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Wow. That takes me back. I used to work in the Pashley shop and rode a matte black 26mhz. In fact, that is pretty much my exact spec. Azonic double walls, hope tiglide hubs (I stripped the ratchet ring off one and still have the chipped elbows where I fell backwards now) but I ran IRC Elgato tyres. Saturday in the shop was spent sprucing the bike up and then we went for a ride after work! I have a 24mhz in the garage still, a prototype one with disc mounts. Where did you get the stickers from out of curiosity? Would love to get a set made up and respray the frame. Would love even more to get a 26mhz built up! Had a pre-production Ashton ET frame after that and then went back to a Justice. Wish I had kept them all to be honest. Would love a ET 24.

I used to ride years (+10 ago) and have a load of HS33 levers somewhere. I also have the longer single finger lever blade (can't remember the brand) with metal reach adjuster. That was the most powerful rear brake. Used to run avid ultimate v's and levers at one point too. With heatsink v pads. They were the lightest and best feeling brakes I had. Those original red levers in the post, as said are not HS33 or HS11 (11's were awful) but are the middle HS22/24 type with a trials spec.

The one titled fluid23 - where is my mind has Edd Tongue, Matt Tongue and Kris Leeson (?) I believe. Edd on the black ET 24, Matt on the silver Leeson and Kris on the other bike.

Like the riding, the camera work was bearable so don't worry too much bout it. What's the music in the video?

The 26mhz was a colaboration of Matt and Edds design on a trials specific frame from a long time ago. They are a fairly short frame, although i have no clue how short they are, whilst the ghz (i had a go on the first one ever made) is slightly longer. If i recall the ghz is close to an ashton (mk1) geo wise. They do have the added bonus of being a steel frame, something the younger riders will not know! I'm sure some of the more committed (read geeky) members will be able to shed some more light geo wise on them.

I remember an article in MBUK of Edd and Matt riding down a big rock face near a bridge, one of the first ones i bought. Wishing I had a Pashleys 26mhz. Then I landed up working in there on a satudays, had a matt black 26mhz and riding in the car park outside the shop. Then meeting up with the people that were riding town that day after the shop closed! I had a dcd on my saracen xile, having to bend it so that it would fit around my massive chainstays.A guy called Matt? from brum/solihull who had a black 26mhz with gold power pro cranks riding along a rail and me thinking it was the coolest thing in the world!

People have drilled holes in parts and cut bits off for years, its not a new fashion. Drilled, Bashring, outer pedal cages/removed inners, quick release levers, brake clamps/levers, inner walls of rims, seatposts/clamps, dropouts, boosters, hubs, pedal bodies, stems, bars, top caps. All been done before, years ago. If you want a light bike then do it.

I was just going throught the website he had quoted as saying he was going to use. Obviously I wouldn't use a power supply like that, hence why in the machine I specced further up I had mentioned a better one, whilst staying between £3-400 overall cost.

Your thinking ATI 9600, I'm on about Nvidia 9600 that was released around Feb this year. http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/01/04/nv..._preps_9600_gt/ Also, going by the website you mentioned (pcspecialist) I made this, Here is your chosen specification... Processor (CPU) Intel® Pentium® DualCore E2180 (2 X 2.00GHz)800MHz FSB/1MB Cache Memory (RAM) 2GB CORSAIR DDR2 667MHz - LIFETIME WARRANTY! (2x1GB) Motherboard ASUS® P5N-MX: DDR2, S-ATA II, 1 x PCI-E x16, 2 PCI, etc Operating System NO OPERATING SYSTEM REQUIRED USB Options 6 x USB 2.0 PORTS (4 REAR + 2 FRONT) AS STANDARD Memory - 1st Hard Disk 250GB SERIAL ATA II HARD DRIVE WITH 8MB CACHE (7200rpm) 2nd Hard Disk NONE RAID (HDD 1 & 2) NONE 1st CD/DVD Drive 20x Dual Layer LightScribe DVD Writer ±R/±RW/RAM 2nd CD/DVD Drive NONE Graphics Card 512MB GEFORCE 9600GT PCI Express + DVI + TV-OUT 2nd Graphics Card NONE Sound Card 6 Channel Onboard High Definition Audio (As standard) Modem NONE, I WILL BE USING BROADBAND Network Facilities WIRELESS 54Mbps NETWORK CARD (£12) Floppy Disk Drive NONE Memory Card Reader INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (READS XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) Case Stylish Black/Silver Sigma case + 2 front USB Power Supply & Case Cooling 500W (Peak) Quiet Dual Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan (£22) Processor Cooling STANDARD CPU COOLER Firewire & Video Editing NONE TV Card NONE Monitor NONE 2nd Monitor NONE DVI Cable NONE Keyboard & Mouse NONE Mouse NONE Speakers NONE Printer NONE Surge Protection NONE Webcam & VoIP NONE Media Center Kit NONE Anti-Virus NONE Office Software NONE External Hard Drive NONE Warranty 1 Year Return-to-Base incl 1st Month Free Collect & Return Delivery STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI) Quantity 1 Other Features Included As Standard... Software CD/DVD authoring software and Power DVD software is included with all DVD Writers. Ports Each computer comes with 1 x PS/2 keyboard port and either 1 x PS/2 mouse port or 2 extra USB ports. Fans Where necessary your computer will come with extra case fans fitted. Memory Our memory comes with a 100% tested lifetime warranty! Bezels All our drives come in either silver, black or beige and are all of a high quality & matched brand. Support We offer lifetime hardware technical support during normal office hours. Cables & Manuals A power cable, all drivers, manuals, and a heatsink & fan are included with every order. Service Our computers come fully assembled & thoroughly tested. We are so confident in the quality of our computers that we offer a free collection and re-delivery service* should you ever have a problem with your computer. Installation If you order an operating system it will come fully installed with the CD and licence key. And Finally If you are lucky enough to have seen a cheaper quote, click here. The Windows Genuine Advantage We have noticed that you have not added an operating system to your current chosen specification. Although it is not required that you purchase an operating system with your order, we strongly recommend that an operating system is supplied and installed by us, as we will be able to support you better should you have any problems. If you are planning on installing a non-genuine copy of Windows on your order, did you know that you will not be able to obtain updates from Microsoft, which could leave security holes on your PC? You can learn all about the Windows Genuine Advantage here. Price for this PC System: Price for this PC System: £321.70 ex VAT. £378 inc VAT and Delivery. Should be ok for what you want, from the options they give.

