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BB= Bottom bracket. That's the bit that threads into the frame with bearings and an axle onto which the cranks etc. bolt onto. To be honest, I would choose the one you prefer the colours of. The tyre difference is basically a non-issue and I'd actually prefer having the 2.3" K-Rads front and rear rather than having a 1.85" on the front. I personally prefer the black and orange of the 2012 but that may not be the same for you! If you can stretch to the Inspired then it's definitely a better bike and as a note it appears that Thomas Ohler acts as a distributor for Inspired Bicycles in Austria through Smooth.at.

Yup. One example, taken from the 26" frame section; every picture stolen from Tarty. http://shop.biketrials.ro/produse/cadre26/293 As Luke said, that's not the point. In a commercial environment (especially in a small community like trials) it's just lazy and unprofessional. It's also only a step away from (and probably actually worse than) copying descriptions and specs.

Ah, fair enough. In which case it shouldn't hurt but if your brake is noisy it's because there's fluid on the rotor or pads and although the IPA will remove surface traces it might not help long term. Take your pads off and boil them in water before sticking them in a hot oven for a few minutes to try and get rid of any traces of fluid contamination. Give the rotor a good clean with IPA or brake disc cleaner and then re-bed the disc back in and see how you get on.

Ah, sorry, you're absolutely right! Good ol' Johnny Herbert making the FIA support British concerns for once!! You have to giggle at Massa- it's not like he wasn't aware of the dangers of those orange kerbs!

IPA being...?

Seb won again. Hamilton crashed into Massa again. Track seems to have potential but was just way too dusty off line. Sums up the interest the Indians have for F1 at the end when the guy with the second place had no idea who Jenson was or which position he was giving the trophy to! Shame Lotus wouldn't give Chandhook a chance as I'm sure that could've been worth quite a bit for sponsorship next year. An opportunity missed I'd say.

It doesn't need to be sent recorded to get a receipt proving the thing's been posted at all though. If Ryan had that to hand this whole thread could've been avoided. As it stands, we still don't really know whether he posted the item at all.

You need to make sure the hose outer doesn't have any frayed bits and it is still nice and tight. Braiding often loosens a bit at the end increasing the diameter and stopping it from passing through the fitting. Maybe try wrapping a bit of selotape round the tip of the hose so that it's easier to slide the fitting over the end of the hose?

Looks kinda stripped. The bit on the end of the hose should screw on to the fatter section next to the slave but that thread looks a bit dodgy in that pic.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WSsyfjytJA Who would've thought he was so good on a bike too.

It would function but wouldn't work well. Rather than just the slack in one system, you would be taking up the slack in two systems before engaging, making it kind of pointless.

Well it's housed in the BB shell so...

Just heard that Jimmy Savile has died aged 84 at his home in Leeds. Odd character but something of a legend and of course one of Danny Mac's idols! RIP Sir Savile

Just to put a context on this, I've sold 5 or 6 things this week while doing a full time job and being in Germany for a day. Each item has still been packed up and sent either the day payment was received or the day after, all the first class things being delivered the following day, larger items going standard parcels obviously taking a little longer. For each one I've kept the buyer in the loop and have also of course kept each receipt from the PO just in case... now that's how it should be done and you know what? It was really easy to do as well...

Oooh... good luck! Square taper or ISIS?

Yup, definitely the Hope . Will be posted once the GP qualifying is finished!

It happens. Because of the loading and vibration etc. BB's can work loose. It's important to keep an eye on it and tighten it as soon as you notice it's come loose since otherwise you can strip the threads and ruin the frame. It may be worth getting some thread-lock compound on there before you retighten as this will help to stop it from coming loose again. Final point is that you will need to loosen the non-driveside first before tightening the driveside back up and then retighten the non-driveside.

That's very true actually. Ride gives news what, a couple of pages? The rest is interviews, bike checks, reviews, spot checks etc. You could quite easily set that up if it was based online with reader contributions I guess. Wouldn't make you any money though and would take up a lot of time I imagine.

But again the problem is that anyone in the trials world already know Tarty and the majority are probably already fairly up to speed with new releases etc. because of the Tarty site, Blog and websites like T-F. Tarty actually ran something of an 'experiment' with advertising in Trials Magazine and from what he said on here the response was surprisingly low, making it not really worthwhile (correct me if I'm wrong Ads).

It costs money to do any of that though. The biketrials included in Trial Magazine is probably about the best you can expect from a full on magazine and that's not much and often aimed at the French market (lots of Atomz, Koxx etc). Tribalzine also is based in France so fairly strongly biased to that side of the market (and translated of course). Give it a go yourself, if you want to see it, give it a crack! Edit: which is on top of the very valid point made by Mr Revolver.

Ali: Thought so! Nevermind, as you were I just think on a £2300 bike, dripping with Hope bling, for the sake of maybe £6 (trade price for grip doctors?) per bike, it would be worthwhile as a nice finishing touch... but then I'm incredibly anal. Oo er...

Who is they? There used to be one but it had such a small following I think it just ended up too much work to continue. Trials is too small to make it worth anyone's while. An online magazine would work but then sites like this and Tribalzine have kinda got it covered with breaking news and stuff anyway.

Can you have words with Dave next time you speak to him to get Hope to throw in some bar ends for the bikes please? The whole thing is absolutely top end and lush as you like... except those horrid plain plastic bar ends! I couldn't stand them on the Team so got some Grip Doctors and they finish the bike off loverly. Am I just incredibly anal?

It'll probably be fine for stuff like that but don't expect it to last long as far as hubs, BB etc. are concerned, especially if it is left outside or is exposed to the elements lots. For that much you can't really go far wrong though. Even if you resell it in a couple of months you could probably ask for like $50-$75.