AndyT

Great video, insane huge moves- would have been a pleasure to see in real life... Thanks for sharing !!

Just be happy that your riding today's cheater bikes... People who can't keep their feet on the pedals through a section can sidehop 3 feet. 18 years ago it took me 6 months of 2-3 hours a day riding to get rear wheel balance and control... Sidehopping from the rear wheel was unheard of, with today's geometry sidehopping from the rear wheel means you don't have to jump at all for 2-3 foot high object. Just cheat and put your front wheel on it like so many people I see. Sidehopping is my least favorite "move" and I still do it from both wheels when I can, as I see it to be the only true way... From rear wheel it's ok if you go to rear wheel, but to me anything to front is bullshit. how long have you been sidehopping? I ride with people who still can't pedal kick after 6 years of riding, it takes a bit of time and dedication to get there but I'm sure you'll be there soon enough and enjoy the process- once you learn all the techniques you may fall to the dark side of trials... Inch hunting... Don't let it happen.

Yoga works everything...not just core. Strengthen your whole body, and makes you very flexible. I've never ridden as well as I did when I was doing 5 days a week @ 1.5 hours of yoga...everything on the bike was easier- any pains go away, everything is just smooth. For such a short period of time, just keep your fitness up so you don't go back to the bike like a chubby kid. Enjoying looking at that ido portal stuff...

Kevin is smoooth and has 0 power but does huge ups/gaps/sidehops...all in technique mate!

I've run every pad under the sun in my bb7 since getting one over 10 years ago... the trialtech/jitsie pads are unbeatable for pure trials grabbiness. I run these on my comp bike with a 180 rotor, sd7 and odyssey housing...super solid grabby. On my "street" bike I run some cheap no name amazon chinese pads, 203 rotor and odyssey housing. They are amazingly grabby- I am impressed, my only issue with the jitsie pads is at high speeds (15-20 mph hill bombs) they fade quickly and feel shite at high speeds...kind of like running a deep grind , not swell at high speeds but amazing for classic trials. The chinese pads rock at high speeds, and the 203 rotor makes them quite grabby for pure trials.

Huge canadian moves from all in here..

Uploaded a few more, from when I was in love with TGS...just looked so much better back then- can't get through todays tgs videos but these I would watch and watch and watch. Neil T in zoo vid 32: Damon W in Gu clips from 2007: And finally this long braunschweig road trip video- fun times...wonder if they still ride?? edit, my favorite co trials vincent video- a large part because I couldn't come film this day, but know what he was riding and how mind blowing it was back then and a nopogo.org vince + giaco video... funny their web site was called "NOPOGO" and what happened to comp riding.

I've been doing the big three for a year... The reason I can't walk is because of the calf raises (which I never do), my left calf (my chocolate foot) is just like fused in pain... Getting better slowwwwly... Nothing else hurts, looking forward to next week- waking up today after the chest day yesterday, no problems. I believe Vince was getting a degree in something to do with physiology or sports, this was 10 years ago... Jacks form scares the shit out of me in that video. ten years ago when the coustelliers were hot shit all they did was ride ALL THE TIME and eat pasta. Kenny posts some interesting mor sport specific workout things on his Instagram, I think he would be a good personal trainer for trials. andrei burton does some insane weights- he is an interesting Instagram to follow. also- how old are you? I know when I was younger I could do much more weight and heal quickly...

I do what I can with a spotter, ideally everything... Have no partner, so opt for barbells instead of Dumbbells on bench (did close grip today w a spot). leg day I had no spotter. 2 days later and I can still barely walk, I think it's just fine. Still would like to know Damon's

Sound good and I wish you luck... After doing my first leg day in that workout you posted I could barely walk... Still forced myself to yoga + road ride. would still like to know Damon's workout, the workout you posted is just for strength but I wonder if he does a workout more sport specific..

Enjoy his quick style, thanks for sharing

Well I'm going to do yoga for the next 30 minutes then head to the gym for leg day

Great one. Such a beautiful bank. I wish American govt would have such masonry skills, here it is all just perfect same concrete... thanks for sharing

Well then the only enemy is your brain! Try to visualize every aspect of the move- the right move.. Watch a slow motion video of yourself and watch video of top pros doing it in slow motion as well. Try to be mindful and think about how you would change your body to be more like the pros technique- no matter how strange it feels. In the biggest sidehops how far you can tuck is everything. This takes flexibility!! I would say stop weightlifting - start yoga every day, take it slow, after 1-2 months of yoga begin to spend more time in the gym. Flexibility is hard, but it just takes time..

Wasn't trying to be mean at all, and I'm about to try your strength regiment starting this week... I I would say that yoga helped me out a great deal, I can place my hands under my feet (Palm to bottom of foot) in a full stretch with ease- but I don't have those #s! I am scared of becoming stiff with doing lots of weights, we will see how the next weeks go- I've always found stretching to be as much of a benefit to my riding as strength training. explosivity also seems to be lacking in that video of you- plyometrics is a really easy thing you can add into your practice, just find a wall with varying heights and do a full squat next to it then jump up as high as you can. Keep increasing the height - you'll be sidehopping like a monster once this and your technique come in line.

Can you touch your toes? Look incredibly stiff, very weak people can use only technique to go much higher, that's a large deadlift number but you look like a solid block of muscle.

I think canard is just saying he finds their style is so abhorrent, lackluster, video game-y, however you would like to describe the feeling you have when you watch them ride... Classic French street footjams off everything etc etc I used to to be a "hater" of this style as well, but in the end they are just riding their ass off and the riding is so dialed...plus they look like they are having fun doing it and increasing the publics knowledge of our sport - all good things so you can't really fault them. keep on riding frenchies . Would be cool to see a natural video from you guys

Could you mind posting it up for everyone to see?? I'm sure a lot of people would Ike to hear it, myself included.

f**king a that was a video... Thanks for posting, so fast+style shredder

Looks like a fine bike, is anything annoying you/ not working well? I just ride till something doesn't work and replace that... Personally I would put platform pedals on , but that's just my preference.

Ride from today with a friend Ian... It was brutally cold and drizzling rain, like 60 degrees. Tore my rotator cuff a few weeks ago, shoulder wasn't into much besides pointing my phone at things...looking forward to healing and putting a proper vid out. enjoy

Here is a one day phone video from last october, probably my only pogo stick video (on youtube now, will put vimeo later); 145x25 stem and arcade bars...I have trialtech carbon bars and 150x30 on the gu now but have only ridden it once since getting my hex... The pogo stick in this configuration isn't very fun to ride, and the only things that it is fun to ride on are fairly high risk of getting an injury- it just does everything so much bigger with no interest in between moves. If there is a local competition and I want to do very well in it I would ride the pogo stick for a month before it...otherwise riding is something I just want to enjoy, and the hex is everything to me. My vimeo upload amount changes tonight, will have more vids and will edit this post with them. edit: here is my last F T W video, a frame I rode for almost 10 years... still has a soft spot in my heart, this is from june of last year (another one day phone video)

Lol... Yes that is me, I'm not an American as you expect most Americans to look like (and rightly so, bunch of pudgy corn syrup pill popping doofuses make up 90% of this beautiful land). I don't eat red meat so burgers not so much, can grow a beard- have eagle eyes and have never been very fat. I'll have a hex video out soon so you can see what I look like while typing this, thanks for the compliment. I remember Zurich videos but can't say that I've got any... Do have a Braunschweig vid and a tunni and a Damon one that I liked back then. Brian put up all those! Especially the Trialskings!!

Entire thing would be quite mean with a rattle can job.