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  1. Learning To Ride Trials

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    Posted · Edited by Tioz

    I tidied up the ridiculous bickering in this topic. Don't let it happen again otherwise there will be warnings handed out.

    As for the hops - you've clearly got reasonable balance because you are hopping side to side a bit, and backwards to balance. It's pretty difficult to backhop forwards without pedalling, so when you're overbalancing that way you can't correct it and the front wheel falls to the ground. The next step is definitely to put a pedal stroke in.

    I never found the pedalling-without-hopping thing particularly easy, I always found it easier for balance when you do it WITH a hop (you'd be less likely to fall to the left/right).

    Try this:

    On the flat, trackstand with the brakes on

    Put some pressure on your front pedal, still holding the back brake.

    Now, if you let the brake off, you'll move forward because you're pressing on the pedal. This "pre-tensioning" the pedals is crucial for more or less every advanced technique.

    The next step is to co-ordinate this movement with leaning your weight back/pulling up slightly. If you do it right, the front wheel will come up, and the back wheel will come forward about 12-18 inches, and come underneath you.

    You can either hop or not, it doesn't really make much difference but I always felt that you could set your balance a bit better if you did hop.

    At this point you need to grab a handful of back brake to stop you falling over backwards.

    That's the basics. Once you're comfortable hopping into an upright position, you can try the same sort of movement (tension pedals, release brake, hop, catch the bike on the brake) to hop forwards.

    To get a feel for how much you need to pedal, you can learn how to do wheelies. Just to get the feeling of the front wheel coming up.

    I tried a week later to get up using a pedal kick I can pretty much dial in 20 hops (mainly backwards)..I tend to fall when the pedals have ratcheted up too much.

    My main problem is consistency on getting on the back..sometimes I just give a kick and hop up other times I can kick as hard as I can and can't get high enough so I just fall forwards again

    I don't know if it's because of the shitty hub or what.. :ermm:

    I'll have to work on the pedal pretensioning.. it's hard to get the right amount of brake when letting go

    I can get up on the back by doing a little endo but like that I end up with my pedals already vertical so I tend to fall off after a few hops

  14. Magura Rim Brake

    in Beginners Trials Chat

    Posted

    unless you wanna die dont put wd40 on your brakes for god sake and a rim grind isn't going to make the pads move in either, see the magura youtube page they have a helpfull tutorial on there i believe

    Not on the brake but on the piston to stop it being lazy

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  18. Rear Disc, Caliper Alignment.

    in Trials Chat

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    Off topics fine :P Sounds like you've got a solid rig. Ever heard of "lapping" your processor and heatsink? Should shave between 5-10c off both idle and load temps.

    In regards to my problem, am I right in saying all I need to do is space it with a snail cam?

    some aren't very positive about lapping

  23. General Bike Help

    in Beginners Trials Chat

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    I've started riding again yesterday after months because I managed to snap the bb bolt clean in half... I'm new to riding and bought and Onza Rip 2009 off a friend who had stopped using it since he got a new bike!

    My new BB is the Because square taper 128mm and i've got the stock, middleburn cranks with 24T on the front and 18T freewheel. I've noticed that the BB itself "clicks" after i stop pedalling, only once or twice

    but i'm worried it's bending or something else! I also found that due to the length of the axle, and the nature of the middleburn cranks, the sprocket and freewheel are out of line and results in the top loop

    of the chain to rub against the frame.

    Could this be the reason the BB "clicks" ? I have looked into getting into new cranks and screw on sprocket but can only seem to find 22T on TartyBikes, can anyone suggest other sites that could offer 24T sprockets

    at an affordable price?

    Thanks, nraged! B)

    PS - I have magura HS33 brakes in major need of bleeding, is the magura bleed kit a worthwhile purchase?

    magura bleed with water! for the rest I can't help..sorry :turned:

  25. Mad Phase 1.3

    in Beginners Trials Chat

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    Hi I have seen that alot of guys (mainly beginners) are buying the MAD phase 1.3 quite alot. I would just like to say BUY MINE !!!! its got onza bars echo stem echo cranks single speeded avid brake levers hayes front disc caliper new tyres and now,,,,,,,,,, a fluro pink drill throw wheel :blink: and its now dual disc. All i waant is about £200 or offer away

    Come on and get a bargain :D

    Can we swap some parts mate?:turned:

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