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stirlingpowers

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  1. 0:42, for example: http://vimeo.com/32915050 How can one obtain so much momentum to push 30" up - almost without going down to pre-charge the legs. Of course there is a lot of load in it, but I don't know how to get this fast from the starting position with the handlebar in your way. Do you know some good mind model related to it? When I focus on a point a bike length away on the obstacle and concentrate on not bending my knees, I can pull up onto two wheels with only a fair amount of momentum, but the front wheel does not lift into the air then. If I use the front brake and leverage around the front tyre contact point by pushing the bars forward, I can get up to the rear wheel, but not without using a fair amount of space on the obstacle for rolling along with the front tyre before it lifts. At the moment it feels more effortless for me to do a 45" side hop than a 30" static. So is it all about abusing the body to do it as fast as possible? It looks so effortless when Vince or Gilles do it...
  2. Nice to see an Inspired used for trials riding, not skatey BMX stuff. Duncan Shaw has some courage. And the skill to not break his p.enis applying it. The H&S hogwash throughout the video was disturbing: For trying to fake the illusion that the riding could be performed in a "safe" manner - i.e. the meaning your mom associates with "safe". And for providing clear directions to a f.ucked-up society where generalized anxiety disorder is a political goal and not an illness.
  3. Such a nice bike. The spacer tower scares me. Trialtech should produce a 140x40 stem...
  4. Thanks, mate. Royal blood? I herd water is ***.
  5. What is that LOCATION? Old movie theater? Man... that is too stylish.
  6. Who is the gifted one on the bike with the faggy rims (1:05, 3:25), who cousts like he had way too many steroids?
  7. Tarty should really make a video or a short text about how to bed in these greased freewheels. Must + no instructions is a combination that has kept me off buying one. I won't rely on any information on the forum here, only on instructions given by those who will decide on my warranty claim.
  8. A search quest for some lame-ass facebook page? Assuming that the park has been done with the same level of motivation as this advertisement, I don't bother.
  9. There is riding and riding. I've met many people always "riding all day" when they were in fact looking at obstacles, discussing, joking around, drinking, eating, sitting on their bike ... I mean look at the videos: 80% of the riders in the background are not seen riding. Counting the time one is engaged on an obstacle with both feet on the bike, I would reckon the average rider does 7 to 10 hours a week. This intensity normally results in constant aches, to which one can get used to with the right mindset of wanting to fight and build something.
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