AndyT

Good friend I used to compete with, after 7 years of riding.. if he both wheel hopped around on rocks/ balanced he had to have his left foot forward- then when he did anything with a pedal kick- sidehop/gap/etc he had to be right food forward. Never known anyone who did this... you’ll figure it out eventually, just pay attention to which one naturally stays forward while you are coasting. with that said I’ve been spending the last three years addressing my bodies imbalance from using _only_ left for forward for thousands of hours of riding over 20 years. Takes it’s toll.

An older hex, without the super street new geometry will do you well. Put short/high bars and bunnyhop life is yours... Put a long low stem and pogo puff life is yours. but a mix of the two and you get a mix- something that bunnyhops and rear wheels fine. It will do neither as well as a dedicated pogo puff or street bike, but it can do both. Love to see a super carbon “clean” pogo bike take a mountain bike trail, skatepark and trials. Also is a nightmare riding natural competition with super short skye... the hex is just a fun bike, and honestly this old hex i have is better suited to comp riding over street... but i have it set up for bunnyhop chill life cuz im an old crusty bicycle rider.

super pinpoint skilled but someone please give that dude who looks like he can clean and jerk a car a real stock pogo stick. Manbeasts shouldnt ride mod bikes. and someone tell them to smile they are riding bikes in beautiful nature, not competing for russia in the 80s olympics #sourfaces

love thinking outside the box... cant get behind that fork, but you should post poctures of those bars!!! I read through the whole thread and was like the bars in the pictures look awesome... then i watched the video! seems like that position relies more on biceps?? to lift the bike up... id love to give it a go, very very bizarre ! makes sense for pogo stick bikes, on account of them being totally ridiculous to begin with.

ive been running a similar chinese stem.. 90x30, 80x40, 70x30 and 110x30. cheap and easy to buy/swap- the shorter the stem the less of a chance of breaking it, most are well strong enough. unsure about that brand, looks the same as all the other origin 8, whatever chinese no-name brand is on amazon in the states... bbb or somethin. buy a hope if you want to feel closer to hype , and lose a lil more weight from your wallet... bigger sidehops

I'd watch it back to back sometimes. Skipping over one persons part... ...and that isn't any of Jeff Lenosky's parts. He's a good dude in the real world as well, legend that Jeff Lenosky is. Anyone seen "Keepin it' real" with Jeff Lenosky? One of his first videos, lots of early college footage and my favorite trials scene ever with wutang in nyc.

Well made, amazing acting at 20 seconds on

I always forget about winters. Our winter is partly cloudy and as warm as other folks summers

Mannnnnn I can’t beleive 40 minutes went by so quickly. Loved every second of it. Trial noir will never be eclipsed!

Great riding, beautiful place... but no one can come close to looking as good as akkers does riding rocks.. since his riding in the british round? comp trials cdroms i bought from biketrials.com 17 years ago to his recent vids... dude is savage on them rocks, love watching how he moves his feet around / bad foot / so smooof... with that said, definitely looking forward to some new videos from this guy. also wishing i could make the space/ afford a new enduro bike..

i think we all need a super slow mo of that x up

Such precision and power... like a really lame version of 2001 marc caisso. “Like and subscribe! please!!!!!”

First ali then u, everyone tryna copy me. 26” since 1999 boyyyyyyyyyyy

yes please to this all... anyone over there see keepin it real?? his vhs movie... nyc section w wutang music- still imo best street trials scene ever made. The dude is a beast, I grew up in new jersey and met him as I was a grom teenage trials rider in the revolution/evolve years, he’s a rad gentleman... still doin shows all around usa.

NO ONE CAN FEEL LET DOWN IN MIKES THREAD!!!

edit: yep not working in california. i assume jack won?

mannnn that made my day. pure mind bike connection, that steepnuphill his wheel keeps spinning on... like watching a moto hill climb.. but with leg power- and that pedal liftup classic trial noir move

Only time engagement points matter is when theres only 8-20 of them. A lot of us remember a time when 24 eng points was nuts. the 72 points of king were ... well the king of the time. Riding trials with 12 engagement points SUCKS. Riding trials with 48 engagement points or 80 or 135- they are all in the same boat - all great to experience. I recently got a 135 click freewheel and I agree with the drag- thats just what it is. I’ll take it over an ACS claw any day of the week...

wowww we are back to using steel bars? love it when we go back in time. One thing I’m not worried about breaking- the arcade bars. aluminum? probably. a great ape couldnt destroy them. If you are a 5 ton robot riding trials I wouldnt use them, but I’m sure your frame will fail before the bars in such a case.

booom and just like that zoot alors gets REEEEELOADEDDDD with classic street try alls smooooooth operatin

I COME ON TRIALS FORUM FOR ONE REASON TO SEE THAT MIKE BECK FIRE!!! WHO NEEDZ FALLOWERZ WHEN U GOT FIVE PAGE THREAD HERE!!!

Nothing a little epoxy / jb weld wont fix. Just dont EVER grt a flat tyr and ull be reeet I remember drilling 7/8” holes in every part of an alex dx32 aside from the rim joint!

Soon lets ride and make LATrials !

ou est le beefsteak? Carthy is insane, thank you Albert for doing this !

As someone who rode multiple koxx (hmmm...) the 1065 lb, 1085? xtp and still have an 1100 levelboss... I am also similar age... What do you want to ride? How much money do you want to spend? You can have great fun just as is. No need to spend any money to have an awesome time riding your bike, a bike that is a total shredder. Any new pure trials bike will send you puking. It is because they are no longer bicycles, your levelboss was one of the last competetive almost normal bikes. Todays comp bikes cannot be ridden around aside from hopping on the rear wheel, I strong suggest you avoid buying one before you try one. Why get an 03-06 echo??? You’ve already got a 02 levelboss. That would be like buying donut holes when you already have a donut. cheap- buy a short/high 80x40 stem and arcade risers and put on the level boss. should make it easier on the back, anything to get that front end up will transform the ride. You will want that set up for my next suggestion- get a used hex frame. I know of people who come back to the sport and are off put by todays “bicycles” so much they write off trials until they find out about the hex. Any generation one is a great bike, you will thank me when you actually ride around and find that blissful smile bicycle riding will give you after 10 years. Welcome back, you’ve got some years left !!!