thefletch

Here's the link: http://www.eengoedidee.nl/videoz/bike-tria...o_5_trailer.mpg Enjoy. Full video should be done within the month or less depending on weather.

I been thinking of getting a new frame lately and I only saw it this morning, so I guess mine is definately for sale now...(offers???) Looks better than pimp!!!

The frame is nothing like a levelboss... i've had mine for nine months now and its going strong. The geometry is verging on perfect to be honest. I dont recall anyone having rode it and not liked it. Anyway, new one looks the dog's dangly's, give it some matching white forks and i may just jizz in my pants.

Pretty rude ride i think, prawn had some smooth lines and so did most really. Dude on an aorta had a nice gap to front too. got loads of footage, editing up my new vid as we speak.

i may come dependant on wen i wake up

Edit,k i wont be at Oxford now

im up for oxford on the thursday 30th... Coming from southampton area, does anyone know if it would be easier and cheaper to drive or get the train???? fletch Nick Mannings- i mite be able to give u a lift up if u want.

I'll come.

sick

where abouts do you live, then people will be more interested if you are reasonably local, or visa versa

Posting for Dan Jones and NBR http://www.eengoedidee.nl/videoz/download....vNTM228AACO0Bgg there's the link, riders are: Andy Green Daniel Jones Jaime Pedrosa Mitch Vidler Nick Goddard Nick Saunders Enjoy!

use a metal vice because the wooden ones often get chewed up up. put a chain around the cog and then put it in the vice, this way u wont f**k the cog and u get a flat edge so it wont twist in the vice, then get an extension bar of some sort, hammers dont work very well

Without having read the entire thead/arguement. Koxx produce mainly competition frame, this was clear at an international event like koxx days, where 90% of the bikes there where not koxx bikes but they weren't echo's of one a deng's creations. Deng and his many companies can be compared to 'Cherokee', the tesco's clothes. The principle being, there just replica's of other brands that have put there own money, development and reputation into designing the products. Admittedly its mainly children and mature adults that buy these clothes, but thats irrelivant in this arguement. Deng represent tesco's, he creates replica's that are priced cheaper because it costs less for him to buy a tape measure and copy other frames than design them himself (i.e. hifi and XTP). The only difference is. In the growing sport that is Bike Trials, there are many ATG's as i know them. (ATG=all the gear, no idea). These are the people who have been riding about one month and have amazing bikes but dont even know which brake lever is for which brake. These people are not completely stupid as they do have the sense to buy a Deng bike which is cheaper for the reasons above. This i feel solves the arguement of why....actualy, i cant even remember what im argueing about, just wanted to express my feelings towards the matter. This also ties in nicely with the sponsership arguement that was here the other day, buts that might get complicated

Not really dave, you can explain iot to me on the phone wen im lost.

na cant dude, got work saturday. i can be there earlier, didnt know wen u boys wanted to start

Yo, shall we say meet at the Bill in the car park by the lighthouse at 11.30ish. Those who are coming, if u wana PM me ur name n number so i can get hold of you if i'm early or late etc, and i'll do the same if u need mine. fletch

another valid point, but tkae into account rider personality as well and we are almost there haha

I've never broken a front hub since i've been able to ride a bike dude, and i used a genuine apollo wheel for 9months, wasnt the most reliable hub on the planet haha

I would suggest locking them up in someway. I went down with Savage last year and Fred was saying he has had people try and break into the Vans and steal bikes etc before, mite havve been 2003 that happened. Not sure what I'm doing yet. Mite raod trip it but dont think i'll be old enough or have the balls to drive through paris, the motocylcist are fooking nuts, sliding under artic trucks etc to doge traffic.

thats a fair comment i suppose, hadnt thort of it in that way, but its true to some extent. (refering to anzo's comment)

I totally agree with Waynio, and i think most of you are missing the point. For example most the the worlds best riders hardly ever make videos. i.e. when did Benito or Vincent or Ot Pi last post a topic saying new video. Being sponsered never used to have anything to do with videos, its only in the last year or two that it has got like this, i think this is because trials-forum seems to be the 'be all and end all' to most riders, especially riders who are new to the sport. Do bare in mind that most the best natural (i say natural because its only in the UK that street is the more popular diciplin) riders in the country dont use the forum and they are the ones with the good sponsership deals. Because street is so big in the uk, things like group rides are much more common than in other countries around the world, and group rides are a pefect opportunity for companies to prmote products or their shop etc. Videos and the forum also help this alot, and this is why i think sposership has become so common and less ''special''. Finally, its not just about riding ability( shouldnt be anyway, and isnt anywhere else in the world), its personality, the level of input they have into the sport, attitude towards the sport and other riders etc. In mountain biking in general there are loads of cases where riders attitudes have lost or gained them a deal regardless of how good they are. Complicted to explain so please dont argue with me if it makes no sense to you.

I seen fred savage get my koxx tyre off of a koxx rim, it was the first time it had come off since the factory too. I snapped 3 park tyre levers doing it once. I'd like to see someone take off a car tyre by hand, none of this bicycle tyre shit, that would actually be impressive.

My mate has been waiting since June, he rung them up every few weeks and they gave the same answer ''it'll be available in a couple of weeks'', which is a complete lie, so he resorted to building up an old XC, whiohc is shit anyway. Seriously bad customer service, if they had any intension of releasing it when they said they were going to it'd be alright, but they must have known it was gona be 6 months longer than they said it would be.

My mate aaron fell in doing the big gap, dont know how wet he got but he fell in alright, i know that much.

anyone else?