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Of course they are...

Another article (only in French) on the Kabra. Interestingly they've gone for a +60 BB and 71 HA.

Has the design changed at all since the initial forks? There seemed to be a trend of them cracking at the rim brake mounts from what I gather (and my own experience with some second hand ones). I think so... with less people doing comps it leaves everyone just riding for fun on the street. A 24" trials rig wouldn't be a super light comp 26" bike and wouldn't be a crazy looking hoppy 20" bike but would be the perfect 'having fun riding trials' bike. Now I do that on my Inspired anyway (never really got into the more BMXey type riding) but I can still see a market for a 24" trials bike and the Limey's are pretty...

But that's what I said!

Basically the same as this.

Monty quad? Got a link to a pic of one?

Our taxes seem to be spent paying for immigrants to be housed and fed, paying for politicians (frozen) duck ponds and moats and invading other countries and waging war rather thab buying such ingenious contraptions. Priorities? Who needs em'?

I still don't get the advantage, even on a normal freeride bike. Ok so you gain a bit of ground clearance but that's not an issue for 99% of MTBers. It only seems to be an enclosed system instead of an open derraileur but the ugliness of it seems to outweigh any possible benefit...

I've done it with brand new brakes as well as older one's and it always improves the lever 'lightness' and feel.

You might as well try- water's free (pretty much) after all! You can always rebleed with mineral oil if you don't like it. Maintenance wise, I never bleed for the sake of it, only if I have the brake off because I'm painting my frame or replacing the TPA or something. I probably bleed it once a year if that. I've never actually tried antifreeze. Because I've never had a problem with my brake freezing I don't think it's worth the risk of damaging seals with nasty chemicals so just run tap water. Give it a go- you never know you might like it! I don't work there (if I did I probably couldn't advise you to run water because I imagine officially it voids warranty ) I just ride for them .

There aren't that many (new) frames available that would meet your needs. The current trend of streety 24"'s like the Inspired are your best bet at the moment however the 2010 Pashley range could be quite interesting considering their new rider lineup... Otherwise you could track down something like a Planet-X Zebdi, Onza Woodstock or even and old Pashley MHz! Validation vote added by the way .

Would look a lot better if the green brakes went red. Or raw. I know it's Christmas but otherwise red and green should never be seen... Also agree with 315r- mirror finish would look the dogs.

They lterally can't cope with snow or ice down here, Southern fairies brains just seem to stop working at the first sign of it and they immediately steer towards the first solid thing they see!

Have you ever used a water bleed? I've run water (pure tap water not even distilled) in my brakes for the past... 8 years? Never bother with any maintainence, never had any problem with seals, never use any antifreeze (bike's kept in my garage and never freezes) plus you get a really solid lever feel which has a much lighter action than maggy fluid. Win, win, win .

Yeah, if you meet him again keep an eye on where his hands are...

The M27 westbound's closed because of about a 30 car pile up. It didn't seem that bad going East but there you go. All the side roads in Southampton are completely sheet ice as well though- when I came in no one could get up any of the hills, there were vans in hedges, buses stuck dead and pedestrians struggling to stay on their feet! Go Hampshire council! Useless bast...

There's a slight difference between the (lack of) abuse DHers give their bash rings and what trials riders need them for though.

Afraid when I see a bunch of squadies out I think 'bunch of wankers' and then turn around before the inevitable fight starts... Probably unfair but then broken knuckles and nose sound about right!

It's the Zoot street and is in the 2010 lineup in a modified state. But don't bother with the bolt-on seat option like the Zoot.

Yeah man, I always feel so sorry for the poor insurance companies... cheating wastes of space that they are. The score with healthcare in the UK is that everone who works pays National Insurance (basically a tax). That then covers (in theory) the state old age pension and the whole 'National Health Service' which pays for alcoholics to get new livers, treats chain smokers for lung cancer and pays for the odd gender reallocation surgery among other things. Ok, selling it really short and that's unfair but it is a bit weird. So yes, we all pay for our health service in one way or another but when you need something done, no matter how costly, it'll be free on the NHS.

Ah fair enough .

I'd go with that. Combined with it being one ugly lump which I'd rather not have on my bike I think it would die very quickly if you ever went to bash.

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