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Friction is pleasure.

That. I wouldn't expect a chain whip to undo a trials sprocket in the same way as I wouldn't expect it to further tighten one.

Do you EVER stop complaining?

Nah, cutting the steerer on that fork just shows how well off you are. Great stuff though, I'd certainly buy a pair if they were solid but the price is too high to risk it.

Trialtech Sport bars are a no brainer, can't comment on the stem because I have no idea what geometry that bike has.

The pressure on the balls entering the water tank from the bottom would probably be too big to allow them to pass through the seal. It's a great idea though.

I don't condone such driving and the riding was a bit monotonous but that was a really fun video to watch.

I'd go with depends on circumstances but in most suicide must be treated as a very selfish act. You're relieveing yourself of pain (emotional/physical) with no consideration for other people who like or even love you and who's life you are a part of. I'd happily take part in this discussion if one could remain anonymous but since that's not the case, I'm done

I tell thou, it's a lottery. Fresh stock, a week old maybe.

Yeah, false alarm. I could have sworn I unpacked a few 4bolt + disc SL frames the other day. The ones I've checked now are all disc edit: However the MK2 Lites have seen the reintroduction of 4bolt mounts. That's new stock, about a week old. They were missing these mounts shortly after the MK2 was released which must have caused quite a lot of grief from dealers. Annoyingly the MK2 complete bikes also have 4bolt mounts (or the warehouse staff mixed something up again and these frames weren't intended for complete bike builds)

The ones I got in are all 4bolt + disc, checked on Tarty because I found this rather strange and they only have disc only frames. Echo seems to change something in their frames every other week without letting anyone know so it's difficult to keep up with what's going on.

It could be that now riders seem to be using sensible stems with their high bb frames. Back then people would ride an A1 or something similar with a 110 x 10* stem. I had a go on a HiFi with a faily high stem back in 2005 and that didn't feel awful.

Was it over there?

That baffles me. It was one of the most hated frames around. 1085/55/72/375. The new Pure is one of the most liked frames with most people saying it rides amazingly well (i'm one of them to my surprise). The Pure is ~1093/55/72/382. I'm sorry but I do not believe that increasing the chainstay lenth by 7mm has made an awful frame into a brilliant frame. Anyone who didn't like the HiFi and likes where the new frames are going is officially a fag.

Captain Hindsight is a way cooler superhero though.

It'd have been a lot better if they used music.

About natural riding, I've recently been introduced to a new approach by a fellow rider who's insanely controlled on tough terrain. Up until now, all the natural I did were usually "semi-urban" moves if that makes sense - jumping from one rock onto another, preferably moves which require a fair understanding of terrain, precision but mostly strength. This was fun, but after a while got boring. What he showed me seemed pretty uninteresting - he pointed me to some tiny rocks which were barely sticking out from the ground and set a section. I was hooked for the whole day trying to negotiate the course which consisted of small rocks all of which had an area smaller and narrower than a shoe. At first it seemed very easy and safe but required absolute precision and control - no correction hops because there just wasn't any room. After a few days of riding sections with this guy I could feel my bike control shoot up dramatically. The rocks I used to ride before all seemed piss easy and even more boring than they did before. So based on that my advice would be not to ride natural like it's just oddly shaped walls but look for something that challenges your precision and control.

Why does everyone get so excited about minecraft? It looks like a game from the 80's.

Met Veleno. Not under 40 quid but well worth the extra money. It's very light, has good ventilation and looks great.

No it's not. It's an ornamental piece.

Good to see something like this is in the making. White stuff didn't come out but it looks nice. Anyone know what the rear rim is?

Surely the moment you jump onto that obstacle the top pallet will slide off and you'll fall into your newly built box?

I can't help thinking that crab people are responsible for this.

I had this problem also. Pretty common.