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Not for my trials bike but some may find my question helpful. I've used a spoke calculator (https://www.prowheelbuilder.com/spokelengthcalculator) to find the lengths I need to build a pair of wheels up and came up with 292.8, 293, 293.8 and 294.1 so wondered what sizes I'm best ordering. Do i just round up and down and get half at 293 and the other half at 294? Or do I round down and go for 16 x 292, 32 x 293 and 16 x 294?

Yeah as good

Rusty as f**k

After having a play in the park this morning for the first time in months I reckon white will be a challenge

Nice, you coming down for the Derbyshire biketrial centre comp?

Oh I'm definitely not in it to be ranked, I reckon I'll be pushing it at black but we'll see

Welcome! Firstly the BB will be 68x128 most likely and I'm assuming square taper with it being Onza's budget bike (the general standard for trials is splined even though the rest of the bike world ditched it years ago!). If I'm honest I wouldn't bother upgrading the brakes, a well setup set of V's with decent pads (check out Tartybikes for a good selection) will be just as good as maguras and they tend to be a bit poorer when fitted with adapters for V mounts anyhow. Best practice would be to get the basics drilled and if you're sure you want to stick with it sell the bike and buy something with a better spec. The Onza Rip was always a budget beginners bike, no hydraulic brake mounts and a 20" rear wheel instead of the standard 19" so not really much point in spending too much on it other than to keep it rolling smoothly. If you decide to stick with a mod (20) then go for something with magura and/or disc mounts and a 19" rear wheel. Otherwise there's the 24" market (predominantly street trials based) or 26" (street trials or high BB seatless bikes) to move to.

f**king sellers on ebay, just won a pair of wheels, tyres, disc rotors and cassette for £130 which were for one of my sons bikes. Paid instantly on PayPal then saw a message saying not to as his account wasn't working so I cancelled the purchase. Only realised now that he didn't get what he wanted for the wheels so came up with a bullshit excuse to get me to cancel it. Cünt

Age categories confuse me, I might have a play as it's local but no idea what age I should be classing with

Not saying rear disc isn't good just that a mini isn't powerful enough for the rear

I wouldn't bother with a Mono mini on the rear, will be too under-powered anyway.

Cycle 2 work scheme has actually paid off for once, pair of Pro 4 boost hubs and a mudhugger for my On One has just cost £142

Hopefully watching this with the kids one night this week, not expecting greatness just entertainment!

I don't think there's enough excitement to keep people entertained, might just be the current setting though so I'm intrigued to see if it improves next time

Right, who's watching?

Finally managed to get hold of a rim for my 24 that will take a rim brake at a great price, only been nearly 8 months. Now I just need to find a front to match because I'm a tart

Anyone got any experience with handlebar mounts for your phone? I've had a couple that clip them in like car mounts but they were a bit big and bulky, just after something that absorbs a bit of shock and isn't too big?

Pro 2, either trials or regular

Nope afraid with 4 bolt there's no other choice!

Yeah it's down to the length of them, I've always used Hermes for bars

Pretty much solves where I find it went downhill

Frame looks awesome Adam, the rear triangle and dropouts make it for me. Great job!

I think if they ran comps at downhill and race venues like they used to do for the worlds and had a specific, shall we say "MTB" class then you'd appeal to a greater audience and maybe open the door to more manufacturers. The problem with trials specific bikes is they evolved with the comps so they needed to be more focused on rear wheel manoeuvres and static moves as the layout of sections changed.

I disagree, the problem with trials is even simple techniques take a long time to not even master but get started on so a lot give up early on. Anyone can jump on a hardtail/full sus and fly down a hill or go to trail centre and have fun and it's an instant pay off.

Yeah when Onza released the Zoot (the recent green/black one) I saw a lot of kids riding them and despite the weak frame issue they were a fantastic step into street trials and trials in general. I did a comp at Shipley Glen with a guy who had bought one to get back into riding and it was perfect!