Hi I haven't been riding long only about half a year, I started off with a T-bird which is basicly the same, its a good starter bike, much better than a Onza Rip, the birds are nice bikes for begginers so i would reccomend it, if you are very serious about trials them maby think about making you budget a bit bigger ? Hope this helps George I agree, second hand is the way, I bought a second hand 24/7 Holroyd for like 200 and its aswome.