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it looks like it does

yes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4crosH8GIPI hope the embed works,after 10 months of slacklining i'm starting to surf some bigboy lines and i'm really proud and happy with this

slam that hub and make a spoke tensioner

i'd like to throw some extra love at ben, when i went to uni in Sheffield he showed me alot of the spots and took me to the rocky stuff outside of the city. i'm grateful for that. thanks dude

i think i saw someone doing it once when i was a kid, (i might have made that memory up though). i used to do modest dirt jumping when i was like 12-14 and the place we dug in was destroyed by the council. still wanting to bike one of the guys suggested trials and i got my first bike age 15 (2005/2006). everyone who suggested it quit and i roped a school friend into it with me, we stuck at it for 8-9 years before injuries forced him out. i started a full time job and moved to london in 2015. i found organising rides difficult and not very time efficient, and riding street by myself started to feel awkward. so i started rowing and then slacklining where the community was stronger and more convenient. and my enthusiasm for riding started to fall off because i didn't have many people to ride with and it felt like alot of effort to get out. i'm sure if i had a field of rocks or a more consistent local scene i'd have stuck at it. i still enjoy the content and i like seeing how much the bikes are improving. i still own a bike that i'd like to get out on this summer though. i guess more culture, social scene, and more venues would have helped me stay in it

if it's not a mission then it could be a base or an onza, measure the dropouts and the headset to find out

i don't think it's a mission looking at the headset actually... i think they ran with a 1.5" headset not the standard 1 1/8 which that looks like. either way if it's a mission prodigy frame then you either need to get a headset that takes the smaller steerer or get your hands on the original mission forks will fit that bike.

if memory serves they take a 14mm axle hub on the back wheel which limits your choice of hubs to very beefy bmx ones. make sure you get a threaded hub so you can put a good trials freewheel on there. if the frame the only part you have? you might be better off getting a complete new bike.

look at an inspired 26, it's probably the closest you'd get to that pashley feel, they're obscenely well made too. what and how were you riding back in 2004? mods have gotten very extreme compared to what they were back in your day, they're very high bb and 'twitchy' and are so far from how bmxy they used to be. i started in 2005 and i don't realy ride alot now but they standard of kit is f**king amazing now.

i took a shit in the street walking home from a night out whilst on the phone to my mate, i was minutes from my house. i didn't know about this till they called me the next day telling me to change and shower. this will happen again this year.

i'm near to edmonton (chingford) i have a 20 i want to sell...

my 26 is going tonight, i like the guy whos getting it so that makes it feel better? i know i'm not going to make time for it anymore. and i still have the mod if i get the itch. slacklining is still progressing and is tickling all those feelings trials used to give me without ruining my shins. i managed to stay up on the line for 1 hour and 11 minutes just going back and forth tonight

gross tangent but one of the first small time, small town videos that a mate made has this song and you've taken me back to being a filthy teenager and i'm thankful.

met a family in the woods yesterday whilst slacklining, got them having a go and the mum started ribbing the dad for a unicycle that he never uses. it's now mine i also met the serious slackliners in london and it was incredible, got to use loads of kit and try some big ol' lines and my understanding of the hobby beyond the ratchet sets i've been using has improved massively. i'm f**king smitten with slacklining. it's really nice to be teenagishly enthusiastic for a hobby again. yay

just spunked nearly 1k on car insurance, but that is year 4 of 5, so hopefully this time next year i'm gloating about cheap insurance. if not i'm setting fire to a luxury vehicle parked near mine in 12 months time.

if your buying a ska new, you could get a rad bike second hand, which i'd recommend cause the ska is functioning but awful, you want fancy brakes and a good freewheel off the bat or you'll be even more put off by the steep learning curve.

it's exciting to see all this happening after giving you a lift from heathrow

any standard bottom bracket i ran one of these so i presume it's a 68mm shell as a little bit of the BB poked out if memory serves. or are you meaning the newer press fit version? i'd imagine the echo press fit one would work but i'd call tartys just in case.

i'll probably have that off you where are you located or are you happy to post? 07916927708

Dont have the money for a 5 month holiday...

my now ex girlfriend is in mexico, i was going out in january for 5 months, due to our new relationship status i've just found out i've blown 650 quid on flights i won't be using and i can't get a refund. ouch.

you need to learn to wind up the bike with what space you have, it will feel awkward but it'll get easier with practice

yeah it's a gibbon surfer, i'm looking at picking up a 100m kit in a few weeks. this weekend i got out with an old trials buddy who's now into drones; linky the footage is his live fpv feed so the quality isn't superb but it's super fun

it's rude your not posting your other bey.