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Yeah that's what I think too but if you look at the height of the back of a fiesta vs. the height and shape of the back of that Porsche, it doesn't look like it would 'go' that easily. You'd think he'd of just smashed into the Porsche and rammed it into the wall or something. Love the fact in cases like this they don't realise something's going wrong, he just kept his foot in and went right up the car- didn't think at the first bang to maybe let off the gas and brake... Another good one:

British street: Danny Mac all the way although Rowan's also awesome to watch. British comp: Tough call. At the moment and because he's such a stupidly nice guy I'd say Andrei Burton although there are a good 10 riders who could take that spot (Ben Savage, Danny Butler, AliC, Stan Shaw to name a few). World street: To be honest I'd still probably say Danny Mac- the boy's just on another planet with his riding. Massive but very innovative. World comp: I personally prefer Kenny Belaey to the likes of Vincent/the Cousts but then they along with Benito Ros are absolute monsters. Having said that, Martyn can still hold his on today. Not bad for an old timer!! (Just joking if you read this Mart ).

I saw this this morning and still don't understand quite how he managed it... The red porsche is only scratched really but Jack must've been going at some speed to roll his car like that. I demand a reconstruction... I also strongly agree that after a certain age people should have to sit fairly regular 'check-ups' to ensure that they're still safe to drive. I bet over 40-50% of over 70's would be found to be dangerous and a lot of accidents would be avoided if that were the case.

When he says 'tub' he doesn't mean bath, he means container.

"Shot peening is a process used to produce a compressive residual stress layer and modify mechanical properties of metals. It entails impacting a surface with shot (round metallic, glass or ceramic particles) with force sufficient to create plastic deformation." It's what gives the bars the kind of uniform dimpled look if you see what I mean. To be honest I've never run Try-All bars since feeling Fletch's flex about an inch years ago so I don't know if they are shot peened. Regardless of that, once you remove the colour from the bars to get a mirror finish you're just going to have to put a bit of effort in.

The bars are shot peened aren't they? In which case once you've removed the anodizing you just need to use some wet and dry sand paper and then something like t-cut or a proper metal polish, along with some elbow grease (you should be able to get some of that at somewhere like Hellfrauds) to get a nice mirror finish.

1) Use the search. This is covered once every couple of weeks. 2) Try Wiki. That's what it's there for.

Try it and see? Whatever you end up with you'll get used to it. I'm currently running 18/13 on my Inspired and it felt super stiff to start with but within a couple of hours I got used to it and can still back wheel, gap and sidehop just as well as before.

Would appear you're correct Phil.

Have been following the story since he disappeared and was really hoping it wouldn't end like this, he seemed a really nice guy. RIP fella.

I saw Ben's pedals yesterday and they really are dodgy! The bearings are sealed but the pedal only seems to be held together by an allen bolt in the end. Usually pedals have a locking nut on the outside of the axle so everything stays tight but that's not the case with these. As ben says- avoid!

Now all we need is Danny Kearns and Joe Maher to start an argument in here and we're away... P.S. Is it you guys' times of the month or something? Personally I agree that the bike looks a bit of a mess- too many random colours and just too 'busy' in my opinion and those Giant stickers are a big no no in my opinion.

You wouldn't need to... they bunnyhop and go to back so damn easily.

Was taken from the front page of the Tribal Zone site which I thought were pics from the actual comp.

Was Kenny riding the old style 231 frame? .::pic removed::. Good to see Kenny back on top Edit: Pic's from last year.

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!