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Correct. I ran one for 18 months - or there abouts - and the chain snapped 4 times. The half link did not.

On my 609, I had SD7 arms, with SD7 lever and Clarks cable. Used with snowies, heatsink yellows, TNN greens... Few more like... Very average brake. Could never really get it snappy, though that may have been the lack of setting up skills. Anyway... Today, I switched the arms to some cheap ass "Promax" arms and a wilko's cable, out of sheer desperation. Oh. My. GOD. It's f**king amazing. Grabs like CRAZY, but still modulates, because it's a Vee. (This is with Phat pads on a grind.) Probably just old, shit springs in the SD7 arms, but I'm more than happy to downgrade to these Promax things. It's unbelievable how much better they are. I would recommend one, for sure.

Seriously? A whole other bike, just for when it's wet? Why?

Assuming your sign-up date has some similarity to the time you started riding, if you're bored of four different frames already - trials is not for you.

Holy shit... What a game. RISE FROM YOUR GRAVE.

S'pose you could cut a pair of slots (one either side) in to the seat tube? Seen it done, and the frame sees a fair amount of abuse - so I guess it's not too bad... If yo can bear it - cut the bars down a bit. Depends how much you like the shape. I'm running 27's, and like them. Is the steerer as short as you can manage? Wear your pad material down loads Drill dropouts? Get rid of those grip lock on things. Hack a part of the pedals out? Either the outside bit, or the bit covering the axle, you choose. I'm not a weight weenie - these are just ideas

How are they gonna get good enough to raid the big sites, if they've never practiced on little ones? I'm not supporting them - but... y'know.

Bit late - but I only just got up, is anyone still around, or have you all left now?

Apologies... I guess I'm not very good at saying what I mean. Helpful though it was - most of that I know. I was after this bit: I was just after the easiest way to get into the balance point motion. Like... if you want to manual, there's no point trying to learn to fakie manual, and then apply it - they're too different (in my opinion). I was wondering if it was the same for nose manuals. Upon reflection, I realise it was a pretty stupid question :$ My bad.

K... I more meant - being that I'll be going fakie - would it be easier to just stick it out and learn them in the G-Turn, or should I start off by learning normal ones, then adapting it. Cheers though,

So... I've managed to get the flipping over part of a G-Turn to work. Inconsistantley - but it's there... Trouble is, I can't keep the fakie nose manual out of it. Should I try and learn a regular nose manual first, or should I get learning squeakers, and stick 'em on the end after I've learnt it? I keep trying them - but am struggling, so wondering what you street boys reckon is the easiest way into them. Ta.

I think that's my favourite BMX video ever... Cripes. Wicked style.

...And after you've got rid of it - get some decent antivirus software to stop it happening again. AVG Free, or Avast have never let me down.

Are boostered forks really necassary? I haven't heard about any snapping there in a fair while. Do people: a) Not run maguras any more? b ) Not make a big deal of it any more, as it's expected? c) Did the manufacturers already overcome the problem? Not ridiculing in any way - just curious as to the motives. Edit: "b )" without the space becomes . How gay.

:\ I've had a vee (with the exception of a few months) for about two years...

Was: Then: Now: But with a Vee and a grind on the back. Hate winter. Makes rims need to look like poo

Not for me. Crazy good riding, but everything looked kinda sketchey. I don't mean the bails - I mean the clips where he makes the moves... they just don't look quite right. Drop gap to rail to drop at end was pretty nuts, though.

My first thought, too

What happened? I'm a bit out the loop.

I did it. It's not too bad. Choose your spokes wisely though, else some might be too long, and others too short. If you go through with it, miss your spokes out like the one on the left, NOT the right:

I dunno - but at a VERY first glance, I thought that shoe was rested on an elephant's trunk

~35-40 in both for me. Not sure on numbers - I tend to squeeze it. I know how hard I like them to FEEL, rather than the number. Quite hard, though.

No.

This. Been looking for a while... Don't know how many there are/were - I can only find 2-3, but I'm pretty certain there's more than that

Cripes... Pretty much an ET re-release then, no? Edit: That was meant positively...