Ali C

I'm a little sceptical about the 12 tooth rear cog

the trials hubs don't come with grease, they come oiled so you shouldn't need to do that.

without being rude and calling you a liar, but are you sure it's the hub? It seems very rare that the Hope hubs skip. what tensioner are you running? Much chain wrap around the cog?

best looking frame they have done for 10 years I think. Geo is much better too, if I rode comp trials I could be tempted by one of those.

"If there are no stupid questions, then what kind of questions do stupid people ask? Do they get smart just in time to ask questions?"

quite surprised, he was rocking out some pretty hard stuff there! a lot of it was a bit "demo" but people tend to like that kinda thing. Keep it up Kenny.

if you don't get alloy you're a fool. I build wheels every day (usually 10 a day) and I am a huge fan of alloy nipples. I've found that brass nipples being a harder material can bind easier as all the small imperfections of the spoke and nipple rub together and cause friction. With alloy nipples the softer alloy actually "gives way" and gives a smoother turn and higher tension. I've never snapped or rounded one in years of using them and my current alloy nipples are a year or two old and in their 4th wheel build now.

the point of trials is to make youtube friendly vids, get sponsors and get rich obviously

nice one guys, you really do seem to portray the fun that riding is! Blog is sweet too, I'll definitely be following it.

are you questioning your own eyes or something?

The French really are something else

that doesn't make much sense to me....do you mean like an english hop (both wheels at the same time)? If you can't lift your front wheel over a couple of inches I would seriously consider changing your bike set up until you can lift it higher.

pretty sure I saw this about a year ago? My feelings towards it hasn't changed anyway. A few clips of ok riding and lots of clips of mountains, if I wanted to watch a video about the Alps I'd watch a tourist board video.

Works for me? But yeah, it'll be changed...

yup, all about the upper body controlling the spin. With the rollbacks, I struggle with them at times, Mark says it's the hips, that kinda makes sense in my head, just keep the weight back, try not to put too much pressure of the pedals and let the bike do it's thing.

nice Joe!

what foot forward are you?

It's on then!

"you remind me of a young Phil Williams" this is a good thing by the way.

their plan of moving from Buthiers to stop the UK riders from going sure did work

pretty awesome.

very "euro" riding, not really my cup of tea, but skilled non the less, editing and music was sweet.

pretty sure the Redbull sponsored riders are not allowed to sell any Redbull clothing including helmets.

swapping concrete and tarmac for mud and grime is quite a difference! I didn't go to win so I was larking about in sections (when I wasn't puking up a lung or pin-balling my way on some of the downhill sections) so I was a little surprised with 4th place, perhaps if I hadn't fallen off when using roots as kickers and got a couple of silly fives I would have won......oh well, Tom Rankin is a worthy of 1st place, I don't mind losing to the likes of him Thanks again Barbara and the group of section setters and observers!

best vid of the year so far!