Ali C

I'm a bit of an old school rider so I'm used to lower bb heights, but I found higher bb tends to put your weight further back which makes landing moves harder (I struggled with gaps, taps and hooks with a higher bb (40mm+) plus I can sidehop my 24" Inspired higher than I can a +70mm stock. People seem to overcome this with longer stems to get the weight forwards, but that wasn't an option for me as I never wanted to ride a bike I couldn't lift the front wheel without a pedal kick.

I just want a stress free life. I don't want to run a business, I don't want to give my life to a career. How possible this is I don't know, but that's what I want.

Vasek is one of the best riders ever, really nice guy too. vid was cool

I enjoyed that, had a nice feel to it. There is one thing I noticed you do that would be cool to "fix" for you're next video, you seem to do a large crank into most things and do a half pedal to do 180s, it would be a bit cooler if you just bunnyhopped them instead, might mean a little more speed but it tends to look a bit more fluid.

Dani is riding UCI this year which makes me very happy as he has the nicest style of any comp rider

Barspins! More please!

one name....Iolo

jealous of his barspins!

alloy nipples are great! I've used them for the past 5 years and I've never snapped or rounded one off. I have them on my inspired now and they have been on two wheels before these. I think they build a better wheel too, brass nipples don't have much give and neither do steel spokes, so any imperfections creates a lot of friction making the nipples harder to turn at high tension. Alloy nipples are softer, so they "give" to any imperfections meaning a smoother turn all the way into the tightest of tensions, I always manage to get higher spoke tensions with alloy nipples. I wouldn't bother with alloy bolts, Ti would be better. As for chains, ditch the 710, they are heavy and stretch loads. get yourself a k610, they are better designed and hardly stretch much at all so they last longer, plus they are lighter.

You're drunk! I'd much rather see riding done smoothly and controled than sketchy. Felix was/is a huge influence on my riding, he's one reason I love v brakes so much (can't beat quiet brakes). I used to watch his videos all the time!

haha they hate the lack of helmets in videos, classic pinkbike.

G-Form, I have their shin pads and I highly rate them.

I only ride street now, I think if I entered a comp I would get arm pump with it as it's not got the most hold in the world. If I were to enter comps again (or just ride natural) I'd get a rear vee without question.

using an oil bled maggie is pretty much the worst thing you could be using for getting arm pump. A water bleed will help, but it's likely you'll still get it just not as fast. If you really want it to go, consider getting different brakes. Things like that grip strengthener could actually make it worse, getting more muscle means it's more likely to compress the nerves. Arm pump is caused by the blood not getting out of the arms muscles properly causing them to swell and compress the nerves, it's not a lack of strength (in fact almost the opposite). Other than changing your brakes there area few things you can do, most have been covered in this topic but a really good thing to do is stretch really well, you could also try asprin to thin the blood a little making it easier to get out of the arms. Don't forget to drink and don't wear tight tops or gloves and keep relaxed, the more relaxed you are on the bike the better.

thanks I like Mark's section personally, flowy music goes with flowy riding.

Oh yes you do! haha BMXers are way bigger bitches than trials folk. I think street has become more popular simply because of Inspired and Danny Macaskill. Inspired brought out a street specific frame and Danny showed it and what's possible on it to the world. I rode comps and stuff for about 12 years, they are pretty cool but after so long I just found street but be far easier to access and it was fun learning new things rather than seeing if I could get another 5mm on a gap or sidehop. I like the lack of rules in street too, there is no rule saying you can't use a foot or hand to get over something. I also like how flowing street can be, trials can be very static and after awhile it gets a little boring. Having a little more speed is a super fun experience.

more skids and wheelies

Dogs like me, unless I'm on a bike then they hate me.....cats love me no matter what Which photo do you mean? The hippy hop one? I know Danny can do them but I've not seen a picture....unless you mean in general? I'm pretty happy to be compared with Danny though, but I do try an make a concious desicion to not directly copy everything he does.

MTB videos peaked with the Earthed series, since then everything went downhill (no pun intened). Earthed really had the "cool" factor, showing riding at it's rawest all the way up to the top level world champs. No un-nessacary equipment, just cool shots that make me feel like I'm there myself. Where The Trail ends really annoyed me. I thought it came across a bit patronising and the riding was good, but it never made me go "wow". Same with Life Cycles.....too much work on the shots rather than capturing the fun and thrill of riding. Again I never really went "wow" when watching it and I was kind of glad when it ended.

As other people have said, adjusting your riding helps. I always used to look for places to trackstand without using my brakes, try to point up hill when possible and use chain tension. You can use little holes and bumps to put your front wheel against too to help, or hang your back wheel just off an edge.....it's surprising how much it helps.

with those tensioners you can remove the pin that sits against the mech hanger to allow it to sit against the frame. To lock it in place, remove the mech hanger bolt, then remove the alloy washer/spacer and replace with a thicker one and now when you tighten the bolt it will lock the arm in place.

Thanks, it had been a while since I had done a comp as touch as that and I did struggle with arm pump on a couple of sections even with my v brake.