Ali C

check out my album its got a few decent pics.

ohhh...INDOOR euro champs!!!!! I know I wanna enter that!!

thats my "custom" bash I used alloy bolts on my middleburns without a problem for years....pretty scary if that happened when doing somthing big.

weight forward weight forward! WEIGHT FORWARD!!

bunnyhopping is probably easier if you have a short bike, pedaling if you have a long one. personally I recken pedaling is best, how often at comps you you have a nice strech of flat ground to gather speed? pedaling you can go uphil, short runup, bumpy runup...the lot!

I am a firm beleiver that vees are better than maggies. I have run maggies for7 years now, they generally seem to work fine, but they are far from perfect! I find I get a lot of arm pump using maggies (even with water) as the spring in the lever is too powerful and it takes a lot of effort to pull it and keep it pulled. Also braking performance is failry good, but I find they normally only work well in one direction. a vee can be set up with minimal spring tension, which is a great thing for me as it reduces arm pump. The pads dont wobble around like maggies do, so the brakes are quieter, pads last longer etc. You can use levers with leverage adjusters to get more power if your tired (like in a comp) cables are easier to get hold of than hoses and fittings. I also find vees have UBER power when the wheel is turning backwards, great for when your tyre is bearly on the edge of an object. of course vees arnt perfect though, they take a little more matanece than a maggie (lubing the cable or replacing it every now and then). I used my vee for a couple of weeks, but as I was using a 48mm echo rim the arms went really in a great position to give the most power. I put my maggie on and have ridden it for a couple of days, but I miss my vee already. I have an alex rim on now, so I am gonna try them again once my slik cables and avid lever come.

the ONLY nice riding mod I think is the monty x lite, feels great. All the other mods I have been on have been awefull! glorified pogosticks.

errmm....I am pretty crap at g turns unless they are on a slope so I cant really help

I concour

arans left footed

thought I would add a nice colourful pic thats a nice static natural one for you. I used to be able to do about 8ft static, but its more like 7 and a half at the mo.

its more in the technique... but a longer frame does help a bit. I have gone from a 1085 control to a 1065 ashton and my taps are still about the same.

VERY good riding for just over a years riding! Though it was pretty repetative with just taps gaps and sidehops. I wanna see moves that no one else does in your next vid

bout 44" at the mo...best is 47" I do have this to say though...there is more to trials than sidehops, sure the're handy, but please dont spend all your time trying to get that one inch higher (like some riders do), try everything and your hights will improve with time.

yep...I had one, it slipped lots when I first got it, but not so much leter on. I also snapped a bolt trying to tighten it enough not to slip. good stems though, if you get one it might be worth just roughening up the steerer with a grinder or somthing to aid grip.

= me having to almost use tar at one pont. vees are still far better than maggies in feel and power...it just takes a bit of time and money to find the right setup, normally costing more than maggies. You can get very decent working vees for cheap though!

out of those two...control I would also get the short virsion.....much more fun. BUT...if I had more choice of frames I wouldnt get either of those two.

I dont see the point in going out every weekend. I dont drink (last time I did was nearly a year ago) but when I do drink I go all out and get smashed as its a rare feeling to be like that and can make a nice change. But I find going to the pub with a couple of mate REALLY boring!! I dont wanna sit and talk, I wanna do somthing!

made my eyes bleed, couldnt watch it all. But I guess we all had to learn at somepoint. gets some credit too if he (both) has only been riding for 7 months though.

doesn look like we are camping anywhere...iolo wants to go on a date WITH A GIRL!! on sunday

f**king immense!!! best riding I have seen for a looooong time, very origional to, kinda the stuff I try, but cant do

give it to aran instead...I missed his birthday pressie

I am suprised by the amount of people saying pythons and so on....they are THE WORST bikes I have ever ridden, I also hate all high bb frames (like the adamant) they are all just glorified pogo sticks!! anyway....best frame I recken was the echo pure.......first light yet unbreakable frame out....legendary!!

I would come out again next time

bracken? ROCKS?? Sounds good to me I am pretty sure iolo, myself and maybe waddy are comming do we need to pay to get in? also..anyone wanna camp at a nearby quarry and ride there on sunday? also mike...you owe me some pads seeing though I like you so much