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See Ash's post. Pictures of built bike in there. Dave edit:

Can the admin not trace the IP of Wayne Hater and link it to a real account to find out who it is?...

Also, for the sake of criminal damage offenses it may not be the best plan to write your name on his bonnet... just a thought.

What a random thing to say... care to elaborate on the reasoning behind your hatred?

Seeing as you're from Soton, your best bet is the Hampshire rounds, info here. The next one is actually next sunday in a quarry down by Corfe Castle and should be really good if it stays dry. Dave

Hey dude, I learned backwheel's watching Martyn Ashton on Tricks and Stunts. Slow motion for the win!! I roll into the move with my good foot down. I also roll in surprisingly slowly, allowing more power to come from the cranks when you go for the move. One thing to remember is that it's quite an explosive move. When I get to the right distance from the wall (closer than you think as has been mentioned but just work on it) I start pedalling, raising the front wheel quite steeply. As the crank comes round to having my good foot forward I put in the final kick of the cranks which is where most of the power comes from. That final kick is literally in the final 1/8th of a crank turn and is quite important in my eyes). At the same time you need to be exploding upwards pulling the bike with you with both your arms and legs. Once the bike's (hopefully) off the ground you want to bethrowing the bike out in front of you and aiming the back tyre at the edge of the wall. From there it's just a case of shifting your weight a little forwards to get the front wheel down if the momentum isn't sufficient and smiling!! Dave

Fair enough. Still not that old though... and I don't think it's been up here yet. It seems to be lacking the 'couple of cool features' Tim mentioned too- looks pretty conventional in most ways. Dave

Looks good Nick. What are the cranks/bash like? They look like unbranded Tensiles... Wanna see the colour too, sounds lush! Where did you get the paint from by the way?... Dave

Well I still 'work' in Southampton- I say 'work' as I'm doing an EngD at the Uni- so am there everyday during the week. I live about 25 miles West of Soton though as my GF works in Poole. Dave

I dunno... That's the exact same setup he's riding trials demo's on now (mixing between the Justice and the License) except he's currently running rigid forks. Gearing is pretty trialsy and the rest of the bike's set up like a street trials beast, certainly not a big wheeled BMX that's for sure. Dave

Unfortunately the majority of riders in and around Southampton have gone to the dark side and only BMX these days. There is quite a lot to ride though and there are always a few riders around from Fareham/Pompy etc so you won't be alone! Also usually fairly regular organised rides on here at the weekends too, meeting at Central Station. Dave

The Raid is a budget(ish) street/24" cruiser/park/jump bike. From the looks of it it is in no way designed for trials in any shape or form. The License however is a do everything trials bike, for use on the street, at the park, natural etc but leaning more heavily towards street trials rather than pure street. I'm guessing that the License will be mainly available as a frame only like the ET was and like the Justice is, although pimped Martyn replica full builds probably aren't out of the question. That's my take anyway. Edit: Oh yeah, and Martyn said on Monday that he was hoping for a release of around October. Dave

I used Smart Guys on my T-Rex for around a year with a Hope Trial brake with absloutely no problems whatever. Really good forks if a little weighty and seriously ugly!! Dave

Haven't found any more pics yet... The blurb from Tim: ...when planets correctly align.... ***. Who/what is ***? Frank The Welder. This year to be inducted into Mountian Bike Hall of Fame. Why? Because the man knows frame design and construction like few other on the planet. Intrigued by the sport of trials, Frank has taken a clean sheet of paper and designed something that is intuitively logical. Strength, stiffness and simplicity of design are hallmarks of a great trials frame, and here we have an example like no other. Pics are of prototypes, more details to follow. What we can tell you is that for hand built in USA frames they will be quite reasonable (somewhere around $825), come in one color (hey....we are selling a precision competition machine, not lipstick fashion) and feature engineer principles versus buzz words. A couple of cool features that will be announced shortly. Look for Frank to be welding them up sometime this fall, the initial run being limited to approx 25 for world wide consumption. Geometry to be something like 72 degree headtube angle, 378 chainstays, 15mm up BB and 1080 wheelbase. If you want to know more, call us or zip an e-mail. Dave

*** Can be deleted as Tim's made a proper topic in the News section here. *** Sorry if this is a repost (I did search and found nowt). Anyway, I've just been on Trialsin.com and Tim's put up a couple of interesting pictures of a new frame in the prototype stages from 'Frank the Welder'... The second one expecially gives the impression of (quite) a unique design kinda like the Vario Styx. Dave

This is already over in the 'random pics' thread but I likes it! I appologise for the pants quality but the original's too big for imageshack to handle. Dave

Of course. It's just I've been keeping an eye on ebay for Zoots and the only ones it ever comes up with (including when I searched after you mentioned the one here) are the ones Supercycles sell... Just confused me a bit. Good luck anyway! Dave

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Any chance of a link? The only ones I've seen on ebay are the ones being sold by Supercycles at £449 which is only £100 less than what TB are doing them at. There are however a few differences I can see like the bar and stem but are these the ones you mean? Dave

I'd say that was more than a few holes... The holes help with heat dissipation and water/mud clearance but also some manufacturers seem to go for the 'less surface area=more pressure' route. If you want to give it a try, go for it and post your results. be careful when drilling though because the discs are pretty hard steel and the Marta rotors don't have much room for error!! Dave

Yeah but we all know he's insanely good at balance beams. But then I also saw Ohler riding onto the bike rail from the side and linking another few moves from that. Leech has just never really done it for me... probably stemming from Revolution where he always lands like a sack of spuds! Dave edit: How do you know these things Johnny?!! Your knowledge of cameras/lenses etc is insane!!

Seemed to be Thomas riding like an absolute beast, riding seriously cool lines including big moves and Leech doing a blunt... Going against the majority of the trials community here but I've never really rated Leech that much and that vid didn't do much to improve my view. Thomas though... sick!

Seriously cool video Jonny- you really managed to capture the day well. Awesome as ever. Dave And it was a silly game... was just jealous that I was having lunch when the first few pallets went on otherwise I'd have been up there too!

I thnk you'll find that Dougie rides mototrials...