Ali C

I think it looks pretty tame, but it was an awkward break that took 8 weeks in cast and another 4 weeks in a moon boot support thing but it took about 10 months until I could walk without a limp.

15 mins is my record and I'd say it was as high quality as all the other wheels I've done (well most, some Echo rims have been terrible). No point spending more time on it than needed however I must admit that 15 min wheel was dishless and the rim was really straight which made my life easier. Wish I got £9 per build too, that would be nice.

cool, cheers for that, those darn slippery logs got the better of me. Thanks for the cool event again though, I still enjoyed myself up until that point

I'm offended!

loving the bike, those Saint cranks seem to really work well with it! Very nice. I lived in Hebden Bridge, ridden Halifax a couple of times, never found it that great personally.

haha, go eat a bag of dicks. I have posted in video topics praising people's riding, I tried to help in the shoe thread and I helped in the cast thread in chit chat to name a few and I often get PMs asking for advice. I'm just not afraid of telling it as I see it on other topics. It would be pretty boring if everyone thought the same way.

I also post about happy things, but people are less eager to point those out.

so is watching people think they need to ride the same bike setup that only seems to work for one, maybe two people and then have it ruin their style and make them worse only for them to ignore advice that's been put out there to help them. Plus, I've never said Carthy looks bad, he's a rare one who seems to be able to use it and still not look like he's constantly trying to tense his pectorals all the time. BUT, I have 4 words I use for myself and others which might not always be popular, but always seems to be true in the end....You'll get over it.

and that's why it looks so bad

the cast I had in that video was a "Temporary" cast, it had a slot down the front to deal with swelling. When I've had leg casts before (twice) they were full ones, built up with padding and fibreglass, I don't think any actual plaster was used. Breathability wasn't a huge problem, though I must admit it did smell a little towards the end, when I got it off I had loads of dead skin which was very satisfying to remove.

Not being able to get them wet was the biggest ballache I found. I had to put my leg in a bin bag and tape it to my thigh. It still let in a little water and pulled my hair out when I took it off. Some king of leg/arm shaped bag with some kind of re-usable seal would have been ideal. Itching was annoying too, but a spoke usually sorted that out. I also found my toes got cold, I did stretch a sock over the cast which helped a bit, but my toes still felt vulnerable. Some insulated sock thing with some kind of toe protector would have been good.

Some Ozonys frame I wasn't willing to sacrifice grip of the tyres, strength of the forks or the quietness of a front disc.

seems realistic to me.....I remember when I went all out on a light spec bike, ti bolts, drilled frame and it came in at just under 10kg.

but then it wouldn't ride as well

Sure, I don't think it's that spectacular, but I'd be interested in seeing it

cool stuff Mat, was nice to see a lot of stuff I missed, some pretty big riding went down. I was hoping you had filmed my foot snapping on that drop....oh well.

it was a video taking the piss out of him for getting angry, not an actual riding vid.

same thing as sprinters using starting blocks on their heels.................

I go for the standard BMX technique, get the vertical part of the bars in line with the headtube.

not sure if what your saying is getting lost in translation but it makes no sense, are you saying narrower chain pins are weaker?

I disagree

not the place

You're joking right?

I don't even like the feel of them on the rear wheel.

you'd of hated trials back when we rode non-trials parts