Ali C

I rode for 3 years with two fingers (didnt know people actually rode with one!) I never had any probs with not having enough grip on the bars. I then thought it would be best to try one seeing though everyone else seemed to, I got myself an rb lever to try to force myself to use one. At first I couldnt even lock the wheel, it took about two weeks to begin to get the feel for it. now its just normal to use one finger, but I now get arm pump a lot more, so sometimes in comps I still use two fingers.

you need to see Iolo doing them, he can get super high! (higher than bar hight to back wheel) I dont know how he does then, but I do them like this: *front wheel on object, brake on. *turn the bike so I am as close to the wall as possible (to my left, being right foot forward) *balance without hopping for the sheer cheek *quickly crouch down so your chest is on the bars * throw all your weight up and forward (your pedals will turn as you dont have the back brake on, this is fine) *grab a bit of brake, and get on the object Although I seem to be getting worse at these recently

sure was.

that was awsome! I loved the choice of music (it seemed fine on my computer) saw some stuff that I missed and things I did see but from a better angle, oh, and some of me (Y) nice one dude

it didnt hurt at the time (just a graze on my shin :- ) the next day I had some pain in my neck, wasnt too bad though. on sunday my ribs and chest were killing, I didnt ride the last show because it was too painfull. Infact, its still really painfull now, especially sleeping. if you could get the footage up that would be awesome. PS think good thoughts next time :-" (Y)

did anyone spot my thumb shifter on my seat tube at the show too? much lighter and smaller than a gripshift. Mike is right, they should be on every frame.

does anyone have a vid (or pic) of my crash on friday? (or was it sat?) I am really interested in seeing what happened.

these are my faves, I just think they look mint, the colours, the clear sky, the detail. (dont know why this is so small?)

I will be going to the event. I am just about ready to book flights etc, what I want to know is where are people flying from and how are you getting to the event? I have talked to stuart matthews and he says a lot of people are flying from stansted (sp?) in essex and then getting a coach from the airport in sweden top the event. I need to know whos getting on this flight and is there anyone from oop north who cant give me a lift (or keep me company on the train)?

I told you they rode nice (Y) It looks well nice too, I think you should spray it either a nice army green or brown, or maybe some glow in the dark paint off ebay

He wasnt truly happy with his flips either, he really wanted to land them on the back wheel and keep it there, came close a few times. after hanging around with them at the bike show I have to say they are both totally nice people (but we all knew that anyway :ermm: ) just wait till he shows you what he's almost landed on his et, pretty crazy! I was hoping for a foam pit there, I would love to learn flips, but I am too much of a wimp to do them on a hard surface, I also wanted to learn front and back flip drops.

I got mine from all terrain cycles I have the 2.35 on the rear and 2.1 on front blue groove is the name yes

I do indeed run kenda tyres. I have had mixed thoughts about them, at first I thought they were average, I couldnt tell if they were better or worse than maxxis. Then I thought they were shit because I slipped on a spine and I now have traumatic arthuritus in my thumb. But I was at lake ogwin recently and they were gripping like velcro (ask tim stedman and dan smith). I now think they are pretty dam good, on par with maxxis and the rear has immense puncture resistance! but is still lightish. I dont think they are as soft as maxxis, but they seem stickyer. I run blue grooves btw

It was a mint show, I have never been so knackered! I am still too tired to tell all, but I wanted to explain my crash. I was on the pillar about to gap to the flatbed but my finger came off my brake lever, I tried to rescue it (thought I had for a bit) but somehow I still managed to fall off, I landed on my back on my wheel, my ribs are bloody killing me now, I couldnt ride the last demo on sunday because it was hurting too much. BIG thanks to Tarty for building me a new wheel over night so I could ride the rest of the show, I was buggered without it.

heres the mod virsion, I wonder if koxx are thinking of one? :unsure:

pen and paper my dear friend

hmmmm, that new levelboss design looks familular.... :unsure: My design that I did a couple of years back, I scraped it when Tarty said the bb area wouldnt be strong enough. copying is the best form of flatterey (Y)" (disclamer: This post is not serious, I am sure its just a coincidence) Ps sorry about the size

I would want at least 20mm bb rise, but mabe more. I have yet to see a bmx with a zero rise bb and look at mods, they all have high bbs. I will ride a lot better with the rise trust me.