Greetings

You need some flex in my opinion. It makes preserving momentum easier and thus benefits your riding. Obviously the bigger you go, the more they are going to flex. But I'd say Neons are stiff enough for most. They're pretty solid forks, would definitely recommend them.

Watched Searching for Sugar Man yesterday. Highly recommended.

He looks fine to be honest. Are you really concerned about his well-being or did you just want to show him off to the forum?

Absolutely amazing riding. The amount of skill that must go into pulling off such moves is beyond me.

Some valid points there with which it's difficult to disagree with. However, I wasn't talking about global warming. My view on this matter is pretty neutral, there is as much evidence to support it, as there is against it. My personal opinion is that climate has been changing for millennia, some years ago Poland was a desert, then it was covered in ice, now we're back to a temperate climate. With regard to the methane problem, if you all say that we are going to die in a few years, than I really do not believe that people in power are more concerned about power than the well-being of their kids, wives, husbands, friends etc. You're essentially saying that if there was a big comet headed for earth, they would rather stay in power, do nothing and die a few years later than act. On the matter of this methane trapped under ice, here's an article I found in Google, from what I'd call a fairly reliable source: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/08/120831-antarctica-methane-global-warming-science-environment/ It doesn't say that in a few years we will all die. It says that there is a big chance that within a century it could be released exacerbating global warming. It also says that WE DO NOT KNOW how much methane there is, findings are based on the estimated quantity of biological matter and age of the micro organisms trapped down there that produce methane. This is on the contrary to conspirators, who know that the quantity is deadly. How?

I respect your opinions but if you don't mind, I won't go into too much detail, just ask some follow up questions. Not a problem surely if they can mine CNG trapped in small pockets beneath the earth? It's done by injecting liquid to break up the pockets and release the gas. Your reply to those points is just one: greed. Not good enough, sorry. You're essentially dumbing life down to one dimension and forgetting about everything else. This is why I ignore people who believe in conspiracies, they seem to find one answer for absolutely everything. How can you even say that? Perhaps there are some greedy people at power but you're saying ALL of them are greedy, or such a great number that those who aren't, are in the minority. Do you have any statistical evidence to prove your point (not just 3 articles which say someone completely irrelevant is greedy)? Probably not, because I doubt any research has been conducted into those fields. On that basis, the conclusion you drew has a high chance of being completely wrong. You ask whether I took the time to find out - no, because the moment you start searching for "evidence" of what you're talking about, you finish up in the weird part of the internet where people arrive at ridiculous conclusions based on one small questionable fact. I'd consider a read if there was some research coming from places like Oxford uni or Yale, not some geek who's spent the last few years in his dungeon, afraid to get out. But obviously Oxford would never release a study on such a matter because it's probably funded by the chemtrail mafia and Release The Methane lobby. You also wrote, if I understand correctly that if I didn't take the time to find out about this, people in power won't either. Really? They are PAID to find out, it's their job. My job is selling bikes. And when there's something new on the market I do find out about it, and sure as hell they should too, given that people in power have a huge number of advisers (all greedy I suppose).

I know this won't matter when we're all dead, but if this is true I will happily give you away all my friends, gf and possessions. This is complete and utter nonsense. Here are some questions, which if you could answer convincingly, would perhaps make me change my mind about giving away everything I own to you: - Why isn't that methane being made use of? - Why not mine it? - We can't, or is there no methane? - Why would governments (which are bad and govern sheeple, like us) not be concerned about everyone dying soon, including them? - Do PM's, presidents have no self preservation instinct? - If they're just mad with power, what use is power when they run around in anti-gas masks and we're all dead? Sorry, this is so retarded I don't even know why I'm posting. These are matters which usually interest people with too much time on their hands. Nothing better to do, so they grovel the internet, manipulate facts and connect them together when they have absolutely no correlation whatsoever. They arrive at absurd conclusions, which are then dressed in special words making everything sound real and dangerous.

One of my friends keeps posting sightings of "cropduster" planes on Facebook, which he thinks fly at night and spray us all with chemicals.

So, I decided to check why my 6 month old Bosch sensors had packed up. After removing them, I found this: Any ideas what the f**k happened?

