Krisboats

Thats so wrong its untrue. The actual reason is because i've had very little sleep recently, have been getting annoyed very easily, and the sweeping generalisation that you made about people not knowing anything is very ignorant, and it annoyed me so i made a rant about it, much in the same way you just made that incorrect and sweeping generalisation about why i was debating it with you. I couldn't care less about the reputation i'd have for pointing that out, especially as getting a bmx would be such a logical progression for you that several people pointed it out before me for the reasons that mark stated. I'd hardly be seen as being the first one to be smart enough to realise it. I know you think that your trying to create a sub-group in riding, its just not really something feasible, especially when a cheap bmx will suffice, rather than a weaker and more expensive trials bike.

Some of those are gorgeous mate, especially the first two. Good choice with not using the fisheye, these have worked so much better. Only downside with the first is the riders face so dark, but otherwise the image is very nicely lit and the sun going up the frame is spot on

Well as its got athlete on it i don't think its too accurate trying to guage the bmi of a load of trials riders, in which our sport is very muscularly demanding. Chess players maybe, but not someone who throws a bike + bodyweight round for hours on end.

Post it to me instead? I'll fix it Unless its been rained on/ in with general household rubbish.

That site says 27.4, so i'm overweight. However looking at me shows thats not true at all, and the fancy ones that measure you with electrical pulses say i'm at around 16-17% body fat, which is better than patt who has around 20%

Still doesn't mean the reasons you stated were shit. Wide bars on bmx's are crap for spins. And your body position is still in the wrong place because of the stem height and bb geo, which makes levelling the bike out harder in the air. I get that you like your bike for riding bmx on, thats fine, but your reasons aren't significant enough to outweigh the downsides. Coming on a biking forum and suggesing people are talking shit isn't really very smart, especially when the crap reasons seem to be coming from you.

I actually quite enjoyed that, bridge gap from wall to rail was great, some other massive stuff thrown in as usual, nice one.

Might help stability slightly but it creates more drag and slows you down faster. I honestly can't help but notice the last sentence, did it not occur to you that people still use bmx's for riding these kinds of moves and not trials bikes? There must be a reason for it surely? Like the trials bike geometry making the controls twitchy at high speeds, moving your weight distribution to the wrong place etc.... All of the things you mentioned are available on a bmx, bmx's are short for spins, good geo so they are easier to ride for this kind of thing and you can get some pretty good brakes on bmx's. The depressive, self suicide style clip got me in the wrong frame of mind for the vid too

think we need a bouncing up and down excited smilie

First time out with some more new camera gear so thought I'd post up the pics of me getting used to it for riding shots. Most are mediocre, but there's a couple that started turning out alright towards the end, thought I'd stick em all up though before getting harassed by boumsong and flipp over msn Several flat gaps Please excuse the holder being visible top left side, couldn't be arsed with shopping it out. Gaps up to front Gap down Boumsong being gay Rolling along the wobbly pole to rolling gap up Edit: Imageshack raped the clarity and colours

It also brings the feeling of involvement between the customers and the company, giving people a closer bond with you. Things like frame name votes, colours, new product line directions etc would be great as a little poll. I'd also find myself checking back in to see how the poll is going so would be looking at the site more often. Decent images of the frames would be great, i know it sounds like I'm being picky but close ups of random sections of the frames/products always grab my attention more than full view images. I like seeing the features and intricacies of the frame i want to buy, rather than how it looks with some else's set-up. I like getting up close and looking at a frame properly when its in front of me, that can't be done over the net so the pics are what i'm relating to. As for the colours/layout. Something nice and clean, a white page with hints of colour around the menus etc appeals far more than a solid black background and white text for example. As for content, sneak peaks at future product lines are always great... gives the same feeling of involvement that i mentioned earlier. Theres been a few instances when products have been designed/tested and scrapped for one reason or another, maybe stick them on a page of R&D lines once they're officially scrapped so we can see what might have been. The belt drivetrain system that was mentioned as already being tested would be something i'd loved to have seen, but it was hushed away somewhere for us never to view. Concept artwork on frames before they have been brought out and designs for the frames would interest me to as i always find peoples ideas fascinating to see.

Howd you make your left eye slant more than the right? Thats a pretty good face pulling technique ... complete eye orientation changing

You say thats confusing... you just wrote that tensioners are needed on big bikes with horizontals but then go on to so that no bikes with horizontal dropouts need them. Basically, vertical dropouts mean you can't adjust the chain tension by sliding the rear wheel back and forth, so something is needed to take up the slack. With horizontal dropouts you can use snail cams or just pull the wheel back and tighten the bolts to keep the chain tight. Vertical dropouts were needed because of the massive differences in chain tension when gears were introduced, and a system of constant tension was needed (a dérailleur). As trials bikes are usually single speed nowadays there's no need for a dérailleur, but manufacturers keep the traditional dropout style, which means we still need some form of tensioner.

Well he's not that smart because he hasn't drilled holes in the clothes yet to reduce the weight. Could we see people lopping off unnecessary organs in order to reduce their own weight even more? "meh f**k it, i don't need a nose for riding... chop it off and lose 30 grams!"

Yep like edd said, looks like the pistons stuck and so theres not enough fluid to keep it pushed up against the pin thats attached to your tpa. If i were you first thing i'd be trying is bleeding with the grub screw still in like you suggested.

Its not us, we're not fussed if people like the name or not

Patts try-all freewheel has also been a complete stress fest. It made loud skipping noises every few minutes and it scared me a lot.... i wasn't even riding the damn bike

I know theres no perfect forks... i said the same. I was just pointing out the no booster = snapped forks rumour is utter shite.

Google "train times" and the first search result will tell you if they are or not. Just tap the station names in and when you want to go and it tells you when the trains are, how much they cost and you can buy tickets in advance

Still dies quicker

I take it you didn't read the post above before you typed?

They do break there though Thats so not true its unreal. To be fair, theres always going to be areas on the forks that have more stress put on them, be it the steerer tube, crown join, disc tab, 4 bolt mounts. If you weld some 4 bolt mounts to the legs that area will be stiffer than the standard fork leg section that doesn't have mounts so the stress riser will be where the stiff mounts meet the standard leg. Flexing will be at this point so the forks will likely break there. Running a booster won't help at all because its not the action of the brake pushing the legs apart that breaks the forks, its the flex from front wheel moves that flexes the forks at the mount. So all in all, boosters don't stop forks snapping like that.

The ratchet ring and pawls will have a shorter wear life too with nothing lubing them as they slide across each other.

Ha ha. theres no way your coming down and not stopping at my house for a bit.

Errr... so are the necoreds