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Try-all BB is a very similar BB to the truvativ BB except truvativ has a differnt tool required, the Try-all BB is standard shimano fitting. Thus the tool will be more readily available or you will already have one. Other than that they are pretty much the same BB (IMO). and for the money i would rather pay for the truvativ, but remember to get the GIGAPIPE DH version, although if you go to tartybikes or similar shop then you will get a try-all bb easily. another 2p

not a very useful reply there like, my top three choices would be 1. Truvativ Gigapipe DH - strong, lasts for a long time, although is £50 and requires truvativ tool to fit....which is £12 - www.wiggle.co.uk 2. Echo 2006 BB - Lighter than gigapipe and seems as strong, longevity is yet to be seen, but is £57 Also requires special tool. Which i £10 - www.tartybikes.co.uk 3. FSA Platinum BB - Lighter than truvativ, not as strong, but about half the price, and uses standard shimano fitting tool (also compatible with race face and most other BB's) - www.tartybikes.co.uk I have run all three and currently the ECHO bb is my favourite, although if you go to bash or slip to bash/bb shell alot you may bang it which could lead to premature failure. thats my two pence

Duncan dont forget to mention those rocks we found last night to kev (well the concrete blocks) and to try see if they can be put in the quarry. Thanks to all who attended, observed, organised, it was a good day i rode balls but nonetheless had fun. Bring on this road trip sometime like

thats a pretty harsh thing to say, yes the riders in road cycling use some drugs, but to say that you have to have taken drugs better than the next rider is the stupidest thing i have heard. YES they take drugs, and im sure Lance's chemotherapy certainly didnt help him win the tour 7 times on the trot. Please dont just re-iterate something you have read in some cycling magazine, much of the road cycling magazines are rumour mills just like the sun or similar newspaper.

from google language translation Fédé withdrew me my licence for a too LOW CORTISOL rate following stresses and displacements. They indeed supposed that this fall was related to a medicamentous catch of or my revocation of licence throughout complementary test. After these new tests they saw well that this fall was completely natural. The "escapes" come very from me which sought to explain to all my irritation compared to its multiple tests. Nobody would be well-informed if I had not spoken about it. Then that was deformed and cortisol was transformed into hématocrite... I will quickly send the mail of fédé specifying that my results are normal and coming from stresses with repetition and of many voyages. Moreover I do not appreciate this rumour at all, if "antidopage" wants to speak to me about it: that it calls me and I would explain him personally but I suppose that there prefers to remain anonymous. vincent hermance

Nevermind, i bought a camera, its only £26 which is for an OLD OLD camera, but it should work, which means ill be happy cheers boyos ben

hey guys im stood in stanstead airport looking forward to this comp cant wait towler ill ring yu tommorrow about ridng. also paul & darren ill give you a text about setting off on sat aurevoir and bump get yourself totis comp x

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http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Wooden-Tubular-Rims-...1QQcmdZViewItem i think they be decent enough. wonder what they are like for grinding/.

I dont do taps that often, i was trying around 52" and wasnt going fast enough, but its just bruised (although not visibly) and hurts like hell every time it gets caught. I checked my sidehop technique and i usually as do most people catch my bar on the way up and never had the pain before. These bloody high bb bikes are hard to tap ill give it some rest in france and it should be reet i imagine anyone else got any thoughts

So i have been trying to get bigger with my taps recently, and have found that i now have a point accross my thigh that hurts anytime i try to tap. The problem is that my right thigh is catching my bar when i tap, obviously if i get the the position right and i make the tap it doesnt hurt, but its those where you tap wrong and only land in a hook position and it bangs my thigh uber bad. Now i have been trying to stay off the taps, but now it hurts when i hit the spot on my thigh when im sidehopping (when im kicking up the wall) Please note there was no time inbetween these times where the pain went away, this has been since last sunday. Im going snowboarding / to see gf in france on sunday, till thursday (with no bike) do you reckon the rest time will allow the pain to go away or do you have any other thoughts as to the problem. Cheers for any advice Ben

http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/standalone.html download that, its the newest quicktime and it has most up to date codecs, i know all mine work, and i can hear the sound fine. its certainly easier to try than what smo has offered but if not then do what smo has suggested

Righty, as your coming from inverness you should come down the A82 to fort augustus. As your about to arrive in fort augustus there is a right hand turn, take this and follow the road around until you arrive at another right hand turn (next to a skatepark/playing field), follow this road until you reach a house with a track to the side of it (which has a huge metal gate there) then follow this until you reach the quarry on your left hand side. it will be sign posted with little red flags stuck into the ground. in fact ill edit you a wee map from multi map cheers ben

So there are actually trials riders in scotland you know.... Its good for us because for most of us our nearest competition is in Yorkshire, and from abredeen where i stay thats a 6hour drive (just there). Also the test event at fort william this year was very popular. It was a good atmosphere mixed with the DH world Cup, so I have no doubt that it will be popular this year as well. Its also going to be the middle of summer so it will be warm and dry You should get up here, its well worth it.

this will be the second time i have downloaded it, every program i have tried to run it on it says the file format is not supported i have the newest quicktime, mediaplayer and real player, im on mac, so does anyone have any ideas as to what i can do to see this.

yer it could be a bit early, its more the point, that my msn says he was last online at 6.45 yesterday and he was last online here on monday and he isnt adding rick to msn to speak about it. hmm, i didnt mean to sound like i was slagging him off its more just something i hope someone can see and remind him. ill edit my first post

Hey ash, If you see this can you pm towler or add him to msn please, and if anyone has any details for ash (mobile etc) could they pm towler with them. Rick just wants to get in touch regarding the king wheel he has purchased. cheers ben EDITED BECAUSE PRAWN MADE ME AWARE MY POST WAS TO STERN, OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

just pop it in with the usual grease, not oo much grease of it will come un-done. it will be fine. most BB's come with locktite of somesort on there

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I saw him on msn the other day, and mentioned that it had been along time since we had spoken, i soon found ou he was speaking to me aout ten mins earlier on dave@tartybikes msn account . So all is not lost............................well he aint dead anyway. WE MISS YOU ADAM *hug*

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Very cool video stan, always like watching your riding, super smooooooth. looking forward to the next one ben EDIT: just watching again, and tha move near the end, on the thin wall (with the grey box) is cool. got it perfect. cool video. very relaxed

*shakes head in disgust at fat watson, u lazy gorrilla, not as if your going to pull at your prom . ah well, still trying to convince steve to come, but tis a long way to come on your own, so i may forgive him. No f**king excuses next time though watson you big turnip. love you really