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I want to see another vid with Andrei as his faithful sidekoek..

I think you'll find that's not really true. There are a hell of a lot of people who just cruise around and sit on their bikes at parks etc. and never actually ride the things. Make sure what you get has sealed hubs, 4130 frame and forks and is as new as possible. If you can afford to buy new go for it as there are some real bargains out there but you will obviously get even more for your money if you go second hand.

Another excellent reason to run a water bleed!

The only potential problem is that you could catch your leading foot on sidehops because it will be closer to the wall/ledge/whatever than it would be if you went to the left. If you can learn to go both ways then it will only help you in the long run.

Would you not rather go outside on a real bike than sit in a sweaty room with a bunch of fat people being shouted at? I know I would.

Of course, but then I answered his original question (reasonably helpfully for me) in the first reply.

Whatchootalkinbout?

You're definitely missing the point. Also the point about not downloading anything suggested to you by people on the forum... trials is populated by quite an odd bunch with very diverse interests and talents. If you give them a chance there really is a wealth of knowledge on virtually any subject you care to think of, computing/software advice included. I couldn't even begin to count the number of times I've found out something very useful (but completely non bike related) on here. The fact this is a forum about bikes means that spelling and grammar does have a place. And as has been said, getting into the habit of typing correctly and putting a bit of effort in can only stand you in good stead in the future.

Clean the rim or regrind.

Cool, cheers for the advice. We've just had a guy from our IT centre in who is going to supply us with a new machine tomorrow morning which has an X4 slot in it as standard so hopefully that'll sort it!

It's a bit strange- I've read in a couple of places now that the 4X should be able to plug straight into the 16X slot and work fine but when you do this it seems to automatically cease using the onboard graphics, even though that's set in the BIOS. The other options I'm looking at is getting a converter to use the X16 graphics card attached via a converter thing to one of the 1X slots and then use the 16X slot for the 4X card... dunno!

We so need the Grammar Camel back as well though!

Ok, hardware tech question for y'all... We have a PC which has a single PCI slot, a PCI-E 16X slot and two PCI-E 1X slots in the motherboard. We have just received a framegrabber card which unfortunately has a PCI-E 4X connector on it. We've tried slotting the card in the 16X slot, and it fits, but the computer refuses to use the onboard graphics (selected in bios so it shouldn't be looking elsewhere) and instead seems to try and use the framegrabber as a graphics card. And fails. Is there any way of converting a 1X to accept the 4X or something to allow the card to be used in the PC? I've come across a riser card but fear this will screw up the spacing. Any ideas?!

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I am (wind tunnel manager having finished being a student) but work during the day so would only be able to ride weekends or maybe an evening if pre-arranged so I can take my bike to work. Adam White is also a PhD student in Astronautics who rides. Don't think he's on the forum though.

Oh, go on, be a rebel!

3:39 is the exact technique I learned back in the day (having watched Martyn in slo-mo about a hundred times!) and which I still use to good effect today. He goes in too fast but starting good foot down then giving 3/4 pedal stroke with all the power coming in the final little kick is pure win.

It's not taking the piss because it's basically their choice to be lazy. You're using a computer which can very easily be configured to include spell-checkers that highlight mistakes and give you the options of what you actually wanted to say. It's not rocket science. It also has nothing to do with belittling anyone because at the end of the day being able to form proper sentences, having attention to detail etc. will help in real situations like applying for jobs or whatever. Sure it may be a bit anal for a biketrials forum made up primarily of teenagers but (apart from being in the guidelines) most people do make an effort and being lazy when posting means that people are less likely to be helpful and will not respond in the way you hope. I actually think this side of things may actually help people more in the long run than just telling someone how to join a chain or set bar angle... Really? I didn't even notice

Can people please learn to spell sponsor/sponsored/sponsorship?!

You could go in slower and take off later. It looks like you're almost having to pedal gap up rather than putting all your effort into gaining height. Just a bit of constructive advice really!

Fair enough .

Pretty sure he doesn't.

It also helps to key the surface too to get it down into the paint. Saying that, the finish is a really thick, baked on powdercoat finish so will take some work to remove for sure!

Nut type axles will usually be stronger (since they'll be steel) but appear on cheaper, heavier hubs, particularly with cup and cone bearings. Allen screw hubs will be lighter and generally nicer to work with as you only need an allen key rather than big ol' spanners. Really?