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I find that most LBSs shouldn't be trusted with anything more taxing than a puncture on a rusty old Raleigh and even then I'd expect to get it back with one brake not working and loose pedals. I've done all my own maintenance for as long as I can remember. Learned fairly early on that I knew better than most LBS bicycle mechanics (especially when it came to anything remotely specialist) so never went back.

That's what she said. But seriously, you lube your pad o-rings?

Duly viewed and noted!

Is that... a cross-stitch OnzaBoyMark Avatar I spy?! New hobby?

As Mark says chain line is no problem at all. I've been running a 128 BB on mine with no issues. No issues with the disc mount either- nicely reinforced and seems plenty sturdy.

First of all you'll need to buy my Inspired! Seriously though, as has been said, there are a few moves which are the basis for more streety stuff but it mainly comes down to your imagination! Watch some Ali C videos and Danny Mac of course and have fun! A lot of it comes down to looking for lines and trying to keep your riding flowing wiht momentum rather than stop-start with static moves.

Pah, you can get bigger than that for road/track bikes. 73T and jam.

Don't really agree there. Trials is negotiating obstacles on a bike without putting your feet down. Danny's riding is an evolution of trials and an incredibly imaginitive and entertaining evolution at that.

Why could I not find that?! Cheers

Link?

Wow. Just... wow.

I don't think he was actually holding Alonso (or Webber for that matter) up that much though. Neither showed any real commitment to making a proper move on Petrov and he just seemed to be pretty much as quick as both of the title contenders.

Ah, maybe that explains it. In other news: What a monster! Looking forward to tomorrow

He's a bit good isn't he? Weird that I've never heard of him before... Go figure.

Have you ever ridden a steepish gnarly rock section like he's having trouble with? Care to explain that one a bit more?

So glad Alonso didn't get it . I agree with Rowan that Vettel hasn't exactly been deserving of the title considering the way he's acted a few times this year. Would have preferred Webber (or of course Lewis) to get it but obviously that wasn't to be. Hopefully McLaren can get their acts together for next season and bring it to the Red Bulls. Edit: Typo? L and T are easy to mix up I find...

I f**king hate pikeys.

Sorry if this is already answered somewhere (just call me lazy) but is the 'new video coming out' a webvideo or a DVD or what? Edit: Also bad link on the TB Blogspot. Just a headsup .

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In Crux Thomas Ohler outshines Ryan tenfold... Never really liked Ryans style- as has been said above the apparent heaviness and whiplash drops just make a lot of his stuff seem amateurish. Something which his Manifesto style doesn't do much to help! Also, non negative clown is crying inside.

You'd think so.

A lot of it is picking the line of least resistance/likely death. If you want to roll down on both wheels you need to make sure there's room for your front wheel to roll forward and allow the back down otherwise you're likely to go over the bars or lose the front end in a chasm of death. It's better to build up the confidence and go down controlled on the back wheel in stages, caefully placing each wheel on take off and landing. Failing that the next best option is to go down sideways either backwheel then front wheel or together in a sidehop down type thing... Final option is to go down backwards. May sound weird but on a big slab or steep slope if you have both wheels on the ground and inch down backwards you can keep your weight over the front and trust the rear tyre to do the gripping. Experiment and see how you feel.

I dunno, I know Ali could've done that faster and smoother with less correction hops if he wanted .

I think he has the ability to make (a form of) real engineering appealing to the masses but what I've seen so far just isn't going to cut it! Even Richard Hammond doing the Engineering connecitons thing was more enjoyable and I'd say he's more of a bafoon than James...