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I really don't understand why that headtube/downtube gusset has to be so excessive when it's just gonna snap at the bb anyway :- Oh and nice bike (N) Black is the way forward (possibly) James

I swear most people just scan posts... I also gave some advice for avoiding them, and at the end of the day any chav who does ruthlessly nick your bike or beat you up is gonna end up in prison or some shit soon. Don't sink to their level just remain superior about it. James

Probably becuase he did it up too tight! James

My revell 250r with rigid forks was 960 lol. It's 1000 with sus :S James

I sort of agree, but at the end of the day rules are there for a reason, and if it's of the opinion of Danny and Tom to restrict it to the gallery then so be it. At the end of the day, theoretically, it makes sense for pictures to go in a gallery.... (Y) James

That would be really cool if you could. I'll give you my brothers email who can give you access to the ftp server. its rob@dirtjumprider.com Thanks mate James

10,000 words really isn't that much....is it? I recently did a report on the music industry which came to 4,500 words and I could of gone on loads more. It was more of an overview. Media sounds like a doss hehe. James

Nah we are all computer illiterate, lazy fools who can't be arsed to resize every image on our site...chill out mate just don't look at the pictures if they take too long to load. The pictures are hardly the main content anyway, it's all about the music. A mate designed the frame and then we put in the content using html. I don't have enough time to perfect it, and neither the funds to pay someone to do it so sorry. It's a damn sight better than a lot of websites out there in my opinion, and gets across all the info anyway so who cares. James

Hahaha "I stumbled across that 666er guy and blocked him" (Y) nice. I like the way I happened to be the first one you stumbled across hehe. I haven't blocked anyone. James

Haha. we all make mistakes :"> James

The only reason I space out things with a line as it makes things easier to read! (space) I wasn't trying to hide it's informality, just make it easier to read and in good english. James p.s sorry if I offended you jon I'm just tired from work so was a bit of venting there. Hope the rest of my post was some use (Y)

Not being a cock or anything, but purely the fact that your entire post isn't spaced by a single paragraph, and doesn't read too well, will probably put any potential employers off. Just think about it. Your making an impression in everything you do, and that post is an example to people. This means if your general english doesn't appear to be special people just won't bother. As for looking for work I suggest you put together a decent portfolio of everything you have done, any appearances it has made in media, any work at all that is media related. Get it all really well presented with pictures etc etc... and send a portfolio to every bike related media productions group out there, along with a cv and all the usual gcse/qualifications stuff..... Think about it and the companies are endless. Buy as many bike magazines as you can and send them to each one, then look through and note down any of the companies who are advertising something media related, video's etc...also remember that distributors need people to manage their advetising so send it to them aswell. Then send it all out to them and hope for a response. A website would be immensely useful, as you said. Just do absolutely anything you can to promote your work in the industry, hand out work to people at the bike shows, any events, anything. Word gets round... Do as many reports on bike events as possible, trials or not. Finally good luck (Y) James

As far as I know helium is only light because the particles are very sparse so once you've got 40psi of helium in a tyre it would weigh the same as 40psi of normal air. I think, don't slay me if I'm wrong. James

Sennheiser ones.... I should imagine these are about ideal. James

Any sennheiser ones. They are a pro audio company and all the money is spent on development into their products and quality control, not on advertising and tripe packaging like the sony stuff. Also those inear ones can get quite painful as they scrape wax off your ear every time you use them, which is also pretty rank to clean off lol. Those B&O ones are probably good, but you are paying for the fashion a bit there, and I wouldn't be surprised if they got nicked really quickly. At least with senheisser stuff people won't be so keen to blag it as the common fool won't have ever head of them. James

