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  2. Display teams when & where?

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    11 hours ago, Ross McArthur said:

    Our Iain usually puts up where we will be a few weeks in advance but its generally the events "job" to do the advertising.

    I thought it might be that the expectation is more on the event organizer to publicise, but with tending to use social media only for my interests, I don't really follow that much in the way of what else is happening around near to me.

    I think it would just be cool to see more ''we're going to be at event-x-y-z this/next weekend/month come down and see us!" type posts just for the trials fans 🙂

    Unfortunately I'm at the opposite end of the country to visit a Clan stunt show any time soon.

     

  3. Display teams when & where?

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    I follow a number of display teams on social media but never seem to hear about the shows they're attending until afterwards!

    Apparently some have been right on my doorstep at some unspecified point in the past but I never heard a whisper about it.

    Please display teams make it easier to find out about upcoming shows you're attending!

     

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  6. Nose manual up stairs not on BMX?

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    On 1/7/2024 at 8:55 PM, aener said:

    here are VERY few names on the list of trials riders who actually do nose manuals rather than well-controlled stoppies.

    Ah I really hadn't considered that distinction between nose manual and well controlled stoppies. Danny? Ali? amonst them or others?

    Here's another BMX thing I've not seen a trials rider do... fakie over a picnic bench!

    (clip from 2019)

    https://www.instagram.com/p/C1_TBYFuz-a/

     

     

  7. Swing bikes

    in Bike Chat

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      Don't think I've seen anyone do trials on a swing bike. Obviously, pretty good reason for that. Maybe though, you'd get some viral content with it. Or not. I'm going to file it along with fat bikes, tall bikes, clelands, etc, as niche offbeat bikes I'd like to own one day.

    https://www.instagram.com/p/Cx-yzu9uIHP/

    Looks somewhat limited to keeping rear wheel strictly on the ground.

    Here's one way to build a swing bike, uses a simple trick to retain bike geometry (rather than cutting to pieces and hoping for the best when welding back together).

     

     

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  8. Nose manual up stairs not on BMX?

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    I've only seen clips of people on BMXs doing nose manuals up steps, wondered why nobody on bigger wheeled bikes seems to have done it, that I'm aware of.  I would have thought BMX due to wheel size would be the last thing to try this on, it looks all sorts of wrong, or is it just because it's so small it's easier to manage?

    Any of you lot giving it a go on trials bikes?

  10. MTB "trials" bike of choice

    in Bike Chat

    Posted · Edited by marg26

    Depends really what you want to do, but it doesn't sound like what's important to you is to ride as fast as possible down very rough ground which would suit full suspension.

    I've taken a rigid MTB on a group ride a few times. It's fine on the smoother trails and just as fast and fun, and small sections of rough ground, but as soon as it gets rooty and brake bumps I was shaken to pieces and really couldn't keep up. It was difficult to even see the trails they were just a blur from all the shaking, no exaggeration! And that's just mountain biking in Kent!

    I do enjoy riding it on XC style trails and urban though, lots of fun.

  11. Removable e-bike motor

    in Bike Chat

    Posted · Edited by marg26

    I've frequently thought something like this would be ideal for my Inspired to assist getting to riding locations.

    Bimotal - Micro-electric powertrains - https://bimotal.com

    But far too expensive.... maybe I should consider the super-long seatpost option and just swap them over when I get to the spot I want to ride.

  14. 26" vs 24"

    in Beginners Trials Chat

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    I went with a 24" street trials bike (Inspired Console) to learn trials on in my early forties. Thought street would be more my thing and wanted to try the smaller wheels as used to ride around on a BMX as a youth. By the end of this year will be 5 years and not once been tempted to try any sort of bar spin or foot jam tail whip. I'm a slow learner so have pretty much been taken up with learning the basics of trials.

    The 24" felt pretty weird initially but didn't take that long to get used to (kinda like converting from only ever riding SPD pedals for years to learning flat pedals once again). A couple of years ago I tried a 20" mod and it caught me off guard as hadn't expected it to feel yet another level of weirdness! Almost felt like riding a bike in a plank position.

    I sometimes attempt basic trials on my 27.5" rigid/hardtail (depending which forks I currently decide to run on it) and while I can hop on the rear it just feels a bit too big and unwieldy - but as mentioned I'm not an acomplished trials rider by any means.

  15. The Angry Thread.

    in Chit Chat

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    Think it's kinda past that point though isn't it? Scientists have been warning about this for decades. We were taught at primary school in the eighties about it so it's not like all this stuff has only just manifested in mainstream consciousness now. It's no surprise to anyone, it's been coming, yet still it seems the only change to the way we live that we're prepared to accept is the change that is forced upon us by the consequences of inaction. Oh look a moron, let's point at the morons, what morons, look at the morons, stupid morons, what morons, glad I'm not a moron like them.

     

     

  16. The Angry Thread.

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    I mean what's more important, a few tiny artificial gardens or the entire planet? I cycle to work & back 5 days a week. Exhaust fumes stink. Not enough has been done that's why get people doing stuff like this. Not bothered to watch the video as refuse to watch GBN.

  18. Rail riding

    in Beginners Trials Chat

    Posted · Edited by marg26

    I'd start by moving the rail low to the ground to reduce the risk of injuring yourself when you fall off. Once some confidence is gained increase the height of the rail.

    For specific technique you need to say how you intend to ride the rail. Riding along the length, balancing, or jumping up to rear onto it then off, or both, or what?

  20. Weather proofing outdoor areas and obstacles

    in Beginners Trials Chat

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    I'd really like to ride year round in my little patch in the top of the back garden. Obviously in the Winter it starts getting too muddy, and with the pallets out there year round, they're soaking up water and getting very slippery.

    It's too late right now to do much, but for when the weather gets better I'm looking for a few tips please if anyone reading this has any?

    Creocote on pallets? Does it have any undesirable side effects like sticking to tires in hot weather, and/or chemically reacting/melting tires etc ?

    Or is a cheap outdoor paint the way to go? Any recommendations or tips for what to look for or to avoid? Does mixing in sand for grip work or does it just get rubbed off by tires too easily etc.

    Would also like to surface it some how so it's not so ultra muddy. I guess throwing down a load of smashed up hardcore if I could get my hands on some would work. Might be ripping up some existing patio tiles from elsewhere in garden. Not looking for perfectly level surface, not fussed much about aesthetics, but prefer minimum work required...

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