CurtisRider

wooo looks slightly mnore hardcore now :D what are the gazzaloddis like? i used to run them on my jump bike and found they were shite-pinched all the feckin time and were hard (compound) as fook ;) just wondering if they had been improved and were any good for trials?

hmmm did you watch the grind video that daaahhnhilla did? you might be grinding your rim in a completely wrong way to everyone else..... ive found the smoother grinds are best, they dont kill you pads and are perfectly fine in terms of power-well my brakes fine with it anyway tar sucks-its far too grabby-i dont see why you bother having such nice pads if you used them on a tarred rim....cudda just gotten away with some old blacks ;) anyway the grind-any chance you can get somebody else to do it for you? or at least show you? you need to get rid of any remaining tar/shite- it WILL make a difference-ive done it before and wasted my time faffing with the brake thinking 'why wont it work?' give a grind another chance-you will get it right eventually-and once you do you will never wanna go back...

he he yeah they are awesome riders-ryan leech is one of my bigger rider influences im still undecided on whether i like sus or not....i just whacked on my identity tuning forks (i rewelded the cracked disc mount :"> ) and i felt sooo smooth, its weird i thought that cos i had been running sus i would of gotten lazy and twatted my front end down really harhsly....but it wasnt the case-infact ive got smoother on the front ;) could be something to do with me gettin a bmx a few weeks ago-but i havent ridden it properly yet-and im anything BUT smooth on it when i have tried it im gonna keep swapping around, experimenting-may get some 80mm bombers soon-cos 100mm is way too long either way im enjoying riding my bike-whichever type i ride its all still good fun :P

to be fair hes dyslexic hence the poor spelling... well answering for him-hes mainly a street rider, hes not weak really-comes from a bmx background and hes ok a rider at the moment-he has only just got his megamo after quitting trials a good 2 years ago.... does that help?

really? i missed them!!! to hell with it-sod buying new shoes-im coming to nass (Y)

unlucky! tis a meaty crack at least your pics are viewable......most people have them outta focus (Y)

its bloody fun, you can ride with the pros, watch the pros, take part in other sports by tryin things like dirtboarding, meet new people, get royaly pissed, eat lots of shit food, meet lotsa ladies, ride more, sleep in a tent (ok bad point :P ) and ermmm well its good (Y) you will need cash when you are there-there are loadsa stalls with stuff going cheap it is fun, and well worth it-hang with the trials lads and you will have a bloody good time!

ermm im kinda confused, but have you tried the adaptor the other way up? cos thats quite a common mistake it seems

id recomend a rather long chain 1-maybe 2 of them to secure your expensive wheels...., some padlocks so you can secure the chian more than once along its length too a d lock or something similair would be handy incase you wanna quickly get a drink or smiliar cos then the bike is secure enough for a few mins-hopefully... i think about 15bikes went missing last year-inc trials bikes, bmxs and a few mini motos (hot property!!!) 1 thing i definately recomend-make your bike looks as untidy as possible-not as in dent+scratch it to fook lol but leave it a bit dirty, dont clean any rusty bolts, etc-cos a nice new lookin bike is what the bastards are after :- probably the reason why my onza got stolen-cos it was like new and id blacked out the bright yellow bits B) (cant think of any other reason as any knowing trials thief would realise it was a shit frame :D ) have you got any insurance? if so make sure it covers a custom bike......my second major annoyance after losing my bike-the feckin company wouldnt pay out.... you should be fine, sorry to drag down the excitement of going just i dont want anyone to go through that cos it made a majot dent in my pocket as well as makeing me rather upset at the time (Y) it was my pride and joy o yeah, the toilets-use them when you get there and never afterwards.......they get very very very manky :lol: so bring plenty of deodrant!!! i may even be going now :D

i agree with trev^ people do rely on thier brakes too much, and riding with poor brakes just makes you more accurate, same goes for things like engagement points on hubs, people say they need a chris king to gap further but i really dont think thats the case-it makes it easier sure (well not in my case-i didnt really like my king and ride far betetr with my xc/bulb) but you dont need it-just like having a stupidly powerful brake-im not saying you shouldnt have one cos i like mine being powerful and not slipping but i have found when i ran a substandard brake in the past i quickly learnt to cope with it-does anyone remember that article in mbuk with wayne from norwich? he was rail gapping with no rear brake i think? just used his body weight, bike positioning and force on his pedals to keep him there.....mental and talented :lol:

