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That was really good. Had such a good vibe, good tunage, etc. More please!

Cheers for the responses and commentary to my situation chaps. It's good to hear alternative perspectives on a matter that's difficult for me to think about clearly. I think the advice about finding another girl is usually good; however I've been in a year long relationship with a girl since my breakup with this girl I'm mourning. It was an alright distraction but the trouble was, like my other relationships aside from this particular female I'm being headf**ked by, I've just not managed a meaningful connection beyond poking them and having a bit of fun. And as soon as that last relationship was over straight away I was back to thinking about her. Perhaps if I meet a meaningful female I can move on but until then I think I'm a bit buggared. And as that's only one in nearly 30 years it seems that it might not happen easily or anytime soon. I think my trials bike will have to be more of a focus in my life! I hope that all makes sense. Annoyingly she contacted me again and my head and stomach are all over the place

You understand Tic Anyway, thanks for all the additional comments

Well that went badly and, if I'm honest with my self, I knew it was a bad idea. I think I posted that up on here to look for support in pursuing a girl whom I was fairly sure wasn't interested in me. It was awesome to see her and we got on really well but walking away knowing that we can only be friends hurts. Now I'm left with that empty feeling as though I've been dumped again by the only girl who's had a meaningful place in my life.

Excellent advice; thank you sir! I will indeed be going over. The mathematics has done it. And yeah, i also heard the chap she left me for was a knob that wears a suit to work when it's not required. Apparantly he's all about the $, drives a porsche, blah, blah, blah. I really hope when I go over I don't find out she's still with him Whatever though. Let's see what happens.

I'm in a bind. My ex of two years ago whom I still love despite my best efforts to drop her from mind contacted me today over facebook. It's been over a year since we last spoke. Anyway, when she found out I'm in Swindon she asked me over for a cup of tea. I'm thinking I could either do that or I may have to explain that I can't handle interacting with her because of the thought that she has no romantic interest in me. I'm pretty sure that's the case but that part of me that stills feels for her wants to believe that she wants something more. I'm guessing she can't be with that guy anymore if she's asking me over when he would be at work. The story is though that she was f**king callus toward me. Dumping me for somebody she didn't know that well, initiating it by text and doing it two weeks before my 3 month meditation retreat that I had been looking forward to for about 3 years and couldn't go on because of how much I hurt. Although she was obviously upset to a degree her actions seemed exceedingly selfish and harsh. Yet she's the only one I've ever been with that I would say I loved. My relationship with her was very meaningful even though it was often strained. I often struggle to make connections with people because of my less conventional ways of thinking and being but this wasn't so with her. It was also in part my fault for her leaving me (not the style mind). These are faults I've worked on since then however. But then she also had things about her which caused our relationship problems. I think I will have to say no and disconnect from her again. I dunno though, it seems like it might worth pursuing. I'm in a daze at the moment to be honest. I think if I knew of a good likelihood I would find another female to connect with to that degree I would be fine just putting up with loving her and giving up but all my other relationships have fallen significantly short. Yeah they were nice to look at and poke but it gets boring when they don't really understand what you're going on about or you have hide certain views because you know they can't handle having theirs threatened. ARgh. Help?

I was in one of my random negative moods last night otherwise I wouldn't have said that. Although, even now, I see much room for improvement. I know how I want my riding to be and I achieved it in some of those clips. But in others there's too much wobble, hopping about, etc. This is just my approach to riding and what makes sense to me. It sets the challenge that drives me to improve. Negative mindsets aside, I really enjoy riding in this way. Just ignore me when I whinge about it I was also a little frustrated about the editing. I was using a trial version of sony vegas. Between that and my computer being too slow to handle the video clips that come from my camera I can't really do much in the way of editing. All I can do is 'jerkely' chops the clips down to remove excess moments. That tune had some good potential for dancing around with the riding. As it stands, that didn't happen Anyway, thanks for the comments

Another short vid. Worse than the last for various reasons. The style I'm after really hasn't gone down beyond the first few clips from about 3 weeks ago so not feeling very satisfied with things at the moment.

I use these and find them effective. I mainly have an issue with hitting my ankle on the edge of the crank arm when I do spin moves. These solve it.

