ben_travis

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you know what danny - its been said to TGS riders for a long time, they need to start being more inventive, more imaginitive, while still maintaining their ability to go big. It would make for some awesome riding. Your video is showing the start of you going through that process and its really good to see. Wish i could still go as big as that!!

the 'ironing board' makes the atomz one of the stiffest frames going. Its a brilliant design in my opinion. I know i have a deal with them and its my job, but its for this reason that i dont run a booster on my magura.

its cos he made him wear those silly shorts....

oh deary me....some pretty amazing power going on there. jealousy bestows me

Hermy has a blog site - new little clips video up online yesterday! http://vincenthermance.blogspot.com/

Were these the only names you could think of at the time?? What a lot of pish. Trials has and always will be a mix of variations on trials. Your post insinuates that because riders not on your list have no style, and make trials boring. Ryans style is his own, people have tried to copy it, but no-one i have seen / met has succeeded, he still hops about but he maintains fluidity. On many occasions i have watched ryans videos and thought that whilst he is doing nuts stuff on wires / rails etc, he always looks sketchy as hell riding about. in a comment not related to your post......Helmet camera for trials sucks the boabby.

you will know you have made it when you have ben travis on your team mike. kenny belaey...ha....who is he when he is at home. congrats though mike, things seem to be working out well for you

take your tongue out his bum damon

get to school you lazy wee shi*e....thats what we think.. *bike looks sweet loon. envious.

if you have middleburns, are a UCI styleeee rider and do not have one of these bashrings there is something wrong with you

Completely understand your opinion Jack and I do follow your notion....our top riders do need more support from British Cycling - lets be honest we know who the most eligible riders for support from british cycling are - however I am not sure facebook is the right way to go about things? Firstly, I dont have, nor wish to have a facebook account so I cannot post my support for your petition (as it were). Secondly, i feel it would be more appropriate to get in touch with them directly (email or set up an online petition which we (as a forum / group) can then send directly to the committee at British Cycling). From your initial reply to the first comments on this topic, my assumption is that you are currently attempting to get officials from UCI / British Cycling down to note the following trials has around europe / the UK, which is the best idea of this topic i must add, and hopefully it will give them an idea of the size of the sport. Only downside I can offer to this is that I feel British Cycling do not see the commitment to competition which they will see on the London ride. Branching off slightly from the topic - trials has had its problems for a long while, with some examples being the following: TGS / Street Constant debatepeople unwilling to travel to competitions etclack of competitionsTWO supposed british championships in the same yeara non standard set of rules (biu vs. UCI)laymen not understanding rulesin the UK especially - bad locations for competitions (for public view) My main feeling is that british cycling do not see trials as good media exposure, with it being a much smaller sport than DH / XC and the general age of people able to do the sport being much lower (aside from the obvious riders) it might not appear that attractive to those above a certain age. I also feel that the problems we had with two 'groups' arguing for the british trials series which then led to two different series with two different sets of rules. Something we definitely need to standardise (a hand up here for UCI rules - as its more attractive to the eye). Sorry i got a little carried away there, however I feel these are all points we need to address before I think British cycling will take us seriously. Competitions need to be attended better (myself included in this) all round the UK as this would prove to British Cycling that the potential is there after the current crop of riders get older and stop competing (i know this is a long way off). Please note - I fully support where your going with this Jack, and i feel that we should be attempting to get trials in the UK noticed more. If you want my help with anything feel free to drop me a PM or an email then I will be more than willing. I just wanted to put my opinions in (partly cos i like a good debate, but also because I feel a subject such as this needs to be put into a 'realist' perspective). Also, as i mentioned previously, if there is a more 'global' way of getting us heard then i feel this would be better than face book. Ta Ben

tis nice patt, shame that tarty sticker is the wrong way round on the fork....

You have to love ryan and his chat........good rider though

that thing has to be light now!! i really like the yaabaa's. Nice geometry on it too. im still not convinced on these continentals. What are they like for punctures? I know alot of folk seem to be running higher pressures than usual!?

good ol' dunc....total noobie!! here is an image of where we go to...there are more rocks going north up the beach (not been to them myself yet) although most of the rocks you will piss all over anyway.

Do they work in the wet though lewis? Thats the main question....with the weather you have you probably dont even know

it will indeed be those places. fingers crossed for decent weather obviously.

its not quite london but BONK

go on b-boy..... loving the rail ride. some massive baws

lost a leg in 'nam......had to give it up

watched this last night. superb video. id love to be going to buthiers at some point.

that bike / geo loooks sweet. I really like it! Can i get a rough weight of the bike!? You guys at onza are coming up with some really really good ideas / designs just now! Really impressed. Id ride for onza if i could ride that haha

Of course you can stay son. who is all needing a place to stay.....i reckon i could fit 4 - 5! agreed.....wee nessies....

looks nice....i wonder why he left the koxx boxx? does anyone know? EDIT: the geo appears to be not far from his boxx really (its not written anyway, i just meant from its appearance - high stem, bb rise etc etc)