DeersSlayer

Some folks here ride theirs year round on the trails, I won't. Off the snow and ice, a proper mountain bike is so much better!

Ouch! Reconsider seeing a doctor, just to make sure nothing is broken. And the doctor can advise on recovery time, and what to avoid during recovery. Can you describe how the rear wheel slipped? I've only been on a trials bike 2 weeks. I'm quite a bit older than you, so my top priority is avoiding injury.

That would be great, but I know of none in the area.

2017 New Years Day ride. We got 99 cm of snow in December. Good trails network starts 600 metres from my front door... Until this year I was more into motorcycles. Repurposing moto wheel chock and stand: Hauling the mountain bike and the enduro: The Yamaha on a road trip:

How does the MT2 compare to the SRAM DB5? Would it hold better as a rear brake?

The second video I posted shows 3 methods: the box, the endo, and the pedal kick. I don't think my limited winter practice space is big enough for me to try the pedal kick. Once I get comfortable bouncing on the rear wheel, I'll try the other 2. I spent a *lot* of time on my mountain bike last summer, including sometimes lofting the front wheel with a half revolution pedal. I'm confident in my leg muscles' strength and speed, the quads and calves. Learning control will take me time. Lots of time! ;-)

This video seems even better explained: The box I built is 17" high, I wonder if I should raise it another inch??

I'm an absolute newbie, so I'm hoping this learning method will give me some confidence on the back wheel: I built a 2 x 3' raised box from wood leftovers, to try that in my garage. We had 10 cm of new snow last night, and another 10 coming tomorrow. I haven't found any studded trials tires yet, so my bike's garage bound until spring.

I do get out and play on the snow too, I love being outdoors.

I bought myself my first ever trial bike: Inspired Flow Plus with hydraulic brakes upgrade. Looking forward to riding it outside of the garage, in about 3 months. Lots to learn!

The door opener motor has 7' clearance, the ceiling about 8.5'. I'm 5' 10" to top of helmet. Pedals in flat horizontal position are about 2' up from the floor when on the back wheel. So the minimum needed without any hop is almost 8'. I would want at least 9'.

3 bar = 43.5 psi. I'll bump mine up to 44. Out on the fat tire bike today I was running 9 psi and it was too much. I dropped it down to about 7 psi for better snow grip. My forearms are getting a good workout as I'm new to both snow riding and trials, and my forearms were already quite strong. I'm likely over griping on both bikes.

Yes, the garage is a little low as the door opener motor is right above the middle of the cleared space. Although I'm only 5' 7", that helps. Fakies, turning around on the spot, is a great idea. That alone will probably take me 3+ months to learn. ;-) Tire pressure: The Maxxis Holy Roller sidewalls say 35 - 65 lb, I'm using 35. As a trials newbie, should I use more? Less? Here's the garage clearing, with lots of other stuff on the sides. The floor is asphalt, slightly sloping down to the door. (I hope it's OK to embed a pic here. I'm new to the forum, and the pics give a better idea of the limited floor space and height.)

I received my first trials bike (a new Inspired Flow Plus 24 with hydraulic disc brakes) a week ago. Couldn't find any used trials bikes locally, they're not popular here (Ottawa, Canada.) Not really sure yet what my goals are with the trials bike, just learn and have fun I suppose. So I have a new bike, but winter arrived early and strong here (98 cm snow so far, 43 cm snowpack currently.) I've managed to clear a 9 or 10' wide 15' long space in the heated (+ 3 C) garage, and I'm trying to learn small side hops and improve my trackstand skill in that small space. Not really enough space to consider going up on the back wheel. Anything else I could try until winter breaks? (another 3+ months!) I've read just about everything on trashzen, the theory there seems sound. ;-) I started 2016 owning only 1 bicycle (older Norco hybrid), now I have 4! This year I rode 600 or 700 km on the hybrid, 2,800 km on a full suspension mountain bike, and only about 70 km so far on the winter fat tire bike (lots of soft crashing on snow!) I'm having a late-life bicycle crisis. :-) Prior to this year most of my 2-wheel riding has been on motorcycles (30 years worth.)