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some really cool pics there, good stuff to ride, nice looking weather, cool atmosphere and nice environment! some different looking bikes there with some frames and parts i haven't seen before.

the likelyness of me getting my bike built up is very low seeing as some of the parts i need still haven arrived, so... don't think i will make it unless you where to perspone the ride until next week when hopefully both me and ben geary can come

nice bike matey, mad stem?

looks beasty whats the geo? how does it ride

werd... i have fatties, good forks, stripped down and my they do polish up nice always seem to look bent though... like swooping out bent, oh well, i like them , theres just something about them which seems reasuring

i was just about to start a topic about isis bb's and all ... or even ring tarty bikes and ask them because they rule ... wondering if anyone was had the same problem as me, iv snapped/bent 3 square taper bb's and the tapers on my cranks have become really loose (i know this may be my fault but oh well... shit happens)... i'm now looking for new isis cranks and a new isis bb (well when i say new i mean new to me... maybe, if they wern't all so expensive) my money is limited as i still need a new frame, chain and stem so i would need to find some reasonably priced cranks and a cheapish bb, but they just don't seem to exist, buying cranks off tart would mean also buying a new bash (more money) and then having to buy a new bb aswell. worked out if i buy the echo cranks 6061 cranks (which i have heard are weak?) and the echo bash i have already worked up a hefty £72 before i have even looked at bottom brackets, and then finding a bb to fit ffw costs another 43, so thats £115? for just a set of cranks and a bb are there any other options, i have already set up a topic in the for sale/wanted asking if anyone has any of the parts i need but i think im gonna have to end up buying new.

i started when i was 15... but i found it hard on a diamondback stock

hey man, welcome the forum, im from the east midlands, leicester. to be honest i wouldnt bother with your local bike shop, your best buying some decent pads straight away (read the recent pad reviews) as for setting the brake up... have a go yourself, if you never try you'll never learn

il be there hommies... ampitheatre off the top step is calling edit: ben likes my mum

looks fooking cool if you ask me good job nicky looks nice ... atleast its not another leeson/curtis/pashley/24 or whatever ther all riding nower days... nice to be individual... although... i have no choice mads are shit...

saracen mad team 04 *** (in white) love it...

dont know if it counts... treacle sponge with cream... or sticky toffee pudding with cream... or you cant beat cheesecake... strawberry or chocolate

a mate of mine is big into it... like big time into it... i think hes sponsored although i don't know if he was lieing about that... i'll get him to look at this topic and i'll reply for him when i can ... pirhana is a good make though

mate that is soooo lush, hope it rides nice and lasts how long do you reckon it will last hmmmm... looks very nice though mate

hmmm maybe notts on friday and mount sorrel on saturday kris ? you know you want to... rim mullerage on friday... anoying rubbing and nice chunks missing from your rim on saturday cya ther edit: ben likes men

snowy... thats not ghetto... thats just gay... i feel sorry for you

beau you beast you have improved a hell of alot on the zoo, like... alot the vid was pretty good huge riding, cool song, big drop gaps can't wait till the next

i dont know if this is true but i have heard that if you send your forks to cannondale they will strip, respray and resticker you forks for free... don't know if its true but its gotta be worth a try... maybe look on their website... i'm thinking of getting mine sprayed also, let us know how you get on mate

nice one nicky!!!! you have improved so much... gotta see some riding on the mod? some really kool inventive camera angles there aswell, very cool... make some vids when you improve, learn more techniques, you should be a beast in about a year

looks lush nice one dan

i think my old db had a wheelbase of around 900 - 1000 with tuff guy forks... sorry cant remember the exact wheelbase... its short... very short

good riding there lads, looks like it was a fun ride ... don't like the forks on the ashtons though

alrite mate... i don't really have much experience on a mod... but have ridden stock for a year and a half, sometimes have a go on my freinds mod (monty)... im actually too short for my stock, yet i still find riding it alot easier than my mates monty, taps, gaps, etc are easier, but i cannot get the kick like i can with a mod... what i mean is, when gapping because the bike is longer i cannot kick the back end out too get further in gaps, this would be different on a mod or on a shorter bike.... sidehops are harder on a stock "apparently" although again i find it easier on a stock, i know your a beast at sidehops anyways so shouldnt matter pretty much like everything else, it just takes getting used to, imo you will suit a stock better as i memba you bein fairly tall anyways i dunno if i have helped... probably haven't Good luck with the change, btw whats stock are you looking at?

any more help would be greatly apreciated