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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.

I think he was more referring to the fact that in every single shot of the full bike, you (or whoever took the pictures) clipped bits off They're nice - I considered one of the R20's whilst I was framehunting, but the lack of Magura mounts put me right off. Also cost way more than I was prepared to spend. I do love the look of 'em though.

Don't know about rims, but the seller is sound. I made an order last year and it was all fine. 10 day to arrive, but postage costs a reasonable sum so it's not really worth it unless you do a big order. I got two frames, a set of bars and cranks and the postage was ~£45

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I'd say it's not. I ride quite a lot and my stamina is absolutely terrible.

YES. Love you for that! Looking from that, they got worse as time went on Massive stuff in there, even by today's standards.

It's not very helpful since I can't find it, but hopefully the description will remind someone who has a link of it. There's a reasonably old video of the Braunschweig gang on bright green/yellow Monties. I don't know when it was... 2000ish? Maybe before, but they're still bunnyhopping and hooking some ridiculously high shit. I'd love to see it again if anyone knows the one I'm on about. Edit: It might've been this one, but I'm sure there was a longer one with more than one rider in from a similar time.

For me: Echo has the cool tensioners and the fantastic Spanish BB. Ozonys has the looks, but only just. Mk2 is very nice looking. I've not heard huge amounts about them, but heard of more Ozonys cracking than Echos too. But they're both stocks, so I wouldn't get either of them

That was sweet. Make more!

Is that the place with all the ruins/abandoned construction/whatever it is that looks AWESOME fun? I want to go there.

Sweet. Looks like your legs were just about long enough How come you're not testing your own forks?

God damn were their bikes noisy!

I've wanted to see someone up there for SO long. I'd've put money on it being you if you weren't so damn far away most the time, but it was you anyway! Haha. Awesome.

Nice! Nice to have an edit rather than five individual clips for once Fun to watch and dead precise-looking.

Having a big, soft, squidgy rear tyre removes the capability for gaps since landing skewed - the only way of stopping - causes the tyres to fall off the rim Mine only get squidgy when I'm inch-pinching sidehops nowadays Too impractical otherwise.

So big. So good. I miss up-to-fronts so much

Sweet. Loving how tech most people seem to be going at the minute.

Holy crap. Tech, massive and generally badass. There is NO need for a brake so savage as that. You could punch someone in the face as hard as you like and it'd do less damage than that brake would to their ears Tank.

People will give you arguments such as the above concerning pedal clearance on the wall... Another favorite is that it's easier to tuck further going away from your front foot since there is no foot/pedal obstructing where your hips would naturally want to move to. I can't help but feel that these slight advantages are far outweighed by your discomfort on the manouvre, so I'd say keep going the way you prefer, but try going the other way every now and then just in case your mind switches without you realizing. Also try going the other way sometimes for no more reason than it being good practice You just identified my personal hell I wish I didn't used to be so into TGS. It's ruining my life just at the moment.