Nick Garland

I call photoshop, the edge of the wall is far to clean cut, and if you look around the edges of the wall you can see some funny smeers. I am probaboly wrong but hey its worth a shot. Whats with the hole in your right ear (our left), on your lobe there is a nice square pixel missing, like you erased it

From personal experience I would say get a Pro 2. I had a King with HD axle and steel drive shell, which both are really kinda needed for it to last in trials. The pro 2 weighs 1g more than that King setup, and although the virtual instant engagement of the King is nice, I would not say it is a necessity, especially considering the amount of effort that goes into looking after the hub. With the pro 2 you fit it and forget basically, an occasional service that requires no tools and creates no headaches.

I personally think you should wait until you can afford to go to HD, as you are planning to invest in an already old technology. Everything is going to HD now so you might as well wait for the prices to drop a bit more OR take the plunge now. Getting a SD camera with HDD had no advantages over MiniDV other than having some more space.

I think there is a site, its similar to all-sp.com, I think its like all-fg.com I think or something very similar.

There are many things tarty are good for, if its just a bb removal tool go down your lbs.

By doing the above you have to have your laptop net to your, or your computer, which is just a hassle, also I found that it made my NAS settings Strict instead of open and I could not join many games easy.

All I will say is, the 360 adaptor may seem very pricey, however it works so well, you plug it in and leave it, nicely tucked away on the back of your 360. If you use a base station like my mate did you have to configure it and stuff which is just a pain, then you move your xbox to your mates, need to take it with you to get live. The 360 adaptor may cost a bit but its well worth it. As with most console accesories and peripherals, official parts are made for a reason, they are the best. Dive into your wallet you will not regret it.

This thread has made me scared to go on my bike without shinpads now. I have had a few deep ones, one I could see the bone from the hole, the flesh was in the grub screw, that hurt and bled a lot, but that 8" gash, f**king sick man, made me gag a bit. Also the back of someones calf, that is one hell of a pedal you must have used. This topic is making me cringe yet I keep looking at them.

Another piece of engineering excellence. If they had some more designs I would be very interested, not to keen on the geo either and needs 135 spacing. The rims however are nice, get me a pair of those I think when I get my new lighter wheels. Be intereseting to see if they can hold up to the harsh abuse of street riding, or if they are comp only, seeing as they weight about as much as a bag of sugar.

I never stated they were riders, I said they were mates from work. Thanks for the info guys, I will take my bike and have an adventure then, also means I wont get screwed over for giving people lifts, I will only have 2 seats

I am heading down the bournemouth with some mates from work tomorrow, about 30 of us. Is there anywhere worth riding, any rocks/natural floating around near the beaches or any good street that is close by? I am considering taking my bike as I might stay on a bit longer than the rest. Maps would help if anyone knows. Thanks a lot, Nick.

To save the tinest bit of weight maybe. My back end on my Czar is solid and doesnt need a booster, I run one to stop me snagging the cross over. Maybe he is doing the same and removed the part he didnt need. Looks ok, would look better with a different colour frame as someone else said

If it would get used I would be tempted to make a proper calculator where there would be a lot more available weights etc. Almost tempting as I have not coded anything of recent and would be good to.

Some people have odd perceptions on lengths, Tunni can do 10ft flat to flat, which is massive, I can do about 6/7ft on a good day, highly scared of gapping to front due to a few stacks, also not got great technique for it. But still some of you might want to measure your gaps if you are saying you can do 12ft to front

It would be a good inclusion on the tarty site. Relatively simple as well if the database has been set up the way I am assuming. Seeing as all the parts are listed with estimated weights anyway, could simply go through the data base, grab the id of the part, it will give you the name, it will have the weight stored in there too seeing as its on the site already, then it can just be added up. That is however if that is the way the database has been set up, which it probaboly has not, as it was not intended to have this use. The geocities site is ok but missing lots and lots of parts etc, but to be fair its one hell of a job, be a lot easier if there was a form for people to add parts that are missing with the weight, then a group of mods can check them before they are added to the lists.

I have just got back from Germany, so I shall not read all 5 pages but... Hans Ray , Martin Ashton and Matin Hawes (sp) They practically started trials on normal MTBs doing stuff that had not been done, in a time when trials specific components did not exist. Trials Kings, Danny Holroyd etc. They pushed the boundaries of what was trials and really inspired me to ride personally, shame that they have now dissapeared. Neil Tunnicliffe, Craig Lee Scott Probaboly two of the best known UK street riders who gave Zoo! their name. Many people bought their Zoo! bike due to these 2 riders showing what was possible on them, pushing the limits of trials even further, and some may remember CLS out sidehopping benito ross at the bike show in 2004 I think it was. What a moment, again when Neil also did some huge mofoing gap that no one else could manage at the same show. Vincent Hermance, Coust Brothers, Kenny Bealy (pretty much any rider who is or has been on the Koxx Team) They have pushed the levels of riding so far in compeitions that it is becoming stupid what they are achieving. Whilst working with Koxx to create some of the newest and oddest frames around, ie the Boxx and Vinco for example. There are may more, far to many to list really, there are a lot of riders who deserve their name in this thread for adding something to trials other than being a good rider, such as having a following of minions who look up to them.

Grease everything from the steerer tube to the bolts and bar clamps etc. I had this problem before applied some grease and problem solved. Not sure why it does this, guess is trying to move slightly when it cant due to it being dry so apply some grease and its allowed that very slight amount of movement.

Be interesting to see what the new design is, maybe its so the stock, mod-stock and mod do not look sooooo similar. Be refreshing for a slight change. They probaboly found a nice weakness in the 20" design and are updating it so that not too many fail

No its just the mod which is really really odd, suprising you dont know Adam, its why I created the thread so you didnt get 100 emails asking. Very odd move from deng.

I do not ride mod, but I am curious if anyone knows why the 20" Gu has been discontinued, seems odd seeing as it is very popular.

There is no doubt about it, Echo 07 rims are the strongest out of the wide rim choice, front and rear. I you want rims that wont die if you screw up a few times here and there, get the Echos. However if you are a smoother rider and generally dont screw up or try new big things, you should be alright with a koxx on the rear, on the front they suck, dented in about 2 hours on a tap. Great for competitions though.

I read a post the other day about 1 handed luke, I thought it was just a joke as he was running his brakes on the same side. Did not realise he was literally one handed. But f*** me you are good boy, your better than some of the shocking attempts of people around here calling them selves "riders" with a "bad knee". Kudos to you, keep it up, highly impressive. Good to see your not letting it stop you from doing something you love.

If you want your bike to survive on street riding then I would not advise going lighter. A mate of mine just got a front koxx rim, hit a tap too hard and already dented it. My bike is a tank, weights probaboly about 11.7 KG, but I can ride it fine, unless you are going for a compeition bike I would not bother going much lighter by sacrificing strength. However drilling your front rim in sensible places, going ss, getting some ti bolts, magnesium pedals etc will help and not sacrifice too much strength.

As a lot of people have said its not a dying sport but it will need to get some recognition soon from the mass media or it might start to die. Look at bmx and skateboarding, top names like Tony Hawks and Dave Mirra, say those to most people or even mention skaing or bmxing and they have heard of it, mainly due to mass media. Say someone like Vinvent Hermance or trials riding, and they all go "eh?". Just needs some more coverage or some high profile competitions broadcast so the world begins to understand the sport. It is still a very new sport and is growing but its not dying yet.

Its meant to be Red, but some parts are not from ana amazing batch of anodizing.