Good or potentially accurate ideas often take decades and sometimes centuries to catch on in the sense of becoming popular or common. The significance of relativity in a philosophical sense, which arose in the west early in the 20th century*, still hasn't been totally absorbed or accepted by people. Consequently we often hear arguments about what (song for example) is completely "better", "worse", etc.; ignorant of the subjectivity/contextuality (relativity) involved with using that sort of word meaningfully. We're often stuck with ideas/models that are several thousand years old which are entrenched and difficult to let go of, in place of something more accurate/helpful, for a variety of political, emotive, habitual, etc. reasons. The philosophical model that currently stops us from properly adopting relativity is Aristotilian which is a couple of thousand years old and posits essences ("good", "bad", etc.) to things (like songs) rather than recognising that those sort of values arise from the relationship between us and something else. Basically, having been used for so long, our relationship to that model is like a fish in water. It's difficult to be aware of, in the sense of reflecting on its inaccuracies and/or problems it causes, because it's so pervasive. Another example worth considering here is from the arising of the idea of "invisible lifeforms" (micro-organisms) as a cause of disease, especially with regards to infection from surgery. This idea was laughed at initially, with the doctor who suggested it losing his standing in the medical profession. This is a very common theme with new ideas that are later considered to 'accurately' describe the world or have some utility within it. I don't think it's very fair the way in which you're calling this model "shit". It makes me want to highlight these points anyway. Modesty in our views of the various ideas within the world seems to me the only sane choice once we've looked at the history of ideas. Obviously though this relates to ideas that have some coherency and intelligence behind them which the holographic universe model does. That being said it's not exactly my favourite model for describing the nature of existence. But I still wouldn't call it "shit". I think it definitely has a merit and certainly a merit beyond anything either you or I can come up with. I prefer Nagarjuna's view that we simply can't capture the nature of reality into any conceptual scheme. Kind've makes all philosophy seem kind've pointless though *Interestingly aspects of relativity was understood by Indian philsophers several thousand years ago.

Happy bday Mark!

Good stuff. I enjoyed both the edit and the riding which were equally of a high standard

Good example. The reason it becomes a paradox is that the silence isn't specified as refering to statements about a crime, reason for stopping, etc. - which is meant. It's too general to the extent that it seemingly covers all statements even if they are a confirmation about a wish to be silent about a crime, reason for stopping, etc. If the statement is changed accordingly, and made more specific, the paradox drops away. Sometimes paradoxes arise when we try to use language to grasp things that can't be grasped by language. For example, when we say reality is continually the same but continually different; everything is the same existence across the changing difference of that existence. The important point is, the paradox isn't in the nature of the 'thing' or 'event' described. It's just the result of using an inadequate form of comprehension. Although, expressing the paradox probably gets closer to the truth than just saying either just, "the world is continually the same" or "the world is continually different". Fascinating stuff eh? This stuff excites me as much as riding does! But yeah, the original sentence is neither paradoxical or oxymoronic so I'm not sure exactly what Matt's going on about? Quite interested to know though. edit: I take that back. Just looked up the definition of oxymoron again and if Matt is being sexist, as mentioned, then that would constitute a suitable usage of that word.

I'm not entirely sure what you mean by your question but I don't think you're after the word "oxymoron" which is used to emphasis one of the two opposing terms placed together (e.g. shit-hot can mean something is awesome despite possessing a negative). It doesn't describe something nonsensical but is valuative. The term "paradox" highlights a kind of logical nonsense that language allows if we don't understand or specify the contextual limitations of the words involved. Is that what you're after?

Liked some of the contextual filming there. Created a nice feel. More importantly though, I dig your style. You've definitely got good control of your bike. Felt like there wasn't actually that much riding though, which was a shame.

Awesome stuff. Great to see how close you are to the tailwhip. I'd also like to that nailed by somebody other than Mr Mac. I hope make some more vids

I've been thinking the same about the convenience of a 'real' trials bike for the winter. My 24 doesn't really suit the current climate. I probably won't be able to afford anything unforuantely though. But, I have to say, that bike looks like it was designed for a five year old girl. Maybe the wrapping for her christmas present or perhaps for the appearance of her school stationary or diary. Sorry Mark. No offence intended!

I think that might be wise.

That sums up my view.

Thanks for all your nice words. They're very encouraging. I shall make great efforts to get a proper vid sorted. In the mean time seeing as these sort of clips are appreciated I'll probably keep doing something similar each week with clips I capture but don't want for the main vid

Not entirely but I do run slick tyres which makes for a much less enjoyable and more risky experience in wet, snowy or icy conditions. We'll just play it by ear eh.

I'll definitely do Friday actually. I shouldn't half commit like I did above. I'll also be riding on Saturday. All of this is obviously dependent on reasonable weather

Very awesome!

I might be able to do the afternoon for a few hours. But yeah, certainly not the morning

It's interesting that Steve felt this way. I thought from an intuitive perspective that the video was harmonious; something which I felt lacked in a couple of the earlier vids. It wasn't my ideal kind've music but it still seemed appropriate and in time with what was happening. I guess though that this is the subjectivity of it all.