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Awesome! The gap at 2:10 was really sweet After seeing that i can't wait to get out and start riding this weekend.

Maroon frame, white fork/details Orange frame, black fork/details Forest Green frame, white fork/details And my personal choise: Sangria frame and fork, matte white details

Then i would say a suitable conclusion would be "if it ain't broke, don't fix it".

Aha, i thought i was just youtube going all slow on me (it does that sometimes, it's a real pain).Awsome clip still =)

I like the parts at those grey concrete blocks. Those parts look really fun. Edit* At 1.12 when you are doing the front wheel hops, is it just my youtube feed or does the car show up out of nowhere?

That has to be the funnies thing i've seen in quite a while! Awsome! I was just reading up on bike history a few days ago and now this

Well, having registered only about two weeks ago this might sound a bit strange, but i love the validation system here. The reason is simply that me and a friend used to run a forum a while back (not trials related) and i wish we had a system like this. We basicly just had the ordinary email confirmation system and it was crap. I was the one who built the whole thing so one could say i should have thought of it but alas, my imagination would seem to have failed me at that point in time. Anyhow, we spent half our time kicking users out due to spam, behaviour and other stuff. In the end it just drained all the fun out of it. So yeah, a system where users actually have to prove they should be let out into the general population is sweet in comparison to having to clean up after letting anybody in. I can see how the process might seem unfair or unbalanced to users, but from a administrative viewpoint it is genius. And as long as moderators do their part i can't think of a single system that would work better. Sure, if this validation station is sorted by last active member only then other sorting options or maybe even a notification after a specific period of time/number of posts would be a good idéa, so that nobody slips through the cracks so to speak, but that would just be adding functionality to a system that's already working and not actually changing anything. Making things easier perhaps, but not changing anything. The last thing i can say is that i got validated doing nothing more than beeing here and thinking before i post, so it can't be that hard if one really want's to get validated.

Oh yes! Oh so very yes! I think it's obvious why i am somewhat in love with that color. But like i said, i would hate to be the one that had to fix it after playing some close contact sports with a ledge or rock. Still looks good with just the base color and some offset white. Edit** Left the spelling part of my brain in the drawer this mornin'

Well. If looks is the only thing to be concerned about i would say a darker metallic red, preferably Sangria or Maroon base with just enough metallic in it to make it sparkle and pop real nice. Some clear coat and then have the fork, handlebars and details in white. It would look really awsome, but it would suck to touch up efter shredding the paint-job. If i have to consider durability and maintenance as well i would just go with a normal Sangria base and some clearcoat and white details. Sangria example:

I was about to ask if your landing was in front of speeding truck, but i guess tarmac can do it's share of damage as well.Feels a bit unfair though. I managed to take a nosedive from total of about 17feet into the flat of the local pool, and the result was a 1 minute blackout, a concussion and i broke my right pinky. Still, i'm thinking a new helmet would be a good investment right about now, just in case.

If i can do that in three months, i am going to be so happy that someone will have to keep my smile from reaching my ears. Nice going, but i have to say the music is pure torture... I'm thinking my ears grew lids, closed up and will never open again just out of spite for that song Kinda funny choise though

Yes, thanks! But i do have one question. If longer frames are better suited for gaps and such, Wouldn't there be such a thing as a too long wheelbase? Unless i am totally in the dark, gapping and jumping your bike requires also pulling the handlebars, and having a longer bike, too long, would from what i can gather make that difficult as your arms would already be higher up, thus making it harder to jump if the wheelbase is too long?

No worries, i'm curious myself so hijack away

Welded, sanded down and resprayed? Is he still saying it was ok when he handed it off to you?If it has been welded then i would think it obvious he knew about it. I can't help but feel kinda sad when hearing about the lack of honesty that sometimes pops up. Not just like this but in general as well.

