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No the white/blue/camo one was swapped for the 2011 model late last year... couldn't resist when the dual disc bikes came out!

It's coming up towards a year old so I thought I'd take some pics while the sun was out. Only changes from stock are the Rohloff tensioner, Eclat Gonzo seat and Hope barends.

I did consider that interpretation and decided not to edit...

Are you seriously 20 and doing a degree? Fuck me.

Without wanting to start an argument (honest!) those lines seem to totally contradict one another.

Definitely a bit of both. I started riding because it was fun, challenging, something different and something to do. After a couple of years of riding by myself (being the only person within a 30 mile radius who actually rode trials) I met some other riders and realised that I was actually pretty good. Once I had others to gauge my level on I still loved riding but also got pleasure in being able to do bigger and better stuff. I guess now I ride as much because it makes me happy as because I'm reasonably good and enjoy the feeling of getting things right. If I'd never progressed and was still hammering bashrings on 2 foot high walls I don't think I'd be getting the same enjoyment as knowing that I have progressed to where I am.

That 'County: West Yorkshire' tends to be a fairly good guide as to who makes that list. Just sayin'.

Personally I'd have attributed the way he looks to his parents but each to his own

Nicely shot but the riding really doesn't warrant it I'm afraid!

Very impressive Ben, good stuff!

Very possibly the gayest thing I've ever seen. Depends whether you want to do it while backhopping or bunnyhopping or whatever but essentially it's a case of leaning back with fairly straight legs and forcing your arms round.

Who else was in the MBUK Wrecking Crew for a while? I probably still have the tee at home somewhere! I only joined for the dogtags though...

Stif sometimes have good deals.

I do wish they'd stop using that picture which makes him look like such a smug unt.

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Oh yeah, I forgot! Actually, I'm good

That may be so, but none of those things make me want to buy an energy drink... I find it impressive what companies like Red Bull have achieved, which almost seems to be less about selling the drink now and more about promoting every kind of underground type of sport you can think of. Apple just need to rename a product and all the fanboys will buy it. And I actually do think that a lot of their stuff 'sells because it looks cool'- that's what the fanboys want. In some circles you simply have to be an Apple person to be accepted and I find that really sad, particularly when some of the products are so frickin' closed and restrictive for no reason whatsoever.

Pancreatic cancer diagnosed in 2003.

Really? I can't stand Apple but can see that he was in charge of the company when it put out some pretty innovative products but I wouldn't go that far. As an aside, how involved actually was he in the concept/design of products like the iPod or did one of his guys come up with the concept and he then managed to promote it very efficiently to all the 'cool' people in the world? Edit: Come to think of it, for geezer with personal wealth in excess of £5 billion and a company worth over £200 billion, the fact he surely that raises some questions over the ethics behind him/his associations...

I'd go for the Trialtech if I were you. The benefits of a dual-wheel type sprung tensioner definitely outweigh the anything you gain with the Echo one in my view.

Ah, cool beans. Looking at the pics I've found with the reservoir cap removed it certainly looks like cast ally.

As opposed to...? No first hand experience but I'd be 99.9% confident that they'll have an ally body.

It's just a random picture taken off of Google.

This. But twice daily.

Get the tools and learn to do it yourself.