On the subjects of old guitars and cheap guitars, I could never get rid of my first electric guitar.
And considering how cheap it is it sound really good. It's a bit numb for lead stuff but it sounds better for chords than my other two, including my Ibanez with it's aftermarket pickup.
I suppose you could do it without covering holes with your fingers, or with only covering one, but it makes more sense to cover them as instructed so the water goes in one direction, else you could get bubbles of air collecting in the lever that won't move because the water flow isn't forcing them to.
Well, it's good to know what to expect when you fall off.
Coming off the back is a good skill to have. I wouldn't be fussed about learning to bail off the front, lol.
26"s make better ordinary trials bikes.
24"s make better bikes for 180s and 360s and other moves you have to throw the bike around more for.
Not that you can't do that on a 26", Ali C and Rowan Johns handle theirs fine.
That's about the gist of it.
You can't get 12t freewheels, you have to put one on the front.
It works just the same except for there's more of a chance of getting your trousers stuck in your chain.
At sainsbury's they try, but the amount of bread and cakes alone that's to be thrown outweighs the people who come in buying it.
You do get odd people who come in and raid the super-reductions at night. I don't like it because I can't see how they can eat all of it, not all of it's freezable and some of it will only have a day or two past the sell-by of goodness in them.
P-r-ac-tice PRACTICE.
I can't sidehop at all, I'll be honest, but when you say you're either too far forwards or back, that doesn't sound like technique, it sounds like you just need to get a better feel for it.
It's always nice to see videos of street riders who don't have many videos.
Also I am really jealous of the quality spots you've got down there. I could cry.