Personally i'd go for something like this, The graphics card should play pretty much anyhting you throw at it, case is just a basic cheap case, decent psu, decent size hdd and enough memory for vista or xp. If you want 4 gig of memory you will need a 64 bit operating system, which i also left off so you could choose what you wanted. My rig is, Pentium c2d e4300, 1.8ghz oc'd to 2.66 (dual core), ATI x1900xtx, 250gb hard drive, 2 GB memory and vista 32bit. Not found a game it cant play, even had Supreme Commander running dual screen with 2 other online players and just about managed to get through that. Again, crysis looked awesome, not tried DX10 yet but that will be next to really see if there is any difference.

Why does everyone on here take photos with the flash in the picture?

I got a 28 hole front wheel and its fine. I built it radial on the non disc side as well and its held up pretty strong. Dinged it a couple of times and it hasn't come out of true yet.

Get a set of fox forks and then get them dropped to 40/60mm. Can send the internals off to be changed,should cost around £80. That'd be the best way, that way you can use a q/r hub but you'll still have to use front disk. Would make for a nice light setup too.

Its because they brand you as another threatening "hoody" hanging around. If you think from their point of view, it's proberly fairly intimidating to them having some kid making loads of noise with his brakes on a push bike. Either that or they did actually want to sit down on those benches.

It is 100% NOT octalink. Just buy some isis ones.

Chris King

Atomlab rims are heavy, rhyno lites are probs gonna be your best bet as everyone has said. I use a mavic 24 inch rim which is nice and wide and has held a grind well (but these are hard to come by).

I got my pashley down to about 19lbs with lighter parts than that and matt tongue got his to about 17lbs i think using a hell of a lot of carbon and ti and alloy. I still don't think thats accurate

An ss king hub will save you 100grams over a pro 2 t

They are definately a trials bike, try putting a suspension fork on one and the head angle will be all horrible. They are from back in a day when that was as trials specific as things got. Most definately a trials bike though.

I got it off a friend, one of the last ones i think. In my opinion one of the nicest riding bikes ever, perfect head angle, length and reach. Cant fault it.

not really a fan of all this anodised green/red/pink stuff.

My Ashton Justice Spec is, Ashton Justice '06 Frame Echo lite forks Chris King Headset Kore Elite Stem (ti bolts) Azonic double walls Front try-all hub on mavic xm317 rim 28 hole with radial spokes on the non disk side,continental verticle pro tyre Avid bb7 with 180mm disk oddysee linear slick cable, Avid ultimate lever Raceface tubine cranks with 20 tooth c ring and filthy ard guard, titanium fsa bb and welgo mg1's Rear Chris King ss hub with echo 05 rim (brand new) and maxxis high roller tyre 42a 2.5 Rear brake- Ultimate arms on heatsink adapters with plaz cvr pads, ultimate lever and oddysee linear slick cable Throughout the bike there are ti and alloy bolts in the appropriate places. Could maybe do with some lower rise bars but the current setup is ok for now.

I heard a rumour that they weren't anymore but was unsure as it was only a rumour. The Raid XR seems to be a fairly catalogue bike. Not really in the same keeping as the Justice or ET which were a bit more specific. Also, its more of a cruiser jump bike where as I thought Ashton was more of a trials streety/natural frame manufacturer. We haven't really had any info on the new frame for a while where as normally you would expect a bit more hype surrounding it. Also, whats happened to the License?

Anyone have any idea whats going on with them. It has been a while since anything has been heard. Just wondered if they were still trading, gone bust etc?? I know the deal with Orange was supposed to be happening but nothing seems to have come from it. Cheers