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On 1/6/2025 at 8:56 AM, Ross McArthur said:
Have a listen to Carthys post win interview. I think he thinks he has haters trolling him.
Oh that's what you are refering to? Then I get it.
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On 1/3/2025 at 2:59 PM, Ross McArthur said:
Cheers for posting! Enjoyed both the 20” & 26” finals!
Who’s the trolls? 🤡
The trolls? What are you talking about?
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While everyone may be watching the impressive new edit with Charlie Rolls from MindControl, I just discovered Pavel Borisevich from Russia is still riding, and pretty well!
Enjoy!
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12 hours ago, La Bourde said:
Thanks for the clarification.
I had to deal once with the Hermances father during the last years of Koxx. As a customer, my experience shown me a dubious behaviour,but at it ended well.
Hashtagg delivers parts for Crewkerz, but recently Vincent removed the decals on his Crewkerz... That is strange to me.
Ps: Maybe you can edit your precedent post (in case one only reads this specific message).
It's a little more complex than that. It may become clear in the near future...
6 hours ago, Rusevelt said:Obviously. Doesn't explain how Jack Carthy got a 5 and Julien Saenz doesn't for using the same approach of that gate at 29.27
Additionally Jack getting a 5 on the final round for his front tyre crossing over the carpet line.
Think Ali.C made an interesting point about the gate/markers from the previous WC round a few months back.
Ross knows what you mean. It's just there is absolutely nothing you can do.
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4 hours ago, craigjames said:
That follows with what I've seen in MTB, questionable rule changes etc. The UCI just doesn't seem to be that interested into aspects of cycling outside of the traditional road and track disciplines.
In what way? I'm curious, I always thought he was the "good guy" in French trials, with Giles and his family having some questionable business ethics.
The UCI doesn't care in any form of cycling anymore, they just want to make their investors happy.
I don't want to insult anyone here. I have done so in the past and now my reputation is very bad in the trials world because I said many things I should probably never have. People didn't trust me or what I was saying even if it turned out to be true years later. I won't repeat that mistake and explain to you why that guy is very good at selling himself so you will have to try and make your opinion.
But I can defend Gilles and his family because he is a lovely guy. I go and see him nearly once a year and I am happy to say we are friends. We have always told each other things how we wanted to tell them and it's not something you can do everywhere with everyone in France. I don't see what business you are talking about seeing they hardly have had any apart from their dad selling pads even cheaper directly than through distributors.
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12 hours ago, Ross McArthur said:
Ah yea? What makes you say that?
If you follow road racing, track racing, or any other cycling races, you will see many times questionable penalties that hold teams or racers to win. Rules can be changed also quite dramatically to favor or penalize one team or one racer. And each time you can definitely predict it before it happens. They are just a bunch of old people who just want to make money out of media. And the best and most modern way to make that is to make people talk about you.
7 hours ago, A1T4 said:There’s a interview with him on Bash guardian and he’s done alot of changes when switching from clean to crewkwerz bikes.says it’s helped him alot to be so competitive his age
I am impressed by the work he goes through and his determination but I am really not a fan of the person he is and the way he promotes himself so I won't read or listen to what he says.
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The UCI doesn't like when it's always the same person winning. It has always been this way.
I have mad respect for the work Vincent has put in to keep his level and skills how they are. Very impressive at 40! But watching women trials is very boring I am sorry to say.
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On 11/19/2024 at 4:07 PM, Ross McArthur said:
🤣 It certainly does dude but the taste isn’t the same since the sugar laws came in! They even do energy drinks now, if that’s your thing.
Thanks!
Nah, I just tasted it like 20 years ago when I went to Scotland to work. Energy drinks are not my thing at all, it's just I never tasted anything else that was even close to it.
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Does Irn Bru still exist? I am talking about its taste all the time to my wife as we have nothing here that tastes like it.
Very nice bike anyway, even if I am not into seat bikes!
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17 hours ago, craigjames said:
That's interesting to hear, it would make sense.
Don't quote me on that though, it's more a rumor than anything certain. I have a hard time understanding why Excens (owner of Hebo too) would want to sell Clean when they are nearly the only ones who have some stock.
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Nice edit, I have always been a fan of your riding, this didn't disappoint! Keep up the good riding!
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On 11/8/2024 at 4:44 PM, La Bourde said:
I don't get why Clean did this bike now.
The current market in street is saturated, they are already so many brands present.
And here in Germany, the used market is full with cheap, almost new Inspired, Extension, Tms, Canyon, Ozonys.... I guess they are around 100 ads...
It is nice too see they want to expand, but I am not sure it is the right period for that.
Wish them the best though!
But to me, current brands shall reduce their offer and concentrate on a few models, with a lot of interchangeable parts.
