Ali C

my faith in mankind has just dropped a notch.

My fave Danny quote "Mmmmm, nice bit of Sausage" (said while talking in his sleep)

TNN for sure

I guess most people automaticly think vees suck because they have only ever used bad ones on cheap bikes. Also most bikes have maggie mounts so it is etra hassle and expence to get adaptors. People also think cables stretch (vees are usually as stiff as maggies) and get gritty (not if you get decent cable).

the sheer depth to how much you are wrong is hard to imagine! Vees are simply amazing! I rode rear vee for 4 years, they are more powerful than maggies, have MUCH more holding power and have another dozen reasons why they are better than maggies. A front vee is deffo the way to go, there is simply no reason why anyone should choose a maggie over a vee! Good choice on the lever, I would also recommend avid sd7 arms or shimano LX or XT. Get yourself some TNN pads and some decent cable too (shimano SP5 cable, we have some at Tartybikes if you ask for it). That will have amazing bite and hold.

get the brakeless roadtrip vid made!

hey, back around 2002-2003 there was a DVD made called Hibernation. It featured northern riders like Waynio, Danny Smith, Steven Petty and others. I have unfortunately lost my copy and have a real urge to watch it again! Is it online anywhere? does anyone have a copy they can upload? Cheers Ali

Narr he a dam good rider, but there was always a roughness with his riding that to me, kept him from the top.

most annoying voice evaarr

haha, cheers for the backing, I guess an email wouldn't hurt.

I can't think of a worse bike for a challenge like that, I deffo think it should be streety, to be able to bunnyhop over stuff, up walls and down drops. It's different to bmx and still fast and entertaining (rather than watching someone roll up to a wall, trackstand, get on the back wheel, hop about and then get up the wall).

I did mine at Orange bikes in Halifax, it was pretty awesome. Got to build top spec bikes, see the bikes getting welded, got shown the heat treatment process and top secret new bikes on the computers (before the 222 was shown). The second one I did was at a small bike shop in Halifax, it was crap! the owner didn't even like bikes and was just a miserable git.

just got an Orange 5 AM, it's a fantastic bike! I went to a demo day in Scotland a tried a few bikes (cove, Mondraker, Santacruze, other Orange bikes) but the 5 just blew the others out of the water both uphill and downhill. I know it's not got the latest greatest suspension design nor mega travel, but its simple and works! I would feel quite happy hitting Downhill tracks on this bike (I may race at some point). The point is ride a few bikes, don't get fooled to think that you need mega travel or a complex new design to get a good bike, sometims simple is best.

weight forward, that's the key. Once you have it forward, get it even MORE forward! Honestly, if you do that, you will fly up them, you won't even need to use brakes (check my hooks in my brakeless vids)

it was more that we wanted to actually ride and hang out rather than stay at a stall and "be at work" really. We have had stalls at other events and they never work out to be worth the hassle.

No, I meant Kloe did actually get the forum shut down. Poopipe didn't, neither did Char. Neither were as 'bad'. Mr.Monkey is definitely a noticeable absence, as is TheCircus. People cry about Pete Wright but he was just a tool - MrMonkey and TheCircus were genuinely awesome, it's just that the people they preyed on couldn't handle it, and because that category happens to contain most of the forum, the majority won... EDIT: Logged in as Ali - I lose.

works fine for me

hey again, yet more footage, this time the BBC came to one of the shows the Clan did at the Royal Highland Show this past weekend. They strapped a helmet cam on me and this is the end result (don't know why they used a failed footjam whip in the footage when I landed a few afterwards lol) link, don't know how to embed

new longer vid with interviews in my first post.

she approves

yeah, my 5" travel bike seems overkill there, I did do one black "run" on my brakeless inspired lol. But yeah, the trials stuff is pretty rad and that pump track is addictive!

Yo folks A few weeks ago Stan and Myself were asked to help with a promotional vid showcasing Lee Quarrys range of riding. It's mostly XC stuff, but half way through the trials gets in on the action. enjoy singletrackworld new longer one with interviews

cheers again guys. Victoria's mine..hands off! The ad is to be online rather than TV, but there may be some billboards too.

yeah, lots of failed attempts in there