MasterOfGussets

I think Bikedock were the only UK stockist. They don't sell the frames anymore. You can get the B26D from Brisa directly through International shipping.

If someone dodgy asks how much it costs just square up to them and say, "not as much as the knife in my pocket." It could go one of two ways: they'll run away, leaving the bike; or they'll pull out their knife, stab you and run off... leaving the bike. Either way you get to keep it!

I would have thought this was dependent on what tools you had access to and if you wanted to transport your kit. I personally think that going down my local B&Q to buy some wood and using tools I have to make whatever I want is easier than going to B&Q at night and stealing a few pallets just to stack on top of each other. Although, I would still get pallets for some things... they're pre-built and "free." And you can always find big cable drums (what most trials riders seem to call 'cotton reels') at your local waterboard. Anyway, just think up the stuff you want to build, see what materials and tools are available and go from there. You can find designs for skate ramps on google... adapt them.

I'm guessing this forum is hosted on an Apache httpd. If you can, check the config file for errors. I've had problems in the past with bad config files f**king things up with virtual servers. Sounds more likely to be a DNS problem, though. If it presists, phone up the provider and tell them to sort it out and that you want compensation for denial of service. (Usually when they hear the whole thing of "denial of service," they're pretty quick at getting things sorted). EDIT: Just thought that if you've recently updated your DNS it might be the ISPs of the people having problems that haven't updated yet. Would sort itself out today I would have thought.

I don't know exactly which DivX program that is and can't be bothered to check, so... http://www.phazeddl.com/search.php?q=divx

Boxley Woods? Medway towns are mostly shit in my opinion. Hastings, Folkestone, Herne Bay and other coastal towns seem to be popular. I saw a couple of places I'd like to go in Rye when I've built my bike. What part you actually from?

Sorry, forgot to ask this before... is clean-bikes.co.uk the only place to get it in the UK? (Last I checked they don't list a price).

The guy is an illusionist - some say a good one. But remember that's all he is. David Copperfield never really made a jet pass through the Great Wall of China, nor did he fly over his audience. I very much doubt that David Blaine's "amazing feats" are much more than elaborate tricks. (Before people start saying, "how can he fake being in a glass bowl?" I don't know - I'm not an illusionist. But he is. Keep that in mind).

Since you suggested this frame to me it's grown on me... now seeing that it looks very nice built up I'm definately thinking about it. Could you tell me the bb shell size, headtube diameter, tyre clearence, etc?

I'm adament you can do the same by pinning their eye lids open and pouring copious amounts of salt onto them... think of what slugs do when you salt them. I don't know if that would work - Nitroglycerin is actually not as reactive to shock as people think. I would take them to Vietnam, get them drunk, put a kid in their bed and have the place raided by Police. If that didn't work, I'd enter them in Takeshi's Castle. If they're still alive after that, I give up.

I'm looking at riding street because there is little to no oppotunity to ride natural around here. I'm around 6', so that'd suggest a wheelbase of mroe than 1085? Not too fussed about colours as it can always be changed, but I'd prefer silver or black. Would like to be able to learn spins, pivots, manuals, etc. But I would like to aim at a mid-height BB rise (+30mm?). If I'm going on that, the closest I can see is a KOT MS2 long. (1099mm w/b, +30mm BB rise).

I don't know wheather this has been posted before or not, nor if it will help but I remembered finding this a few weeks back... http://puretrials.com/trials/videos/french.mpeg

Ok, thanks for all the help. I'll have to have a better look at the Ashton. It's just that the seat looks disgusting. I'm being drawn to the Aorta... nice price, nice geo (for me).

Surely the lower you tap (front wheels contact area less than 45 degrees from ground) the further in the wrong direction your bike ricochets? I mean, to a certain extent I can see that it would create a bigger reaction due to the bigger action. But there would come a point when you get bounced directly back or downwards. I would have thought you would be aiming to contact the wall approximately bar height? Or you might be talking about slight differences in contact height. Either way, I've never tried a tap... so I really am talking out of my arse!

Yeah, that counts! I'd been leaning towards the Heatsink because of the good price. But I like the Control more and hear good things about it. Other option, I guess, is to shell out a little extra for the frame (KOT MS2?) and skimp on the components until I need to replace them?

I'm building up a new bike after about 5 years of no riding. I don't want to spend to much because I think I'm goning to have to re-learn everything I could do (not much), so it'll probably be bashed to buggary in no time. I've been looking at a few frames for a few weeks now and am still no closer to picking one. I'll be riding mostly street, but do have plans to ride a little natural. I'm thinking about either a Heatsink Sidehop (higher grade alloy than most frames that're +£50 of it's price), Toxsin Two, Monty Urban or the Echo Control. (I had been looking at a Zoo Pitbull and the Gu Typhoon but I reckon the BB rise is a little too much for a beginner?) Any input on this would help vastly because I just keep changing my mind back and forth. I'm really beginning to piss myself off to be honest. EDIT: Another option is the Aorta?

Well, when you don't have tissue... and she needs somewhere to wipe her face....

Think about what else shows up under UV lights....

I can't help but think that if you're in a club this invites girls to say, "wow, did he tatoo the crotch on your trousers too?"

