Ali C

smooth as anything, quiet bikes rock! He's riding so well for a non-trials frame too. What hub is he using out of interest? Never known any quiet hubs cope with trials before.

Back when I first started riding Tyke trial (or the Yorkshire Tykes as it was known then) was my first introduction to trials after seeing an article in a magazine. This was before the internet really kicked off and years before any social media came about, going to comps and magazines were the only way to really see what was going on in the trials world or to socialise. I think trials comps were really handy but these days people can see what's going on as soon as somethings happened, they don't need to wait till the next month to chat with friends like we did. Kids have fewer reasons to want to go to comps these days. Results in comps don't have as much meaning and people don't want to travel to rocky fields. Barbara did such a great job with all the event work she did even when she had no reason to be there (Chris stopped riding years ago) so it's no surprise she's retiring, it'd be cool if people could take over but it seems that without some drastic changes in locations/rules comp trials is just begining to be old news, trials has evolved alongside social media and taken it on as the new meeting place.

good stuff guys! BTW, up to front either way is cool, just whatever the line dictates really

I prefer non internet Ross

oooohh burn! Actually yeah, I'm editing one now from Belladrum and I've ideas planned for other episodes too although ideas are easy, making them happen can be a different matter.

they're just a bit fat to fit full pads and wide rims really, not had any issue with actual build quality

on further study of the slow mo it looks like I thought the front end was dropping so I tried to put the left foot down in front of the pedal, then the bike reacted differently to how I was expecting and instead of going over the bars I was now going over the back and in trying to move my foot it caught on the pedal and made me miss the edge....pretty unlucky but I'm very lucky to get away with just bruises.

yeah that sucked! Combination of the lower bb taking me by surprise and I think my foot stuck to the pedal slightly too. Ended up with a pretty bruised elbow, a dead leg from hitting my hip, a sore ankle again, slight lower back pain and the sorest neck muscles I've ever had! Fortunately Jane did loads of massage work and got me stretching and icing and now I'm back riding again and dropping 11ft in this weekends shows. I wanted to try the Fourplay as the grass is always greener, plus after so long on the same bike it's cool to see how other bikes ride so you can get an idea on what different geo does to the ride.

Can't stop falling off my bike!! I never knew quite how much you get used to how something feels, my new bike feels 95% the same as my Arcade but that 5% has really been messing with me....mainly the lower bb I think, it rides close enough to my Arcade to make me confident but then my back wheel won't be exactly where I think it is and WHAM! I eat shit. Not fun.

doing Yoga mid gap is not recommended. Thanks for the well wishes though, it's only a small cut, if it wasn't for the rain I'd be out riding now!

that one with the 20" wheels is lovely, so nice to see skinny tubes on a mod and with nice details, I think the short chainstays make the proportions of the frame really pleasing to the eye. I would still love to see it with a seat but it's not my signature frame so I I'll just deal with it

couple of reasons, like Mark said it means I can be a basher and bend the rotors a little more before they rub, the weight saving is small but cool but the other reason is simply that Magura wanted one of us (Drop and Roll guys) to try them out to see if they were strong enough. I didn't mind trying and it turns out they are pretty strong!

I'm on MT6 which is almost the same brake and they're great. If you find the stock pads a little lacking then try some sintered and that'll help bring the power up.

I do think the skinny tubes have it over chunky ones looks wise, I'd say this is the best looking frame of the Alloy options though. More pics:

It still requires the same leverage ratio, the two pot pistons are smaller so end up roughly having the same total as the larger pistons in the one pot caliper

the MT7 and MT6 use the same lever just with a different coloured sticker

I think I maybe got unlucky

never seen the appeal of Pokemon, I think I was too old for the cartoons so always brushed it aside as a kids thing. The fact everyone is now on their phones in groups makes me not want to be a part of it at all, I never seem to grab on to popular things like this and TV shows

So after years riding the same bike I decided to try a new frame. Inspired just brought out the new 2016/17 Fourplay with updated geo and features that I wanted to try. If you want to see more then check out my Vlog for a bit of a bike check and some more reasons why I wanted to try it. Vlog episode right here

I found my Ultimate arms went notchy within a couple of months which then made setting up the pads to hit at the same time impossible, I tried to replace them but found it very hard and ended up breaking the arms. I'm a huge fan of shimano arms (narrow so easier to set pads up on wider rims) with an SD7 lever (the speed dial adjustment is really handy)

I REALLY want to go but it clashes with a demo that I could really do with getting the money from plus it's a 9 hour drive, I barely kept my sanity on the drive home after Tartydays last year!

Such a beast!! Best rider out there in my opinion.

thanks Andy! I'm pretty thankful of the gun laws over here, plus as long as you're doing stunts on a bike people seem to be your best friend usually...........usually.

I totally agree, I've heard people describe some of my stoppies as nose manuals and I usually try to explain the difference

I sometimes find the Spank rims can be harder to stress the spokes because the rims are so stiff, did you do it by hand or did you stamp on them (my preferred method)? I liked my SLX's, never snapped a pair and I had to do plenty of 10/11ft drops for shows. I did find that they'd bend or spin on the axle after a while which wasn't totally noticable until I went on other peoples bikes. I'm now riding raceface cranks and they are pretty good! a little heavier than the Shimano but no bending and they feel incredibly stiff. They are sharp though and I keep cutting my ankle on them.