damn straight! why on earth did they only do it for 1 year? i really wish i had taken my bike that year-there was even rocks to ride on! (altho i rode dirt then lol but i wudda given them a go!) and you didnt need to walk 5miles to each section of sport! in somerset everyhting is far too spread out-espeacially the dirt boarding which i though was 1 of the most impresive parts! ah well o yeah any new people to nass-there are cash machines on lorries-so try not to carry too much cash on you! some dodgy folk around :lol: and do what trials pimp said-its really worth it if you have expensive stuff in your tent-cameras, decent clothes, spares dont bother with the securuity cos they are a bunch of f**kin twats-was it my imagination or were they all scottish?(not sayin all scottish people are twats.....) and the so called police there were fookin hopeless too-thers also a lockup for you bikes too so you dont have to sleep with you bike in the tent :-

yup, good tactics, like they were saying before-why spend money you dont need to? if you can get free advertising, then use it gotta remember that not every trials rider uses trials shack yet its bandwidth gets sucked up in no time, it would have to be advertised lots, then huge amounts of riders would end up using it, then it would cost more to run....i think-im not entirely sure how much this all costs per month but is it really worth it? also considering if say koxx sponsor ts-they wont want riders with zoo! echo or onzas to name a few on it? cos it wont really promote their brand as effectively its a pity that trials shack has come to this, its hosted a huge amount of inspirational videos to me and i think thats the same for alot of us so anyways thanks simon, and good luck (Y)

why the hell is dan riding in the demo? and shaun not (Y) no offence to dan but he is shite and shaun can pull a whole load of bigger and better moves..... ah well hope it all goes well today, i decided that i really couldnt be bothered! and i rode ipswich yesterday (Y)

last year appeared to cater for all abilities,unfortunately i didnt get to ride the mad course as my bike was stolen on the first night....... (Y) please please please get some sort of DECENT bike insurance and have a good bikelock/people around your bike at all times-it just isnt worth the risk-even for a quick piss in the toilets.... there isnt just the trials course, there is an open skatepark too which i found quite fun as well as a few bits and bobs to play on-although i dont think we were supposed to ride on them.... :P bring it, without it you will get bored, the best nass was at peterborough cos it was smaller and had fitter birds >_< but you will enjoy this one, id really love to go still but it clashes with loadsa parties :"> have fun dude (Y)

im presuming he meant it was new-and didnt have any bust threads but did it to make sure it stayed in?

what did the gay do? you say chavs arent all bad and yet they've done something like that to you....so hes gay.....cripes the gay scene is gettin hardcore now....... :- i think you missed the point on mrmonkeys post....

his mates probably wont know what a disc brake is :P but meh cool-we we want pics (Y) you do realised a front disc will probably kill him? :-

^^^o baby that looks fun :- i want to have a go!!! ill post up some pics later of my riding spots :lol:

methinks sam was joking........or at least i hope he was :- he he sounds a cool idea anyway-but why use a disc? surely a rim brake will provide enough power? well it does for the majority of us.....he he

its probably the light dude....its not quite blue enough to be blue-maybe your pc screen is shagged? anyway chai-most excelent riding dude-you never cease to amaze me...

to be honest that pretty much what i did-point and shoot-and i got an A.........generally you get loadsa points if you arse around with the photos afterwards though i dunno arts a weird subject nice riding anyway :'(

aha these answers are more like it! mathuds:ha ha dirt jumpers suck :'( nah they seem to appeal to most but for trials.....hmmm i actually want to be able to get on the backwheel! onzaboymark-yeah ill try and stiffen them up-im pretty sure you can shorten the travel on them too...i may have some old springs outta my snapped z3s still... and yeah they do suit me really-i like bunnyhopping things and manuals are something im really close to getting right.....so far the only thing im gettin impaired on is sidehops (ha ha i can barely do them anyway) and when i have the front wheel higher than the back on an object/objects cos the forks tip me back so much johny jones setup is probably pretty much what would suit me best i reckon-we both have the same sorta style just im not as good-spose im a bit of a ryan leech wannabe... EDIT: whats OTN? partz-yeah thats the effect i quite liked-its not that i cant handle rigids just suspension adds a nice little twist to trials riding-and coming from a dirt jumping backround i would like something i could huck off stairs and stuff which is pretty much what ive got now...888r would be slight overkill.....he he dave85: yeah i dont quite think pace forks are suited to trials either :lol: but that system would be better-how exaclty does it work?

the lockout is designed just for light hits-i believe hard hits will blow the seals, well thats what happened on my old psylo sls......not sure if marzocchis system is the same?

not really cos i want more feedback from other riders with it-wanna know if im right about the disc mount or not? and i also wanted to know what forks would be best so ermmm yeah i can see what you mean-im halfway there lol....

yup still whos riding in it?