Krisboats

Yeah, i'd go with spoiled

Wow, that sounds really good. Over here those sorts of places are usually a 2-4 hours car journey between places. We don't have the same kind of backdrops over here either. You guys are really lucky!

That was awesome! You guys look like you had such a blast and on so many amazing locations as well! Are they all close together or did you have to travel between different areas much?

Dude, i'd be up for a bit of a play. You there from now onwards?

I'd be up for a trip if buthiers is on the cards. That place is so good to ride/camp at. Would be interesting to get hermance out again too.

Deceased Jedi

Yeah, import the clips straight off the camera via USB using the imovie software to capture the footage in the same way we used to have to do with those dreaded DV tapes from 10 years ago. Should be quicker and more reliable than miniDV but an almost identical process.

I've not seen mike get big ones regularly, smaller scrapes sure, but i think the biggest i've seen him with was when he bailed and the bolt for his rear brake went down his shin. That was rather deep. I've not had one for about a year now luckily, although now i've been reminded about them by this thread i'm sure i'll be thinking about them too much when i'm riding next and give myself a good vagina impression.

Curved tubes I've been watching this all through the design and build stages. This is in the prototype stage and a massive amount of effort has been put in on mikes part to follow this idea through and just try something new. The quoted picture is a late stage render and mk1 is very similar to it. Although i won't give away all the surprises, i'll say it is something i'm quite looking forward to seeing rolled out. I'm sure mike will drop in at some point to answer some questions.

You should be meeting all the criteria for getting the footage off your camera then. How are you going about importing the clips? The JVC cameras won't work like a digital camera where you copy the clips straight from the memory card to the hard drive. With a pc you need to use the (i'm guessing you've got an Everio) Everio media browser to capture the clips to your hard drive and i believ that this software isn't compatible with Mac's. However if you go into imovie, connect your camera and then click the mac equivalent of windows File>Import>Capture from camera and then choose the HDV-Apple Intermediate Codec then you should be able to import the clips that way. Try having a look through here, see if it's of any use. http://mtsconverters.lefora.com/2010/07/23/how-to-transferedit-jvc-everio-gz-hm200-videos-in-/

Well thats not true. Just because it's a mac doesn't make it better for video editing. For example with imovie 08-09 you can only import avchd through the hdv - apple intermediate codec. This uses loads more space than standard avchd where an hour would typically be around 13gb, with HDV-AIC its over 40gb. You could convert it to avi using handbrake, however with any convertor, quality will be lost. Also avi's aren't built for hd. They'll either be huge in size (1gb/min) or using a container, which most likely will not work in imovie either.

Well to be fair, you're not having problems editing the footage, you're having problems with accessing the files container type within an editing program. Have you tried final cut pro? It's quite expensive at around £500, however the slightly slimmer version is around £100 http://store.apple.com/us/product/MB278. Or there are always alternative methods of obtaining them if you should so wish . If you want to use imovie you should be able to do it with imovie08 or later, however if you're using the old g5 powerpc models of mac even this won't help. You'll need a mac with an intel based setup for AVCHD. If you go with final cut express you'll need version 4 or later and you'll need to import the clips directly from the camera using the footage capture feature you'll need to use the apple HDV codec for it to capture the footage correctly. On the pc side of it, adobe premiere pro works very well with AVCHD and it's what i use with the footage off my JVC camera.

Around 23.5 hours at 1080p with a very good bitrate. Minus 10GB for windows so you'd be looking at around 21 hours of footage time. It's easily enough for editing a riding video with, such a drive would be ideal for editing a video on due to the much faster access times, although after finishing your project you would need to back up the raw files onto an external drive. However, it is arguable that this would actually be the best method of practice for storing your media, regardless of using an SSD or not.

I looped out on a dropgap a few months back and broke a few ribs. I seem to have lost all confidence now when trying them but i'm finding more and more that i'm just going for it. Which is good, as most of the time i can do whatever it is i'm trying, it's just my mind holding me back.

I was just about to suggest a norco.

128gb solid state storage

I used to be awesome at css. Not played for nearly 3 years now though. Wouldn't mind starting up again to be honest.

For £500 you should be getting built in webcam, built in wireless (n+ preferably), 3-4gb RAM, 500gb hard drive, 3 hours battery life, dvd re-writer (blu ray player at a push) and a core i5 processor if you're wanting to do video editing. Ram makes little difference to HD editing, processor speed is usually the bottleneck. I'd avoid sony and dell, maybe look at samsung, acer, gateway, asus etc. I know this is massively under your budget, but this ticks most of those boxes and would be a decent comparison for when you look at spending more cash. Only thing is the processor may not handle HD so well. It could be fine, but it might stutter and take a while to apply effects/transitions. If you want a good bargain, this would be a safe bet. It's at £459 but was up until recently £650. Ticks all the boxes specs wise, the only way i could really fault it would be no mention of a dedicated graphics chip. If those aren't issues for you this would be a neat little machine. On the plus side, it boasts a 3 in 1 card reader, bluetooth connectivity and a hdmi slot for connecting HD devices/monitors. If it was me i'd be grabbing this one even though it's only available through home delivery though unless your local store has one. If the build isn't great you can send it back under the DSR act and i think currys send out a courier for you. Your best bet really is to nip into your local curys/pcworld/dixons/comet branch and go abuse their laptops in your price range. Flex the screens, Push all the buttons push and pull on the panels, wiggle the dvd tray. At the end of the day most laptops are very close specs wise, it's the build quality and end support that differs. What looks good on paper can turn out to have a screen that will bow as you open the lid etc leading to failure in the first year. Once your happy with the build of a machine and it meets your needs you're sorted.

His username is Tankrider, he was one of us mods. It's not fair, andy was awesome. Such a positive person, the world is definately a poorer place without him.

at the subtle 4 foot winky worm trying to do her up the poopshoot.

http://www.trials-forum.co.uk/topic/163583-wantage-and-oxford/page__p__2278749#entry2278749

Same. I barely use it but i won't say no to a free game. Infamous is supposed to be really good so fancy trying that. What do we need to do for it?

Never really thought about it and just replace them when they look tatty. Probably my left hand palm wears out quickest though as i lean on that side a little more.

Would have loved to go but the weather forecast is not good to say the least. 30mph winds and torrential rain

I'd have a look over on pinkbike mate. I got a kona stinky with a great spec for £600, from what i could see most of the great spec DJ bikes were about the £400-500 mark so £350 should get you something nice and tidy! For your first bike, go second hand. You'll get better knowledge of the parts and how to fit them, especially if you buy individual bits and it's going to be pretty battered or not be right for you first time round so you'll lose less money when you come to swap the parts to ones that REALLY suit you. There's been some frames on here in good condition that should last ages for around the £50-80 mark. Sets of forks at £40, wheels around £80 for a pair, cranks/freewheel around £50 then the rest to spend on the slightly cheaper bits like bars, stems, peddles, tyres etc. Or you could even by a full build. I bought a nice onza limey off here for £300.