Ali C

ok, say when you buy a product from the importers, they set a rrp (recommended retail price). Some places allow you to go lower, but if you do it eats into your profit margins. With Onza bikes/parts I believe they are quite strict with you not going under the rrp so its fair for every shop. Rock'n Roll cycles are repeatedly selling parts at under the rrp to get more customers and f**king over other shops. Well, some shops try to go lower than they do, which ends up making other shops that stick to the rules look expensive (or get a slap at any hint of lowering the prices themselves).

cool, see that airplane above your head? It's not a plane, its the point of my post.

As I said, why wear trousers? Am I the only one who thinks "what a tw@" when I see people who take their tops off at the nearest hint of sunshine to "show off" what a "BIG LAD" they are? I would have thought they would be experienced enough by now (as most trials riders are) that if it's looking sunny and warm and your about to do something that will make you hotter you don't go out wearing trousers and a top that is uncomfortable to wear.

a BIT low? lol my bars are a good few cm higher than yours and I only have a +20mm bb! Bike does look good though, Matte black looks so good for frames!

if you want a slow returning arm pump inducing brake, then mineral oil is fine. Otherwise just put some anti freeze in and tell the people at comps that you don't always have to do what you are told.

the problem is Rock'n Roll Cycles sell Onza bikes and parts cheaper than other shops are allowed to. I could go into more details and might do when I can be bothered

not a huge fan to be honest. I don't like how skinny they all look, I know you can't tell from a picture, but it just screams "flexy" at me. Also not a fan of the Geo either, it's getting rarer and rarer to find any frames with a lowish ~30mm bb. I want to ride my bikes, not pretend they are pogo sticks. The 24" is pretty nuts with the chainstays that short and the bb that high, but the Because Trial frame was similar and sold quite well, so what do I know eh?

then why wear trousers?

decades are odd, they almost don't seem to fit in anywhere in lines (unless you do them mid jump).

I think that's unlikely

I ended up putting 30mm of spacers under my hope stem on my Ashton lol

quite possibly the ugliest frame ever in existence!

don't think how short a bike is has much to do with how high the bars should be. Anyway, as short as the wheelbase on that Ashton is, the reach is actually quite long! I don't agree that a Trialtech high rise stem would be good on it, but I do recken a steep 90mm stem and some high rise bars would suit it perfectly. I had a 110mm hope stem on my old Ashton and it always felt a bit long for my liking, and the higher I put my bars on it, the better it felt.

for someone who is more and more beginning to not enjoy trials videos, this one actually was very good! Even more surprising that I liked it when they are riding mods too! They are sooo bouncy! The height of the stuff they are doing is nuts too, I enjoyed it muchly

The whole start with them in the carpark, the running with KFC, the jump over the car with the women inside. Plus I HATE it when people feel the need to do stuff with their tops off for no reason at all. Some of the stuff they did was sooo cringe-worthy I was waiting for them to burst out laughing as it surly had to be a joke?

He has definitely got some skills! He makes forjam whips look easy (I have been trying them for a year and still cant do them) and as Rusevelt said, that up to front hops to tailwhip to 270 drop was cool. I also agree with other people about lacking flow. One reason why I like Macaskill's riding so much is that he hardly does any correction hops and is barley stood still for a moment. If this video was a bit faster paced and had fewer correction hops and maybe a little more thought into some of the lines I think he would be well up there with Danny.

the actual stuff they are doing is incredible don't get me wrong, it's impressive and dangerous BUT the whole way it was filmed, with the stupid acting and power ranger hand signals ruined the whole thing for me and made them look like one big joke.

very very very gay. I am sure one of them pulled a power rangers move in there too.

I have to say this, those guys are some of the least flowing "streety" street riders I have seen. The guy at the end had the most style, but he still did horrible "English style" 360s (just a flat spin, not a bunnyhop). I recken they need to take their brakes off for a few months, they would be beasts if they did!

looking good, I like the chainstay area. I am going to go back to gussets though. You welded them up completely, is there a reason? It was my understanding they were working best when left open ended and welding them completely can create a stress riser?

the problem with (older) HS11s is that they had a larger master piston, this reduces power compared with the smaller piston on the HS33, I wouldn't ever consider the older style HS11 for trials ever!

haha, that's not a very flattering photo of him on the home page!

Tartybikes offer a helicoil service on cranks, so yes, it is fixable.

It may also be worth taking off the mech, shifters and cassette. This will save a ton of weight and have less chance of the chain jumping off. you would need a tensioner though (you could turn the mech indo a heavy version) and you would need to take a cog from the cassette that you want to use and some spacers to take up the space of the other cogs. You could buy a specific spacers kit (£10) or you could take the small spacers out from between the cogs on the cassette and use those (you would need at least two cassetes to get enough spacers thoigh, check your local bike shop, they replaces them all the time and would happily give you an old worn out cassette). As for brakes, rear disks do have the power, but the length of the spokes means they have a slight flex which takes away the feel of precision when on the rear wheel. What mounts does the frame have? (I can't tell from the picture). If it has dedicated Magura mounts, it will be cheaper to stick with Maguras. If it has vee mounts with an adaptor for Maguras, I would use vees (I am a big fan of vee brakes). As mentioned, pads and a grind makes a huge difference to the power too. Don't be afraid to experiment with different bar and lever positions, or maybe different stem and bars all together, they change the feel of the bike massivly.

The Clan will be there, I havn't heard from Danny though, so I can't confirm he will be there.