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I learnt them from Martyn Ashton on Tricks and Stunts... Roll in fairly slow, start good foot down then do 3/4 of a pedal stroke and put the all the power down in the final quarter. Seems to work for me- can pretty much pedal up stuff that most people tap. Dave

Haha, like it! Damn you beat me Ed... ah well, I'll just have to swim to Canada and save the planet single handed.

10.96 tonnes total... mainly due to flights I think- 2.36 home 0.31 appliances 8.29 transport Usually only do a couple of domestic and maybe a couple of short haul but this year I've been to Kenya and am off to Canada in the Summer... Ooh I'm such a carbon terrorist!! Winning so far... Dave

If you get bored at the weekend, come down to Beaulieu. It's their big Motorcycle World show and we're doing demo's in the trials arena most of the day when the moto boys aren't playing. Should be good for a laugh. Mototrials wise they've also got Steve Saunders and Grimbo Graham Jarvis coming along among others which should be quite impressive too. Dave

I've never been overly impressed by them to be honest. They used to stock Onza and sell lots of nice shiny bits for XC etc but are very expensive. Likewise there's not much they can't do mechanic wise but you'll pay through the nose for it. If you need parts and advice I'd say TartyBikes, or CRC for XC stuff. If you need something fixed then do it yourself!! However, if you do go in to GA, say hi to Matt Vokes who works as a bike mechanic there (Matt Urban on here I think) who used to ride trials, then went BMX and is now riding trials again!! Dave

You confused me there... I didn't think I'd been involved in any video's recently!! T'other Dave M

The problem I have with golf is the poor attitude that the club members have towards everyone else in the world... I don't know if they take the game too seriously, or maybe just themselves but they all come accross as up their own arses. I also resent the amount of parkland that is wasted for them to walk around hitting their egg with a stick!! I'm sure it's quite fun to play but all the BS that goes with it just makes me angry! Back on topic, there'll always be rivalry and disagreements within the sub divisions. It's like trials riders thinking XC is for jayboys and that downhillers and freeriders have very little skill but big cojones. It all depends on what makes people tick- for us I guess it's the challenge of doing something that most people wouldn't believe is possible on a push bike which doesn't need the Alps to undertake. At least we can practice on a kerb whereas he'll always have to travel to get some riding... Dave P.S. Happy Gilmore all the way!! P.P.S. Cheers to Scopse for returning the Torx key

Oh. So you do! Will have a chat with TB... cheers Mike. Dave

They have an insert in the end to stop them splintering don't they? Good idea would be to remove these and put them back in the cut bars when you're done. I'm about to do the same as my 28" ones are about 18 months old and could probably do with being replaced for safetys sake but as they no longer do the 28" versions reckon I'll have to trim them down... Dave

Nice pics, Chai looks wierd on a 26!! What is the wierd thing in the middle of the London Eye?

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Ahahahahahahahahaha... they're possibly the most fecked up footwear I've ever seen, unless you're a 3 year old girl. No offense intended like.

They're not made to be driven though are they, purely for 'artistic value'...which means they should look really special which I don't think that does. All the details are there and nice on their own, but the car as a whole just doesn't work IMO. It doesn't matter that it's however many cars either- it still looks wrong. Best description I can think of is 'close but not quite'. Dave

But unique doesn't necessarily mean better, or even nice... there's obviously been a hell of a lot of work put in to make it look like that but I just don't know why anyone would bother when it ends up looking like that. It's a wannabe lowrider (best pic I could find), Without the looks or class (possibly wrong word there) of an American custom jobbie. The roof line looks like an old style Vauxhall cavalier... Ah well, I'm sure he loves it very much and more than likely never drives it anywhere . Dave edit: something a bit closer to what I was looking for

I'm with stupid him ^^... The Shelby (and possibly the mini, can't tell from the engine only shot) are the only things there of interest. I'm doubting there's more than 1% Morgan in that monstrosity... if any at all. Looks like it's based on a Ford Granada or something equally lame! Dave edit: this coming from someone who drives a 2003 silver Nissan Almera 1.5... HELL YEA!!

Yeah but it's a pastime that tends to make people want to progress with their riding to keep it fun. The thread's gone a bit off track (probably due mainly to me... sorry) but the guy's asking whether he'll be able to progress faster if he goes to the gym to develop specific muscles etc. Dave

Can I play?!! Dave

2% of the world's population is a hell of a lot of people!! Regardless of body type, what about the fact that I could live on McDonalds and my body would just turn everything to muscle and I wouldn't gain any fat... is that just down to an overly fast metabolism? Dave

Yeah it was Mike who had a laptop to look at his pics so I assume he's your man...

Aww, love you too Rob!! Hetro kisses

I was just thinking that about the Limey 26"- the disc mount in the pics reminds me of the ones on the old Hawyes Giant Team Trials frames = snap happy.

Still not convinced... I take it from that pic, you're saying I'm closest to the dude on the left? 'Cos that really, really doesn't look anything like my body shape. From behind (ooh, err missus) my back looks like a give way sign- very broad shoulders and very small waist. That's the only bit that matches- the narrow hips bit of an ectomorph which is also a trait of the mesomorph. The reason some people call me Action Man is because my arms, shoulders particularly, look like those from the dolls- unusually large and very defined. To me that sounds far more mesomorph (Google: This body type is angular with broad shoulders and narrow hips (or “wedge-shaped”). A mesomorph is well muscled and have little body fat.) Dave

Still available online it would seem... edit: also still on the Kellogg's website so they must be around somewhere.

Hahah- he'd have tailwhipped the gap... Looked like Chris was kind of outclassed in that field. Boy's got serious skills but that's not what those comps are about. Dave

Just had to google that... The ECTOMORPH * Definitive "Hard Gainer"-------------Dunno what that means * Delicate Built Body-------------------Nope * Flat Chest-----------------------------Nope * Fragile---------------------------------Nope * Lean-----------------------------------Yes * Lightly Muscled-----------------------Nope, reasonably built upper body * Small Shouldered--------------------Nope, broad and quite built * Takes Longer to Gain Muscle--------Nope * Thin------------------------------------Yes-little bodyfat I guess that's a no for the ectomorph then! Dave