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This might be why my rim rubs so easily, will tighten them up tomorrow! Oh no` I have an early Pro 2 !! haha .... t-rex rider!

Well I agree with your second comment. I'm from Liverpool, but that strong obnoxious accent drives me nuts... jer' no wha I mean like!

Thanks poo man! Yeah` just looking for little tricks or techniques people have found to help them with this move. (pretty useless topic I know, but I'm desperate to improve!) .... right, I'm off out to try again. Will post pics of my smashed face when I get back! .... no worries Ogre, more info regarding the front the better! edit: JESUS, the rain stops and I've just taken a chunk of skin off my brake finger fixing the bumper on my car. f**k sake!

I'm looking for some tips on hopping to front wheel, just on a kerb etc. I find this move very un-natural, (scared of going over the front / snapping my Onza lite-guy forks, and anything else I can think off to put me off!), and don't seem to be able to commit to landing on the front wheel at all. I'm locked into pulling endos with my arms very straight and my legs tucked, but when I watch vids it seems like a slightly different technique that I just can't seem to adjust to. So any advice / is this a hard move which takes a while to get into? (I'm studying Trashzen's tut's... just want a bit of rider input) Cheers

Hey I recognise that frame, looks good. I was gentle with it, sure it's got years of life left in it.

Cheers Bigman, liked that a lot!

Excellent, enjoyed the hell out of that.... cheers guys!

Fantastic dude! .... the bath

Like everyone else, I think it's all about cockpit length.... don't know how Kris bunnyhops his T-Rex though? Ah` I know, skill!

Weird, I was riding indoors yesterday cause it was windy. Just hopping and stuff.... ended up smashing my head on the ceiling light, breaking the glass shade thing! Was funny, but bloody hurt.... indoors!

I had this problem a while back.... I still don't know why forcing fluid through the system didn't get rid of all the air, but I just kept on bleeding it over and over again, and it eventually worked? Sorry not much help, hope someone can clear this up for next time/ can an air pocket get trapped in the lever when bleeding etc?

I guess it's just what UK riders are used to. I ride with my rear brake on the right, as I too found my left hand to be weaker and less coordinated, and I'm getting on well with it that way. (only once have I forgot and looped out, that was not fun!) Although I do agree with Kris regards front wheel moves being easier with the UK set-up though. Meh` whatever feels right for the individual I suppose.

A free build your own radio station site where, you input a band. It'll find and play that band plus, others in the same vein!! Here ... thought it deserved starting a thread.

Very intresting replys, thanks guys! .... I was expecting "stop smoking that shit", then dropped like a stone... on a length of string! ...g`night!

I'm a bit of a comic book nut, so I can't wait for this! Anyone fancy a little Ghost Rider? .... he rides a bike! .... and his head is on fire!

In regards to that, what would happen if the moon wasn't there?

Sheesh` I need to take a nap! Thanks for the replies guys, I can understand bits like why we are not getting pulled in or repelled from the sun (I like that, although I can't work out why everthing is so perfectly weighted to not allow objects to be attracted or repelled... h`mm must be somthing simple as this NEVER occurs).... but I'm a bit lost when it comes to `real world/mathematical` physics. I wish I would of listened in school, rarther that ignore the teacher and try and come up with a `perpetual motion` device at the back of the class, which my teacher insisted would never work. Q: Can gravity not be harnesed to produce energy here on earth, or is that stupid because it only really applies to things of substancial mass, which we have no ways of creating given our current circumstance here on earth? Right I'm off to find that gravity experiment Partz was talking about.... I have to see this!

People watching me like it's a free show! I guess it must look unusual and intresting to people seeing me on my weird looking bike, but stop staring at me... your freaking me out! I'm really nice to people who come over and chat with me and take the time to say hello etc.... just not people staring at me/saying nothing, like its TV or something! (meh`- MY personal gripe!) ..... and dog poo!

Crikey, that's ace! I'm a total graphics/PS junkie... does Maya take a looooong time to learn / are you self taught or did/do you go to college to learn it?

What is gravity? / Why should/would a smaller object be attracted to another object with greater mass in the universe? I’ve been arguing this since I started smoking ganga haha, and nothing or nobody has been able to offer me any explanation that I am remotely satisfied with. Firstly, I do believe there is a force pulling us towards the earth, moon to the earth, earth to the sun etc, I’m not denighing this as it call be seen… it happens, no argument there. Things like theories on `gravitons`. Theories = shit ok! Newton and Einstein can shove that up their a-hole and most of the time they are just explaining the forces/weight and mass, and not any real reason why such a thing may happen = slackers! If that’s all’s on offer you can just forget it imo. "Hey, I’ve a theory"… really, just something you made up that kinda suits the subject matter, GREAT!….. dude, tell me when you have substantial proof, conduct an experiment with can be repeated… or shut the hell up and admit you don’t know! Theory… look it up in the god dam dictionary geek freak! Maybe you have seen the `theory` that the universe is like a giant cloth pulled tight? You place a large heavy object in the centre which creates a depression, and if you where to introduce a smaller object into this, it would roll/get pulled towards the centre, well yeah if you did that on earth, it would get pulled towards the centre because of this magical thing we call gravity. But how the f**k do you apply that to space with it's three different axis? It’s not a flat surface that this theory can be applied to, unless they know something regarding space there not telling us? It sounds really nice… the first time I saw this `theory` I was taken by it myself, but I later decided it was just a nice way of explaining it, with no real application to the real world. So f**k that! Other things that bother me about `gravity` is things like: Why don’t objects like the earth get pulled towards the sun, eventually getting closer and closer etc? Or why doesn’t the reverse happen, ie; the earth moves away from the pulling object due to the weight and force of the earth? Like taking a large weight and swinging it around yourself… the object wants to pull away. On a side note, has anyone noticed the similarities between the way atoms supposedly work and the way planets/objects work in space? Which would lead me to the question, why are molecules attracted and repelled away and toward one another? H’mm anyway, another time on that one me thinks or maybe the clue is in that. I can’t really get my head around atoms because they are un-observable to the human eye in any level, opposed to planets which I can observe and understand to a certain degree. OK that’s enough; I could go on forever like I have done for years! My long-term stoner goal is to figure the reason out and convert the principal to produce free energy. Which is HIGHLY unlikely I'll grant you! This is THE force that dictates the universe, and all we do is call it gravity, put it in a box and forget about it…. Unbelievable! Can anybody shed some light on this? Got any theories! Right, I’m going to bed! PS: I have not been smoking anything.... for about a week! PPS: Forgive the length of this, it isn't exactly a `what colour rim type question`.

Do you have a link or any pics? I can't find anything! ....Magura have a patent for what? I saw the diagrams you/or somebody posted, but you said `these` when no maggie designs are mentioned in this thread? What exactly have Magura patented... the use of a hydro rim brake or the intricate design of their specific design? I'm a bit confused here.... hydraulics is hydraulics no? Just looking for a bit of room to maneuver!

Wow, I never dreamed uni-cycling had progressed that much, I'm dying for a go on one now!

Why would that be a problem... for future reference? Saw that pic/patient someone posted of the workings of a maggie piston... I'll be buggerd if I can properly understand how it works. Wish I could though... THEN I'd get my thinking cap on.

Yeah` if the head has come off then it's not gonna be tightly jammed in there.... use the force Luke!

I'd say Photoshop. I can never think what to use Illustrator for.... unless I'm concerned about the file size and output of the design.