Went out riding for the 2nd (if you count a 2 minute ride) time since October. No stamina at all, didn't enjoy myself but it's strange that my skills haven't all disappeared. Was pleasantly surprised. Still thinking about a 24" trials bike but my hatred towards mods makes me wonder whether smaller wheels won't mean worse performance...

PaRtZ interesting points indeed. Wasn't aware of the RepRap It makes the whole concept of 3d printing sound even more ridiculous to me. Another added benefit of people being able to print things at home is that you're essentially allowing for a whole new community of engineers to emerge. There are bound to be thousands of people who have got a knack for design and a lot of great ideas but no way of making them happen. With this technology, we're opening ourselves up to a new world of ideas and along with them, a way of rapidly implementing improvements. So an innovative design that turns out to have a fault can quickly be re-designed by the community and implemented by the user at the cost of printing the updated unit. Commercial 3D printers are already available and not as expensive as it would seem: http://printrbot.com/

We all know about 3D printing but this video makes some very interesting points: http://www.wimp.com/printingchange/'>http://www.wimp.com/printingchange/ What do you guys think? I've been aware of this technology for some time now but never really sat down and thought about what it could change. If the printing "cartridges" for these devices are affordable too then this could quite literally change the economy. I think we're going to live in interesting times....

Adam, great driving! You've clearly got the hang of driving a RWD car, that thing looks stupidly fast and a lot of fun too. Would love to have a go in something similar one day. Not sure if people here have seen this already? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pNhqdsh2XU

Not really, there's a pic on the previous page. I had a more severe impact just before that run heating up the rear tyres. This one just scratched the door and rear quarter panel + a small dent. Tyres are really great obstacles to hit, it's amazing how well they absorb the shock. As for carrying on, like Prawn said there's no point in stopping if the car is still working. This isn't a time attack event, it's a rally so you need to complete each stage because they sum up your overall time. If I hesitated for more than 3 seconds, I'd have lost 2nd place in my class and 1st in the RWD class. I'd essentially be in a lose-lose situation. Prawn, those tyres were new 595 RS-R's. How long do these need to run in? The vid above was the last run so they had 4 others like that to break in, about 10km of the carting track and a few burnouts to get them up to temp.

Got some clips for whoever's interested. And this, with the more interesting but still rather uneventful bit being around the 3:10 mark (this wasn't the bump that caused the major bodywork damage). I'm actually proud of my reaction, the moment the hand leaves the shifter is the moment I knew I was headed for the tyre wall and tree. Pulled the handbrake instantly so as to align the car parallel to the obstacle and pointing in roughly the right direction. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0e8EKchmmOI (yes, the rear tyres sucked so hard...)

Haven't been in this thread for ages so sorry if repost, but this is great

Unfortunately, Echo do not want to admit something is wrong with the newer batches. Apparently dealers don't complain, which is strange because the failure rate of these is completely unacceptable. 1% per year would be bad enough. Perhaps someone should collect the damaged freewheels and send a 100kg box of remains to Deng, then he'd understand?

I'm surprised they're not putting a 1JZ or 2JZ in, by far the best engine if you want poweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrr.

Meh, this was bound to happen sooner or later.... Overall 2 crashes, the bad one which cost me the rear end and wheel happened while warming up of the tyres, later through that run I hit tyres next to a tree. Got that one on video, will upload later.

I obviously know Hans Rey is a legend, but can someone explain to me why? Was he a pioneer of this sport alongside Ot and Cesar?

Thought I wasn't going to make it to a comp tomorrow. It took 2 HOURS to get a 255/35R18 595 RS-R onto the rim. It finally popped at over 140psi. Scary stuff.

Not sure if it's a happy thing but Echo sometimes amuses me. After unpacking countless Echo 24" frames, I stumbled upon a disc version. Just one. Factory error or what? I love such surprises though

I'd say the obstacle is too small, you haven't got enough momentum and you're doing it too slowly. I suck at doing this onto narrow obstacles but I do find that going as fast as possible (pedal gap onto the rear wheel rather than pedal kick), not letting the front wheel drop too much and just diving for the edge at a 90* angle helps a lot. You want to do the switch very quickly, while your rear wheel is still "climbing up". That way you maintain the momentum through the switch.

Echo has their own factory for frames, so no. It's just another sorry rip-off coming from a company which cannot come up with any design of their own (probably Zhi). Does look bloody nice though.

Wow, now that's a rare frame.