CurtisRider

if you ride alot of natural then a higher gear would be a disadvantage to you in general-well thats what i found anyway personnaly i find 22/18 a perfect gear ratio for all types of trials riding, altho i may try 22/17 to see if it helps at all (Y)"

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the base is great on street or natural-it hasnt hindered me at all its your choice but at least you know the base rides well and they look damn good :)"

the closest to black is the ceramic ex721 which is marginally darker than the cd on the sidewalls(the rest is cd) i think the only strong rim in black is the f519

that was a rather good piece :S this guy is spot on. my bike was stolen at nass 04 on the friday :P and so i was bikeless all weekend. the trials riders were really supportive and they let me ride their bikes and we chatted for ages. after we finished riding we went and got thrashed and it was well good. unfortunately i only got 1 guys email address so havent been able to keep in contact with the rest :) after that i couldnt afford a new bike and was gutted. luckily ive got loads of great friends who have helped me and 2 lads (george seamons and guy griffiths both on tf) helped me out big style :) at that time i had invested all my money into the stolen bike so i couldnt afford to buy a new bike and my jump bike was not suitable for trials guy gave me his old mod frame and loadsa parts( which im still building :P ) and george gave me a gt stock frame, and various other components to get me going again for nothing-where else would you find such generosity? if it wasnt for those guys i probably would of quit and kept riding dirt :P how dull would that of been? now im the proud owner of a base ta26 and its kitted out pretty well :cheers: the trials communiy is excellent unlike any of the other riding communitys-i ride most types of bike and have found dirt riders for instance rude and dull-they just w nt to seem 'hardcore' unlike in trials where everyone pushes everyone else on and tried to lend a helping hand whenever so yeah trials aint just a sport or a hobby-it appears to be more of a culture now and it rocks :cheers:

those forks really dont compliment the rest of the bike i reckon some identit tuning forks would finish it off nicely(and would look even better if they were sprayed up to match the frame :) ) other than that like it :S

well you can run with 2 bearings but the other 2 you are missing are also providing support on your axle so its not advisable-if you ride like that for too long youll have a bent axle but if its only for this weekend then go for it-just dont do big moves harshly :)

personnaly i prefer risers currently i run a set of 2.5inch azonic doubwalls on my base and they rock :blink: i ran onza flatties for about 2 days and reely didnt get on with them-even on natural i run a 100mm raceface stem by the way im now getting some answer pro tapers (in gold of course) as azonics havent got a great reputation for strength :mellow: however i used to own an onza t raptor and it felt great with flatties-but once i put risers on it felt horrible try borrowing some riser bars off someone first and running them for a week or so thats the best way to see how it compares imo hope ive helped :S

personnaly i prefer risers currently i run a set of 2.5inch azonic doubwalls on my base and they rock :blink: i ran onza flatties for about 2 days and reely didnt get on with them-even on natural i run a 100mm raceface stem by the way im now getting some answer pro tapers (in gold of course) as azonics havent got a great reputation for strength :mellow: however i used to own an onza t raptor and it felt great with flatties-but once i put risers on it felt horrible try borrowing some riser bars off someone first and running them for a week or so thats the best way to see how it compares imo hope ive helped :S