batesie Posted September 26, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 26, 2005 cheers guys. well if any of you are in the london area give me a shout and you can have a go on the oldskool machine :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonny Jones Posted September 27, 2005 Report Share Posted September 27, 2005 Very nice indeed! Change the rear tyre for a DH Pro and you're sorted! The XC wont stand up to back wheel abuse! Lovely overall, though :huh: J. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Harrison Posted September 28, 2005 Report Share Posted September 28, 2005 The point is this... the guy built the bike HE wants to ride. Too many people I'm sure just buy the longest lowest silver frame they can because they think it'll get them the highest tap or the biggest gap. Perhaps this guy wants to enjoy riding his bike. Perhaps that's why he rides his bike - for fun, not to prove a point. It's like because you have a bicycle, the general public assume you should have a seat. You have a trials bike and the trials public assume it should be long and silver. Same psychology on two different levels. I get more than enough stick for having 2.5" rise bars on my bike - why? I chose the bars because I wanted them, and they make the bike comfortable to ride. Oh, so they might mean I can tap 2" lower than someone with flat bars - big deal, I want to have fun not inches. And to summarise... look at the bikes people have ridden in trials history, not just Petr Kraus - I am a FIRM believer that ANY trials move can be learnt on ANY trials bike, including this Heavy Tools. Too many people use bike components to excuse/explain not being able to do something. Just get on with it - you can have the best set up in the world, but it's not going to get you up that wall. Hope you have fun on the bike mate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Bleech Posted September 28, 2005 Report Share Posted September 28, 2005 Awesome :huh: - i remember the days when everyone had ds1 and trailstar/sidekicks where the height of trials technology. looks sweet and have fun. i used to ride with a guy who used to ride the heavy tools mod... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JIX Posted September 28, 2005 Report Share Posted September 28, 2005 I think people forget that there would be no "new school" without the "old school". I think that bike looks sweet. Maybe a longer stem for me then it would be spot on, but it does look fun to ride. Well done that man :huh: I wish I could afford 2 bikes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
picki Posted September 28, 2005 Report Share Posted September 28, 2005 I cracked mine after 4 months got a replacement and did same within 2 weeks... bad frames :P Was a learner too - so nothing harsh on it. and that means skank....ive seen kids learning trials batter parts all over the shop. nice bike...i think it looks pretty funky :huh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Harrison Posted September 28, 2005 Report Share Posted September 28, 2005 This is why it's in such good condition, because Luke rode it like he'd been born on a bike. Video's 3 years old, and that was one of the best summer's riding I ever had, on my old Vario that was just falling apart. Video Link 1.4mb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonny Jones Posted September 28, 2005 Report Share Posted September 28, 2005 The point is this... the guy built the bike HE wants to ride. Too many people I'm sure just buy the longest lowest silver frame they can because they think it'll get them the highest tap or the biggest gap. Perhaps this guy wants to enjoy riding his bike. Perhaps that's why he rides his bike - for fun, not to prove a point. It's like because you have a bicycle, the general public assume you should have a seat. You have a trials bike and the trials public assume it should be long and silver. Same psychology on two different levels. I get more than enough stick for having 2.5" rise bars on my bike - why? I chose the bars because I wanted them, and they make the bike comfortable to ride. Oh, so they might mean I can tap 2" lower than someone with flat bars - big deal, I want to have fun not inches. And to summarise... look at the bikes people have ridden in trials history, not just Petr Kraus - I am a FIRM believer that ANY trials move can be learnt on ANY trials bike, including this Heavy Tools. Too many people use bike components to excuse/explain not being able to do something. Just get on with it - you can have the best set up in the world, but it's not going to get you up that wall. Hope you have fun on the bike mate. Completely agree! I remember those days of London Trials.. bring back the old days of the old skool bikes.. like the old 26mhz, super nice bike! J. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
br3n Posted September 29, 2005 Report Share Posted September 29, 2005 Lets compare... People dont allways buya big shiny silver bike because its cool, they buy them because of advances in design making them a lot better... for example, a zoo pitbull is near enough indestructable whereas the heavytools has a serious weak spot around the bb... Congratulations on the bars! again... I changed to brisa elite from azonic doublewalls for the extra length and the fact azonics dont suit a zoo... Stop jumping on the "this is cool cos its different" bandwagon... Things have evolved for a good reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Harrison Posted September 29, 2005 Report Share Posted September 29, 2005 Some people still buy classic cars. The point is we all have a choice, and we can choose NOT to jump on the bandwagon. It all depends what you want to do - in the case of the cars you asked us to compare, well, I'd rather drive round the town centre in Gumdrop, but the Ferrari would suit better for a blast down the motorway. Well done on the bars - I didn't like trials bars when I tried them. But then that's the point, there isn't any right or wrong way to set up your bike. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batesie Posted October 26, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 26, 2005 quality little video clip there Snappel ;-) well ive had some time out on my bike and its starting to come back to me (after 5 years) bit by bit. thanks to all the open minded people out there for the encouragement.... ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Papasnap Maher Posted October 26, 2005 Report Share Posted October 26, 2005 Video Link 1.4mb LOL....f**k that must be reet old hahahha, the days when luke edwards rode with tim rodriguez(sp) ;) ;) :) :deej: Hahahah....and them gaps...i can safely say...luke has got abit better now ;) loving the old skool clip :deej: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkm Posted October 27, 2005 Report Share Posted October 27, 2005 Hey I like your fork... What fork is it? kun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Papasnap Maher Posted October 27, 2005 Report Share Posted October 27, 2005 kona p2 (Y) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krisboats Posted October 28, 2005 Report Share Posted October 28, 2005 i don't really like it mate sorry. the frame doesn't look right the way the front triangle is super large and the rear chainstay triangle has really thin tubing. it makes it look super weak. I also don't like the forks or the short stem, and the red bash ring looks kind of out of place. but i can tell your happy with it and thats all that counts really isn't it? :P i hope this one has a less attractive look to theives! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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