Luke Rainbird

How about: Mine's a 24" Pure and simple, one that everyone will no doubt love, trials or otherwise I'd take several...

Is it an essential factor to have wire wool called Hank for this process, or would Bertie do just as well?

Sorry to make this thread sound like a broken record, but BLOODY HELL! That frame is the badger's nadgers mate, and I'm impressed! If you ever decided to produce them (and at the price it cost you to build/now that you've got the jig it would seem almost silly not to!) then I would almost certainly take one (or two) off your hands Nice to see some top notch craftsmanship on the forum

Song is "Numa Numa" by Ozone if it helps - the video used to be floating around under the name "My Hero" (and various others) Hope you find it Luke

I can't see how it should hold you back much if at all personally. OK, so geometry is always being tweaked to be 'better' (usually specific to the rider designing/aiding the frame) but think about it - 2/3 years of tweaks isn't usually a lot of change on the whole so you should be fine mate.

Dude a mate of mine cut his finger off in my disc on my dirt rig, with the standard Hope disc, so this will probably be nicer in the way that it will be a quicker, cleaner slice...

Sorry mate I won't be able to make it in AGAIN! Stupid work bastards. Will try and convince them tonight that I'm coming down with something hideous and make my way in, but its unlikely. Will give you a shout if I make it in, if not have a good one

Why not unpload it to image-shack or something? :'( Problem solved, off you pootle

It seems to me that your best bet would be to save up as much cash as you can, and buy a full setup such as an entry level T-Rex or similar, as these are now down to very reasonable prices. Check out www.tartybikes.co.uk for more info. The thing is that if you try to modify your existing bike to allow trials, you will wreck its capabilities to do other types of riding. Trust me, I have seen and ridden many peoples attempts to create such a bike and none of them have been anywhere near a worthwhile quality. If you want to seriously take part in one or more disciplines, it is worth getting a suitable setup to avoid problems later, but if you just want to be able to try a few little backhops and things between rides etc. it probably isn't worth your while trying to build a compromise. Harsh as it sounds, to get a bike for all types of riding, you need a bike for each type of riding! A very basic all-rounder (lower the saddle, good range of high/low gears) will allow you to try a few things out if you would prefer to get a feel for things before you decide to put some more serious money/time into trials, but if you want a good bike to get the hang of things, theres only really one way to do it.

He warned you! (Y)

Just out of interest, is this for some new project that you're working on? The whole 'simplistic' thing seems to me to be the start of perhaps a new site or something that's being kept well under wraps :P

Elastomania - another very old and quality game thats been mentioned before...

HOLY SHIT! I say no more (Y)

Looks absolutely stunning mate, but perhaps a few small graphics would finish it off even better. Like it in matte though, dont shine it up! Sidehop looks very tidy too, keep up the good work!

Not as far as I'm aware. I think the general idea is for tees (possibly hoodies and stuff later on I would imagine) and DVDs etc. to promote a more freestyle approach to trials. Basically it's just Chris Akrigg (and possibly ET) doing what he/they do best! I would assume that there may or may not be a team, depending on who's spotted and how they want to run it, but as far as I know there woun't be much hardware (frames, forks etc) being produced

Chances are you won't be looking on the curtis website if you're going second hand then <_<

Congratulations, you are officially in the biggest crack on TF (and after some pics of backwheeling, that's impressive) (Y)

Yes, a custom headbadge wuld do the trick (Y)

Lol, nice plan. Get a cool custom headbadge made, make it even more sexual!

If you get one just remember to install it into a clean and dry steerer. Have heard from several people that if you don't they sometimes don't get such a good grip. Just to let you know (Y)

£200-£300, you've said (roughly) DOUBLE that Nice try... (Y)

I guess you mean lacing it up radially (all spokes going straight outwards, not crossing at all) If so, yes, this will be weaker than a standard 3-cross build (if done to similar quality) However, if you are a fairly smooth rider, having a radial front wheel shouldn't make much difference to you. Remember that if you are running a disc on that wheel you WILL NOT want to run radial, as there is a much greater twisting force so you would be better off with 3-cross etc

Looks beautiful mate, other than the headset protector halfway down the headtube... (Y) Nice work Luke

If it's any help I ride 24", '05 Maguras on smooth Tioga DH rims and would be more than happy to help test or whatever if you still need riders.

Looks good mate, weather cleared up a nice lot since yesterday. Hopefully get in tomorrow for a session, just hoping the weather stays dry for it :- Luke