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The wheels are anodized not painted, and it probably will wear down but the amount I ride currently means they'll last a good while yet, shouldn't affect the braking though.

Think the control will be going after christmas though, I like it but I'm not getting on as well as I could with it so probably gonna go for something with a higher BB. Need to get out on a group ride so I can have a feel of some other frames first though! Cheers for the comments guys, I might drop some stackers on my python and see what it's like then. Do you reckon I'd benefit doing that and swapping the Zoo's for some high rise trialtechs??

If your already running cables then I'd say try a BB7 before anything else, your already setup in terms of lever and cable so just need the caliper and if you don't get on like ogre says it'll easily sell.

In that case have I told you how lovely your avatar pic is??

It's definately the rider but I think the bike has a bit to do with it. I know I'm a pretty low standard rider but when I swapped bikes with my cousin and had a go on his old DS1 I couldn't do anything on it whatsoever, only managed about 2 backhops before dropping the front end. Couldn't even half pedal a few pallets as the geo of the bike was that bad it just stopped me. Agree with Phatmike about having a bike that's comfortable, sadly I'm yet to find such a beast, which is why I'm still struggling with the basics!

This guy just doesn't get it!

I'm quite a big lad so needed the bars up high, could lose some if I got some trialtechs but can't afford at the moment! Also just purchased a RB Designs carbon maggie lever which will be going on one of my rides with some braided hose but not sure which yet!

Yes!!!!! Bout bloody time boy! When your valiated this forum will empty your bank account, or is that just me??

This morning I finally got round to taking some pics of my bikes with my camera and not my phone, so here they are! 07 Python Short 06 Control Short The pair together Specs are basically the same, urban forks, mono trial front with wavey rotors from ebay, rear maggie with HS yellows and TR clamps, trialtech cranks, pedals, sprocket, TR rims and echo coloured grips. Differences are echo stem with tryall bars on stock, trialtech stem with zoo bars on mod, first blog headset on stock, cane creek headset on mod, echo sl FFW on stock, tensile 96 on mod, because bashring on stock, echo urban on mod, TR and viz hubs on stock, sealed onza on mod, and tryall stikys on stock with creepy crawlers on mod.

All depends on your budget really, I'd wait till your validated and have a look what's on offer in the for sale section!

I wouldn't bother spending any money on it to be honest, maybe get some magura's with a couple of Evo mount kits, the 2011 HS11's all come with them so wouldn't cost any extra, but other than that I'd save your cash for another bike when you get better!

I half agree with this, when I first signed up I heard that occasionally regular members got promoted to senior status when voted for by other senior members for making good posts, giving good advice and generally not being a tool, basically like promotion from new members to full status but your posts would be checked out over a longer period and only admin/mods/other seniors could vote you in. I'm still not 100% sure if it is/was done this way or if it is purely for the (not trying to sound jealous) better riders of us all. There's no reason why senior members would need a private news or events thread anyway, surely discussing with the majority of the users on here would be more practical for feedback?? However I see no problems with the seniors having their own chat forum, although like I said before without actually seeing what gets discussed in there I can't really have any strong feelings against it!

It won't be a 16.5mm will either be 16 or 17 but I'd assume it's a 16mm. What have you been using to try and get it off? May be worth taking it to a local garage and just asking them to have a go with a decent socket and long ratchet for a decent bit of leverage. Shouldn't be that tight, best make sure the thread is greased up when you get it off before you refit the wheel!

Which bolt?? The one on the axle?

I was led to believe that the senior members got picked a while ago and the idea of adding more had kind of dissapeared. Suppose unless we knew what kind of stuff goes on in SM chat us lowly members can't really comment on how useful it would be to promote certain people to said status.

Sounds like disc may be a bit ropey especially if it skips on more than one DVD player, my laptop doesn't even show up as if there's a disc in the drive but it plays perfectly on my PS3.

Trialtech sport forged

Sorted it now, bought one of these beauties instead off franksx2005

Out of those I'd say Simtra first, Onza cleaner 2nd, MAD 3rd and other onza last choice. Especially considering the Onza cleaner is £550 brand new as seen here http://www.tartybikes.co.uk/product.php?product_id=10276&category_id=47

Like I said if your not desperate it might be worth holding out till you're a full member on here as you'll be able to pick up a pretty well specced bike for starting on for anything between £200-350 in the for sale section. Don't know how well clued up you are on trials stuff so it might be worth having a look on www.tartybikes.co.uk at some of their video guides! Hope this is all of help to you!

2nd hand is definately the way to go for a 1st bike and with upto £750 to spend you'll have no problems finding a decent bike. Your best places to look are ebay and when you get voted to a full member in the for sale on here. After a quick scan on ebay right now I'd recommend the following to look at in no particular order- http://cgi.ebay.co.u...=item2eb05dd0a0 http://cgi.ebay.co.u...=item336184feb6 http://cgi.ebay.co.u...=item2a0acb7844 Though that Simtra is currently a bargain the Onza would be a good frame to start from and upgrade over time. EDIT; Found another http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Onza-Cleaner-2010-26-Trials-Bike-/320598952588?pt=UK_Bikes_GL&hash=item4aa52fca8c

At 6'5" I'd definately recommend a 26" (stock). Whats your budget? Have you ever ridden one before??

You got a picture you can post?

A better one would be to pretend to put some cash in an envelope right next to a postbox and then try to post it so it falls out as you walk away then see what happens!

Just watching it now I'm home and I'm immensely inspired and also jealous at all the great riding spots. Think the mod might take a back seat for a while whilst I start really practicing on some sidehops and going to front wheel! Awesome vid guys, love it!