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It's pretty much true. A good pad on a dry chrome rim really is stupidly powerful. They lock like a smooth trials rim covered in tar. Tends to be quite noisy, and heavy, and the chrome often chips away/bubbles up but when they're in good condition it works a treat. Well, that's my experience from u-brakes on BMX with chrome rims .

Think Rowan's the perfect example of not needing stupidly good brakes to be an awesome rider. I guess good brakes will allow an average rider to keep stuff that probably they really shouldn't be able to, but a good rider can get past poor brakes while still making things. I like to have a solid brake that I know where it's going to bite, but I haven't had a harsh grind for years and hate loud magura's. The rear brake on my Inspired is really quite pants (Onza citrus pads on a very very worn grind) but I can still go up to back on stuff 50 odd inches high without a problem... Edit: However, as Muel said, on natural it definitely helps to have a good, strong brake which you know will work in all conditions. Hence why I use double disc on my Monty

Ok, the Orange Zero was never mentioned... make it a Monty Kamel and you're on...

You're on .

To be perfectly honest, most reasonably fit people could be dragged up Everest with good enough weather, good guides, oxygen and the required £50,000 odd permit... So yeah, Fatty probably could do it actually!

It's only 9 minutes in on Channel 4+1...

Loooooooosssssseeeeeerrrrrrrr! Hope you get better soon! Has the nail come off yet?!

Am I the only one that gets a bit annoyed by his irritating public schoolboyness? Ok so I guess he was in the army for a few years and now probably due to his daddy's contacts he gets to travel around the world doing fun stuff for TV. Yes I'm jealous but he just annoys me a bit. And don't get me started on Fatty Mears...

Good luck to Tank and the sprog!

Paris, starting outside the ne K-124 shop.

Finally watched the video I posted over 24 hours ago... Some really beasty riding in there- those guys are immense. 1) Those rocks in the wet looks slippery as hell yet they seem to stay grippy. 2) Gille's outfit is completely hideous (oooh matron). 3) I thought the comps were run using UCI rules. Are they not?

Euro BB is the term used by BMX companies for what we would call 'normal' BB's- i.e. the thread size is the same as we use for all ISIS and square taper BB's. So in that respect, the answer is yes. However- I'm not sure what width shell (68 vs. 73mm) is classed as 'Euro'...

Damnit!! Point taken... however, I am a trials rider after all and the holes allow me to use white rim tape to try and redeem some cool points...

Seconded, and maybe a slightly smaller front tyre- Holy Roller or similar. Really nice build though .

Red bits... oh no no no no no! Not keen on the seat either but otherwise looks sweet. Of course, still not nicer than mine but I would say that

Some Hampshire comp pics here.

I've just got a phone that can play mp3's so currently have it to play The Offspring 'The Kid's Aren't Alright'...

This better be worth it

Oh yeah, the bike... sorry I was too busy drooling over bacon and egg sandwiches. Depends on how much you want to spend I guess. As Kool says you're just going to sell it 12 months down the line but if you choose wisely you should be able to make your money back pretty much and have some fun too. They all sound like hairdryers but something like this would be fun for a while... Aprilia MX50/new ones are SX50's.

But he then chose to ride the T-Raptor... go figure.

Grr. Sorry peeps... will update if anyone on OTN uploads it somewhere that isn't a pile of french poo. I'm still getting it at 23kb/s but that link is truly aweful.

Brown sauce or tommy k?

Yes yes yes

Ewww to the red bits but otherwise looks really lush Dan. Reckon there's plenty of drillage to be had in that front rim...

You do realise that this is a biketrials forum don't you? As in push bikes with no engines... Just wanted to check.