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But what? I'm still missing it.

Haha, you sly dog, you! They were having technical problems yesterday with the chat function. It said so at the bottom of the panel in my browser.

Nope, I don't believe you! Cheapest iPhone deal on Orange site is £20 with 50 minutes, 50 texts(!) and 100MB data. Doubleyou tee eff?!

Come on then, who's your contract with?!

I kind of am... Giffgaff with Goodybags- best PAYG everz. f**k paying £30 a month for SMS, calls and interwebz when I can do it on my terms for £10 a month.

Dani Comas isn't exactly short! On the other hand Marc Caisso is about 5 foot nothing and is a beast on a 26" bike. But yeah, point taken on the 24" vs. BMX, just depends what sort of riding he wants to do.

So mods can't be ridden by fully grown adults? Tell that to Cesar, Dani and Benito!

Alex has pretty much covered everything there. Only thing I'll add is that by 'mod' he means a bike with 20" wheels. These tend to be a bit cheaper, smaller and lighter than bigger bikes making them easier to learn on, particularly for a 12 year old.

Onza T-Pro's were also anodized weren't they? Very different type of finish but arguably better long term-wise than powder coat as it's not 'just' a surface coating (weighs less too ). Saying that I'd never bother with anodizing and would only ever rattle can my frame or, if I were feelin' posh, like, get it powder coated.

No different to any other trials/bike manufacturer really though. To be perfectly honest, if you manage to break a Skye you're doing something wrong and need to get a BMX... Get the bike/framekit, spray it if you want and don't worry about the warranty. The standard frames are stupidly strong and the Skye is even beefier so just go for it . Edit: Actually, from the pristine look of your previous bike (and the look of your riding from the vid you posted a little while back) you really have no need to worry- pretty smooth and controlled with a certain mechanical sympathy I'd say.

First bike: Raleigh Budgie Yo in a colour not too dissimilar to the Atomic Rust GT Backwoods which was my first 'trials' bike. Check out the fur lined wellies and wooden blocks on the pedals. Haven't changed a bit...

It's a good look, I'm not going to deny it.

You need to get the disc mounts faced. Tools are unfortunately quite expensive (Hope ~£50, Park ~£150) so you might need to track down someone local with one or pay to have it done. Tool looks something like this: I've got a Park one in the garage which is used once in a blue moon but it's a very useful bit of kit to have when you actually need it! Edit: Actually that one above is more complex than any I've seen before as it has a little gearbox and two cutters so both holes are faced at the same time. Can't have been cheap!

Same... it reminds me of the old Onza T-Mag's which I think it's safe to say is not a good thing...

Did you get it done on the cheap somewhere? If done properly (properly prepared, sandblasted, baked on etc) it should be a very good, durable finish.

I honestly thought he would be seriously outshone by Lewis when he joined McLaren... he's actually driven better than ever! His World Champion year was partially lucky/down to the car but he's really done well this year.

Yeah, cos that'll make an interesting watch for us... Maybe everyone else should just take a year off so Vettel can be assured pole, fastest lap, race win etc. every time. I'd watch that for sure.

I don't think it's possible to helicoil it purely because the thread size is so strange (specific to bikes). You can get types of BB's that don't rely on the frame being tapped but not 100% sure of who makes them or what's available.

What course?

Cool. I've found a couple of fairly good install guides now so will give it a go tomorrow. What about bar angle? Personal preference?

Hypothetically speaking, if I were to have a road bike (hypothetically), which needed the bar wrap stuff applied to drop bars... would anyone have any good guides as to how you do it if you've never done it before. Also, again hypothetically of course, what angle should drop bars be at relative to the the ground or whatnot?

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Office Picture Manager ftw.

I still don't think it's 20 degrees though... Using Office Picture Manager (oh yeah, proper pro shit goin' on here y'all) I make it more like 25 give or take. Comes out well over 20.