Here's my contribution to the FAQ for anyone wanting to do a home job of spraying their frame- I think the keys to success when spraying a frame are: 1. Patience 2. Accuracy 3. Condition your painting in 4. Preparation 5. Quality of paint used I don't really think the amount of layers has much to do with it. If you let each coat fully harden then it should be fine. I'll do a little guide: The obvious things: Shake the can's for 2 minutes before using them, this way the paint will be even. Paint in a well ventilated space, out side if possible and make sure it's not humid or damp. Make sure it's not windy eithere.. Room temperature is the perfect condtions for the paint to set. If possible, buy all the same brand as then there won't be any conflicts between types of paint and reactions. Halfords is good for this. They also have good colour charts so you can get the right match for what you want (all paint is coded) Wear gloves and old clothes, and paint away from anything you don't want to get over spray on. Paint will get everywhere so be aware, use dust sheets and your common sense. 1. Preparation Prepare your current frame by stripping or sanding to a finish that the paint will grip to. If stripping right back to the metal a grey "Primer" will be needed as the first coat so that the base/main coats will grip to the frame. If sanding clean the frame with white spirit or some kind of alcohol based cleaner, then sand the frame with a light grade of sandpaper (1000 grit wet n dry as someone suggested). Your aiming to roughen up the surface enough for paint to grip to it, but not so much that the sanding shows through your first coat. (If you have done this, jump to step 3 as 2 is for people who stripped right back to the bare metal) If stripping right back to the metal, get a paint stripper like Nitro Mors and some rubber gloves. This stuff really burns. Clean the frame up, then get your mix of nitro mors and a brush (the lid that comes with nitro mors can hold it without burning) and begin to evenly coat the frame with the stuff. Leave for a minute or so (until it starts to bubble) and wipe it off with wet newspaper. If you have left it long enough the paint should peel off fairly easily. Repeat this step till the whole frame is back to the metal. 2.(Follow this step if you stripped right back to the bare metal) Now your back to the metal. If your frame is steel and there are any patches of rust, get them off with a wire brush or wire wool.Once this is done clean the frame so you get rid of ALL TRACES of the nitro mors. If any is left on at all the paint will come straight off as soon as it goes on and ruin your work. What I did is cleaned the frame with a hose, dried it with a towell, then cleaned it again with white spirit on kitchen cloths. I then left it to dry in the house for 40 minutes so there was no moisture on the frame. 3. Masking and preparing for primer/base layer. I find the best way to have a frame when spraying it is hung from something outside like washing line, by a bit of string from the headtube. This way you can get at most parts of the frame nice and easily, and when you want to move the frame you can do it without touching the paint. (un doing the string and carry it from that) You should mask any parts with thread, or areas which use "Inteferance fit". This is the headtube, bb, rear hanger if not replaceable, and disc tabs. The best way to mask these off is with blue tac as it fits in to the threads and stays there, unlike paper which can fall out... Make sure you take your time when doing this as you dont want to screw up any threads. Once your all masked up and the frame is in situe to be sprayed, give it a good dust and once over with a lint free cloth (non static if possible) and get rid of any dust etc. Non static cloths are particularly good as it stops dust from being attracted to the frame, and effectively the paint when you start spraying. 