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Bit OT I know but does anyone remember the naked riding article in MBUK years ago! Definately, definately picked the wrong people for that one!

Cause I can be arsed pulling the rats nest of an entertainment unit setup out everytime I play. Got a component lead on the way to sort the job out anyway, just hope it comes soon!

Am I the only person who isn't a fan of zombies?? Played the knife/xbow/tomahawk game the other night and won't be doing again. Was absolutely kicking ass, 1st place and steaming ahead, last 10 seconds starts to count down, as it gets to 2 seconds some c**t tomahawks me. Gutted doesn't cover it! And as we got Sky HD yesterday and the telly only has 1 HD connector the PS3 is now seeing no action till it's sorted!

Yes, though it's gotta be the original soundtrack with english subs for me! Think I'll dig out my copy of the original Transformers movie on Blu Ray tonight, that is quality!

You wanna try some pashley forks, they're too low in my opinion!

Oh dear, things have just got difficult. Do I now go for the brand new Born, save £50 and get the 2010 without the booster, or save even more and get the X-Ray with almost exact Slate II geo??!! My brain hurts!

Remember when he was supposedly the 1st bloke to Switzerland squeaker on a MTB and they did something like a 6 page feature on it!

Could be the born for me then! Wish there were a few more of them about on here to be honest, saying that I've not really noticed many slate II's either!

I look forward to seeing the ones with the forks!

Nope me I'm afraid, taken in summer of 2000 or 2001 on a remote(ish) scottish island where my mum lives.

Mark have you any idea what prices will be like? Will be ordering a new frame and probably forks when you guys return after christmas and at the moment I'm looking at a Born but may swing to one of these as I originally wanted a Slate II!

Completely with you there JD, this was my first bought for purpose "trials" bike. Did me fine for more than long enough! The only bits that didn't come standard are the tyres, pedals, bars and DCD.

I wouldn't say it was very hard, years ago all we had were normal mountain bikes converted to ride trials. I'll admit things are easier on proper bikes with trials geo but that doesn't mean it can't be done on any other bike!

Luckily I've not come across a set up I'm in love with so still get to play about. Lookin forward to picking up a born after Christmas, unless of course the slate III takes my fancy!

Well I can recommend the echo tr having ridden one, *though my cousins sisters dads nephews girlfriends uncle overheard someone in a pub saying the trialtech sport rims might be good so I'm getting one of them next if that helps?! *obligatory TF response

What rim and tyre have you currently got?? I had a TR on the rear which had loads of thickness to take a few grinds and ran my stiky really low for a while before I sold the wheel and never had a problem.

And bear in mind that most normal bike rims will be far too narrow to work on a proper trials frame so if you bought a new frame then you'll probably need wheels as well.

I was right then!

Probably gonna be best with a light grind on the front. Don't want anything too heavy or you'll be faceplanting a lot when you forget about how strong the front brake is! And I wouldn't worry about the pads wearing down too quickly, should still last quite a while!

Must be a Southern monkey thing!

Love some chrimbo tunage, just throwing some dumbbells around the signalbox listening to Now Xmas!

For black ops by any chance??

Now thats a proper present, think we might be on for a decent set of pans from the in laws hopefully. Still using the M+S value set we bought 6 years ago for about £20 when we got a place together!

[quote name=Nick pyke ' timestamp='1291556200' post='2224905] *long to rea thorugh all of this* so its a topic for spoilt brats to compare each others wealth then yes?

I've spent the last 4 days trudging through 2' deep snow to clear up points and signals, nothing worse than when they get frozen up and won't work. Could be worse though, could have been doing it on nights!