Ali C

I aaaalllllways cover my front brake when tapping, its very useful for when you dont quite get the wheel placment right and you go over the bars, if you cover the front brake you can just stall on the front and go back down for another try, if you dont cover the brake and that happens, a face plant is innament.

I was there for half the day, it was great, nice sections, the man made one was mint, shame I only got to ride it once before my bike got "technical" problems (still cleaned it ) It was a real shame about the low entery, I dont understand it, the comps are ace, it doesnt help when people say they will go then never turn up *cough, waddy, stan cough* Fingers crossed more people go to the next one. Have fun tomorrow guys

ohhh a serious answer!! cheers I guess I dont eat that much either, hardly any junk food

I often dont poo for 5 days, 3 days is the norm for me though, I dont see why your so desperate to poo it out?

I rang Barbara and she said there was an option for online entery...I cant seem to find it on the site, any chance of a link?

whens the closing date? I havnt sent my entery in yet

thats a no then

I wouldnt take anything I say as official (unless we are talking about beards and cave men) but I kinda heard/ was told/ read that was the case.

I am pretty sure you can drop a round as I missed the first British Champs round at hook woods due to riding the bike show, so thats my throw away round.

paint can be up to and beyond 200g, thats like half a pound off the bike. anodising is lightest though, and tougher...I wouldnt worry about it being more brittle, think how many anodised parts there are on the bike.

what a week!! I can honestly say I have never worked as hard, for as many hours and for as many days as I did from wed last week till today! Had a lot of late nights at tartys helping bulding stuff, packing stuff etc. Got to the show on thursday to start setting the stall up, it was obviouse from the start it was a lot smaller than years of past, they could have had a lot more space for stands if there wasnt the big stuffed toy thing and half the amount of seating. The trials course was ok, they did a good job with what was given to them, but I am sure if gilles had free roam of the trials arena it would have been spectacular. The timing for the shows was poor to say the least! Even if the top 10 riders in the world were riding, I doubt they would have found many more lines than we did and with the timing of the shows I doubt many more people would have been there to see them. Its a shame all the top riders ask so much to perform too. The highlight of the show to me was meeting tarty customers, its always good to put names to faces, I also enjoyed riding the dirt jumps on my ashton and whooping everyone on the 4x sprint (what a joke btw)

good stuff chris, lovley pics.

these are the oldest pics I have, from 2003 I think, its a shame I cant find any of me on my pashley from 1999 from 2004 last year

after riding buthiers I am AMASED at how big the natty riders can go, theres a 56" tap Gilles did that is just one pedal, uphil over a rock and the tap is over hanging! or the tap kenny does thats shoulder hight again with a short uphill runup, or the hook that I can barley reach with my hands or the gap benito does up to a rock that I cant even do jumping on my feet and landing in a climbing position....the list is endless. They can go soooooo big on natural its unreal! I find street frustrating, its too repetative, I get bored quick which frustrates me....the only street I like is flowy bmxy lines. Also, I havnt seen lycra in comps for years (at least in the uk), saying only street riders have a laugh is a bit narrow minded

I'll be there for sure!

sorry, but that is the WORST spelling I have ever read in my life!!

lol, there were 3!! I managed to get the smallest one on a stick before it went in a hole. Its a bloody adder too, iolo and everyone were trying to stroke it saying "its only a grass snake" ha ha ha, I knows an adder when I see one

you gay boy, hopes are mint!! I know for a fact his king has slipped, I heard it;) thats one more time than I heard his king slip and one more time than my hopes ever skipped anyway, I am sure stan would want comments on his vid that your hope bashing lol

pads are on the back burner at the moment, I am buying some stock of backings (send me your addressl Chris!) and looking for some new rubber, but they will be back soon. its worth waiting for Iolo, his bashes are pretty neat!

because he is a weight weenie!!

I had a bb7 with old rotor, then swapped to a gothic rotor and it juddered just as you say, however, I recently swapped from a normal rotor to a wavy magura one with no juddering. Make sure your caliper is setup perfectly, the pads hitting square and even, if one side is hitting first it can cause the problem, also, make sure your pads are in good condition with no grooves or chuncks missing. If you do want a new rotor, get a hope mono mini saw rotor, the braking band width is perfect for bb7s and they look the nutz!

I have been using the organic pads with great results, but saying that...the standard pads arnt shit either.

I'll be there!!

have a look at some monty bars, they have more rise than zoos and a nicer shape

maybe just save the money and replace bits as they break/wear out...theres nothing worse than spending all your money and then have somthing else break and not be able to afford to fix it.