Hello!
First of all, my English is not the best, don't know all the right terms (especially biking ones), but I'm going to do my best!
My name is Will, I am from Finland and I currently serve in the Finnish army. Anyway, while serving in the army, there aren't much to do in the spare time. Therefore I have been watching a lot of trial biking videos, from downhill to long distance and so forth, to make the time go by faster. Now I have for a while been very interested in urban trial biking (I think that's the term, well, the term I am looking for is what Danny MacAskill is doing - or well - not quite to that extent, but at least the same sort of stuff). But I have ran into some problems. Due to the fact that I spend lots of time here, I really don't have time to go ask any professionals about this sport, so now I decided to give it a go here.
Now, as I said, I am very interested in this, but I really know nothing about this sport, but I really want to learn! Therefore I have some questions I wish someone could answer me!
Question 1: What kind of bike should I get? Keep in mind, my salary here is very, very low (9 euros a day). Therefore I want to find a cheap / fairly cheap one, but one that is still decent. I have been looking at some bikes that I kinda think are good, but I genuinely have no idea if they actually are good or not. The prices of them are not bad at all either. Sadly, the website is in Finnish, so is the description.
Number 1: http://www.nettimarkkina.com/26-dirt-pyora-halvalla/1143130
Number 2: http://www.nettimarkkina.com/hyva-timeless-dirt/1133344
Number 3: http://www.nettimarkkina.com/26-dirt-polkupyora/1138487 (Front break not in place - is that hard to fix?)
Also, I am about 180 cm tall, I don't know how much that affects the bike.
Question 2: How often do you have to repair the bikes / change parts and so forth? How expensive is it in the Short / long run? Are the parts easy to change myself, or do I have to take them to some shop to get it fixed?
Question 3: If / when I start of trial biking, where should I start, and how should I build up from there? I have been watching lots of videos, but most of them start from different points, but training balance seems like the most important one. So, if I started from that, what should I practice after that, and how?
Anyway, that's all I got for now, I will make sure to post more / reply as soon as I find any new info / new questions.
Sincerely,
Will