Ali C

nice bike, interesting fork paint job Martyin and my plan to get ashtons in evrey houshold is slowly comming to plan

personally I dont got any narrower than 36mm on the front. if your riding street then I cant see you needing a ride front rim really, but if you ride natural you will like the extra grip and stability a wider rim gives.

what if we want gears? we should get -1 for every section we get through

ok, its the british champs, your riding elite, its the last round and your winning by one point, ben slinger has just got up the sidehop and has finnished the comp, if you get up the wall clean you have wone the champs. Thats what I often think and I find it helps. Also pretend your foot is glued to the pedal with REALLY strong glue, you cant take it off. MIND OVER MATTER

can you say fleeeeexy?

heh heh, I go through rotors fairly quick! Never riding street though, its always from riding natural and being in an awkward spot and leaning on it when trying to regain balance.

sheff I think, your gonna regret meeting me again boy!! good news about the gears though its only a 5 min job to pop them on my bike.

now its a biu comp, will we need 6 working gears?

GT Avalanch (rode for a year, hanging on my wall, in good condition) Pashley (cracked the chainstays) merlin (sold to a friend) monty 221 (cracked, swapped for a bmx with random chav) brisa b26 (cracked) brisa b26d (replacment frame, got stolen, got found, sold on) monty 221 (sold) monty 231 (sold to iolo, still used as bmx though it is cracked) monty urban (sold) echo pure (sold, still being ridden?) global ti proto (cracked) global ti proto mk2 (gave back to Global to be sold to Danny Mac) echo control short (sold to fat git) echo control long (sold) echo hifi (sold to friend, still being ridden) I am sure I had anotherone to fill this gap, but I cant remember it) Ashton (current) I also had an orange patriot dh bike (cracked, got replaced then got stolen) Specialised Big Hit (replacment, sold) Rocket trials (street bike, cut up to be modified, still waiting to do it) bmx, no idea which (sold) WTP Primate bmx (sold) Iolo 24" street bike (current)

I have already treated myself to some monty bars and a Giant carbon stem (meant to be £135!, I got mine for £29 ) getting a new disk rotor too, I go through them like I do socks

it was indeed a good vid BUT......I have the phrase "running before you can walk" in my head.

I started on a GT Avalanche it made a crappy trials bike, it had an 18" frame, triple chainrings, flat 24" wide bar, cantilever brakes, 1.9" tyres. I did a year of comps on it though and came 3rd overall in novice at the tykes. It was good for xc rides too. after that I got a pashley

iolo had a right hand side front disk, it was sweet.

£22 per room (up to 4 people)

the saddle looks really out of place in my books, get a bigger one Looks REALLY nice otherwise, took me a few secs before I realised it wasnt an ashton ET (despite the title)

standard forks seem to last ok, hooks put loads of rear stress on tabs, plus, if it was steel it would be easy to fix

it was half price rooms

it is an option, just get some steel forks and weld the disk mount to the front of the righthand side. Can use the same caliper, disk, hub, rotor, lever everything.

which travel lodge are you staying at?

soooo boring

top banana!

weather looks.......depressing take a look

I am using nokon at the moment, seems good, is very stiff. But I also really like Shimano xtr 5mm gear outer (same as linear cables) they are very stiff and very smooth.

yep, I am going, I also cant wait, should be a right hoot! I am riding Masters

rear vee indeed, but I like the modulation of a front disk, if I were to use a front vee in wet muddy conditions I would need a grind waving goodby to any stoppies