4. Base coat (Primer, or chosen colour if spraying onto paint) When spraying theres one word I think describes the best way to do it. Slowly. Be patient and take care while doing it and your result should be quite professional. Test the paint on a inconspicuous area of the frame and make sure it takes ok, and the colour is right. When your happy, clear the nozzle by spraying the can upside down. Then your ready to start doing the frame. I don't think there is any rule of which order you do it in, but I tend to go from one end to the other to make sure I know i'm doing it evenly. Hold the can about 25cm from the frame and hold the nozzle of the can down confidently and spray in 15cm strokes (imagine how you would stroke a cat, about that speed) don't do any more than 2 passes on the same area to start with, you should aim to build the paint up slowly. Most parts should be fairly easy to get at, but if you can't get areas like the seat stay join, don't aim to cover it as you will cover it to heavily. In the other coats it will be covered, so dont worry. Once you have done your first coat leave it to dry for as long as possible. A minimum of 4 hours in my opinion, but if you can wait 12 the paint should be really hard and your finish will be much stronger. Once your first coat has dried come back and do another. Give the frame a light dust down and repeat what you did last time, and make sure you are paying attention to getting an even finish. If your not happy, do another coat after letting this one dry. Remember that 4 thin coats is better than 2 really thick ones. After the final coat, you should have a even smooth finish and you shouldn't be able to see any metal or traces of the original colour at all. After this coat allow to dry for 4-12 hours again in a dry warm place, any room in the house should be about right temperature. 5. Laquer, or base colour if frame was primed. I think these steps ar going to be similar as at the end of the day it's another layer of paint going onto a new layer. Again, test the paint on a inconspicuous area and if all is well repeat the technique from step 4. I think 3 thin coats should be sufficiant in this case, provided you leave a good drying time between coats. Remember, you want the paint to be as hard as possible before adding new coats on. Build the layers up nice and evenly until you get a deep finish on the frame. Some people say to get a deep finish you need loads an loads of layers, the same for a durable one, but if you use the right method then you shouldn't need any more than 2 layers of each paint. Once you have finished this step you will either have a fully painted frame, or one which still needs laquering. Just repeat this step with laquer for the latter of the two scenario's, after leaving a good 12 hours to dry, as there are 3 new layers of paint so it will need that bit more to harden fully. 6. Final drying, polishing. Once you have completed the spraying process leave the frame in a warm room inside for 24 hours to fully dry. Most professionals have ovens to bake the frames in which fully hardens the paint, but I'd imagine you neither have an overn big enough to get a frame in or one which will get hot enough. Your best bet is to leave it as long as you can in a room, with all the masked parts still on. Now you have left it for this long, the paint should have fully hardened. At this point you should remove all the parts you masked up and check no paint has leaked in. If it has I'd reccomend getting the areas cleaned up at a bike shop so you don't mess anything up. You should be pleased with your finished product, but if areas are looking slightly dull you should use a high resin polish (auto glym super polish is really good) and it will brighten the paint up and protect it from the sun etc. I think if you use this method you should have a nice strong finish that looks good and will last. If you want a really strong finish, powder coating is tougher than normal paint, but make sure you get laquers and primers suitable for it. When you build your bike up take care and try not to bash it too much, I think after a week the paint will reach it's full strength so if you can avoid smacking it till then that's good. Hope this is of some help. If you have any relevant questions not answered by the above leave them in this topic and I'll reply a.s.a.p James

