bikes can be good, but the high the bb goes, the longer the chainstays need to be to combat the rear wheel control. I cant think of a single move that was easier to do on the hifi than my ashton, plus my ashton is a hell of a lot more fun. there is a big thread about it on OTN here they discuss it in more depth

yes iolo, you want to go to the glen, the hypno toad told you so

whoever said you cant do as much on a stock clearly has never owned one! Stocks are just more fun to ride and waaaaaaaaay more satisfiyng.

I would say "No thanks"

meh, wont be at my cinema for a few months yet

tough choice, they both begin with an A...hmmmmm Maybe a justice? they look cool

mo?

dont get me started

I am there!!!! I LOVE Brimham rocks, its ace and TWO days of riding there, you'll have to be nuts not to go!!! I cant wait

what markoboyo said ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ but a bit of street, skatepark cant be ruled out, or even riding natural like a skatepark like iolo and myself were doing in the rain and mud yesterday, hours of fun.

if your wanting to ride for a looong time, then going 26" is a good idea as it helps tune your skills for the future, but if you cant see yourself riding for more than a year or two, stick with the mod as you improve quicker, but maybe not improve your skill for the long run. I am afriad I cant comment on the saracen as I have never ridden one, but for £200 I would be looking on ebay for 2nd hand ones, you can quite often pick up oldskool bikes that people "think" are no good any more but are infact still very good bikes.

beef rozzoto

3rd best mod I have ridden, behind a monty and koxx xtp. plese DONT get a python, they are THE worst riding bikes out!!

yaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Was a reet good rard, its kinda spitted a little rain, but it was all good. Was nice to see lots of yound lads riding, pretty well too. Got to see some more people that I have only met once really, some good ridin by them too, wayne knows alllll the lines!!! some ace ones I aint seen before. mintybobs

the side plates are just as thick on the kmc kool narrow, so they are just as strong in that sence. The pins might flex less too, which means it might be harder fo it to pull apart?? Who knows, but they are plenty strong enough for trials

I saw these yesterdday on tartys computer, I am rather interested in the lever blades

I am the opposite, I really DONT reccomend them. I snapped mine on the link after 2 weeks, putting me in hospital. I do however, reccomend akmc kool narrow, much stronger!!