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It was funny until about 15 seconds in. I only saw Reece pedalling on his upside down bike, and couldn't see the rest properly. Lets make a daylight one tommorow. =D

Jon your being a bit hypocritical aren't you? With your corrections. Your correction doesn't make any sense? The sentence I put was merely a typo and the word "short", was supposed to be "should". Thanks Dave85 and Alex, upon checking it appears that the threads on the wheel have been stripped, so the pin slips as a result of this. As a bodge, I have packed out the section of the lever, just under the threaded part of the pin, with some cut up zip ties. I should be getting a new TPA kit when Tarty re-opens. Thanks again.

Ah Ryan's up to front, I think that was one of my highlights of the day. It just looked so cartoonish, he got it prefectly, then the back end slowly started to rise, then on the switch and release of the brake he went straight over. Soo funny.

Well put simply. The lever short pull a little bit, for the brake to then lock. But gradually through the course of yesterday, the lever pulled back further, requiring a longer pull for the brake to work. And as I say, there is no leak in the hose. I just want to know what problems people have had with their TPA's, and the result of that. The TPA controls the controls the pad's distance from the rim in the event of wearing the pad, this is done by puttting more pressure on the fluid in the hose. Which is why, when you rebleed or shorten the hose you put the TPA to the minus position to reduce/eliminate the pressure on the fluid. So if the TPA is jammed, it may not have proper control of the pressure on the fluid, and over time create the same effect as turning the wheel to minus.

Well I have had my rear Magura for a year now, brand new when I got it, original bleed, so problems what so ever. Lately the TPA has been jamming up, and yesterday the wheel was jammed solid, and cannot be undone. Throughout the course of riding yesterday, my brake lever blade gradually pulled back further and further, like the TPA is set to minus. The slaves have not moved, they are in the same position as always, and there is no sign of a leak. The actual TPA rod is fine, but has this problem occured because of the jam of the wheel on the rod? Or is there another explanation for this? Just want to know before I go out and buy some new bits. The brake does feel like the TPA is all the way on minus, and still works (it just takes longer for the pad to contact the rim due to the amount of movement in the lever), So can a TPA wheel jammed on the rod have the same effect as the TPA being on minus? And like I say, this gradually settled in throughout the day. Any input would be appreciated. Thanks, Tom

Was a good meet-up, the ride went downhill about 30 minutes in when I got my puncture. Then my rear brake mysteriously and gradually lost power and now pulls back to the bars. =( So my riding with isn't that great anyways, was below par. Weather wasn't brilliant either, but hey meet a lot of new faces and had a laugh. I'm surprised we all got out of Norwich unharmed after Shaun's loud mouth. Defo be back there next year, hopefully with my bike working good and the weather being more enjoyable.

I'll be the kid on the Echo Lite with black rims. Just look for the bike with the most Deng bits. =D

Some people seem to believe they have a bit of flex without a booster. I think there is some flex but not much. But either way, I'd reccomend a booster, just for crossover protection.

I'll be up for riding Southend sometime in the new year. Either in the remainder of the holidays or on a weekend once I am back to school. I'll bring a couple of folks as well.

Ah I so don't want to watch. Aww but I have to. Looks bad.

I don't think it is. It has the usual Onza drilled rims, Onza t-pro hubs, standard spokes, ZOO! bars, echo stem, Onza forks and Muscleman cranks. And think of it, a Monty is a top spec bike with every part on it designed to be light, and that comes to 8.6kg. I think the T-Comp frame was around 1.4kg, 1.5kg. So that gives you a rough idea. But they have been out of production for a while I'm assuming, just generally because it is an old and obsolete model. Supercycles were probably just trying to shift the last of the stock.

I had an interview at Halfords today. And it didn't go too bad. Hooray for me.

I think its a nice project, almost like a restoration project on a car or motorbike that someone may take up to relive their memories of that vehicle. Even if you choose to give up trials, its something nice to end it on, it would pretty much be the bike you started and ended on. And you could at least keep it for the memory of it.

That looks so simple, and lush because of it. Looks better than Maher's.

Thats bull and you know it is, of course it doesn't weight that little. I'd say 8-9 kilos man.

Why would that be? I don't know why, but it doesn't look amazing as I thought it would be. I think I prefer Echo Lite's now. I look forward to riding it tommorow and giving your front brake a run for its money.

Looks very nice and simple. I think some black ZOO! stickers will go exceptionally well with those cranks.

Ryan you legend. Not so bad now. Now lets just hope that the trains don't screw up. =)

Try-All rims are single wall, whilst Echo's are double wall. I chose Echo, as I'm a Deng lover and wanted to keep my components similar, also the black anodised rims match well with other black Deng components. Whereas the the Try-all rims have a lot of more variation, in colours, and the amount of spoke holes. Something to bear in mind.

Theres a guy from around my way who is like that. He lives in a little village about 7 miles away from the town that we ride in, and in the village is nothing to ride, whenever he comes to town he makes the most of it and does everything no matter how good or bad his bike is. He is also super sketchy on the back wheel, but he's amazing because he's not afraid to try anything. Your mate in the video is amazing, I think he's brilliant that he hasn't got a top spec bike, and looks like he is doing trials biking for the thrill of it, where many of us take our bikes and riding too seriously. Hat's off to him.

Damn it man, seems like everyone is dropping out. Who is still going. Luke says he is going, but apparently Colchester to Norwich is replaced by buses, which I can't find any mention of on One or National rail?

Platform pedals easily. I'm running a set of Raleigh branded, Wellgo pedals with are basically one piece pedals, and the pins are fixed, not replaceable like V8's. They have stupidlly low grip, but I've just got used to it now. I got them because they were cheap, and by the looks of it they are very durable.

This is looking good guys. =D

Tunni Adamant video 3?, You seen how high he goes up to front, if he did that as a sidehop it would be massive. The bad point about going to front wheel in a sidehop though, is that you are stuffed if you want to sidehop over something. As for sidehopping, I have started to sidehop the way I should be going naturally, I skipped this before as I couldn't get any height from it, but now I do a sidehop almost like a gap technique. When you do a flat to flat gap, you lower your front end and compress your body, then when you go to kick you spring your legs outwards as far as possible and then suck the motion into the bike. Now this may not seem like sidehopping, but squash the gapping and think of it going upwards. In a sidehop you lower yourself and the bike, curling your legs and body like a spring, then you kick and go upwards as high as possible. And sidehopping you get higher by tucking the bike higher, not necessarily jumping higher, the same with gapping, you extend your bike further and are not necessarily moving further.

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