monkeyseemonkeydo

Try over 150. But yeah, much ado about nothing I'd say. It's a good way to make the general population overlook other important events though. All that rubbish about terror threats before, I imagine half of them were just made up to take the heat off of scandals and dodgy ops around the world. am i wrong

I reckon you should've gone British Racing Green... I'm tempted to go that way with my white bits and white stickers though rather than the yellow...

I liked the random purple! Reckon she needs a nice slim pivotal seat setup on there though... I think mine may have to be painted soon to remove the 'Danny Mac's bike' label... Colour still to be decided but should look cool.

I think if they do make it back you should lock all the doors and possibly set up a 'quarantine shed' in the front garden with biohazard signs everywhere. Could be quite amusing

How dare you. How very dare you. Mine's an original batch white one which I sprayed before Dave even thought of getting them done in blue (possibly)! I also helped to talk Dave into getting the Inspired fork run done in white too to match my bike! I maintain that Danny copied me...

Deja Vous? No disc mounts on the Mk1's...

Shimano LX rear hub?

The problem was that it was brand new at the time. If I'd put a dent in it there wouldn't be a problem, but because Ash dented my lovely new frame it kinda sucked. This coming from you who spent two weeks just spraying a set of forks!!

That's still the only dent on it. Ash is a turd.

Running an EA50 stem, 90mm x 20 and EA30 hi-rise bars. Both seem spot on. I've cut the bars down a touch to make x-ups less of a problem with my old wrists.

Have only had a quick play in the garden but first impressions are that the brake is almost better on the smooth rim- feels really strong. Will have to go for a proper ride somewhen though and get a proper feel for it. Hmm... white on the back you say? White slaves maybe...?

Just changed a few bits on the Inspired and I've got to say it's now about as perfect as I can make it. Changed to TrialTech drilled rims front and rear (going to keep the rear smooth for the time being to see how I get on), rear TrialTech hub with 13T Try All sprocket which means I can keep my old wheel ground for comps with a Kenda Blue Groove tyre and 14T sprocket. Also gone to an Atomz chain tensioner and now running the TrialTech Lite chain, having used Kool's for the past 8 or 9 years. Finally I've got the awesome Phat Pads on with pimp blue anodised backings which seem, from first impressions on the smooth rim, to be just as incredible as with a grind. Big thanks to Adam at Tarty and Dave at TrialTech for helping me out with all the bits . Anyway, comments welcome but suffice to say I love it!

Looks like your chainring/bashguard has been eating away at that for a long time...?

Some call him a beawesome hamster. Others say he has supreme kung fu skills and is 1/16th wolverine. All we know is; he used to be known as monkeyseemonkeydo.

I think that if the chain's too loose it can cause a chain to snap; when gapping if you stamp down on the pedals you'll take up the slack in the chain meaning that when your hub/freewheel engages there will be more force going through the chain than if there was zero slack. There's a lot to be said for preloading of course. I personally have always run my chains pretty tight, particularly on mod, but obviously not too tight so as to cause damage to bearings. There has been talk of the Koxx guys running slack chains for certain reasons which I'm not 100% convinced by but then I guess they know their stuff! Also, the half inch thing is for motorbikes more than anything, and certainly not for trials pushbikes I'd have thought.

I thought he was a PCSO?

I tend not to bother with taps (can't do them very well to be honest but coming mainly from 20" I've never really needed them). I mainly pedal up to back, or both for certain height stuff but can get a bit higher by bunnyhopping instead. As I've said before, I'm more than comfortable on my Inspired compared to any other bike I've owned. At Pompy on Sunday I pedalled up to both (might've been easier with a bunny but meh) on one of the big blocks that I've tried many times before on both 20" and 26" and never made. Sailed up it on the 24"!

You're best bet are either Moto RT's or Maxxis Holy Rollers. Tioga Comp III's are really light and you might get away with running on the front (John Shrewsbury and myself have both run them before on the fronts) but they are quite narrow (don't believe the 2.125" label) and low air volume too.

Not a lorry then?!

Lorry driving past?

Now we really are talking criminal damage. And generally deserving an ASBO... At the end of the day, the people that put the 'clamp' on were just following procedure and doing their job. It sucks and if you can get away with getting your bike back without causing excessive damage (or getting caught) go for it, but being an arse and spray painting crap everywhere is just stupid.

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I really don't think that's a bad thing to be honest!

Yeah, sounds good . I think the Diggers are a bit more draggy but obviously a bit more grippy in some situations. Don't think I'll be changing from the RT's for a while though.