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It was indeed. It was that last clip the seems to have stolen most people's attention

Thanks even more! I'm starting to get to grips with them a bit. Trouble is, I can only bunnyhop UP things. Trying to bunnyhop over something (object or gap), and especially off something results in me shitting a brick and either nosediving or crashing headlong in to it I don't know why - just a psychological thing. I'm trying though, 'cause I know you're right - already I can often get up higher things with a bunnyhop than with taps/pedalhops/sidehops.

Thanks everyone I'm going to bed feeling good about myself tonight because of you!

Carl, though technically it was yesterday:

That was super awesome. Totally remember watching your videos in the past!

This was supposed to be a full, proper video, but I've just gotten fed up of trying to film and letting myself down. To say my riding is inconsistent would not even come close to the truth, though if you'll let me, I'd like to blame it on winter Here's a short video packed with clips, rather than the clips strung out over a long video. Crash/Bail video for these clips en route - I'll edit when it's up. Edit 1: I forgot to apologize for that HORRENDOUS 360 over the dropgap to mud thing. I hate it as much as you do, but I was too inconsistent/tired/just not good enough to do anything about it. Edit 2: The crashes:

Fine by me. Look for two brakeless riders. You'll have to look 'cause you won't hear us before you see us as you normally would

CalopS and I will be there. Possibly Cocky and Pogo. Not sure on them yet though. 10:30 on Brown Lane?

It wasn't me, but I remember watching a clip of Rowan Johns flatspot his rim with his ass

Cocky's first ride on the X-Ray.

Kortz 2/.5 much with that green front end? Lush.

I expect it'll not be long before he's posting videos of you saying "look how good Jack's getting!"

Cheers though.

Dead boring TGS I'm afraid, and not very big TGS at that. Fun day though. Mostly went out with the intent of catching some silly crashes on video, though only two occurred and neither when the camera was pointed at us Super-squidgy tyres offer marginally better grip than harder tyres

That was cool, but too much slo-mo. Zoot's pimpin' in the dark red!

They're both very good bikes. Get whichever you prefer the geometry of. If you like them both, get whichever you think looks the best. If you can't decide which looks better, get the cheaper one so you can buy replacements when it breaks

I would've thought you'd be Ok. Just try and keep the curves as gentle as possible

Forgot about that. Normally find my way here from the main page so don't often see the subtitles.

Technically, it's a "Little Wheels Thread", and their wheels are very small indeed

People say such stupid things when given unlimited capacity to speak.

He was indeed, and that's when I liked him best. Can't argue against it if he's doing what he enjoys though - still pretty awesome.

Anyone can Google. He was after personal opinions by the sound of it - not facts.

No. Clever. More clever. Most clever. "Cleverer" and "cleverist" just seem wrong. I hate the English language for all these ridiculous inconsistencies, but at the same time I damn well love it for the very same thing.

You and your circle of friends are on what can only be described as "a roll" with making sweet videos. There was one, and only one thing I didn't like about that, and it's nitpicking I know... About 75% of the way through a crossfade, the previous clip pauses. I don't know why, but after a while that really started grating on my nerves Other than that, a first class, super-watchable video.

This is very interesting. I'm also fond of BMX and trials, and love to try do a bit of both - sort of. I also want a bike that merges the two. I prefer trials, so would want a slight tendency toward that but I fully understand you want to ride BMX with a bit of trials in there - opposite to me. I'd sacrifice a few inches of sidehop to have nicer bunnyhop and spinability, but I've gotta say, I think you're attacking it from completely the wrong direction. I'm not saying it's wrong, don't think I'm hating. I'd love to have a go on it to see what it's like. I've done a fair bit of experimenting with different bar/stem combinations on BMXs and trials bikes. What I've found is that (also, theory just makes sense even if you were never to try it) the closer to the BB your centre of gravity is (like a BMX), the easier bunnyhops and spins become. The further towards the front of the bike the centre of gravity is (long mod stems), the harder they become. Putting a very short bar/stem (BMX) on a trials bike does a fair bit to rectify it's lack of spinnyness. Your CoG lies between the BB and handlebars, obviously, so even though the bike is long, your CoG is immediately moved further back than the headtube making hops/spins far easier. What you've done, in essence, is take a very steep head angle and put it on a very short wheelbase. This straight away puts your CoG rather near the front wheel. With BMX bar/stems, that would be as far forward as your weight can go - but since it's such a short bike that's not much of a problem. That's fine... That's what BMXs are mostly like anyway. What makes it a problem - in my books - is that you then compounded an already teetering CoG with a far longer reach stem, putting your CoG almost on the front axle. Further forwards even than a regular trials bike. I'd wager the BMXers you mentioned trying it out were nosediving those 360s simply because that's how the bike responds, rather than them really wanting to. Again - I'm not hating. I'd love to ride it - I think it's certainly going to be easier to ride BMXy than a trials bike, and easier to ride trialsy than a BMX - but from a stability point of view, I'd guess it's not the best. I'm standing by my theory that a more regular trials geometry (although a lower BB) with a custom stem that puts the bars somewhere between where they end up with a BMX bar/stem and a trials bar/stem would do a similar job without being as twitchy (something like 100-110mm of horizontal extension). I think your front end will be so sensitive, and so much more of your weight running through the front wheel, that turning at speed will be more difficult than both a BMX and a trials bike. I might be completely wrong, but that's how I feel as someone coming from a pure trials background. I know I've said it twice, but just to clarify: please don't think I'm slating you. This is just what my experience tells me, and I wholeheartedly want to be proven wrong.