Dan Clark

5 mins? Have you ever tried smashing a hope axle in? Because theres nothing to bolt it in, its pretty damn tight. Getting the bearing on is a bitch too. Although, if you wanna save money on postage, just send the axle, not the whole wheel.

I like Megamo's, they are nice and different.

LMFAO You sound fun on msn, thats great

haha, is it me or do the way the boots are placed make them look really camp? They look shite, as per usual, what exactly is wrong with skate shoes?

So who wants to make the forks the same colour as the frame? Not just a plain red, but the same as the frame. thank kooooooo

Sub £200 Saracen Mad- £130-£140, removable bashplate, white or black, longish chainstays, long front end, average BB height. Rides Okish, V mounts Monty Urban- £150, 25" rear wheel, can be bodged, comes in silver, red or black, 1035mm wheelbase 4 bolt mounts Base TA26-Short Chainstays, 1040-1050 wheelbase? Silver, from geometry shuld ride nice and seems a bargain really. £179 Sub £300 Zoo Boa- £295, around 1040 wheelbase, short rear end, V mounts and seat, or 4 bolt and no seat. BT Raven 4.0-£279, 382mm chainstays, 1090 wheelbase, come in white, silver or black, black seems hard to get though. 8" seat tube, +5mm rise bb, short headtube means low bars without some spacers. Ideal UCI bike for people on a smaller budget. Sub £400 Koxx Levelboss-v short chainstays, 1040,1065 or 1100 wheelbase, Better suited to people who prefer "proper" trials, too long for bmxey street. Very strong, 4.9lbs, silver £395 Leeson-£400, lightish, steel, custom length, host of crazy features like 360 dropouts, strong, can be rewelded if it cracks, range of paint jobs. Brisa B26D/B26- £350, long chainstays, shortish front end, coem in range of paintjobs, B26D anodized, V mounts, not the best geometry for trials Echo Pure-£395, see Koxx, come in 1060 and 1080, U6 alu, 4.2lbs, silver Ashton Justice-£414, short chainstays, 1035 wheelbase, 4 bolt mounts, silver, detachable seat, light, good for short people or people who want a nice riding frame but no length. £400 + Zoo Pitbull-£425,Coustellier copy frame, silver, 1060 or 1090 wheelbase, short chainstays, 4 bolt mounts Curtis T1-£550, varying weights, varying lengths now, lots of colours, very strong, steel and can be rewelded, best suited for the full on street rider who breaks things often. Pashley 26GHZ-£450, lightish, not out yet, double seat tube, steel and can be rewelded, 1010 wheelbase Theres a very short guide to the best frames out there, post if I've missed any. Now updated slightly

haha, good one Bill You know it :- Shouldn't have mentioned the less bright amoung us.....

20 psi on the back, Intense Blurr, standard tube 25 psi on the front, shit Ritchey thing, standard tube Not a single pinch flat all year, though I did get a thorn in the other side of my Koxx rim, through one of the holes :-

Ma trialsin bitch, which looks rather similar to Ben S's bike really Ma trailsin bitch, which is damn individual and rare in this country at least

so exactly how do you grind? Any tips on doing it well, what way to hold the grinder etc? This has got to be the most useless FAQ topic so far

thats the one, I adjust colour levels

so how does everyone do their colour changing? It would be helpful if you told. What I used to do before my computer crashed and deleted photoshop, was most likely the wrong way, but it worked I done a tube at a time, used the magnetic lasso thing to draw round it, and around the stickers, then changed the hue thing, I think. I then done this for all the other tubes and magic, looked ok, didnt go over stickers either. Thats the only thing I can do on photoshop, it confuses the hell outta me, I can use premeire piece of piss though. Probably got all the names wrong too, cos its not on my comp anymore, but thats kinda what I did. Im off to install photoshop again :-

mwahahaha, my XC shell doesn't have scrap engraved on. I thought I'd tell you this cos its funny, this was before Hope started giving new hubs and just replaced the ratchet. May I remind you I had managed to get my hub to the point where I could pedal and it wouldn't engage. This si what hope said after I phoned them to ocnfirm it arrived. Needless to say, Hope rock!

advice for us east anglians Great Eastern have fold up seats at the back, you just put you bike in with you with that carriage. If theres loads of people just shove your bike in the space where the doors are between seating sections. Great eastern is also free for bikes and is often cheaper than anglia railways anyway. Anglia Railways tell you to put bikes in the guard bit. They also charge you £1 for taking your bike. Best bet is to put your bike in the guard bit, then sit the other end of the carriage. When the bloke comes around he sometimes doesn't know its yours, so you save the quid. Don't pay for your bikes at the station. If the bloke does know its your bike, just say "Oooh, I didn't know you had to pay for bikes, can I pay now?" Ipswich, Felixstowe and Marks Tey ahve no ticket check things, meaning you can just hop on for free. On great eastern people rarely come round checking tickets, so you can get free rides. Felixstowe is a pikey town, they only ahve trains going to ipswich and ive had 3 trains be cancelled in a row there, so bewarned. Trains there only have one carriage that is packed, your bikes nearly always fall over there too. The London Liverpool st line goes through Manningtree, Ipswich, Colchester, occasionally marks tey, Witham, Basildon, Chelmsford, Wickford and Shenfield. Trains run every 20 mins so try get one of them.