um, i recongnize those jumps…

I'd say, if you want to do proper dh, a medium would be more stable at high speed, but if you want to just chuck it around, do jumps etc, stick with the small

cool. i'll be heading up on my jump/4x bike, so i'll just have a play for a few hours… Looking forward to it now. I just put on somre 'borrowed' Pikes. Bad idea cause it means i'll probably end up wanting to buy some.

she's definitely spinning clockwise…

that is rubbish.

Best rockshox? A pair of 2001 cherry red boxxers, which were tuned by tim flooks. Unbeleivably plush!

should i get my new wheel built up with my current sunn doubletrack? Or by a sunn MTX33 and save half a pound of weight, but lose 40 pounds of money? 😕

i had some pilot xcs. They steered, they just didnt move. At all. Preety poor in myopinion to say the least.

have you had experience with their wheels?

this reminds me, i should really service my talas's

I forgot, maybe addiktion cycles in st albans?

i'd at least try to get it on warranty

Well, ive not recieved anything at all yet. I'm not worried now…

i cant imagine it corners very well…

Well,I just (yesterday night) signed up for match.com, as a mate met his missus on there… It all seems a bit wierd.

And what is with those 'winks'? does anyone actually use them?

I must say i'm really quite cynical about this approach…

Anything by Pheonix!

thats just a bit wierd…

hmm, ive had loads of bikes… The only 2 i miss are my old DMR trailstar, as it was my first decent bike. ( before that i had a 200 pound giant). I Brought that with my pocket money too. I'd love it back now, i only sold the frame for 80 quid.

And the other bike i kind of miss, is my oldish (2005) gt dhi. Best dh bike ive ridden, and i was really wishing i had it when i was in the alps a few weeks back. But then i swapped it for my current trek fuel, which to be honest i love, and ride alot more than i ever rode the gt…. It will still be sold at some point though i'm sure.

http://www.choiceful.com/choiceful-id-12745-Wilkinson-Sword-Handy-Bush-Hook-Axe.html

thats what i wanted to find… I use one of them myself. THey are very handy, and to be honest, alot less dangerous than the other one i posted. Ive cleared about 100m of trail though nettles, brambles and ferns in the last couple of nights… May go and rake some of it out now.

Anyone who rides in ashridge, feel free to send me an email and i'll tell you where it is as the more people who ride it…

i'll look after it for you…

if you can get some 05 66 rc's you wont regret it. Amazing forks, with alot of tuneability… And should be quite cheap.

if you are clearing trails, with brambles, small ish bracnhes, stinging nettles etc, then you'll be wanting one of these…

http://www.patrolstore.com/Gerber-Gator-Machete-Jr-p-12167.html

Just dont forget to take it of your belt when you pop into tesco's…

no, the guy would most likely be in a morgue not a hospital… WHat he had there was a deadly weapon. If he had run at them with a sword, would you feel any differently?

ok, so what is the other option? Are you seriously suggesting that if someone is running at you, and you believe they are about to pur petrol on you, and set you on fire, that you'd let them?

Well, i think its a shame that he has wasted his life… I'm 22 myself, and there is no way that he wouldnt have known what the alchohol was doing to him… We had talks at school about the dangers of drugs and alchohol, and whilst this may not have been the case for him, it's hardly a little known fact. I know people who at the age of 13, 14 15, etc drank alot, an ex of mine admitted she was starting to rely on alchohol at the age of 14. But all of those people had the sense to realise they were slowly poisoning themselves, and stopped, whilst this guy didnt.

So in my opinion, if you are foolish enough to drink to the extent that this guy did, then you are going to get what is coming to you. It would be nice as someone else said if organs grew on trees. But then there would be a whole new problem of people living far beyond their natural lives…

good bmxer, but he looks like a pr*ck.

Tomatoes, cabbage, broccoli, Any kind of offal – Ugh

right, off to afan and brechfa now for the weekend. I'm sure i'll skid the back round, absolutely on purpose, once or twice… Bite me

oh yeah, sun equalizer rims look good, for a wieght to width ratio…

just my experience… I used a pair of mavic 719's on pro 2's in the alps for 10 days dh'ing, At the end of it the front has a very slight wobble, nothing a good wheelbuilder couldn't sort out in 10 minutes… I am quite light (11 stone) but ride quite aggressively. And the rims seemed fine with the 2.5 michelin dh tyres i used, no sign of rolling etc…

And they build into a nice lightwieght wheelset.

mugsys, thats probably why then… Oops.

brilliant… I shouldnt have worried so much then.

Is it just me by the way, or are the french really bad drivers? The ammount of dodgy overtaking manouvers amazed me ( i was driving a van, so not the quickest round the corners).

Also they looked really quite puzzled when i tried to give way to them…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDwpKRW94gE

So let me get this straight… The general opinion is that skids are for people who have no riding skills? B*llocks. On occasion a skid can be an excellent way toset up for a corner, or to force the bike into what little support there may be in a corner. Drifts are a completely different technique to skidding, so they really shouldnt be compared.

Ever seen earthed fundementals? Steve Jones has a section on skids… I doubt any of the people critiscising skids are any where near as fast as he is.

someone must know?

Hmm, ive looked at the reign x’s… they do look good. What is the difference compared to the standard riegn? IS it just component choice?

Hi,

the hecklers look really good. I was suggesting the Pitch as i have better partsa that could go on it. It is mainly the frame i am interested in.

What are the new enduros like? I had a test ride once on the last version of the enduro and it was fantastic. Not too bad up hills, but a hell of a lot quicker down than my trek, and unless its really extreme, not far off the marin. Are the new ones similar?

id want something that was capable of some preety big jumps etc… As someone said once ‘ once you’ve ridden a DH bike, you’ll ride every bike like a dh bike’. I like a slack head angle, so was thinking a heckler etc, with talas or lyric 2 steps would be good.

yeah hora, that is what i was thinking, especially as next summer i’m hoping to spend some time somewhere abroad, and will only be able to take one bike with me… I do actaually have a scott scale as well.

yeah the alpine looks very very nice. Frame on its own is quite alot. Ive been lusting after one for a while. Have you ridden anything like a specialized sx trail? I know its not going to be as capable downhill, but any comments on how it compares?

That cycantific song empty streets is great whoever reccomended that.

For me it is :

Lone – My favorite artist EVER and probably allways will be, every one should hear this guy in my opinion. – http://www.myspace.com/lonemusic

Leatherettes – Makes j Dilla aetc sound like ammateurs

Nosaj Thing – wierd orchestral dance?

and a Claude Von stroke mix cd that came with mix mag ages ago…