I saw a video recently of one guy trying to build a Clean X3 and complaining it was the most difficult build he ever had and he sounds quite frustrated.
It is hard to repair a bike with fresh parts currenly (It was easier some years ago at least), even with the amazing job of the few trial stores. Some are not available anymore.
The bikes are more expensive than ever and I guess it keeps young riders away from the sport.
And the current economic situation (at least here in Europe) gets worst and worst.
So reducing the production costs shall be a priority to my eyes.
I heard Clean has been sold. That may explain these weird decisions...
On 11/8/2024 at 8:15 AM, DYAKOV said:There’s something about the shape of this bike which I really dislike and I can’t tell what…
Those thin forks remind me of standard steel commuter bike forks except these are straight. And the way the seat stays are so thin as well and where they mount onto the seat tube… I can almost see a sprung seat and rear mud guard being part of the deal - is it just me?
Dropped stays?
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Pads are made from polyurethane. They have some molding agents in them that require some time to evaporate to make the pads usable for trials. Time actually makes some of them better. I wouldn't say they expire but UV make them harder (around 96-7 Shores A from 90 Shores A), so maybe harder than needed for trials.
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On 9/19/2024 at 7:15 PM, craigjames said:
Sorted out a tensioner, I used a trialtech lower tensioner with an inspired mount and an adaptor mount I made up so it fits the original tensioner mounting holes.
Not quite as tucked up and out of the way as I'd like. But it works and is much neater than what it was fitted with.
This is really clean. I think you should be really happy of what you have come with!
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9 hours ago, Rusevelt said:
To be fair at least you would have enjoyed a better spectacle in terms of viewing the event. You just can't appreciate the scale of some of the bigger stuff on camera as it was so crap and you would have experienced the atmosphere in terms of cheers and boos of the observers dishing out 5 for some of the harshest of penalities some of them I couldn't see because of the camera work.
One would have thought UCI would pay to get Gilles or Giacomo Coustellier involved in this hosting such events especially being former world champs.
The whole event just seems a bit disjointed nowadays. Cycling world championships was another sh*t show with zero coverage of the trials comp event in Glasgow.
@Chakers1998 yeah it certainly seems to be heading in that direction.
Well, seems you don't know Gilles and Giaco, and how the UCI and them are not friends... I couldn't bother driving there and see riders climb up obstacles and get down using the same technique over and over again with zero difference within riders.
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2 hours ago, Rusevelt said:
F**king annoying that this the level of UCI Trials World Championships in terms of coverage with all that set up.
Can't imagine the crowd reaction of the last rider in the 20" men's elite when he nailed that monster gap especially when the previous rider face planted it. Still Kudos to Shindig providing the commentary. One of the commentators sounds like Andrei Burton, but clearly wasn't when AB showed up on the Livestream comments section.
Curious to how much money was involved in this set up and given the poor camera work and set up, no audio.
Hard to believe that this is a 2024 World Championship event.
That is just France, I live 1 hour from the event, and didn't bother goint to it. Trials comps are boring anyway nowadays...
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On 9/12/2024 at 2:04 AM, cwtrials said:
Normally not a fan of Mods, but that looks pretty slick! Price is pretty good too. Would love if they did a 26" and helped the entry market a bit.
Thought of that as well, I wonder why they haven't yet.
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16 hours ago, La Bourde said:
Fully agree unfortunately.
Even someone as passionate as I am does not watch it till the end🫤
I haven't watched it at all, only a few moments but it didn't peak my interest at all...
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Thanks so much for this Shindig Media. But Trials competition are becoming very boring to watch, get up an obstacle, get down, get up, get down, nothing in between them, always the same moves (impressive nonetheless)...
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On 7/29/2024 at 10:11 PM, La Bourde said:
I recommend only trial specific ones, even with medium grinds.
The best ones I had were some orange ones from Crewkerz. I liked the feeling a lot and the wheel never skipped.
I have some Coustellier and I think they are not as good. Maybe they are too old (got them with an used bike), but they sometimes do not hold as the Crewkerz.
I had also some Jitsie/Tr1al: they were not too expensive, quite loud but very powerful. I Iike them a lot, but after riding for a few months with, a part of a pad broke (one third of it). Maybe bad luck.
Not bad luck, I am afraid many have had the same issue...
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On 7/14/2024 at 1:41 PM, La Bourde said:
The trials bikes and parts are expensive, that is right. But as Canardweb wrote, even at those prices it is difficult to make a living from it.
On the other side, even an entry model is now working really well, I was surprised how good the Crewkerz freed rode. It is maybe 1kg heavier than a Jealously, but it is half the price.
Modern parts from serious brands (trialtech, inspired, waw, tms, bonz, etc) are now quite good and reliable too,not like 15 years ago.
In addition, used bikes are not so expensive and even a ten years old bike is pretty close to a modern bike (compare an Atomz Quark II to a Jitsie for example).
