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  2. Covid19

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    1 hour ago, MadManMike said:

    But you already can do that? (Aside from street riding technically being illegal in a lot of cases even in normal circumstances)

    The question of "should you do stuff that might land you in hospital" is still valid of course, but there's nothing stopping you from getting exercise on a bike.

    I don't know if it's nationwide, but Bristol has closed things like pump tracks, basketball courts, tennis courts etc, but you're still allowed to exercise. As long as you're riding solo I can't see a problem - you can't spread it if there's nobody there to spread it to.

    It's obviously a responsibility to not be that person who sprains their ankle riding home and ending up needing treatment so it's tough to weigh up the risks of enjoying yourself without taking any more risk than usual. Riding enduro I've definitely had to check myself to just enjoy being out and attack the climbs and not the downhill. 

  3. Covid19

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    Even though Bojo's vague instructions have allowed sedentary sport such as a fishing (I love it but it's not exercise!) to go ahead from Wednesday I see it as lone trials riding to be fine in your local area if it's within your limits. If you find yourself in any kind of group outside of your household then you've really messed up. 

    Excited to be able to run in the morning and still ride my bike later on, although no idea when work will pick up again to allow coming off furlough! Agree with Adam on keeping fit being important, with all my rugby 7s tournaments off this summer I don't think I've ridden bikes this much since I was 16, though I didn't have a 2 year old strapped in a seat behind me then.

    Seems that Covid is getting some old faces back on trials bikes (excited to start scraping my shins again myself) which is definitely a silver lining in this very large corona cloud. 

     

     

  11. Does anyone over 30 still ride trials :(

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    I've just got back into it at age 28 and can't wait for the summer now. Plus of being older means I can pick up pallets and make my own trials course in my own garden when I buy somewhere so having kids won't completely stop me being able to ride the bike.

    Good on everyone still pushing it. Plenty of over 50 year olds I play rugby against who are still hard as hell. Should be no reason to stop riding because you're getting on a bit. Far better than being sat on the sofa or being a sad case sports follower without your own sport to do!

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  21. the return of national service!

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    Might set a few people straight, particularly the morons on my Facebook going back into "COD" lifestyle throughout the non summer months thinking they are some kind of war hero for shooting flashing images. On the negative side it's not much fun if you're a reserved kind of person or have a sport such as Trials you wish to do on a daily/weekly basis!

  25. Skoze's 609, Bang Tidy.

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    If it ever needs a new home i'll let you know :)

    I actually can't believe its still in such good condition. If you ever sell this please contact me! It was the 2nd ever 609 built because I asked Clive to make a decent version of the Ashton ET as I loved my 26" Leeson but preferred street. As if I got that bike 6 years ago haha. Enjoy it man! I only ride bmx these days but it was thanks to this bike that I realised smaller wheels were better for street.

    Tom

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