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This is possibly one of the strangest fetishes I've ever heard of

Someone mentioned Danny Holroyd. Is he a popular rider now? (Check my introductory thread as you can tell I'm not in the know with popular trials goings on) As I used to go to the same high school as Danny Holroyd, he was a couple of years above me, never spoke to him or anything, but me and my other trials buddies used to think him and the other 'bigger boys' (rofl) were really good, I think I remember one of his mates (or even him?) had the first Giant Martin Hawes (sp?) signature frame. Interesting stuff! Martyn Ashton used to always be my favourite rider (probably a really zzzz choice now but meh), I rememeber liking Eddie Tongue aswell (I can't believe people think the old Pashley 26mhz bikes are vintage ish now lol) I had an issue of guitarist from around 1999/2000 with him and his brother doing a big gap jump over a canal, also had a video of him riding and always thought he was a really smooth rider. I have lots to learn.

Hells bells 4 replies at 25 past 1 in the morning lol Well I suppose anything's possible as I just had chicken korma for supper Cheers for the welcomes guys! Yeah well looking through the rides/locations forum I (to my suprise) found a couple of Leeds and even (SHOCK) a Huddersfield thread! I remember when I used to ride there seemed to be only like 3 of us who used to ride, probably just being small minded though. Yeah this validation idea is quite a good idea actually, I post on a few internet forums and there's always a few pillocks. Soon as I get valiated no doubt I'll come across a few West Yorkshire peeps If I get a bit more confident with the riding then hopping on a train and going some distance won't be a problem, I travel the trains loads now, flipping things And LOL @ the DMR sidekick comment. My how things have changed lol When I was last into trials my mate got one of the first Onzas which came out, as far as I can remember they were the only mod bikes around apart from the old Montys/Megamos. I think for the moment I'll see how I get along with the DMR, I'm quite a heavy rider mind (13 stone!) and my technique is nowhere near as good (read: bad) as it was, I'm kind of like a bouncing urban-elephant. Heh. Toodles.

Hi! My name's Steve and I've just got back into trials again after a 4/5 year gap! I've just started Uni in Leeds (I'm at the College of music) and thought I'd get a bike to ride in and back. Instead of getting a regular mountain bike I thought I'd go for a 26" trials bike as I knew that If I'd bought a regular mountain bike I'd be wishing it was trials-able lol And I'm not into any of these silly mod bikes *spit* So anyway, I've managed to snag one off ebay and it arrived last Thursday, DMR sidekick, maguras, mavic d521s, middleburn rs7 cranks, azonic bars. A pretty blummin' good spec considering what I could (or couldn't!) afford 4/5 years ago when I was around 13/14 I'm extremely rusty at trials (hence the forum name) and wondered if there were any riders from Leeds who'd fancy a new trialsy chap to point and laugh at (as it's gonna be a while until I'm back to where I was ! ). In all seriousness though I miss trials riding and would like to ease myself back into it again as I used to live for it and also for some exercise as being a student and all now I could really do with it! So hello