I've tried making the point of classism to a huge number of people (not on here), but it never works. People learn a slang tag for a social group and stick with it. It's just the way it goes. Easier to roll with it than fight it. Anyway, I don't percieve people that wear track suits, caps hanging so far off their head it can only be secured by a few pounds of Gel, huge gold keeper rings and gordy gold clown pendents as chavs. No, far from it... they're just people who don't own a mirror. "Chav" is more of a state-of-mind type of thing. They can dress very differently, but if they're spralled out, sparko drunk on a park bench, or bumming small change off of people before they head in to collect their methadone and most of their income comes from pawning the goods they've just shop-lifted and top up on benefits... then I'm afraid to say that they're a Chav. It's as simple as that. I don't think that stopping the use of the word Chav will make a difference. It's the demographic the Chav's cling to that people hate - Chav is just the name given to the c**ts. Get rid of the Chav culture, then you'll get rid of the word.

Looks like loads of people had this, including me. My sister used to convince me I was adopted. Then tell me that I wasn't wanted and that I'm a waste of a good human. Then, whenever I'd played up she would pack all of my toys into boxes and sit me in the porch waiting for the people from the "naughty boys home" to come and get me. I spent a great deal of time in that porch sitting on boxes of toys! (She's dropping a brat soon though, so I will have revenge with 'it'). I had that whole "there's something under my bed" thing. Used to curl up into the tightest ball I could next to the top wall. Now I sleep like that out of habit... quite annoying really, waking up with my head pressed aginst a brick wall. I used to believe Demons chased me in the dark. Quite silly, seeing that I never believed in the Bible - it is a great Childrens book though. I used to get told about Santa but didn't believe it. Mainly because each one looked different except they had strange white elastic sideburns going to their beard. (I now think it's 'fun' to walk past the Santa's Grotto queues and say loudly, "I remember when I thought Santa was real.."). When I was really tiny I tried to stay awake all night to see my toys come to life. I saw some weird Australian soap once which had a kiddy fiddler in it who went into the woods with no top on, black kung fu trousers and his face painted up like Kiss... couldn't go near the woods for years. When my Grandad moved to Thailand and got married out there I was sure his "wife" was a lady-boy. Funny thing is, I'm still working this one out. I used to get told my eyes would go square if I watched too much TV. I tried - it didn't work. My nan used to tell me that if I interrupted grown-ups in a conversation that she'd glue my mouth together with "Parrot Tar." But she got lung cancer and now runs on 1 1/2 lungs... I can't help but think, "that's Karma, you silly old cow." There are hundereds more but I can't remember them off hand!

I don't know about that. As wild of an idea as it might seem, they DO have minds of their own. They just never seem to use them. It seems to me that kids are too obsessed with being popular and too afraid to go against the grain. Even if it's the right thing to do. I see a lot of what I would call toddlers (12-14 year olds) walking the streets harrassing people. I personally wouldn't have much of a problem slapping them all. (If they're old enough to mouth off they're old enough to take the consequences). But I see a lot of people running from them because of the sheer numbers in their "gangs." I would like to see kids growing back bones and not doing things to hang onto friends who are completely false and have no morals. I would also like to see the general populus give these kids a good kicking; if they're asking for it then you should feel obliged to knock out their front teeth. This might sound a little racist but I promise you I have no problems with people of any ethnicity as long as they're nice people... I have to say that stevyn is right. For a few years I've watched more and more Eastern Europeans coming in through imigration to a town around here. Most will probably know it as the home of chavs - Chatham, Kent. There's a street I drive along almost every day in Chatham and the imigrants are out in force - not working, standing around outside the local Kebab shop, selling drugs to the chavs, then stabbing people for no reason. Not so long ago three imigrant lads raped a 14 year old boy... so they're not only scroungers, but fans of brown love too. They still roam the streets free, thinking they own the place. Now, I don't know what it's like in their countries, but they need to conform to our customs. They can't just go killing people because they wanted their shoes. Anyway, I'd like to see a Britain with a better imigration policy, stricter policing on boozing (24 hour drinking while kids walk the streets with White Lightening - great idea by the Labour party), less fighting and more trials parks. But I doubt I'll ever see it. All in all, it'll be a shit future unless Blair miraculously grows a back bone and wipes Bush's shit off his nose. Now, I have to put my soapbox away and take my high Horse back to its stable.

From the noise described it sounds like an old Daisy air rifle - the .22 pellets it fires have that sort of sound to them. I found that out in a similar situation. I suggest if there is a next time you get a description of the car and possibly its license plate number. Then phone it in to 999. Say you've been shot at and it'll be treated with higher priority than a report at a desk. If your lucky it might escalate into a chase and the world will have a few less chavs (or, to give them their proper name, "rent boys"). Or, if you're mental use this to fire back: Rifle made of pipe, matches, toy caps and a bolt.

Take it to B&Q and sit it next to a colour chart? On a serious note, I'm with most of the others: silver is the best choice. It doesn't show marks and goes with any colour-coded components.

The 16-23t versions are described to have "36 ratchet teeth and three pawls, a cartridge bearing and four seals."