Greetings

Now he can be executed.

very nice indeed

punished for being naughty

Looks familiar Nice colour scheme there, I like it too.

I think that oldschool riding can still be observed in countries like Australia, the States or Canada. It's all about how big the trials scene in a country is. If you've got 100 riders in each city, which I believe is possible, this sport will no longer be perceived as something unique, but yet another area in which people compete ammong each other. This leads to behaviours which spoil the sport. Because trials is progressing in a fast rate, riders want to find the bike which suits them best. And this is why we'll soon be able to buy about 40 Echo Group frames (fact), have a great choice of stems, bars and forks. I know you're relating new school riding to what people did in the mid 90's but still, if I could, I'd love to travel back 5 years, which is when I started riding. The sport was more colourful. Videos were hard to find or download. People were admiring the Americans (!!), ie. Stephen Maeder (sp), watching Chainspotting over and over again, day after day. There were so few riders "on the net", that when I wrote biketrials.com an e-mail with instructions on using Monty pine-spray, I promptly got a reply asking if I wouldn't like to be Polands' biketrials ambassador on their website. "My god, I know somebody who can jump on the rear wheel like 200 times" - that was far more impressive than hearing that Mr Smith has done St. Pauls gap both ways today. There are a few things that annoy me in trials nowadays. Front wheel ups onto rails, dropgaps (they REALLY piss me off), people doing nothing but sidehops or taps, rails. There's just too much of this, yet we have a choice of what we watch on the videos. I particularly like the Braunschweig vids because they don't do all this silly stuff but ride trials the way it used to be ridden many years ago. Trialsguru mentioned the riders themselves. Because the sport is becoming more and more popular and there are more and more riders, many people dislike each other (which is by all means normal). However what really pisses me off are silly theoretical discussions about frame geometry, tire compound and so on. For god sake, for at least 2.5 years of riding I didn't know the wheelbase of my bike, nor the chainstays, nor the weight and I was bloody happy with what I had. Now, before getting a new frame, people will be contemplating for many days or even weeks, thinking about whether to buy a frame with 30mm bb rise or 50mm bb rise. A few years ago nobody would even be interested in that (or even know what bb rise is!!), and would still be happy - now that's what matters most. Nowadays, the trials scene is partly spoiled by young people who don't know how to behave themselves. Some are really appalling, thank god the youngest rider in my city is 17, and most are over 20 years old. It really changes things when you're riding with people who have been devoted to this sport for over 10 years. They're a part of trials history especially that one of my mates was vice world champion at one stage and another had a world record for sidehop jumping. This is why people admire people like Pcola. Although he's an old fart and many people ride better than him, his style, experience and devotion make him unique. Got to go to bed now... Probably gone a bit OT. Sorry for that. Great topic though

just realized something. no offers from me.

I know this is probably shit talking, but once you're old, the tattoos will not only look horrible (because of the body shrinking, and wrinkles appearing everywhere) but will no longer be considered as, may I call it, cool/trendy. Obviously this should be of no concern to me because it's not my business. Personally I'm not fond of the idea of decorating one's body like this. Recently, someone posted a pic of a very small bike tattooed on his shoulder. Now that's great, it's something to remind you for the rest of your life of what you devoted your early years to. I just think that deciding about drawing something on your body is a very difficult decision, as things change in life. I'm sure all of us who are not mature (meaning under 30) will be regretting things they had done being young - which at the moment - they approve of. Excuse me, I had to write this. But as long as you guys know what you're doing - fine Have fun !

B.Boehmei / G.Rosea [attachmentid=4834] [attachmentid=4835] Couldn't get the pink one to walk on my hand, he was more interested in exploring my desk but still, it should give you an idea about what they look like. I've got irachnaphobia (sp.?) as well, but somehow I only react badly to small spiders. Bigman: have you named the chickens yet?

6 months 2 years would have been my guess... nice video

Touch the scratches up with red lipstick Loving your hub but it still isn't pink enough for my liking Sure looks like you're giving this bike a hard time

He's just moulted, but is still one of the smallest I posess. Called Twitlet because he's not too intelligent. [attachmentid=4821]

those pedals sure would fit my bike in terms of colour beautiful parts, however i'd never pay 140 quid for pedals no matter how long they'd last

You know I want to Bit unsure about the train ticket prices though heard they were bloody expensive... well, still a month to think about where I'll be going to. London is certain though. Be there for the Championships + 1 week after. edit: checked it somewhere purely out of interest, and it's apparently 100 pounds there and back must have got something wrong

gobbles up your money. please don't post a hammer

-Get some riding in London, maybe some other big city in the UK -Earn lots of money -Spend 2 weeks in the mountains riding -Relax

I'm trying to cope with not being able to jump any higher. I'd understand this if my riding was big, but it isn't. Reached a certain point about a year ago, and I don't seem to have progressed at all despite trying very hard. This applies only to urban riding, I seem to be fairly good on natural and enjoy it much more, but the good natural spots are ~200 miles south. How many of you have/had similar problems? And how do you cope with them?

I guess you've got the heavy duty axle. The best way to check if indeed you need tightening, is to waggle the wheel. If there is play which is due to the bearings and not the spokes, you need to tighten the hub. You need a 3/32" allen key for this. You've got a cap with a bolt on the non-drive side of the hub. Undo the bolt so it's loose and then tighten the cap with your fingers. Screw the bolt down so it's fairly tight. Or go here: and download kingservice.avi (by tart)

I could adapt to quite a few bikes when riding a python, now having a monty I can't adapt to anything at all. It's just too different.

Polands' two best amateur riders in one video One of the best vids I've seen recently, partly due to the music, editing and none of this drop-gap nonsense, but proper urban trials.

Very good riding, music suited the video well, however watching him do the same moves on the same object over and over again was a bit boring. More variety needed Amazing style though...

Real old monty

Mind me asking, but is there anybody riding in London on a regular basis? Or when I want to ride with you guys, will I also have to post one of these topics and keep my fingers crossed that anybody's interested? In other words, say I want to go out riding on Saturday, any chance I find somebody to ride with?

Two bearded dragons, this is one of them, don't have an up to date pic of the other one: [attachmentid=4772] Very funny creatures And also, partly as an investment for the future, I breed the following species of X (who is interested will know what they are, otherwise you'll consider me an idiot so I'm not writing what they are): -Nhandu Coloratovillosus -Nhandu Chromatus -Theraphosa Blondi -Brachypelma Boehmei -Brachypelma Vagans -Brachypelma Albopilosum -Psalmopoeus Irminia -Davus Fasciatus -Grammastola Rosea -Aphonopelma Seemani "blue form" (VERY rare, not even in google) -Lasiodora Parahybana x3 Most of these are females, when grown up all of them will be worth roughly ~500-600 pounds. That's why I call them an investment

I recommend a Nokia 6630 (or a 6680 but it's not that much better). With a proper memory card and programmes, you can play MP3's, watch videos in very good resolution, with proper sound and frame rate, take good pics (1.3mp) and film movies which are of adequate quality as well (not in terms of resolution but of what you can see on it). On average, the battery lasts 4 days, if you watch lots of videos and listen to music, you will need to charge it after one day. It also has a huge display. The 6680 also has a flash for taking pics, and another camera for video calls.