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Kye Forte second in masters? I wonder why BMXers always rip it up so hardcore when they cross over? I suppose if you're awesome on one bike, you're awesome on any bike.

So the Saint tagline is "Ever seen a rock flinch?" It should be "Ever seen The Rock flinch?" I remember that he didn't even flinch when Stone Cold tried to do the stunner on him at Wrestlemania 2002. I would definitely buy some mustard coloured gloves with that sort of marketing.

WAKIdesigns - you hate maths? That's amazing, because if it wasn't for maths then mountain bikes wouldn't exist. Every bike you've ever ridden will have been designed by an engineer. The comment "opposition to geeky science was a point of honour to most of my generation" is just ridiculous. If everyone of your generation thought that way then the world wouldn't develop. If you hate maths so much stop using things which were invented by its use (cars, bikes, the internet, computers). Calicopter - I'm not really sure what the point of your comment is. I think you're saying that the arduous and frankly amazing ability to study maths is somehow making the world worse. Or that training your body is somehow superior to training your brain? Odd. The funny thing is that I've been following James' programme for a while now too, and it's great. I've noticed real changes and my riding has definitely improved. However, it didn't improve 100% in 30 days.

WAKIdesigns - you didn't get twice as good in 30 days, did you? Because that means in 3 years you'd be 68,719,476,736* times better than when you started. We're arguing maths here, not whether the programme works. Ergo, you're the idiot. (*That's 2^36, by the way).

Ah, touché. But actually, the word BY makes no difference, though it would be grammatically correct. According to your previous reasoning, improving 100% means improving a bit "maybe just 5%". But the definition of 100% is "the full amount". 100% can not be 5% or any other percentage less than 100. It's just not possible. I agree with your logic though, it's just that the title "Improving Your Riding 5%" doesn't sound so good...

Improving 100% does mean getting twice as good. It's called maths.

I've come to the conclusion that Aaron Gwin is about 40.

I buy everything online and have a freelance mechanic (who spanners for the UK worlds team) do any complicated stuff. He's cool, gives advice and charges far less than a local shop. He built a couple of wheels for me recently and as well building he disassembled the old ones, fitted some new tyres and gave me some new tubes free of charge and even greased the rear hub, all for less than quoted in a shop. I think that it the way forward - find a local mechanic if you can!

Trees are important to everyone, but commercial logging in a sustainable way (assuming that's whats happening here) is much better than destroying ancient rainforest. It's just a shame that they destroy great riding spots.

Warning! Riding like this could get you seriously high!