Yeah this sounds like the idea i had for getting started. I'm still looking around and later this week i'm going out to some of the vendors to try out a few different ones. The P1 still seems to be the best suited frame around here on paper, but i figured i should try out as many as possible to find one that works and then move on to a real trial-frame for when the snow goes away (usually in march-april). I'm almost sure one of the dealers have the STP available. Like i said above i am going to take a spin around the dealers this week so if i find one i'll make sure to try it out. Thanks for the tip. The fork on the P1 is a Marzocchi DJ3 and from what i've read it's a decent fork, even if it is a heavy one. But regardless of what bike i end up with i was thinking about lowering the weight as much as i can. New handlebars, stem and pedals. Cutting down the seatpost and so on. Not going to spend a ton of money on light-weight parts though as i'm thinking that i will be better off saving that for later.

The seat thing is just ridiculus, but beeing a bit of a utilitarian my girl got really cranky when i mentioned a bike with no seat and i would really love not to tick her off any more. We agreed that if i learn and get to the point where no seat is needed she would settle down about it. And to be honest, i would really like not having any suspension at all. I'm just a bit curious about it since i don't want to spend the first 6-12 months or so strenghtening my wrist before getting around to even start learning. And no matter what i do i am going to need a ride untill then so one that wont be a total waste would be nice. But if suspension is going to be a major setback then a ridgid fork it is. As for a bike i'm not really looking for a "this one" kind of tip. Call me crazy but i sort of want to do that part on my own. I do however feel i need to know more before i do. Maybe it is actually worth ordering from abroad but i feel that i am seriously lacking in the knowledge department. I was thinking more of tips and advise in terms of what would hurt me in learning and what whould help. How important is bike weight for a new rider? How much of a difference does the lenght of the chainstay do? What about the length of the frame, gears? That sort of thing. What should i be looking for and what makes one bike more or less suitable than the other except the obvious things? The P1 is in no way a done deal, it's just what's available at the moment and i know it's far from the best starting point. Which i why i'm asking all these questions

Hi! I've been wanting to learn trials for quite some time now, basically ever since i caught the first videoclip on youtube about two years ago. Back then i did not have a lot of money so about 12 months ago i got myself a cheap bmx to start plying around with. I had a lot of fun learning some basic stuff untill it got stolen about 4 months later. Due to the funding-issue and the fact that winter was on it's way i was not able to get a new one untill april this year. That one got stolen about 2 weeks ago. So, my obvious issues with the some of the other citizens in my town aside, i now decided to learn trials for real. My budget this time is better but i have some problems with choosing a bike. There are three concerns for me: The first one is that it has to have a seat (long story made short: It involves the mother if my future children). The second one is that i in my younger days crushed my right wrist (didn't break it, crushed it). It's fine now, but it does start hurting after longer periods of strain, usually after 2-3 hours the first day or two and then it starts dropping to 1-2 hours. The third one is my weight. I'm really heavy. It's not all bad though, i actually am what people call big bones so the short description is a brick wall covered in bubble-wrapper. This alone don't really bother me, but along with the wrist it's a bit of a hassle. With this in mind my first question is how much more difficult learning is on a bike with front suspension and if it's a hard adjustment to switch to ridgid later? The second one is if there is anything else, more specific i should be thinking of when it comes to the bike itself? The third one is availability. Trial bikes and parts here in Sweden are rare, and used ones are more or less imports starting at £1000 and up or broken. All in all, it sucks to be the one trying to learn trials around here. I don't want to order my first bike from abroad even if this does limit my choises a lot. My budget is about £500-£600 and in the end all this has me thinking about the Specialized P1 or a GT Ruckus UF 24, as that is as close to a trial bike any dealer around here has available. Would that be a bad choise? My train of thought with those are to learn the basics and if that works get a real trials bike next. Does that idéa have any merit? I have been reading up on bikes and riding in general here on TF all day (and most of the night) but any tips or help would make me a happy man. Cheers!

Hello boys and girls! I'm Linus. I just registered after spending the better part of my day reading stuff here on the forum. I'm basicly new to trials so i don't have a ride yet. I did ride some bmx more or less casually over the last year and a half but due to some of the other citizens failing to understand the principle of mine and theirs i don't have any bike at the moment (in other words, it got stolen). So instead of picking up yet another bmx i thought of stepping up and learning trials as i found those aspects of riding a lot more fun. And so here i am, trying to pick up as much as i can and hopefully learn from the ones wiser than myself. So here's to having fun, either with me or on my expense Cheers!