Mark W

That arse-slide at the end was quite something, haha. Awesome video though, riding was solid throughout. You just keep getting more gooderer

They'll pay up to the value of their insurance or the value of the product (if you've got proof of purchase and all that jazz) - whichever's lowest. You wouldn't really get anywhere with police/trading standards I wouldn't have thought - it's just a parcel going missing which could theoretically happen for any number of reasons, and theoretically that's why you'd put insurance on it to correctly cover your item in the first place. Hopefully you get something sorted though

Looks from the bolts like it could be a Profile hub. Those bikes are 116mm spaced (how convenient) so you're kind of limited on any other form of freehub.

How? Did it stop you being able to buy 'normal' trials parts? Did it stop you going out and riding your bike? Did it stop comps happening? The only thing lazier than dropping out statements like that are the people who don't try and organise group rides then complain there are no group rides...

More good shit from Ben...

To be fair Jack's been working on his precision, he was saying at the Weekender that riding with Will Ackerley has made him up his game. I'm impressed with how much Nico Vallée keeps improving. His level is getting pretty ridiculous now. Next generation coming through!

Nothing has "killed trials", it's still out there. Trials-Forum =/= Trials

Yeah, had a similar deal with them just now. I need to check they've actually credited our account, but noises were positive. (EDIT: Having just had a look, do you know whereabouts you can find that credit online?) Hadn't realised how cheap their night rates were until just now. Our place is electric only, so we have to f**k around with storage heaters (luckily don't need to use them yet as our place is warm anyway, especially as we're on the 2nd floor so get some heat from floors below) and immersion heaters (which we put on in the night). Should save us a chunk

How did you go about that Luke? We wouldn't mind getting a piece of that too EDIT: Done. Too easy!

I used to feel the same way, but since embracing it all a bit more there's a good community out there (including riders from around the world though, rather than just the UK), and it's possible to see more footage from riders you wouldn't ordinarily see much of. I've discovered a whole host of riders who I'd never have heard of otherwise, and it seems that there are great riders putting out some good clips from all over the world now. Covers both styles too - I'd never heard of Joacim Nymann until I found his Instagram account, and similarly I'd never heard of Sintaro Otake either. It seems like it's given some of the bigger 'pro' riders more of an outlet to put stuff out too - Carthy's posted some wild stuff on Instagram/Facebook, as has Danny MacAskill. The general community seems reasonably good on there too, people commenting on each others posts and stuff - it's not the same as a forum, but I think that's more due to this being a relatively dated format now. There are still little group rides going on too - nothing massive, but still groups of friends meeting up and riding which is kind of the point. Works for me anyway - that style of ride suits me much more than standing around for ages at average spots waiting for the queues of people sidehopping the same walls they always sidehop to filter through...

Funnily enough we switched to Bulb at our new place about 4 hours after you went to them yesterday Luke. If only I'd checked out TF beforehand! As is always the case, TF coming up with the goods... As Luke said, Bulb offer to pay your exit fees from your current supplier so you can theoretically breeze whenever you want.

Missing a #deadsailor in that description, but still...

Non-skippable 30sec pre-roll ads. Grumble grumble. Moving to N. Wales in winter is not the way to do it...

They just seem to leave a residue that doesn't really help things. Mountain bikes or motorbikes go fast enough that the brakes generate heat to burn it off, but trials bikes don't so it seems to be unhelpful overall.

Nah, that sounds like you've got either a contaminated rotor or contaminated pads (from your "Good when wet, then gets worse" comment), so switching both out would be a good call. Just as a random other point of order, don't use disc brake cleaner on them

Yep yep yep. Fully agree. Reminds me of when a certain forum member tried implying that Ozonys dropped Benito because he had an "awful style"...

Newsflash: Benito is still good.

No logos all the way! That move's called a disaster. Front wheel on the deck, back wheel on the ramp, going back in fakie - a Rock to fakie. 180 to rear wheel on the deck, front wheel on the ramp - Disaster. Front wheel on the deck, back wheel on the ramp, 180 back in - Rock and Roll.

If you've got BB5s (which I think the Ion has from standard?), then before going to bigger rotors it might be worth giving the Trialtech Sport Disc Brake Pads a try. I've used them on my Hope and my Magura brakes and the difference in braking power from normal pads is pretty amazing!

I know he gets some grief on here for some of his videos, but to be fair of late Fabio's been putting out some really good stuff. I don't really know what it is about it in particular, but his new video is really enjoyable. Just simple, plain street trialsy stuff. It seems like he's enjoying himself when he's out and about, and you can't really ask for more than that. There's some really good riding in this too!

Joacim is serious business:

I do not but I will now!

You're getting quite a lot of 'extras' for the €200 between the two bikes - the Fuse has the older style frame and fork whereas the Pro should theoretically be the latest version (tapered head tube, 15mm front through axle, etc...). The Fuse is by no means a bad bike, but if you can stretch to that €200 difference you'll get quite a bit more bang for your buck. EDIT: To go back to the original question though, the Fourplays are nice and tough. They can go through a lot! Just check out Fabio Wibmer and Duncan Shaw's riding to see what they can handle. The spec on the Pro is pretty good across the board too so you shouldn't have any problems.

I reckon the fur on the gorilla cost more than the entire bear.

Daaaayum. John Langlois is definitely one of my favourite riders to watch!