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Actually, truth be told, Deng actually booted Lee and Zhi off the Echo and Zoo teams. He already had CLS and Neil, so he didn't feel that he needed the other two anymore. Lee and Zhi might as well start their own thing, to grow trials in China and to have a company to own/ride for. And also, Zhi and Lee have made quite a lot of videos on aortabike.com and zhibike.com... it's all there.

Looks nice, Ad! I thought you were all about the new Czar DD though?

Just buy your parts in Tartybikes, most of you have part-time jobs so spending an extra £100 or so on a frame in the UK isn't that bad...

Cool. Another observation: oold rear tyre. I thought those were all dead by now? orignal full black monty

For Unicycles.. Lots of street and flatland street unicyclists use this. Well, they actually just get a normal try-all tyre and shave the treads off to get exactly the same result shown in that picture. Makes it ideal for rolling smoothly and getting a snappier effect doing rolling tricks However, I'm not too sure on this tyre being good for real trials use.

I thought a Ko-Bikes sponsorship would come sometime. Pretty nice looking though, they ride fine as well. However, where are all your Supatrial tyres coming from? I'm fairly eager to get my hands on one.

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You can't get any fairer than that.

I'll buy that rear Echo tyre off you Kyle? Or swap for a brand new Creepy Crawler or newish 07 Echo tyre? Bicicleta looks goooood

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Joe Hodges...

Hey Dan, sweeeet bikes there! I'd love to have a dab at mototrials one day! Oh by the way, what woods are those? Rocks in Surrey?! Or is it Hook Woods there..?

Woohoo, I filmed that It took about 30 attempts and a long trek over to Evans cycles to get a puncture repaired that happened midway in those preload hops haha. but yeah, way to go.

Ah Ryan, that vid is very old. Him and joe hodges are rivals for world champ status. Freaking good rider but also very down to earth.

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Hey Paul, I'm just curious about your frame-foldage. What is it exactly? The impression I got before was of the downtube denting, and then then the toptube curving or something as a consequence of irregular tubular energy transfer? (shit, that sounds techy ) , anyway, I'm just curious to know what the typical frame-damage deaths are on a BMX as opposed to trials frames, so I know what to look out for and what's not so wise to do here and there. The impression I always got from BMX riders talking was that downtube-denting seemed far more of a big deal than on trials frames. True? Or a sack of poop?

Christ that's nice Mark! Mine's still sleeping in its white and blue box. I still need a crankset for mine... But, another observation is that you've got a ridiculously aesthetically similar setup to mine. Brown Animal seatclamp, KHE Ninja sprocket, black wheels (bar your KHE Geisha), Animal tyres, Odyssey Le Van grips? Anyway, how are you finding it? I know yours is the long 21" whilst mine's the 20.6, but is the 69 degree seatangle giving a different feel to your older Sinister? Purdy.

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It isn't an official Onza by the looks of it. For one, it doesn't feature the internal headset compatible headtube which is enormous and doesn't expose the headset cups. Also, it's like an 04 Python, but with bits edited like the gusset plate toward the toptube/downtube weld joint. Looks a bit flimsy, but a good find nonetheless. I thought that the Slinger prototype was going to be the new T-Master.

Come ride Kingston. There's a group of us around that area, and it's a faaaarrr nicer place than Guildford to ride for sure. Woking is OK too. Guildford train to Surbiton (town right next to Kingston) is always a wise choice, so PM me or add me on MSN or something if you want to get something up and running whenever you're at Surrey Uni. unstablebutable; Tim-Rodriguez; and xris_x are 3 other Kingston riders aside from myself, so chat to them about it if you want too.

The Stiky Fingers tyre is the same tyre as the Echo tyre... which isn't all that bad. Grip-wise it's not great, but it can be bouncy. Anyway, go for the Eagle Claw, it's just an all-round better Creepy Crawler in all fields. I've seen it and tried it for myself, I know two quite high-profile riders who would agree that this tyre's made a huge difference for them over all others. go for the eagle claw