CurtisRider

Right, some of you may of noticed these pads on ebay: Trials pads I thought i would give some a try and it turns out, they perform exactly the same as the plazmatic ones They are seemingly generic pads, and stupidly cheap! I am running them front and rear on my pashley. Both brakes hold really well, the front brake has so much bite its nuts-way better than any bb7 ive owned/used although that makes it a bit horrible for stoppies At the rear they have tons of modulation and the hold is crazy, even my 18stone friend didnt make it slip! They are a little squeaky but i think that is because they need to settle in, i dont run a grind so it will take a while i guess. Get some now

Save your money aside for if you break anything, seeing as you have only just started its not really wise to invest in good parts yet! Break the old ones then its time to upgrade To save weight you need to replace the steel forks, stem and bars for alloy ones really. As well as saving weight it will also drastically improve the handling of the bike. Nice bike though, i had 2 and they were coooool!

Right, me and fadam are well up for a ride on sunday, whos coming?

Nooo! Stiffen them up to fookery and drag out your inner Ryan Leech!

I hear 24s are for people who cant afford the extra metal for 26 Lookin bo dude, seat looks a little bit odd! Get those stackers underneath, low front ends are gash i'm lengthening my steerer so i can have the front up another half inch!

That sounds dandy to me Yeah its in the backround lol, i sold it to some local kid about a year ago and he still hasnt bothered to pick it up-bit of a waste really! And gets in my bloody way!

I genuinely prefer 26, i have owned and ridden various 24s, but there is something that feels wrong about them for me! Still fun though... I'm up for a big ride, as long as its not silly far away

Taken your advice Ross....excuse the nasty photo Holy roller tyre that ive nabbed and a DMR 1 piece bashring i finally got round to modifying to fit my cranks Far lighter and neater than my previous spider+mission steel bash! bikes now under 26lbs even though the tyres heavier

In an ideal world that would happen, but im skint the panaracer is 7 years old now and has lots of slits in it, rarely gets punctures!

Half term yeah? if so wooop! gimme a text when you are free Hell yeahhh, like i said to adam, half term ride?

i'm down with that

Like shit cos its a curtis nah its ok, bunnyhops and manuals well, thats about it, f**king disaster for proper trials! we need to visit you soon!

Sure thing boss, be good to see whats actually left at lowey yeah i tried that, but the b*****d things keep falling out! how did you keep them in there to tighten the bolts up? or is it a case of me being patient? For sure buddy, think the last time we rode i had my black base and you has your curtis/borrowed zebdi! Fancy an ipswich ride or something?

I'mat lowey college I could bring my bike and ride after college if you are about like 4 onwards? Then fadam can join when he finishes work... Be awesome if i could nab some helicoils, to be honest the bodge is holding up perfectly well but id like to have it proper, very kind of you dude

Yeah i did try telling him about the forks...but he went and fitted my gusset jurys-not exactly pretty least they are strong! He is just about to fit a front disc, so he will have 1 decent brake It's not Georges, its Fadams! George was supposed to be building up the zebber but he hasnt bothered. Hopefully be out occasionally, its kinda hard funding riding at college, all my money goes to fuel

Mate just bought a curtis off here after not riding trials for quite a while, mines pretty much unchanged except for homemade 4 bolt adaptors, booster, pashely forks and a hose clamp because my threads tore out on the shitty 4 bolt things! Both weigh 26lbs, and the best bit is both cost a smidge over 200quid sweet as fook! Basic specs are: Pashley frame and forks, premium 3 piece cranks, revolver on d521 rear, try all freewheel, onza front wheel, prodigy stem, kore bars, deore vs and xt levers Curtis frame, p2 forks, maguras, middleburns, hope xc hubs on f519 rims, echo stem and easton ea50 bars. Dont worry, he is ditching the toy brakes and running v brakes when he can afford to Also making a seat clamp so he can run a seat. I'm probably going to weld some v brake mount on my ghz and some reverse mounts on my forks when i get time also got a dmr 1 piece bash that i need to fit at some point...just needs machining Seat? just need to alter the clamp a little more so it can sit really far down, then spray the clamp black

Im not sure how you are getting such poor results with a linear cable guys, all of mine have been silly light, feels like im running something lighter than a water bleed to put it in comparison. The brake feel is noticeably stiffer too i find, just seems rather odd yuu have poor results? I have been running them for about 5 years now on various bikes with no troubles!

Odyssey linear slicks are my choice, pretty much any linear bmx cable will do, all generic stuff! Some people rate clarks cables but i found them to be a bit rough after a while. Nokons are ok, i am running one atm, but they are pricey and not justified over the price of a regular linear cable.

apparently so dude, worth a shot either way really?

Mine does that and wont let me reconnect, apparently its because when you uninstall things, it removes files that windows needs...put in a windows cd, let it repair and it should work (i'm waiting for my xp cd to come back to me so i can try) Only if you dont use it, 3 are absolute wankers, i am never going back with them again because i like not getting raped

In that case, small normal mod, and a shorter lower rise stem for now? Least he can master the basics and move onto a proper stem when he is big enough Thing is, trials isn't cool, tell him to get a bmx otherwise he will end up like us....

i still dont know what a front wheel is for....bunnyhops and spins=happy paul

With my try all it skipped really badly all the time initially, a quick spray of wd40 into the freewheel to thin down the grease a bit solved it Its a bloody good freewheel, i have no complaints about it. Also agree with the mud thing, seemed to work for my brake! just dont use contaminated mud

'my maggy needs bleeding'

That just made me cry a white tear through my penis, such a great video! Infact one of the videos that made me get into trials in the first place I well want that swollen members song-chewin concrete, if anybody has it, pm me:)