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Teenage Angst Communal Agony Aunt Thread
Radfax replied to Has anyone seen my shoe?'s topic in Chit Chat
hum.... yes thought of many things which could go wrong with my idea so i tihnk thats a no no hehe! Or just tell her straight! "The poggster on trials forum said your being really out of order you insencitive (insert offending name here) so sort it out and tell (insert girlfriends imaginative friends name here, the one that she has never met before and for all she knows is a 50 year old married man with 3 kids!) to f**k off!" job's a good 'un! -
my hope mono weighs 440g (inc hose, lever disc and bolts) and it works a treat, although i would like some thing lighter i think i would only really change it for a bb7 which works out at 330g for just the caliper and rotor so after adding lever and cable i can see it coming to over 440g. the Formula ORO K24 comes in at 390g (inc hose lever and rotor) which isnt to bad. not to keen on maguras, i had a julie and louise a year or so back and it was mega shit! how light are the magura discs now then?
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to be honest you can start riding on anything, i learnt on a 2000 model Brian lopes 4x frame haha so yes it is possible, and when he can afford a proper bike he will be even better! Just get out and ride!
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huh ? I thought the riding was good!
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the seat on the first one reminds me of my very old echo urban! second one dont half look bad! (bar the fact it was built by some one who was colour blind!)
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did he, the many conversations i have had with him about riding he never mentioned he still rode! havent seen him in ages anyway! Yeh i know its bloody 4 months away bud, but you see hopefyully where this has been planed so far in advance people can make arrangements to come! i know the lot from down my way will be going for sure!
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Teenage Angst Communal Agony Aunt Thread
Radfax replied to Has anyone seen my shoe?'s topic in Chit Chat
steal her phone change, her number for mine and when she texts me ill tell her i dont liketalking to her anymore because i think what she is doing is wrong and she should stop texting me, he will be out of the picture for sure she is being a bit out of order i think though mate sorry for the lack of good advice! -
I want one.... NOW!!!
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well i knew he rode bmx, yonks back, and i have only seen him ride once, on a video on your phone!
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security which think because they have have a bald head and a walky talky they are hard and look for a brawl. (even though id spank thier hiney) rain parts breaking and not having any dosh to replace it! jean chewing freewheels hurting in places! doing a move and not being able to do it again when you try to show someone!
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one of my friends has a GU and when first built up i think he was using an older echo stem, the bike felt so horrible when i rode it, felt like i was bending over for an anal raping. pretty quickly he wacked the Hi-Fi stem on and the bike rode like a dream, it felt low but not majorly low and i quite liked it. i personaly wouldnt go any lower than a hifi stem
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agree with you 100% there, i personaly side hop higher when i dont tuck! i find it well hard to tuck!
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i want to get a road bike aswell, even though ill look a willy on it its quicker than my mod!
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not 100% if this is the sort of answer you are looking for or not but hey here it goes! I think trials in the UK is growing fairly rapidly considering when i started riding abour 5-6 years ago the trials scene was no where as big as it is now. there were no trials specific frames, there were no trials specific parts, just parts which we could use for trials, like the old D521's FSA powerpro cranks ect so i think using trials parts as a way to gauge and the way they have developed over the years and the way that they are selling so well with people demanding even better parts that trials in the UK is not dead! But compared to XC free ride, downhill and BMX trials is just getting going! I first got into trials seeing edd tounge (I think ) riding a green and white pashley 26mhz with martin Ashton (i think) in MBUK in about 2001/2 ish, when i see this i was determined to start riding and at that time trials wasnt big at all, there was practicaly no coverage apart from a page or two in MBUK now and again (untill hop-idol started and there was 4 pages a month ) so the coverage was pretty shit! The trials coverage started to get a bit bigger a few years later when there was websites such as trials kings which used to be a few 20 second long clips of a few riders, think they was of danny harold on his old pace? and a few riders on 20" montys. and since then the coverage has just got bigger and bigger with countless videos on youtube and manafacturers websites like Zoo, echo koxx whatever. But i suppose i would have found more if i knew what i was looking for which i didnt! Local bike shops offer pretty much no support or coverage at all, unless tartys your local there is a much better and wider market for commuting, family cross country and road bikes so thats what they sell! my local place had a mission in thier window for about 2 years which never sold! But online retailers such as tarty and Dan Ko offer absoloutley superb support. They offer top quality parts with great service and reguarly host videos of thier sponsered riders which makes you just want to get out and ride more! Personaly i have no support from my family, and i dont expect any either! The General public see it as mindless vandilism and think that we are crazed hoodlims who is going to mug ay one and every one for thier benifits and whatever else they have in thier wallet and will quote gladdly call the 5-0 which are almost deffinately going to turn up! so there is no support from them! i am sure other people have support from thier families and i am sure this gives them some drive! I love riding with mates, as there are always some funny times when riding with them! I would say 90% of trials riders want to make the sport bigger! riders always want to get thier genre of riding noticed and i dont think that there is anything diffrent when it comes to trials, the bigger it gets the more parts are avalible to buy, the more people there are progressing in the sport and there are more people to learn from so i think that riders ar very keen to help the sport progress because i sure do! In general i think that the coverage of trials is pretty naff, I mean i dont read magazines anymore so i dont know if its getting any better or bigger but i am pretty much 100% certain that its not as big as downhill free ride ect. i think this is because not many oldies want to ride trials but they wouldnt mind getting on a road bike or doing a bit of cross country so this will always limit the development of trials because only the younguns seem to be intrested. erm hope that answers some of your questions mate!
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leeroy rides! neve knew that
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i have also thought of this, and think its weird, even when you do something pretty slow my feet stay on the pedals pretty odd, my feet do some off when i give a good ard slap on the pedals for a gap! its because im magic i spose....
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fo' so' my shnizzle! spencer is coming aswell! i am going to get on the phone to my Damon Groom and get him to bring his sorry arse down! bbq at mine the night before aswell! anyone is welcome as long as your not going to be a jebend
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never saw many of the 20" ashtons! i think i have only ever seen two! NIce bike though And you have got to love ramsgate!
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i loved mine, need to get some more, sold my last ones when i stopped riding
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i have personaly found no downsides to using it apart from having to put it on every other day or so, but if you dont mind that then use it!
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i havent really mesures, id say 6ft at the least
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Which Brakes Do You Use, F&r? - Just Added 'pie Charts'.
Radfax replied to cai's topic in Trials Chat
hope mini mono up front raer 33 -
1, Radfax 2, Sir hops alot 3, Skoze and some bmx bandits (they're sound guys) 4, Harmertrials 5, Clarkey 6, Clawz114 7, Daryll 8, Sam 9, Darren 10, George 11, Lankyri (if he is not to wasted the next morning ) 12,ANDY-MBK-RIDER(Long winded excuse, in other words a maybe) 13, El Christoff 14, Ash Kennard 15, Craig Walker 16, Glen 17, Boss/ Tom 18, Ryan RS 19, baz 20, Chris ward.. for definate i know 21, adrian J 22, about 5-6 local BMX lads
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spoke to simp the other day, he said he wasnt 00% sure as it was so far off, but he will try!