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wow trials forum is on its period again. IMO its good to reedit stuff, so you can practice; a lot of great videos come down to editing as trials is usually pretty repetitive. Keep riding and keep filming mate, if you are enjoying it just do it.

yeah its easy don't worry about it, if the disk is at an angle and you just drag lightly it won't cut through. How harsh your grind is sort of depends on technique like how fast you move the grind disk but also the thickness of the disk. Generall a thicker (grinding) disk will give a deeper harsher grind where as a thin cutting disk will leave a shallower grind, thin cutting discs remove less material from the rim. Different pads / rim combinations and weather conditions need different types of grind but just experiment, and follow the TNN and tarty guides, don't run back and forth it just removes more material. Usually tarty says on their site what sort of grind you want. Also wear protective gear if you are going to be sketchy.

It looks bang tidy in white, love the look of these.

great riding and edit as always, great intro too loving the slo-mo stuff

yess great video guys!

Thanks matey!

maybe they liked the geo? My theory is they had an old fourplay and just wanted the same but new and good. Looks like a real nice build.

Is there a stash of these older videos anywhere on the internet somewhere ?

but what's the bike ?

Yes very german indeed! I wonder if his son cares at all...

ADM pads are great but are more suited to riding in wet weather (I use them but I ride in the rain a lot), if you ride dry weather only there are better pads. Those trialtech forks are a real popular choice so there must be something good. I like a longer lower feel, I'm considering the new hashtagg stem at the moment. I see you ride normal bar angle as well, so you may need the extra length? You are pretty tall so you may need stackers and a long stem ?? also echo make a 158mm by 30 stem which may be good to look at

yeah what isitafox said, 2mm of flex is normal and should affect the brake. But if you weigh a normal amount the brake shouldn't slip under any condition except coming up short of a corner, theres just too much leverage there. If it is slipping otherwise then thats a problem. IMO Heatsink yellows are great pads for summer, but they don't work well in the winter or in the wet, TNN ADMs work real good when wet.

Is that 5mm of frame flex? Other than trying another booster (or frame), I'm not sure. The trialtechs are pretty good, I use a carbon one (the newer one) its very good and I have used a 4 bolt before but I can't compare them so not sure which works out stiffer. I think some of my flex is taken by my rim too, so if you have a very tough rim compared to frame it might look more flexy.... ??? Is the rest of the brake setup okay ? does it feel okay to ride ? 2 or 4 finger lever ?

Also I have used the odyssey chains (Bluebird) for years which is a KMC 510HX in black, I'm sure if odyssey replaced that they will have made it way better and that is a decent chain for trials already. But to be fair i haven't seen the price of the key chain....

odyssey make well nice gear. I'd trust that chain, they reckon its stronger than a normal chain, but I guess theres one way to find out. But if i understand correctly you have to use the master link, you can't reinsert any of the riveted pins with a chain tool ???

Thanks thats briiliant!!!

Does anyone know if you can get a Magura 2011-2014 bar clamp bolt with allen head instead of the torx ? Or what dimension the bolt is ? The thread looks weird to me not sure what its called..

back wheel balance is important, but its not a focal point like in pure riding, the bike geo is very different and even theough the moves are very similar you need to have a slightly more two wheeled mind set to progress. Focus on your bunny hop and adding pedal strokes to it too to make pedal punches and pedal kicks stuff like zap taps, bunny ups. Back wheel control on your bike will be easier if you learn to wheelie I.e. side hop like this, combine a sideways bunny hop with a pedal punch. This a perfect example how to use wheelies and bunny hops to ride trial on a low bb bike: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHsWtbdaXiQ

whats the frame name ?

I think when I rode an inspired I had to do something similar, but I didn't progress much as I prefer static riding. With inspired you are better off working on bunny hop based moves and rolling moves, if you do use the rear wheel don't stay on it long enough to hop keep moving. think James Barton / Ali c etc. If you spend you time trying to do static side hops and stuff, it'll be harder to progress.

mmm people will need to know you frame, bars, stem and how many spacers between stem and frame. It may not have been length but some other part of setup. And some bikes aren't meant to ridden static! Have you ridden trial on anything else other than that bike ?

a tip that helped me when practicing back hops was: Back hops are used to correct your balance when you start to fall, in an ideal world you would be able to balance on the back wheel without hops. You'll get more balanced if you try not to hop, but instead balance and then just use them when you feel like you are going to fall. Hops will tire you out quick, so just use them to correct position or balance.

There are many ways to do stuff. But short answer is to raise the front and lock the rear brake, then do a few rear hops to stay balanced then pedal kick. So you'll need to be able to do rear wheel hops first. The easy way to learn pedal kicks is this: When you start don't jump just do a sort of static one footed wheelie, lower the front of the bike slightly by crouching backward into a manual position (not by leaning forward). Then release the brake just enough for the wheel to slip and gently push the pedal until you are stood up again (the wheel doesn't leave the ground it just wheels along) and squeeze the brake again when you are stood up. Once you have that balanced, you will feel where you can jump and you can do small pedal kicks flat and up stuff. Rear wheel hops https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRgqaj-BUzg As Davies says trashzen is very good: http://www.trashzen.com/ and the rushway site had very clear videos, in left and right foot but its in french Rush way http://www.rushway.fr/index.php/technique/#.VoEJC2RuT5s

Welcome to trials! , if the front is hard to pull up use a pedal kick (one push on the pedal like a wheelie) its more efficient. As for brakes it is whatever is comfortable and gives you a good hold. You may want to grind you rear rim as the weather isn't ideal at the moment and looping out is no fun at all.

ha ha i feel sea sick.