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And he can sing. Who'da thunk it?

I wouldn't put it past Adrian Newey to have come up with some incredibly clever and intricate system which is either undectable (while effectively cheating) or is just a very clever system using progressive springs, pivot locations and linkages so that the actual geometry is effected by the car mass. The other way would be to do something along the lines of the McLaren duct whereby the driver can have some influence over the rideheight without there being a mechanical or electronic system in place. I'm surprised no one's actually measured the car rideheights (even roughly) via TV footage of the cars in quali and then at the start and ewnd of the race... can't be that difficult can it? They did it in the Italian Job remake after all .

I found it far easier to swap between the trials bike and BMX than between my 20" trials and 24" trials. Because the styles of riding, geometry and feel of the bikes are so different it's much easier to differentiate. It will take you a little time to get used to each when you go out but only 20 minutes or so if that.

Love the quality and camera work- that is awesome! I'm sooo tempted to try brakeless but it'll have to be in between Hampshire rounds because there's no way I'm trying to do an Expert comp without brakes! That place looks so fun too. I'm jealous .

It's not To Kill a Mockingbird.

To be perfectly honest I couldn't care less and it'll be virtually the same regardless who gets in. If I can get a postal vote I'll do it but I can't be arsed going to the polling station. That's the silly thing about the system- chances are the majority of people are in constituencies where it's always the same party who get voted in in that area so there's not much point voting at all. I guess there are actually very few places where it's finely balanced and could swing either way on the changing of people's minds. I was registered in Aberdeenshire where Alex Salmond is our MP. There's not a snowballs chance in hell that he won't be voted in again so there's no point voting. I've now registered in East Dorset but I imagine this is a strong Conservative or Labour stronghold so again there's no point voting. Now if the Lib Dems were to get in and change to a PR system... that could be more interesting.

This thread needs a poll... Raving Loony Party For. The. Win. I just need to register somewhere where there's a candidate standing...

He says 'ting' and sounds like an annoying chav. Man I'm getting old .

What a mess.

Mmm.

So people asking questions (on a trials forum) about how to backhop properly and how to get up higher objects (on a trials bike) don't make any difference? I think those are the sorts of questions that realy are helpful, particularly to people who are relatively new to the sport.

I don't use it for lube purposes but it does have lubricative properties.

Lol. You can tell by their moustaches .

I thought they might be Eurofighters as you can just about make out cannards. Edit: Then again, maybe you can't...

Awesome day. Still not exactly riding well but had loads of fun!

Is it that simple though? I thought it'd be more like skateboarding/snowboarding where most people ride regular (left foot forward for them) and then there's a smaller number who ride goofy.Or am I reading too much into that because I'm goofy and ride right foot forward on the bike?

Good point, well made. Nick Manning explain yourself!!

Oh my GODDDAH!! Get on to The Sun straight away! Should be a quick buck in it for you . Edit: Come on, own up... who voted real?

If you look at the lorries and car door frame at the bottom I'm 99.9% sure they're computer generated to start with. The whole thing is CGI I'd say. Looks fake to me. Actually looks like a shot from a computer game or something.

'Wobbling' freewheels is almost unavoidable and is present on virtually ever single FFW I've ever seen/used. It's not a problem in itself and is caused by the thread on the crank not being 100% concentric with the BB axle which happens during machining. The only reason that would be causing any noise on your bike (provided the freewheel is ok in itself) is if you're chain tension is varying enough to be super tight at the 'tight spot' and so is crunching the sprocket surfaces a bit. You should be able to see this when you spin the rear wheel though.

I've been using Trialtech's with an Eno for over a year with no problem at all. I did however strip the pedal threads on a set of Echo Forged's before that but it was most likely my own fault for not checking pedal tightness frequently enough. As far as value for money goes I really don't think you can beat the TT's.

Stop talking crap.

Screen grab or it didn't happen. It may also help us sus out what's up...

IP check effteedubya.

Improves rigidity of the front end but then gives low frame height and maximum standover clearance (I think).