Ali C

pretty much spot on, still getting random stuff to experiment with too! I agree that sponsorship shouldn't be the aim...a lot of people see a sponsor as a one way ticket to bikes/money but the reality is much different. Getting out on the bike and having fun and pushing yourself is the main goal I think people should look for.....if you get good enough (like Danny) then you may find you get people lining up to give you things, but still remember that it IS a job and you're expected to work for your employer. Sam Pilgrim was talking with Duncan about getting one of his old bikes but I guess he bit the bullet and got a new one, I very much doubt he'd have been given one though.

I remember them having issues when I went, so frustrating and unnecessary. I remember one excuse is they don't want the risk of oil on the wood if a hose breaks...like that's a massive issue.

Got new bike parts! -1 grown up point

if this weather clears up then yeah!

Cheers guys! Don't worry, I've practically no interest in cars so don't expect any car videos (vans however )

it is yeah!

Ti bolts do make a difference but only if you go all out and replace as much steel as possible.I'd start with Ti bolts for the Hope rear hub if you have one, that'd make the biggest difference. I use ti bolts everywhere (including brakes) but I also use alloy bolts in a few places (stem steerer, seat clamp, cassette lockring, seat bolt on tripod or pivotal seats, and even my front hub bolt is alloy (arcade forks and through axle, the axle is supported on both sides by the fork so the bolt doesn't have any forces going through it other than tightening ones). You could look to get ti pedal axles but that gives me the fear.

Hey everyone, just built up my latest Arcade, I'm so happy to finally have a red one! Mark can be blamed for that I'm going to do a bike check video at some point soon so I'll link that here so you can see all the details.

it feels pretty nice but the chainstays are very long, it took me a lot of tries to hop-manual up a 1ft high wall I then looped out multiple times trying the same line on my Arcade

'Sup, this is a a bike my pal Myles built up the other day. He rode trials years ago with Duncan and had a Pashley, unfortunately it got stolen years ago and he's been without a bike ever since. He got the bug again and managed to find a used frame which he got blasted and powder coated and some new decals fitted....it looks brand new! It's such a cool bike, I had a 26MHZ as my first dedicated trials frame back in 1998 and it was really cool to have a go on one again He even got approval by Eddie Tongue on Instagram! Here he is posing with it.

ah ok, give it a try I say!

that just sounds like any disc when they've got a little air in the system.

not sure if it'll have any relevance but I bled an MT7 with water and there was not noticeable difference in lever feel, perhaps it could be the same with Shimano discs so don't be disappointed if it doesn't do what you're after

haha so true!

good at the stunts!

nah, I'd say they're different techniques, similar but different

Actually there's both hook types in that video, you did it like the one at 2:29

that's pretty cool, you're doing a half hook, half "shunt" thing....that's actually harder than a standard hook but useful for getting over narrow hooks where the front wheel can't roll far. If you do what you're doing but commit your weight further forward you'll find you'll just roll up it with no second stage needed (like 58 seconds here old Trialtech video with Stan) which is more the motion/weight position needed for standard hooks......keep it up though

that'd be so cool! This is a pretty new camera so fingers crossed there'll be some handy accessories soon

The Sony is growing on me, turns out my computer media player was at fault for the audio and once in the editor it sounds great, my phone connects to the camera too which is good, gives me a touch screen if I really need one but the actual manual button controls aren't as bad as I thought. I'm looking to see if I can find a small 3" hdmi screen to attach to my sony but I can't find any that small I'd like a screen with no lag ideally.

Not angry but feeling frustrated. Vlogging cameras again. I'm not wanting to sacrifice convenience for the sake of better picture quality which is why I've used my Gopro for so long but I am always on the hunt for something similar but with better quality. I saw Sony came out with the X3000r action camera and it had a few great selling points such as optical image stabilisation (rather than digital on the Hero5), mic input and better lens/image quality. It's arrived today and it seems very good but it's not perfect. My Rode mics don't work very well with it for starters and it's extremely fiddly to setup. Gopro are just so simple and the touch screen makes it so quick to swap settings and view footage. The Sony has a seperate screen connected with bluetooth which has it's advantages (can set up my camera, ride off and get ready to do a line and have the screen on my wrist and only start recording when I need to) but it has a slight lag and it powers down after a few moments to save batteries, it also takes forever to connect to the camera, if something was happening quickly that needed recording I'd miss an awful lot just waiting for the screen to connect,although if you ignore the screen the time from powering on to recording is a lot faster than a gopro, you just won't be able to frame the shot as well. Why can't companies just make cameras that just work? Touch screens are just so handy, why in this day and age would you go backwards? If this Sony camera had a gopro screen it'd be ideal.

awesome

There's definitely a difference in strength, I did see the occasional broken older Saint calipers but now it seems every one of the newer models breaks. I had the older model for 4 years and Danny had used it for a year before that....I doubt a new one would hold up one month with Danny's riding.

The thing about modern shimano is that the calipers just aren't as strong as they used to be, I'd be worried about them snapping on bigger moves. That's why I like Magura, the calipers are some of the strongest I've seen and it gives me loads of confidence. Any pad knocking can be fixed with a bit of tape or patience until the pistons make a groove to sit in.