Dan_Trials

I can't help you with the forks but I can say that you would get a much better response if you change the way you post. Before that though, have you tried a search for posts about those forks? It helps a lot to make your post title specific and descriptive, for example "Toxin forks, any good?" Using capital letters and punctuation shows the beginning and end of the sentence, rather than it just being one big mess of text. Question marks show that you are asking a question and therefore request an answer (unless it's rhetorical), as opposed to just saying something negligible. Also using the correct spelling of words, for example 'knows' instead of 'nos' stops people getting annoyed and not bothering to help you. There is also a spell checking facility on this forum, make the best of it. Read over what you have written to make sure it makes sense before you submit your post. Hope this helps you in future posting mate, and hope you get some answers about your forks

Show us the old videos too, old skool is good.

Go for stealth, keep it black.

Welcome to the foum mate. Just checked out your videos, you're a wee lad eh, heheh. Aberdeen, just up the road from Ben Travis, but you probably knew that. Keep an eye on your spelling, punctuation and grammar, be nice and helpfull and all that and things should go well. Have fun.

YouTube This is most likely the best way to do it without a vice. It's not the way I would do it though but then I have access to a vice .

Nice one! Im still on the hunt for a BOAT, I like the last of them with the white fade. Oh and I have 2 Hawziees and a Justice! I love trials!

TrashZen has videos too though, the text and the vids go hand in hand. There's also other video hosting sites where you can see many many trials videos. There's a media section in this forum where you can see videos. There are instructional DVDs by pro riders that both show you and explain how to do just about everything you need to know. Also, just by going out there and riding your bike you will learn best. From watching new riders, the most common mistake is not putting enough effort in, i.e. you need to really throw your weight, bike, heart and soul into making that bike go where you want it to go. Oh and practice practice practice, it's all about practice. The thing I found funny was if you do/did rewrite it all, you'd be good at typing but not a lot further on in trials... ergo less talk, more bike!

Onza do a trials one. I see TB have sold out again , there's usually some on ebay if you can't wait.

Never heard of it. Look on www.tartybikes.co.uk they stock what's worth buying!

The SD7 lever will do both Vee and Disc Brakes.

Well the first major difference there is the compound. The first is Super Tacky and the second is Max Pro, a hard compound. What do you want from the tyre? If you use it for clinging onto obstacles, then a tacky compound will help. If not then a harder compound would be better as it will last longer. Also the softer the compound the heavier.

I've had HS33, '06 Mono Trial and a BB7. I can say I'd go for the BB7 first, HS33 second and throw the Mono in the bin (although I know many people think they are great).

Haha I like that! It's a hard habit to get out of too.

Those few inches shouldn't cause you any problems really, yes you have to get the bike at a steeper angle but it's a Mod so it won't be that hard. Looking at the first video posted I'd recomend you exagerate your movements more. Using your body weight, and the movement of, is very important in Trials. You need to really lean back and then explosively power forewards. If you want to take it further, as soon as the front wheel lands pull on the front brake like when doing a stopie, while at the same time kicking up the rear end, once the rear wheel is high enough you can rease the brake and urge the bike forewards with your lower body and it will roll nicely onto the obstacle without damaging any parts. This will help you loads in the future.

You can get replacement seats for the Justice. Once upon a time I was going to work on somesort of mounting to fit one to conventional frames. Im sure it wouldn't take much to fit one to a 'non seat post' frame. I might have a tinker in the shed tomorrow!

I take it you want some cagies then?! My advice is if you use your pedal on obstacles etc don't get the 6061s, they bend. The Monty's are expensive in comparison but use 7071 grade aluminium and wont bend (in most cases). I believe the pedal bodies and bearings of the two are the same. Removing the inner cage (and using washers to take up the space) may work better for you too as it allows for more pressure to be applied to the remaining cage.

Because they are the best! The Magura HS33 (what used to be the RaceLine) is so popular because it is hydraulic, powerfull, has good feel to it, you can set the pads 1mm from the rim and adjust with the TPA as needed, there are many different compounds of pad available, they are reliable, the lever is comfortable (for most anyway), it's the next best thing to a disc brake. Im sure Im missing some more! Front disc brake is smoother, doesnt matter if you bend your rim, its up out of the gloop, you have a bigger braking area, most use hydraulic for the power and feel, many use the Avid BB7 which is mechanical (cable operated) and about the best mechanical disc brake out there. Again Im sure there's more! Also, there is now an Echo Hydraulic rim brake, its not a million miles away from the Magura either!

Nice, I shall be keeping an eye on that page. Im gutted I cant make it out there this weekend!

The MAD 2.Six is actually a pretty good bike you know! My brother baught one a few months ago and he loves it. I have had a play about on it and we found 4th or 5th to be nice gears for it. The problem we found is that there is such a gap between the chainring and bashring that the chain often ends up in it when you are past 4th on the cassette. If you have any questions or issues I can easily take pictures to help you! (but now I have to get back to work!)

I prefer gloves but I do go through them at an alarming rate!

Sounds like a chainline issue. If you back pedal in 3rd/4th/5th what happens? If all is well then it's the chainline.

Yes but by developing your skills in other tricks you can then combine them with what you like. For example if you learnt to side hop you can then do a parallel drop off, or learn a front pivot and do 180 or 360 drop offs. You see?

Are those pictures in there of your relitives?

"new and upcoming sport" Er, when was Monty's first bike?

The noise comes from the contact between the pad and the rim. If you can hear this noise constantly then the pad(s) is/are touching the rim all the time, not a good thing. Ideally you want the rim straightened and trued, a good grind then the brakes set up so you have about 1-2mm between the pad and rim. Alternatively, adjust the calipers so the pads aren't touching, true the rim on the bike, re-adjust the brakes.