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That skinny rear triangle makes those tyres look like they're straight off a fat bike!

Finally after months of searching managed to get hold of another semi decent 29er unicycle. Prices have gone ridiculous (the exact same build 29er muni I paid £180 delivered for about 8yrs ago is now £480!) but blagged this for £120 as I wasn't in a rush for the guy to post it. Bonus as well as it came with Tensile V brake adapters I can sell!

Can land on some occasional bargains, there were a few GT full sus ebikes a few months back for £2500-2600 as GT been having problems so everything got reduced but yeah generally. Plus the full fat full sus bikes are absolute tanks, my lads Merida is a monster compared to the carbon half fat Heckler they've got as a demo bike but again the prices are ridiculous. Will see if him or his boss have any suggestions or what to avoid

You can get two types they refer to as either full fat or half fat, that Giant looks like a full fat bike but as it's a hardtail it doesn't matter as much as you've not got the extra weight from the rear suspension to deal with. Can ask my lad what the motors are like as he works with ebikes a lot, that would be the deciding factor for me or can see what he'd recommend based on your budget, definitely don't want to go full sus?

It's a hard life working in a bike shop apparently. My eldest who's 17 was given this by one of the distributors yesterday to ride for a few months cause he had it in his van... https://www.norco.com/bikes/mountain/trail/optic/24-optic-C1/ (ignore the semi renovated hallway, it's only been 11 months 😅)

You might get away with just squeezing them in

Just use superglue/Cyanoacrylate whenever I've done them in the past

Just spotted an ancient clip on the latest Fail Army, anyone identify the rider? (I'm assuming a Paul Mitchell but the name doesn't ring a bell)

Gonna bump this up cause it's easily one of my favourite trials vids ever. I'm 42 now and would have given anything to have had a group of friends like this back in the day.

The current setup of my Zoo Python. Really wanted to enjoy this after longing for another for so long but the lack of Echo forks with full steerer tubes has properly hampered how this feels to ride now 😑 Only thing due to change is the front brake going to a Hope Tech lever on Echo caliper (when I get round to doing it)

Sounds pretty standard for those Echo pistons. The only recommendation I'd give is to source some Magura slaves (or ideally a full brake) and swap them out

Been on the lookout for another 29" unicycle for cruising on canal towpaths and the like. Had one around 2012/13 which cost £125 brand new, the literal same model now (other than a different tyre) costs £480! Luckily I've finally tracked one down second hand on FB for £125, can't wait to get my hands on it and get a few modifications done!

Feels like the good old days this, sat at work trying to bodge together parts of a franken-brake using the wrong tools for a build I will probably sell 😅

HUGE bump for this thread but for some reason the news page is looking weird, doesn't happen on any other pages...

Why is parking a car like finding a girlfriend? All the good ones are taken, so you just stick it in a disabled one and hope nobody finds out

Nice one, ordered a seal kit earlier so will give it a go

Nobody is believing this

Gonna bump this as I'm struggling to find a Hope trials caliper to match my tech lever but I do have an Echo disc brake. Does the Hope Mono Trial seal kit (HBSPC41:TRIAL) fit the Echo caliper so I can run it with dot?

f**k sake Ben, that line near the fountain at 3:18, the sandpit one after it and the manny and drop at the end....🫡

Nice one cheers Ali

Ordered some spokes from Tarty for my sons mtb and wanted to start lacing them but I've lost the slip saying which length is for which hub/side. Both pro 4's which I know generally use the same spokes front and rear, would I be right in assuming shorter spokes for disc side front and drive side rear as they have the biggest offset from the end of the axle to the spoke holes? I have emailed but could do with getting at least one laced up at work tonight...

You running a 15t sprocket on it? Do you want a Chris King wide sprocket to keep it bling as I've had one in a jug in our kitchen for about 10 years doing nothing 😂

Windscreen washer hose on my car split this morning, luckily a couple of spare titanium maggie barbed fittings and some bleed pipe have managed to fix it. And that's why we never get rid of ANYTHING! 😅

Bargains galore at Peatys today, usually absolute wank but picked up a pair of brand new boost 32h Pro 4's for my sons bike for £80!

Somehow seem to have blagged Modern Warfare 3 on my Xbox for free?!