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A non-tripod trials video? I thought those days were over Nice riding and filming, could have easily watched that a few minutes longer.

You're excluding Stacey and I'm not sure why

I commented on the article criticising that the writer was calling it BMX and how one sided it is and my comment's been removed Headline changed to jump bike instead of BMX though so at least he read it.

Highlights for me are the UCI Trials License and whoever's taking the opportunity to post their bike for sale, that makes me happy.

Nice style, will keep an eye out for an edit. Also, why is no one making trials edits anymore, huh?

Sigur Ros at the Hammersmith Apollo last night, a sunny ride today and sitting at home with a pizza - it's all I want.

Nice video, good to see a group ride video again That gap over the rail at 2:50 gave me the heebie geebies, had no idea he was going over.

Wanted a few clips so I could test out my new wee camera and got enough for a 30% assed video

You got my hopes up thinking a new trailer had come out there. My friends consider one of my lows being going to see Pitch Perfect 2 by myself because they weren't interested. What they don't know is I walked out and straight to Mcdonalds to download the soundtrack on their wifi for the train home. Great little day that one.

Just joking there, still more common than it should be. It's scary to think how easy it is for a claim like that to ruin a life though, was good to see that scummy woman in the news last week being held accountable for all of her false claims. Sorry to hear that, that's always a major gut punch at a minimum - hope you're doing all right.

You're saying you've never been accused of rape before? Sounds like you've been in a healthy relationship

I'm probably biased due to going out with a big camping bag and expecting to learn manuals within the day though... I was an optimistic 14 year old after all. It was probably a year or so before I actually felt alright at them.

Yep, it kind of sucks but once you get it you've got it, if that doesn't sound too obvious. The advice I give to people all the time is focus on leaning back rather than pulling up, I see a lot of beginners (on BMX and mountain bikes mostly, been a while since I've seen a trials rider :p) that think the effort is in lifting the front up but that means your body is over the front so it's just going to go back down quickly - so lean back hard and get the front wheel to follow you back instead. I only really got the hang of it by practising pulling up the front from a trackstand, when you can bring the front up enough to loop out from a trackstand with no pedal stroke or endo for preload you're good to go. Also I was told to wear a rucksack with a tonne of weight in to help get momentum to leaning back, this just leads to horrendous sweat patches so don't listen to anyone who says that

Personally I think that bikes used on public roads should be fitted with both brakes but I do agree it's harsh the emphasis their putting on it. Fixies are a thing, brakeless is a thing and nothing's ever done about it so how illegal is it really? Now it's just looking like an 'as it suits' law rather than anything serious. And really I'd want the CCTV, with bikes being on the left it could be impossible to avoid if she was just stepping out while on her phone and I don't think he should have to pay for that mistake.

Sister officially enrolled in her classes at Hong Kong university - shame on them for making enrolment for international students when they're going to be flying over there. She'll be gutted that Introduction to Buddhist Teachings filled before my page loaded. And three years since anyone stayed up late?

I can only speak for Inspired because I personally find the Element frame I ride to be top notch, not flexy at all and the geometry's very comfortable for me but that's 26" so not that relevant for you They are strong though, very rarely hear of them being cracked. And buying used is fine as long as you know what to look out for. They're all probably going to be pretty decent though and have good brakes so being a beginner you'll most likely love whichever you get.

Just go for whatever you're feeling that day - practising certain things is good but when I started I got hung up on certain things that stopped me enjoying it as much. Curbs are great, you can just about get the jist of most techniques down on them and the better you get the more creative you can get to, but sticking to bunny hops, pedal ups, sidehops and spins should definitely be enough to keep you going - and train tracks are fun, little bit limiting on what techniques you can practise though. Check out Ryan Leech's 'Mastering The Art of Trials' clips on youtube, read the stuff on http://www.trashzen.com/ and do whatever else floats your boat.

Fair play though -

I'd normally agree but it's all about the context the video makes of him being in a rush, ditching his car and going to a volleyball game, and jumping into a river and climbing back out again won't help with that at all. Same reason the idea of him pulling over for a nap doesn't work. It was a massive huck down those steps so I would have included it, I'd have framed it so that it was necessary and he swims to the other side of the river, or just go for some classic slapstick and a beep as he realises he can't slow down in time and goes crashing in - at least those ideas would work with the story the videos given itself. Like I said, if it's just a riding showcase thing then cool, but if you're going to try and give it a 'story' at least stick to it.

Aye, I didn't get the horse bit at all. Other things that annoyed me were the horse like gum chewing, the can that we hear hit the floor before the shot of it going into the bin and the jumping into water for no purpose. Riding's good but now it's been brought up I would like to see some more April 09 style videos that are just amazing showcases of great riding - or the follow up video where he's kicked out of the stadium by security, fined for littering and also fined for leaving a van in moving traffic.

I was actually listening to Collision Course when I heard... Couldn't believe it.

Yep, stop bike blaming and get practising

New place to live almost sorted and the room's twice the size of what I have now so I'm excited about wanting to be in my bedroom for a change. Edit - Lost the f**king room because people are dicks.

Agency broke my bike when entering my room so I rage quit on them and am looking for a place to live again, ripped my shin up on my pedal so haven't rode for a few weeks now, trip to girlfriend's family went pretty shitty so that's five days of annual leave gone, job hasn't been going great at all and got ripped off my a campsite pretty good after organising a Scout camp because I made a typo... And then I get a phone call from the bone marrow charity I'm a donor for to let me know that they wouldn't be needing me after all. Who ever it was with all the cancer wasn't able to shake the infection they had in time to be okay to receive the transplant - so there was someone out there who thought they were set, found a match and then BAM - infection and that's it for them. So perspective is the point of this story.

Toes are worst. I got my toe stuck between the frame and wheel foot jamming and was walking stupid for a few weeks at least... Non-leg injurys all the way