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Are we talking about shot blasting or sand blasting in this thread?...

I'd love to have one as a desk ornament!!

They really are impressive bits of kit!

Did anyone ever make that wall hook/up at about 9:20 in the first part that Martyn tries? I've always wanted to see a vid of Mart (or someone) actually making it...

The kitten has a message:

Have you seen an F1 clutch?...

f**k me you've got issues.

So it works fine but it's a bit quiet on your commuter? Sounds good to me!!

Smooth means control and that requires having the basics dialled. In mototrials a lot of it is about throttle and clutch control. Anyone can whack the throttle open and ride at obstacles (and often get up and over them) but to do it completely in control, and carry out the manoeuvre smoothly takes something else. I guess it comes down to learning to walk before you can run (as with biketrials to be fair).

Dan Smith got his dad to do it to his cranks and I don't think ever had a problem. Do it right, smooth the edges and keep an eye on them but you'd probably be fine. Probably.

I swear this would be almost perfect for you Clifford...

Sweet, cheers peeps

Damnit, you know what I mean!

Exunctly.

Sooo... what bars are of the same order of overall rise as the TT highs? Especially if a 50mm 'rise' set of Deity's come out with a similar actual rise as 103mm rise Inspired Skyes/TT Highs?

Is there a difference to how companies like Deity measure rise compared to Trialtech/Inspired? I swear the Deity's look like they've got a bigger rise than my Inspired's but the numbers say different.

I'm sorry Ali, but it's ok 'cos the kitten didn't really die in the pit of death and is back for a hug:

MEGABUMP. Where have these pics gone? Wanted to link to them in Sayshell's thread...

I find Ali far more negative than Mark usually, but I know he's been trying to correct that. Kittens in the pit of death can't help matters though... that poor kitten .

Personally I'd go for the DMR if you think you're likely to have some fun on it as well as commuting. Probably worth getting one with a cassette and derraileur (how the f**k do you spell that word?) though to make life easier for the commute. I used to ride 7 miles on my trials bike to get to a riding spot so doing 5 miles on a DMR (get a QR seat clamp too) won't be a problem and will most likely be much more fun (if a bit more hard work) than a road bike or gay ass luminous pink fixie.

I ran it for about 6 months before completely changing from the steel hardtail singlespeed to a Commencal Meta full susser (with gears). Was definitely nice not to have to think about gears and derraileurs etc and I think I did stick with the 18t while I was singlespeed. Go for it and see how you get on!

32:16 is the 'accepted' ratio. When I went singlespeed I think I ended up running 32:18 to start with though.

I'd say your version of a street mod (still a little odd looking but far less so!) would be far more saleable than this (to both BMXers and trials folks alike).

I have a feeling that might mean excluding pretty much everyone I'm afraid. It works for you and that's great but you're the only person I've ever seen riding the way you do...

It's not difficult but can be a bit fiddly. Keep track of where the parts go and the order they come off and make sure you catch all the bearings if it's a loose-ball type.