Don't worry bongo, it doesn't make your "Random Questions" sticky any less special... (Y) James

A pretty comprehensive list of UK Skateparks taken from BMX-USA Abingdon, oxfordshire, the farthings marcham, tel 01865 391685. Aberystwth, wales, parc y llyn. Addleston, surrey. Alcester, warwickshire, greig hall sports centre. Barnstable skate rock, rock park, barnstable, devon, tel 01271 372027. Bearwood, birmingham, hagley road. Beckenham, london, harvington park, pabya centre, 56 churchfield road, tel 020 8663 6750. Bedford, mareth road. Birmingham, wheels, 1a adderly road south, 0121 771 0725. Bolton bones, middlebrook mill, gilnow lane, tel 01204 392932. Bridport, the trick factory, industrial estate behind police station. Bristol, dean lane, bedminster. Bristol, skate and ride, 74 avon street, tel 0117 907 9995. Bristol, st georges park. Bristol, yate, peg hill. Broadstairs, revolution, oakwood ind est, dane valley road, tel 01843 866707, web www.revolutionskatepark.co.uk. Bromsgrove, worcestershire. Bury st edmunds, cambridgeshire, tel 01284 717100. Cardiff, wales, tel 02920450359. Caterham, skaterham, the village, coulsdon road, tel 01883 348184/07903 537311. web www.skaterham.com. Chester, tatten hall, the bone yard, tatten hall works, tatten hall road, tel 01829 770771. Chesterfield, unit 1, lockoford lane, tel 01246 231133. Crawley, leisure centre, tel 07885 213285. Darwen, rhythm, 29 gillibrand mill, percival street, tel 01254 721117. Daventry, north hants, tescos. Daventry, near the hanover international hotel. Derby storm, colombo street, tel 01332 201768, web www.derbyjam.co.uk. Dewsbury, aggro verts, unit 54 calder wharf mills, huddersfield road, ravensthorpe, tel 01924 439439. Dublin, ireland, ramp city at kart city, old airport road, tel 003 531 842 6322, web www.rampcity.net. Dundee, the factory, 44 binshall lane, tel 01382 907117, web www.factoryskatepark.com. Godmanchester, huntingdonshire, st judiths field, london road. Great dunmov, essex. Great yarmouth, the park, main cross road, tel 01493 853322. Hastings, white rock, tel 01424 781189. Hay on wye, wales. Horsham, west sussex, horsham park Hythe, southampton. Kidderminster roll n ride, stadium close, tel 01562 747040, web www.rollnride.homestead.com. Kilkenny, ireland, the quary, kiltorcan raceway, ballyhale, tel 05668914. Leamington spa, warwickshire. Leigh on sea, rampage, 2 tree lane, leigh on sea station, tel 07788 600896. Liverpool, rampworx mk2, 1-3 leckwith road, netherton, tel 0151 525 3330/0151 530 1500. Livingston, scotland, almondvale shopping centre. London, cantaloes park, camden. London, harrow skatepark, christchurch ave, tel 0500 000020. London, meanwhile, meanwhile gardens, great western road. London, playstation, acklam road, ladbroke grove, w10, tel 020 8969 4669, web www.roadrunner.co.uk/pssp. London, stockwell, brixton, Manchester, pipeline, polard street. Mount hawke, truro, gover water works, tel 01209 890705. New malden, surrey, tel 0208 9421707. Newport, sk8 extreme, tel 01633 265709, Northhampton, radlands, studland road, tel 01604 792060. Norwich, urban flight, queens road, tel 01603 611699. Nottingham, radcliffe, wharf lane, tel 01159 332339, web www.radcliffeskatepark.co.uk Pawthcawl, pads skatepark, next to lifeboat station. Peterborough, y2sk8 park, towermead ind est, fletton high street, tel 01733 358228, web www.y2sk8.co.uk. Pewsey platform, wiltshire, the shak youth centre, wilcot road, tel 01672 562469. Pontypridd, sk8-x, tynewydd sidings, aberhondda road, porth, tel 01443 685577/01443 685587. Poole, dorset, baiter skatepark, baiter park, Preston, grind park, tel 01772 828284. Redcar, r-cade, majuba road, tel 01642 483520. Redditch, icknield st drive, matchborough, tel 01527 524550/07899 906222, web www.redditchsk8.co.uk. Romford, rom, upper rainham road, tel 01708 474429. Rugeley, staffordshire, youth centre. Sheffield, public park, devonshire green, devonshire street, 0114 275 7143. Sheffield, unit d, barwell road, tel 0114 2490055. Shrewsbury, youth centre, tel 01743 361088. Southsea, southsea common, clarance esplanade, tel 02392 825005. www.southseaskatepark.com Stockport, bones skatepart, canal street, tel 0161 480 8118. Stockton on tees, ape skatepark, marinet road, thornaby, tel 01642 764114. Stratford on avon, warwickshire, leisure centre. Sunderland, vertx, 76 toward road, tel 01915 140514. Swansea, wales, west cross. Thetford, norfolk. Ulverston, cumbria. Upton, yorkshire, pitwheels, tel 01977 645050. Weymouth, the front, preston beach road, tel 01305 771301, web www.sk8park.co.uk. Wolverhampton, warped park, tel 01902 453634, web www.warpedsport.com. Woodham ferrers, essex. Worcester, ramps, tel 01905 23030. Wrexham, daredevils warehouse, the mold road, gwersylld, tel 01978 314562. I think the most "bike friendly" park I've been to has been Weymouth skatepark. It's a really good park and there aren't any attitudes toward big wheels. At one point they even had a small trials course. Hope this is of help. James

It's really not getting through is it (Y) Ok so your friends drink and you don't. Did you grow up with your friends always drinking, your parents always drinking, and nothing else to do because you couldn't afford your bike or your pc or your games console. No. You had other things to keep you occupied, and now you are old enough to make a informed independant decision. When you are young you absorb information at a massively increased rate, and what is going on around you greatly effects your development. If your grown up and people are drinking and you don't want to then you don't, but the case is usually that it's been drilled into their minds at such a young age they don't know any different as it is their freeeakin ENVIRONMENT and there was nothing else to keep them away (bikes, pc's, games consoles etc). OK? James

