Phatmike

Word. Phat pads are made up and ready to send out! If you'd like a set of the refils, they're £10, and paypal-able to michael.singleton@trials-forum.co.uk. If you'd like a set in Heatsink CNC backings, it's £30 in total, paypal to the same address. Mike.

Sweeet. Have not seen Wayne in a while...... Dan

F**k yeah, along with Burrows, Max-T, Stan, Porter, Bessel, & Adrian J - was the last day of our euro trip. Damn good video too, hermance is re-freaking-diculous!

You lost 2/3 of a testicle in the crash?

Nice one guys, keep it up.

You 3 - see my avatar. T-Rex Boy - don't be a baby, and put the pictures up, I'd be interested to see an ex-trials riders new bike, and also some pictures and vids of it being ridden.

Hey guys. I'm a bit of a noob outside the world of car audio, so need some advice on choosing a decent speaker set up for my room at uni. I bought my stepmum a set of the Harmon Kardon SoundsticksII (http://www.techhouseuk.com/peripherals/pc-speakers/2-1-speaker-systems/2-1-speaker.html), as she liked the design, and they do sound good to me. As well as an audiophile, I am a bit of a bass head, so a decent subwoofer channel is essential. Looking to spend around £100, more than happy to go 2nd hand if there's anything around. Ta for the help. Mike.

Just watched this again, meant to comment on it when me & Max watched it in Slovenia.. Definately one of the most inspirational vids to me I've ever seen, I really like how you throw yourself at silly stuff - reminds me of myself.. just more talented. Looking forward to shredding the hell out of Loughborough with you! Mike.

Just.. awesome ben. Was a cracking weekend. Music was brilliant, flowed so well, as was the editing. Thought the edit at the start of the west bay footage (when I'm setting up for the tap) was really inspired! ...my bad.

That is awesome. Why on earth did we have shows like this, and Under Pressure on TV all these years ago, but a decade later - when the sport is supposed to have grown, we've nothing!

Will be hitting up Loughborough in 2 weeks time. Product Design & Technology.

Sweet video - that really was an enjoyable comp. (Apart from the top sections at the top which weren't included in the video.. greased ice anyone? ) Dani's a beast, riding really well - beasting it out in spain too!

4 months. On the roadtrip, during the world championship round in france;

Should be there quite hung over on Sunday. Will be bringing Tom & Ollie from Stourbridge. Does anyone have a decent camera flash they can lend me for the day? Mike.

Erm that one never crashed Matt. (& it was 3 wishbones...) Robin & Al, yeah I've still got the rocco on my drive, need to get rid of it. If you guys are struggling to get bits, then I'd be happy to start splitting it before it's scrapped.

Aaaah, just smashed my all-time MPG personal best. Driving between Swindon and Malvern, and averaged 59.0mpg (it was 59.1 before the last bit of hill before my house ). This is in a '99 1.6L Petrol Audi A4 Estate with plenty of stuff in the back. My god it was slow, but... score! ...Someone get me an efficient diesel!

Just about to post up, but word. Sounds good. Weather looks good too! http://www.metcheck.com/V40/UK/FREE/today.asp?zipcode=oxford

8mm.

Correct. Got some more being made in the *very* near future though.

Hey all. Just got the effort to type here - been on such a mega low since getting back! Guessing such an incredible 5 week high kind of raises your expectations of life.. Has been a pretty crazy trip, and it's odd to be back. But god I'd do it all over again exactly the same if I could! Since I last posted in Slovenia, we've travelled through Austria, Germany, Luxembourg, France, and back home. We had a extremely random night in Germany after setting off from Slovenia, ending up sleeping in the car in some very strange and spooky park in Munich before being rudely awoken by some Nazi-esque park wardens shouting at us to go! Decided to go up via the Nurbugring, and got there at about 2pm the next afternoon. After waiting untill 6pm for the BMW Drivers Experience thing to finish, we were then told that that evening single laps weren't on, and the ring was only available for a 2 hour session for 200 euros. Had I had the spare cash I would've loved to do it, but really couldn't justify it! However it was cool to go there and check it out, and decided to make up for the lake of extreme driving on the ring on the local roads round there. :wink2: From Nurburg we set off to Buthiers, and after riding a motorway service station in the east of France for an hour, decided to just sleep outside there under some trees. ...untill 4am when it decided to piss it down. So extremely annoyed and soaked we packed up and made our way to Buthiers. Had a great ride on Tuesday there, and were greeted at 5am the next morning with full beams, and a loud horn, by Stan, Porter & Bessel. After a good sleep we left the Buthiers campsite for one in Malsherbes for a third the price, met up with Matt Burrows and Adrian Jorden a little later, and rode all day Wednesday. Thursday we all woke up to pissing rain, & whilst Me & Matt went for a hardcore ride during which we got soaked (with Adrian & Max filming & photographing), the other trio sodded off to Paris for a failure of a street ride & to check out the apparant failure that is the Koxx Shop. After more riding, we all packed up Sunday morning & rode Paris. It rained a bit, but we still all had a good ride, & caught up with Hermance and a few others who were also there streeting it up. Me & Max decided to end it a little early then, after a few bike failures, and headed back, but ended up catching the same ferry as everyone else anyways. Got back at about 4am Monday morning (after a 3am wake up call at Kati's house ), and had a mega sleep. A huge thanks has to go out to everyone who made the trip what it was. To Max & Kati for joining me putting up with eachother and myself, to everyone we rode with, everyone who allowed us to stay with them, and everyone who we encountered. Got to say it was the best 5 weeks of my life so far & I can't wait to do something similar again. Cheers to everyone who's been reading, following and replying to this topic, I'm glad we've been able to share it with you all, and hopefully inspired you all to get out and explore the world a bit. Still many more pics to sift through, so I'll probably get them uploaded here soon. Take it easy, and don't stop enjoying yourselves. Mike.

Can't believe it! More tragic news - he was such an awesome & fun loving guy. It was only a couple of days ago we were chatting about his antics at Nass '05 & '07. RIP mate

Hey all. Back in Slovenia now, at Dejan's. Stopped off last night after driving back up from Croatia. Was a solid 9 hour stint, only stopped 3 times for fuel and some soup. Anyways, had an awesome time in Croatia, massive thanks to Matija for letting us stay with him in his holiday home. We had a superb ride in Novalja on Friday, got some massive crowds going! I'll be impressed with anyone with an eye sharp enough to spot what happened here, there is a clue in the photo A random drive by shot in Pag; We had amazing weather all week on Pag, saw maybe one small cloud all week.. untill Friday night: And I erm... stole Matija's car. The rocks in the area stunk of B.O Also found a link with some pics from the ride in Ljubljana last sunday: http://www.trialbikes.si/index.php?option=...&id=603#603 & Bollard gaps; Youtube Video -> ">" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350">

Sounding good lads! We were planning on getting there earlier, but getting there on Tuesday'll give us more time to chill out here, & in Slovenia again. See y'all there, make sure someone brings one badass saw. Oh, and does anyone know the dealio with camping there now? Chou Mike.

Aright lads! Just a quickie here - currently in a little internet cafe in Povljana on the island of Pag in Croatia. Been here since Monday, & shooting off tomorrow to head towards buthiers. Is really nice here, perfect weather, warm sea, sweet beaches, all good! Probably got a photo or two I'll upload at some point, but have been tanning more than anything, so not a great deal of pics to be expected. Take care, Mike.