Ali C

bought, £21 with headset, cranks and bb

mine's a short vee version, went for a price I couldn't refuse

nope, none left. I do have an 04 pure in my shed though, but I picked that up recently for old times sake. Just remembered, the Pashley was from 1998, in 99 I had a Merlin generic 14" frame, no pics of that though. In 1997 I had my GT Avalanche (1996 model going cheap). It had cantilever brakes, 18" frame, 1.95" tyres, triple chainrings and 24" wide flat bars. I still managed to come 3rd in my first year of comps on that bike, shows how much the level has increased! No pics unfortunately, but I do still have the frame

yeah your right, Trialtech/Inspired are pretty good. I don't think it's made at the same factory, the amount of time Dave put into finding the place would suggest not anyway.

not a great pic, but that is my Pashley 26MHZ from 1999 ish my 2001 (I think?) Brisa b26 me riding it my 2002 (?) monty 231, it was pretty sweet. my 2003(?) monty urban, also quite sweet. my friends Planet X Zebdi My 2000 (?) monty 221 mod (yes, I rode mod for about a year!) my 2004 Echo Pure (ace bike!) my 2005 Global prototype (flexy, but amazing) that's all my old bikes anyway.

welcome to the world of trials manufacturers

that's if you can get past the looks of the limey 3

if you want to get good quick -mod if you want better allround skills and long term benefits -stock.

out of those, I would possibly go with the Rockman. The Atomz spoke drillings are at some silly angle that puts a sharp bend in the spoke when it leaves the nipple, not good. The other rims are fine too, quite flexy though. The Rockman has flat sidewalls though, so possibly easier to set the brakes up.

true, you can't fry up some tasty goodies in a pad with LGMs

random cables, stickers, disc tab, disc brace, dropout looks like there is a lot going on, random bump on the top of the seat tube.

not the worst bike I have ever seen, it does look a little cluttered though. Any idea on geo?

OM NOM NOM

Yep, do this

White spirit is oil based and leave a tiny residue behind. Meths is alcohol based and totally evaporates, that would be better to use. What pads are they out of interest?

unfortunately there isn't a lot I can think of doing without spending money. I am confident some thinner arms and pads would solve it and work very well.

I am pretty sure he has

not ridden one with brakes yet, so couldn't tell you.

I agree they wouldn't be my first choice either, but you have to consider that these bikes are to appeal to normal MTBers, they tend to hate cable brakes. Also if someone is looking for a bike, the fact it has hydraulic discs at all would be a big bonus, street riders don't always want the most powerful brakes either.

it'c cheaper to use the older frame parts to make it, so it's cheaper for the public to buy.

Mike's right, you could get some thinner pads like TNN LGVs, they have thin backings with a built in conical washer so the whole system can be a few mil less wide. You could also try some thinner arms like Shimano LX or XT arms.

haha, believe me, he drinks a lot worse stuff than that! He is Scottish after all.

yeah he does, and he wanted to go longer and lower, which is why Inspired were scared when I wanted the exact opposite lol. Longer and lower makes it more stable for going in a straight line, I wanted it to be more modern and to handle bmx style riding better, something that is more nervous and twitchy. 380mm would be nice, but there has to be a comprimise somewhere

this is going to take soooome beating, I feel sorry for the people to post vids after this.... ...wait..

coll stuff, some nice control there. Bit of a bash at the end though lol