I did actually say "Only recently have we managed to sort ourselves out" You really are arrogant monkey christ. You say a kid has a choice but my point is they rarely do. He can't choose where he lives and if everyone of his friends around him are drinking and fighting it would be hard for him to not be a part of it. It's like if all your friends we having a drink you would, or smoking, you would It's called peer pressure. It's your environment. You can't choose who your parents are. You need to calm down mate, it's pointless you getting pissy at me if you don't agree. Probably would be best if you weren't announcing your money problems over the internet and all, whats it going to achieve (Y) If you have had difficulties fine but I don't see how that bears any relevance to the topic if you aren't a chav..... James

I think you have a chip on your shoulder too as it were. My parents are divorced. Only recently have we managed to sort out stuff out Monkey, so don't you dare suggest I'm "spouting shit". I'm not going into my personal life any further, but I can guarantee you,I know what I am talking about enough to have a balnced view on it all. If you got beaten up and your headteacher didn't want to deal with it fairly, he was probably scared of the kids parents if he made a fuss. Think about it. I didn't say everyone who has had a difficult upbringing were neds, but it's fact that a lot are and their up bringing is a good scapegoat for their behaviour. Right or wrong? If everyone had this perception the world wouldn't be quite as f**ked as it is. Why do you think there are serial rapists and wars and all the other shit more serious than a few kids causing trouble. Think about the wider scope as I said before, not just if your friend and you have had difficult up bringings and have turned out ok. If thats all your concerned with, your the ignorant shortsighted one. James

Right here is my 2cents about it all. I think we should all look at it from a different angle for once and actually step back and look at the situation from an un biased point of view. I think I would be totally fair in saying that everyone in this world is a victim of their environment, now look at all the different kinds of people there are and think about their environment and how it will of affected them. I expect that 90% of us on here will of been brought up in a relatively wealthy middle class family and will of had a relatively stable and nourishing up bringing where we have always had boundries and guidance to aid out development, as our parents mould us into what is considered acceptable in this society. That 90% of us will be the ones on here complaining about all the Ned's out there and how they are all complete scum and genreally make the world a shittier place, which I agree they usually are/do, but think about it for a second and imagine the way they will of been brought up. All the Ned's out there who terrorize you will of been brought up in lower class family's and will of come from a much rougher background. Now as they too are victims of their environment they will not of had these boundries to aid their development as they mature, in fact most of them have probably had none and as they grow up will have been used to being able to do whatever they want as their parents won't have been there to say "No" and give them a slap round the wrist. I know that a lot of them will of had very rough up bringings and as said this will reflect in how they have moulded as they have grown. They won't have any respect for others, as they won't of been shown any from their parents and they will be violent, as I expect their parents were violent to them so it's the only way the know how to deal with anything. If you are only shown a certain way of doing things you will never do them differently like with any learning process, so the matter of the fact is that they behave in such shit ways bacause it's the only way they know. Because of their shite up bringing I expect they all have chips on their shoulders about life and a lot of their behavior comes from jelousy. They will be jelous of your comfortable home and your decent bike, the will be jelous of your decent clothes and everything like that. It's human nature to act maliciously when jelous so that explains their stone age behavior when they apporach you. A lot of the time it isnt provoked I know, but the sheer fact that you have been better off is enough to set them off. We live in such a class influenced world that is dominated by us Middle class white people and there will always be certain groups of people (neds) rebelling against it. I might get flamed for showing a degree of sympathy, but I myself appreciate how lucky I am to be where I am now in a 4 bed detatched in a nice area. If I had been brought up in a council flat in Brixton, I expect I would be a totally different person. I also won't have had so many opportunities and guidance with life I wouldnt have the direction I have now or anything. I'd be nothing. I have rambled on but I think what I'm trying to say is: If a Ned approaches you and pisses you off, behave how you have been taught and just evade the situation if it's gonna turn out shit. If they are genuinely interested, be nice to them and show them a little respect and they might, just maybe show you some. I think everyone should step back and look at themselves and realise how lucky they are, and if they had been brought up in ghetto's who they might be now. James

Probably. Most likely. Yes...... It was on t4 on sundays and e4 somewhen.... James

Mate I don't think anyone actually every followed the story, line, I just watched it for the eye candy dude lol Meescha barton....mmmmm James

Well thats wrapped it up in a neat little package hehe. It's good to hear they all still ride occasionally. They started my interest in trials! James