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I'm confused by what you're trying to get at there... No, you couldn't ride singletrack or dirtjumps on a 20" Monty... not with any level of success anyway. However you can on an Inspired while also being able to backwheel and sidehop pretty much as high as the Monty. In theory the Inspired is less 'specialised' than a full on trials bike, however the geometry and feel of the bike means it still manages incredibly well with whatever type of riding you throw at it.

Did you pinch the saddle when you learned? Because mine's slammed that doesn't seem to be an option... although I know a lot of BMXer's don't bother pinching anymore. Would definitely like to learn though.

That's really rather impressive... Really wish I could barspin . Edit: And tailwhip! Nice find .

Both. Plus a bit of park if you're that way inclined, or singletrack if you've got the gearing and a mamma seat post, or dirt jumping if you fancy... It is simply a very versatile bike for everything. I've ridden mine on dirtjumps, north shore, street, street tirals, 'proper' trials and am also doing the Hampshire comp series on it this year. And to be perfectly honest it feels 'right' for everything I've tried on it. They really are awesome little things! Edit: didn't vote for the above reasons.

I run 160's because I wanted the bike to be similar as similar to my Monty as possible to ease changing between them, combined with 18:13 gearing it's probably not the most obvious set up but I get on fine with it.

Not yet... that's the next option but I was hoping to do it without completely dismantling the Rohloff. Without the spacer behind the sprocket it's a very big difference to make up so to use washers on the jockey wheels I'd also need to use longer bolts which isn't ideal...

Didn't want to make a new thread so I thought I'd recycle this one. Just got a Rohloff tensioner and it doesn't line up with my sprocket at all... anyone else had this problem or have any suggestions. It's on my Fourplay with an Echo 135mm fixed singlespeed non disc hub (this one). Basically with no spacers so the Rohloff bolts directly onto the hanger the jockey wheel is still about 5mm from being in line with the sprocket on the hub. There's only so far you can space the sprocket out by because there's not much room for the lockring threads... Kinda stuck! Edit: Kind got it bodged with washers and running a spacer behind the sprocket but it's not exactly ideal as the lockring is only on by about 1 thread...

So who was he? Sounds like a drunk if he thinks he slayed a dragon... Bloody sassenachs.

That must still've taken quite a while to do though, Adam! Nowhere near as much as doing it manually obviously but still fairly time consuming.

*May not be true.

Aww, shucks :$ I can backwheel higher, more confidently and more consistently on my Fourplay than on my Monty Pr. Bunnyhops (either over or to back) are also opened up which helps a lot on big stuff too. I can also sidehop just as high as I could on the Monty, even with my fairly stiff 18:13 gearing. Gapping wise I can pedal gap further (probably helped by the gearing) but can also static gap virtually the same distance. In short, I love the Inspired. I've effectively been a mod rider for over 10 years and the inspired is the most fun and comfortable bike I've ever owned. I've now sold the Monty and am using the Fourplay for street, natural and comps and see no reason to ever get a different trials bike again!

Has he actually got a team of publicists emailing every newspaper and online presence with the vid?! I can't believe how big it's become worldwide, in the public domain, in such a short period of time. Love you Danny

Well, he is Scottish. Oh, wait...

Question: "who reinvented trials?"

I was thinking of quitting to be honest.

Is that 'views' count correct on this thread? Over 15,000 views already? Christ.

I thought I was going to be disappointed and the first two were a little 'meh' but I liked the finale and it was good to see them back together with virtually the same chemistry as ever.

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Think you may be a bit late for this one mate... . What bike you getting? Maybe buy a bigger lock this time? Or maybe hook it up to the mains so if any pikey's try and nick it they get fried in the process!

Someone got out of the wrong side of bed this morning .

My best guess would be a dodgy connection between the charging unit and the laptop. That means, most likely, either a broken wire in the charger cable (can you get it to charge by bending the wire in certain directions?) or a broken connection inside the laptop as happened with my GF's Packard Bell laptop. That's more awkward to fix as it'd need to be very carefully soldered.

The North Shore stuff is just North of Ringwood, West Hampshire. If you head up the road for a few miles, at Morrisons in Verwood, East Dorset there's a really nice area with lots of walls of various heights where you never get hassle.

Have you got the 26\" built up as well yet Damon? Is the geo the same for both?