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  3. Cleckheaton & Nearby

    in Beginners Trials Chat

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    Hey!! I will try answer some of the stuff I have read haha!!

    Erm.. Yes I live in Cleckheaton - it has a few spots I ride when I get the chance.

    Saturday will be an earlyish ride - 11am sort of thing.

    26" wont get you anywhere any faster than a 20" - ask Bronz - I have a mod and he rides stock and we still arrive at the same time.

    20" is much easier to learn on and generally cheaper to start with.

    I really should get facebook for riders haha

  4. Are You Mostly A Solo Or Group Rider

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    In my area there are very few riders so I mainly ride solo, but recently I have become more involved with the Leeds riders and travel most weekends to that neck of the woods for a ride. The other riders are a great asset because they help and inspire me to push myself at a more suitable rate than if I was to ride solo the whole time. Solo riding can be fun but I like the atmosphere of riding with mates. Going back to my thread about the variety of people I ride with. Controversial as it seems to have become, I think that explains best why I prefer group rides

  5. Trials Brings So Many Types Of People Together.

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    onzaboymark - well it does seem that you have had the crappy end of a varied stick.

    Of course fashion/trends are going to appear in things, its just what happens when people look at something and see it as the better option, they begin to follow. But MY EXPERIENCE OF TRIALS does not have the same outlook as yours.

    I suppose you could say everything is the same?

    BMX has cliches like the skinny jeaned, polo shirt hardcore kids group, the baggy clothed laid back groups, the brake-less groups, the free-coaster lovers, the old school riders, the true to the man groups... etc...etc...etc

    Inline has the same kind of groups, the gangster end of the spectrum and the skinny jean end...etc...etc

    Skateboarding has the 'mosher groups' the 'emo' groups, the 'hippy' groups etc...etc...etc

    This could go on and on segregating people but as you can see the overall response on this thread is that people have been introduced to other people who view life different, do live in new ways and so forth. They are effectively broadening their horizons.

    Personally, I have not seen the same level of self-being in Trials as I have in BMX, inline, boarding . As a inline skater, and having played with BMX and skateboarding, they all have a pronounced long standing hatred of each others sport (not everyone FYI) In trials thus far I have not come across the same problem.

    I was being broad in my context of the original thread - Evidently others prefer to nit-pick.

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  6. Trials Brings So Many Types Of People Together.

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    The group of people I have begun to ride with is such a varied group of people, its fantastic!

    Stereotypes get thrown out the window when it comes to riding, or at least that is the picture I am getting from it. I ride with people who prefer tracksuits; people who are pierced; people who ride stock; people who ride mod; street style riders; natural riders; older riders; younger riders; long haired; short haired; people who like hip-hop; people who like trance; people who like dub-step; people who like rock music.

    So many types of people all come together to ride their bikes without discrimination from others. Apart from the more than common' "why has your bike got no seat?"

    That is one of the major reasons that I love to ride, not the fitness aspect, not the challenge, but the sense of community and support everybody has for one another.

    Sorry if this is posted in the wrong section.

  14. Airevalley Cycles - Brilliant Shop, Moody Employee

    in Beginners Trials Chat

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    To Revolver - Good thoughts in that one.

    To Jackibrap - Tarty Bikes will always be the best in my eyes, but for the urgency of a Sunday fix it was brilliant. I dont know if that guy was in, the guy who did my freewheel was a younger lad with a stretched ear.I will have to check that video :)

    To anybody else - Just to clarify I am not putting down the store, just sharing my experience that day :)

  17. Airevalley Cycles - Brilliant Shop, Moody Employee

    in Beginners Trials Chat

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    Yesterday I destroyed my freewheel riding Leeds Uni, which was rather gutting as I was due to ride Shipley Glen today. So after a few drinks, the decision was made to visit AireValley Cycles this morning and fix the issue.

    Upon arrival everything was going grand and I bought the tools and new freewheel (Tensile - Rides like a dream btw), and I asked the guy serving us if maybe they could assist in the removal of the freewheel just to make things easier... and the guy had an awful attitude towards me! In a smug/annoyed tone told me I would have to leave the bike with them and it would take a while because they had loads on. Bearing in mind all I asked was for the old freewheel to be undone, not for them to actually remove, fit and sort my cranks. With this I left the store, disassembled my bike outside the shop and went back in with only the crank arm and the freewheel attached. Asked the same guy how long I would have to wait for it to be done, he told me if I went downstairs to the workshop they would do it for free!

    In the end I paid a quid for the removal and a freewheel spacer! I just felt there was no need for the attitude on the employee's behalf. The shop overall is fantastic and I massively appreciate what they did for me today.

  20. Pedal Query

    in Beginners Trials Chat

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    I currently have a pair of caged pedals and these where fitted purely because I needed a cheap option when I built the bike.

    Now I am looking for a pair of platform pedals, could anybody maybe suggest some pedals as I am out of touch with the better end of the market.

  21. New To Trials - Leeds

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    Hey mate, I am just getting back in to my riding after a year or more out and I am riding the Leeds area today as it happens :)

    Feel free to drop me a text or a call if u want to join us today.

    The more the merrier some would say :)

    07885 880 338

    And don't worry about being new to it, everyone starts somewhere and I always found riding/skating/playing rugby etc with talented people pushes you to get better :)

  22. 4Th July - Leeds

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    I know that this is not the correct area for posting this but I as of yet are not validated to post in the correct section.

    I apologize for this in advance.

    Is anybody interested in riding Leeds tomorrow? So far there is only two riders, myself and dann2707.

    We are meeting at 12 o'clock at the train station by the large granite walls.

    @stya_bear

    BBM: 20EDD772

  25. Riding To Music

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    I vary when riding. Some times I am in the mood for music and others I cant get into the flow with it on.

    When I have it on, I enjoy post-core like A Skylit Drive, Alesana, etc. Dubstep is another genre I can ride to, the dirtier the better I say with Dubstep, like Borgore and Jakwob

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