Ali C

I presume he has a 25.4mm clamp if he is after azonics. I have the 28" onza bars and they are indeed good, but I find them a little too stiff........I am wanting to replace them with some azonics or eastons and a different stem.

depends wether you want high bars or low.........if your not sure go for a happy medium like 1.5", you can always put spacers under if its too low, or remove some if its too high.

I agree with chris, high bbs and short chainstays really suck. get somthing nice, like an ashton, control or limey

I bought a bmx, but I didnt get on with riding it at all....I sold it a few months later. I much prefer to ride bmxy style with bigger wheels, just feels as if it fits me more, easier to bunnyhop, spin, manual.......... everything really. I am pretty much nearly finnished with my 24", other than frame and rear hub. Wont be giving up my proper trials bike though, theres nothing like the feeling you get after getting over some really tough natural.

except DONT use any DOT fluid in maggie disks, go and get some maggie royal blood.

I recken so.....kinda like having your tyres at a lower pressiur, but not quite.

shame the avids are dot fluid, otherwise I would have put one on my marta (although the levers are £100 each!!!) would be cool with an avid lever on a rear hayes 160mm mag caliper, that would be amazing.

I havnt been too impressed with the juicys that have come on bikes in for repairs in my shop......seem to be on the same par as shimano disks, looads of modulation but no bite...................amazing lever feel though, really comfy

I aint gonna reccomend any actual components, but I will say that after a few years of using stiffer 31.8mm clamp, I am wanting to go smaller, I miss the extra flex it gives, makes the bike rider a bit livlier I recken. just somthing you might wanna consider?

ok, I have a 180 magura marta caliper (160 virsions are easier to get at cheaper prices though) and a shimano xt lever. I got my caliper from the shop I work at trade price for £35........there are often 160mm martas on ebay for about £40 onwards for a full disk. I then got a shimano xt lever off ebay for £9 I am using standard maggie hosing and a mix of maggie and shimano fittings, they woulod cost about £10 at most. You can pick up rotors on ebay for about £20 so that totals at £74 for a mint brake!! It just takes a little patience to wait for the parts to come up. oh, and to whoever said magura disks are shit..... I presume you used the older virsions? they did have a habbit of leaking and pumping up. The newer maggies are MUCH better, very powerful. Another key point to maggies that is often over looked is that the hose goes directly in the top of the caliper, making it very hard to hit and damage.....unlike hopes and avids which have a 90degree connection on the side of the caliper. I hit my hope on on my 2nd ride, and it undid the bolt, causing fluid to go all over my disk and pads!!

good job I looked :) Shimpley glen is better for me as its dead simple to get a train there, not so at addingham. Gonna be fun riding on the frost :- Cya there

I am from yorkshire, I am ard, out in minus 5 in a t shirt :) :-

I have one, but I also find it hard to hold, I always get blisters, so it puts me off using it. I have got just over 12000 on it got it for £8 too :)

my views are that there are no advantages of a long mod. I aint short and I loved the short wheelbase monty. A short mod is good for bunnyhops, twisty stuff, tech stuff, balencing on small rocks etc etc Long mods are harder to to bunnyhop, twist, on tech stuff and cant fit on as small rocks, no point tapping a mod either when a short mod can easily be bunnyhoped or backwheeled up. If they are too small, then get a stock.

yep, mine froze tonight, 2nd time its ever happened to me, pretty funny :blink: gonna bleed with antifreeze tomorrow though

I need to bleed my brakes again tomorrow with ani freeze, went out riding today and after 10 mins my back brake was totally frozen, making my bike unridable lol

lol, it was your bike that I probably hated the mostest out of any I have ever ridden, its like a bloody pogo stick :blink:

narr not lollipop sticks, they cost, he goes and cuts down branches, cheaper that way. Narr, I believe curtis waaaaaaaaaaaay over price their frames, I remember Iolo saying somthing like the same tubing costs £100, or somthing like that, curtis then add £400 for labour and they still snap!! You can get tubing from £60 for a full bikes worth, wont be super light but it will do the job.

easton EA70s are nice so are onza carbons oh and azonic b52 are super, but also super exspensive.

I have ridden many a mod, but the only one that I actually LIKED was the monty 221, it just felt dialled, super comfy and enhanced my riding (almost 9ft static gap after 5 mins of beig on one!) the WORST riding mod I have ridden is the zoo python, nasty nasty bike!

ohhhh believe me, there are better riding bikes than a python :blink: in fact, the python is on my list of all time worst riding bikes ever!! get the zip, its nice geo than the python and its a british company and it doesnt have great big ugly green stickers.

I consider myself a full time rider and I only ride about once a week :blink:

yep, I would rather like the 6 speed one :blink:

ohh, wind proof sounds good, as long as they ar still nice and thin (not like those winter waterproof gloves that are FAAAAT) My gloves are dead, so let us know about those wind proofs and I will probably get some :S Also Mr Porter, if you get some gloves, make sure they arnt tight around your wrist, a looser fit will reduce the arm pump you got.

-5.2 here :S