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It's a new thing on ebay where they basically keep bidders identities secret. They are reaal bids and if you placed a bid your ID wouldn't be shown, you'd just appear as 'Bidder 4' or whatever. Doesn't seem to happen on all auctions though which confuses me...

Yup, it's Bikerider's... found here and here. He's been trying to flog it for months... I offered him money for some parts if he split but he seems determined to sell it complete! Dave

Sounds like a good night... was the 'criminal damage' evidence riding vids/pics?!!

Don't want to give anything away that isn't in the public domain so until Dave or someone comes on and clarifies, have a look at this. Dave edit: Frame Geo: wheelbase - 1040mm chainstays - 385mm bb rise - +35mm head angle - 73 brake spacing - 90mm seatpost size - 27.2mm seatclamp - 31.8mm bb shell - 68mm Frame Spec: weight - ~4.5lbs (2kg) tubing - 7005, extra thick downtube and chainstays tyre clearance - 24x2.7 The frames are coming in powdercoat gloss white with grey graphics and gloss black with white graphics. 24" specific but designed to run perfectly with 26" fork length (400-405mm ideally). Price is aimed at £299 or less, depends mainly on shipping costs. Should be available in November as mentioned in Dave's blog.

At the moment 20" for comps and 24" for playing on so can't vote. Started on stock back in 1997 and changed to mod in around 2000. Then went back to stock in about 2004/5 and then went back to mod in 2006. Just got the 24" a few weeks back.

Some interesting choices... honda civic type R's and anything VAG. Mmmmkay! For me it would be the McLaren F1 LM. Probably the most perfect car ever produced.

Yeah but Toyota could pay him more than he can imagine so if all he wants is $$ he'd be laughing (to be fair I'd quite like him to retire and disappear from the circuit)! Yup... the kid's very fast in Champ Cars so could be interesting. Reckon he may be in the real Red Bull team in 2009 if all goes well, by which time they may have even worked out how to get the best out of Adrian Newey's car... and with a bit of luck his leaving the US scene could give Justin Wilson a run at the Champ Car Championship

ok, so I'm the exception to the rule but my muscle mass is still explosive- there's very little true 'strength' there.

But as has been said many times before, it's quite a specific type of muscle which is required to be useful for trials. Bulk on it's own doesn't really help, in fact it probably hinders more than anything. What's important is that explosive power which doesn't have to mean high muscle mass (look at phil williams, CLS or even Sam Wheeler (sorry Sam!)).

To be honest you use most of the muscle groups for virtually every move in trials. Just backhopping you can tell you're using your arms, shoulders, back, stomach and legs so it'd be almost impossible to identify any important muscles.

David Belle rocks. Also on that page I have to laugh when I see the 'Tour De France Extreme Jump' where the freerider jumps and crashes over the roadies... Woulda been cool if he hadn't crashed and burned like that. Foo'

Balls. Hopefully he'll do it next year

Bollocks edit: At least that grumpy Spanish arse didn't win the Championship though.

he can still do it... I'm very worried about the gearbox though. Every part of me that can be crossed currently is!! GO LEWIS!!

Just came accross this on Pijin... taking weight saving just a little far methinks? They've removed the actual cups which the headset bearings should sit in and left only the 45deg mating surface for them to rest on. How long before we see it on a trials bike or is it a bit OTT?

Off on another tangent... would anyone care to explain to me sidecar trials? It just doesn't make sense to me. Trials=riding over obstacles (on a 2 wheel bike which wants to fall over) while maintaining balance and not putting your feet down. Sidecar=vehicle with 3 wheels which is inherently stable meaning you ought never have to put your feet down. So yeah, does everyone go round clean in sidecar trials or what?! Just sounds stupid to me! Sorry for the OTness

Excellent use of the Queen's English!! Yeah, those sound like the Zoot wheels. I've changed the rear hub on mine because I wasn't sure about the Onza rear hub although it felt reasonable- nice solid feeling engagement (I didn't actually ride the bike with the hub though...). Haven't had any problems with the rims though. Dave

Hope Lewis can do it but wonder what it'd be like for him if it did... His entire life he's been fighting to become F1 World Champion... he wins it at his first try (like most other things he's tried) so what next? There is no bigger achievement in motorsport other than doing it 10 times over. Would still be incredible if he did it though. Fingers crossed

131 but I really hate those things... I swear some of the questions are totally random! Meh.

My only experience has been that they take ages and suck arse... Last ones I received (never sent any) took around 2 weeks and then eventually failed. Great.

Can't say I've ever stripped a pedal thread in my life, on any type of crank of any material... good idea if it were a problem though!

I would've been tempted by Middleburns on my 24 if they would just make some to run FFW... They're really missing a trick there. Out of the two options though, I'd probably say Try-All although I really don't like the way they look and would never buy a set myself!! Dave

It's hardly new but I do love it for some reason... It should annoy me due to it's complete random irrelevance but I love it!!

As I said before all the scousertrials bashing, I posted because this is a trials forum with a large (inter)national membership and as such someone might recognise the bike if it were stolen (the ad is mighty suspicious... I don't know anyone who would ever own a Coust who would know so little and doubt anyone would accept such a specialist bike as part exchange on a car if they had absolutely no idea of it's worth) and may think twice before bidding on it incase it were dodgy.