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cheers chaps haha yeh she was a big old girl really easy for that to go badly wrong was properly scared looked horrendous from the top Yes i used to mate lol no idea why hopefully dont do it anymore

Hi chaps I did post this a while back but as people seem to like the old school stuff here it is again. Cheers

Cheers lads Booked 2 weeks off in start of May to put try put an edit together of old school Leeson trials along with DH and mototrials Think very very very (x10) poor mans Chris Akrigg haha if it comes together and looks ok I'll post it up cheers

Hi chaps Couple of clips from the other night on the old 660 Anyone else loving this dry weather! Cheers James

ah cheers lads! hi mate. bit of a mix, Sharp tor, Bearah tor, Kilmar tor and Trewortha tor. So much amazing stuff there we've ridden there for 10 years and still find new stuff. I live in Minions so pretty lucky to have so much amazing trials so close. Stoked with that mate made my day! cheers Ritch

Hi lads I only ride trials occasionally now as I now ride DH but I thought I'd cobble together a few clips from last few years: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCdCuKEmOxY&list=UULHZNY-AnQhSWEL1QM8vdDA All a bit old school but thought someone might enjoy it Cheers Ritch

one of the most impressive riding i have ever seen. absolutely insane skill level, akrigg is one of the best all round riders in the world i reckon. totally inspired.

First guy was good but the style was horrible imho. This is the gnarliest, most immense bmx street vid I have ever seen. What a meathead and got some serious talent in there as well. Some of those moves were so tech but into 8-10ft drops. Best thing I have seen in ages. Loved the guy with the freecoaster as well, super smooth awesome style and some of those step lines were really sweet.

Yeh definately mate well up for that. Just drop us an email ritch@trials-uk.com. Cheers

ahhhh never seen that absolutely sick move from mr tongue! cheers for uploadin good stuff

Cheers for the comments, bit suprised to be honest i thought we might get shot down in flames for the old skool ridin / bikes When i said the track was one of their more mellow tracks i meant compared to most of their other stuff! i appreciate its not exactly jacky johnson If anyone wants to see some more of the epic natural riding spots were lucky enough to have on our doorstep check out the photos on the website. Cheers

IMHO ur setup is absolutely fine, just stick with what u got and practise simple as that. As long as ur brakes are good enough to lock thats all you need to learn the basics I reckon. Also enjoy the learning process its the best part of ridin! get out with a load of mates and just piss around thats the best way, much better than robotically learning each technique. again all just my opinion i might be completely wrong

Hi mate I started on a giant duo shock full sus and learnt bunnyhops / 180s / endos / backhops / chaintensions (lurches i think there called now) etc, everyone i rode with had either bmxs, 16 / 17" mountain bikes, just my personal opinion but I would say stay off a purpose built trials bike for as long as poss, ur bike looks fine to me. I would get out every day practise everything including dirt jumping, ride some xc, freeride and just generally thrash the bike around have some fun. the more time u spend doing that the better a rider ul be in the future because you will have much better all round bike control, big range of skills which will help big time in trials and usually better style imho. With regards to ur bunnyhop technique, u got the hard bit done as one of the other guys said which is lifting the back end up without using the brakes. now u gotta learn the american bunnyhop or thats what it was called in my day. I know what you mean about the manual and being in the wrong position to bunnyhop, thats why bunnyhops out of a manual are really damn hard to go big! By the sounds of that your leaning too far back, ur so far back you cant lift with ur feet which makes sense. I wouldnt say you need to explode upwards more that you need to be in a position to bring the bike up underneath you once the front wheel is off the ground if that makes sense. Try riding along slow jogging pace, pull up the front nice and hard and shift your weight back, but as the front comes up snap ur weight forward which should allow you to lift with your feet and try bring the bike up underneath you. jesus this is hard to explain! maybe try bunnyhopping up a curb might make it easier than just doing it on the flat. This also might be worth a try: roll along nice and slow, do a small endo (back wheel only a few inches off the ground) and lock both brakes, as your back wheel lands lean back and pull back on the bars which should bring the front up nice and fast. Once the front wheel is say a 1-2ft off the ground (hard to measure it will feel right) still leaning back lift hard on your pedals (like you do in ur video) and bike should launch up and backwards and you should land both wheels at the same time or slightly back wheel first. This might help you get used to the feeling of lifting the back when your fronts up high and will definately help you learn the backhop when you get there. anyway sorry if none of that made sense, best thing to do is get out and ride ride ride, u will get the techniques just a case of practise. cheers

Awesome! I prob watched that vid 100 times back in the day. i really miss the days of revolution, evolve, tricks and stunts etc. Thing is though give them a 16" cannondale with old school tyres see how they get on totally different ball game i reckon. one of my mates stuck an el gato on the back the other day just to see how it was and he was struggling big time, and that was a damn good tyre only few years ago. the new super grippy tyres make soooooooo much difference let alone the new bikes. anyone got any hans rey footage? What was the how to video they did? now that was immense on the GT zaskar. wat a legend.

Hi lads Decided to chuck a vid together: Download link (Servers a bit slow but hopefully it will download ok) Me and Ross have had a tough time of injuries / bike breakages and riding a lot of downhill / freeride over the last year but finally starting to get back on track on the trials front. I had loads of clips kicking around so I thought why not Track is Slipknot - Duality (one of their more mellow tracks lol), riders are ross tucker - grey leeson 660, glynn - monty, me - black leeson 660. Hopefully now the bikes and the bodies seem to be holding out we should get some much bigger stuff on the go with some nice innovative stuff and much more of Glynn. I know alot of people are gonna say why the f!*%* are they still riding the old steel leesons, we'l never change love the bikes too much so much fun to ride imho. Comments welcome Cheers all