Ali C

I dont really fancy putting an oil based substance on my rims

two more pics This one is my roadhog! Aran was soooo jelous that he wasnt out on it And this is the best duck photo ever, as voted for by channel 3 viewers

looks like a female elephant seal to me, proper beasts they are!! also, walruses arnt small, they are huge too, I mean REALLY huge!!bigger than most cars or SUVs.

no soon as he has got back from spain Iolo wants to go riding. I would too but I am bikless (and destroyed my brothers rearwheel ) so I took lovley photographs instead. this was just a mess about ride, so nothing huge, mostly fun tech silly stuff. tapetty tap From another angle STUPIDLY sort run up for this tap, his bike barley fitted in the gap! Another (better) pic Happy aran! doing his fave move, really rather large pigions. Angry Aran, I think my flash pissed him off! still made it though large marge gap oops borken avid lever All other photographs are riding with nearly half a lever Mr rosey cheeks himself another large marge gap to slippery bench nasty slippy runup to uphill slow mo tap silly aran fell off Ali C shows hows its done (on Arans bike too ) large targe sidehops large targe sidehop again, check out that tuckage!! Large karge sidehop to rear on the bin, quality sidehop OVER the seat to back of the bench, pretty tough, but not as tough as aran's big toe. I do hope these photographes entertaned you and the trials gods (paul, steve and bernard)

happy berfday dud whoops, sorry, I meant dude I always thought you were about 19 did know you were just a young whippersnapper

gets Ali C's seal of aproval BUt only if you got up onto the beacon with no dabs

Thats the A2 Looks nice than the A1 I recken. If I were to choose any high bb bike, it would be this one, the geo just sounds better.

I bought a yamaha ty175 earlier this year for the sum of £170 shame it doesnt work

I cut grooves in my pads, have done for a while.

I am sure I have seen that somwhere before *cough* nartr, seriously though, looks mint, like the paint job and its nice to see I wasnt far off the mark with my designs

no rear rim and tarts are outta stock of red, not for long though I hope.........not ridden for nearly 3 weeks Although I have gon and put my mum and dads tandem wheel onthe back today, its got a *mint (*= crap) quando hub with an amazing 18 engagments. nice narrow rim too.

if I had a working bike I would come, but alas, its looking doubtful

I can tap a mod couldnt tap my hifi.....at all......ever......no way...... you have to chage how you ride when you get a high bb frame, that might be ok for someone who hasnt been riding that long, but I have been riding over 7 years, so its harder for me to change techniques.

I would say I hae a good mix, my main meal every day is all organic stuff, all the veges are home grown (had 9 different types last night!) have porridge for breaky, but crisps and stuff at lunch time.

I have the aim to be british champ in masters..............wether it will happen or not is another matter. I tend to think about what I eat, but I normally stuff junk in anyway.

I have been riding for over 7 years now and I still love it, cant imagian quitting anytime soon I think it really helps having friends in the same mindset though, like I have iolo and Wad locally, they are really optimistic about everything (espeically Iolo!!). I did kinda get into the whole hight thing recently, but that got boring quick. Natrual riding doesnt get boring, its always differnt, never repetative. I am gonna make m bike a little more fun though, get some riser bars and a shorter stem on, having a bike set up purly for high taps and gaps gets a bit limiting. I tried bmx but I didnt like it, payed LOADS on brake parts to try and get some decent stopping power but it didnt work, my brake was shite. I cant ride with shite brakes, it takes all my confidence away! Also I found the bike too small, I couldnt move about on it as much as I like. I am tempted to get a 24" cruiser and pop some vee mounts on, I recken that would be nicer to ride. Shame bmx is sooo scary though, there wasnt a day I wouldt come back without an injury.

pacific blue? I love Hans, I remember the first issue of mbuk I bought was him and the marti(y)ns riding california (the video footage of the photoshoot was in chainspotting) I was just blown away, I went and bought a gt after seeing him ride. I then saw him at the bike show in 98, I got his autograph and everything I have seen vids of him riding in the past and he was doing really hard stuff even by todays standars, but on an xc bike with hardly any modifications....what a ledgend. nice topic

yeah your right, its the t vee, silly me. ace bike though.

at my shop I work at we have a t bird (with v brakes) a T bird upgrade (with hs11) and a t pro. Out of all of them I prefer riding the bog standard t bird. I like the geo and the brakes are mint, really fun to ride. I dislike the t pro the most, I hate the brakes and the general feel, just feels slugish. there we go, just thought I would throw a spanner in the works

butter works a treat

chris is such a jammy b*****d having a bloody warehouse to ride in I would sell my teeth to have my own

I am currently using a hope stem in 31.8mm, its ok, but I dont really want to get another. The kores are ok, bit plain though

I feel guilty now I never managed to get the hang of taps on my hifi, but sidehops, pigeons (wheelswaps) and hooks were all nicer. The main thing for me was just the feel, it wasnt "fun" to ride, too twitchy. With normal frames I feel you can spice things up easier, things like backwards manuals, spinny stuff etc. I just felt that things like that were not as suitable on that frame. If you like to just do standard moves, then high bbs can be nice, but they just arnt for me.

not keen on welded stems really, snapped a few in the past (were mod stems mind)