Here in Germany, the used market is full of street/trial bikes.
And as mentioned many times by Ali C, Super rider or others, there is no need of a dedicated trial bikes for a beginner.
Clubs have often old trial bikes, like 10-20 years old Monty. And that is good enough.
Finally, compared to mountain bikes, 3k for a bike is not much. That is the price of a frameset sometimes. For the price of an entry level trials bike, you won't find a correct mountain bike.
I think the inflation was a big issue the last years and that is why the modern bikes feel so expensive: our wages did not increase that much sadly.
I must add that even MTB are pretty cheap compared to road bikes. They have no suspension, yet they are the F1 of bikes. Popular bike category they said!
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8 hours ago, DYAKOV said:
I don’t think that there has ever been a great amount of interest in trials anyway… but I agree with you that big brands need support, it’s what makes them “big”. And being big means that they can persevere through economic crises whereas smaller brands just seize existing. So, if there weren’t big brands like crewkerz, jitsie, clean in the past few years, I think that trials would slowly die off by the time the last of the old stock second hand bikes in use snapped and there were no replacements on the market. In those terms the big brands are keeping it alive but I feel like the price point doesn’t let the sport grow. Imagine a world where you could either buy a Ferrari or not have a car at all, that’s the situation we’re in. Big brands need to optimise and find ways to make their products more accessible because it’s only people who are already into trials that are happy to spend the money. Quite frankly, if I had no clue about trials and my kid came home one day and said “Dad, can I have £2.5k for a bike?” I’d tell him to get lost…
That is also very true, even the entry level bikes from Crewkerz or Clean are a lot of money. And that is a shame as it's clearly something putting off any starter or beginner's parents. Also it's funny you call them big brands or that you compare them to Ferrari as for example Christian doesn't live from selling Crewkerz bikes and he has to continue DJing to be able to live! I find this sad...
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8 hours ago, DYAKOV said:
I don’t think it’s much to do with the style of riding… Back to my point from the last comment I made - it’s just not an accessible sport, purely from a financial point of view but also in terms of “marketing” and promoting the sport. Trials organisers have a responsibility to share in that matter. Trials has evolved into an almost fully comp/natural riding sport up in the mountains and away from people. If you bring trials back to the streets like the tgs era was and what the shindig guys were doing last year with their regular street rides/vlogs, then you make bikes cheaper to buy, I’m sure that would attract lots of new people into the sport. Watch Charlie Rolls’ London video, plenty of hooks and moves to front in an urban setting - looks pretty cool to me! If you think about it, street trials is definitely more popular than pure trials. Why is that? I don’t think that the top pure trials riders are any less skilled or less exciting to watch than Danny Macaskill, each in their own discipline. It’s just that one rides in the city and the others jump over twigs up in the mountains.
You make a very good point there. Also there has never been so many dedicated trials "training" grounds so that makes trials even more exclusive! You wouldn't believe if I told you I live in the french Alps, there are tons of natural stuff to be ridden but no one in 3 trials club one hour each from the other knows of any places! Because the training grounds they have cover all the needs for competitions. Is it me or are there less shows than there used to be? I was riding at one today and it was years since I had done my last one... That is also a great advertisement for our sport!
But I will keep saying it: modern trials and modern techniques make trials as boring as it ever was. Once you have seen one hook up move and one front wheel move you have basically seen the rest of the competition. The UCI has tried so many things to make the sport media friendly than comp riders don't ride lines in comps anymore. They basically go up one obstacle, go down, and go up again. I know trials has always been weird to watch for people who know nothing about it but I don't think comps have ever been less attractive than it is now.
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13 minutes ago, DYAKOV said:
We should thank Brexit for this…
I mean, you’re right in saying that there isn’t as decent variety as there was say 10 years ago but off the top of my head the main brands currently are: Crewkerz, Clean, Ozonys, Comas, Breeth, Maestro, Jitsie, TMS + Campmajo in Spain and I’m sure that there will be other local niche brands in China that we don’t even know about e.g. Lykke (briefly)… It’s just that us in the UK are only getting crewkerz, jitsie and clean in stock.
The last few bikes/frames I’ve bought have mostly been shipped from Europe: Clean X2 frame from Hungary, Comas full bike from Sweden I think, Maestro frame from Germany, Clean X1 full bike from France…. If you know you want it, you need to be prepared to spend the money, otherwise there are plenty of jitsies on the second hand market here in the UK.
Honestly here in France we don't have MUCH more bikes to choose from... Trials is less attractive than it has ever been nowadays thanks to hook up moves and front wheel moves that just make it very boring and repetitive to watch...
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2024 UCI Urban Cycling World Championships - Woman Elite/Men Elite 20" and 26"
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That would be my guess yes.