PeterH

They really got their money's worth out of that pointy rock that took out Julian in the first section. I love how he bounced back and crushed the house in the next section, he definitely has big pedal ups dialed. I like seeing the same guys and knowing their individual style and strengths, there is a good rivalry at the moment (without Jack there).

I know I'm asking for trouble as an American debating this on a UK forum but I disagree. He is a ton of fun to watch and has the ability to seemingly do anything, but it just doesn't seem to come together when it really really counts. Much like Montalvo, so much fun to watch, always so dynamic and crazy front stuff, but took years to pull off the rainbow jersey, I feel it will be the same with Rolls. Will be interesting to see him on the 26" up against Jack, both move fast but I feel Carthy is way more robotic and gets the job done just perfect.

I could be wrong here, but I would think bmx wheels are actually better for this. Between the psi they can run and the ratio of tire height to wheel size. I think how in the auto world stupid big rims and rubber band tires are more likely to be destroyed or at least flatted by potholes and curbs and such (though it could also be the "skill" of drivers with that setup). Also its a speedy move and trials is not (I know street trials is a bit different).

And the ender in this made me pucker pretty hard, I mean it is like a front to rear gap, just way gnarlier

My personal opinion is it isn't any worse than a trials comp full of static hooks... In other news any time you think we can ride skinnys watch the opener of Williams latest:

I go back and forth between 20 and 26 all the time. Some times it is weeks or months almost only on one, sometimes it is every ride or two. I really like the way each have strengths and how I adapt to different styles. Sometimes the big bike feels like cheating getting up and over stuff, but I love the way I get so comfortable on the 20 and it just disappears beneath me, but I do have to focus on gaps a little bit more. Lots of the top guys have a preference and things are so dialed in now, but I love the old days when riders like Benito could podium on both. I think anything you do on different bikes makes you a better rider overall, but there are are times when you feel off at first switching, but it just build flexibility into your brain and muscle memory. As my garage will testify, more bikes and more options are a good thing.

Sure looks like it. Right through the center of the bead which makes me think poor weld quality/porosity. Its more common to see at the edge of the weld at the heat affected zone (HAZ).

I will echo some other stuff said here, I've got 25+ years of riding as well and I miss the old BIU days. I really DO like getting "partial credit" now, I think you should be rewarded if you make it 90% through a section and 5 vs someone that gets a 5 on the first obstacle. That said I don't like how if you dab on the flat ground (and we've all done it...) you can lose points for a crazy hard gate you made it through. To the joe public discussion that's what I love about the old days, to explain it all you had to say was this: They have to stay on their bike between the tape and get over crazy stuff from the start to the finish in under a certain amount of time. That was it. No A and B and C gates, no "why can't they use that obvious rock right next to the giant up, no why cant they just ride the flat ground from the start to finish. I get how making modern sections in open areas works for spectators/filming/logistics, but I miss good comps out in the woods/mountains (Buthiers, Itadori, Les Gets 2004 qualifiers, and so on)

A couple more semi recent ones as I am running this thread rather than being current on some other social platforms

You are spot on with all of that. Had my most fun drive in it yet this morn, when that second cam kicks in above 6200 it just feels amazing. And I have already made the trials bike analogy a bunch of times, its so true. Actually got the tyres to squeal a bit in a parking lot this morn, amazing how you can go side to side and they unweight if pushed hard enough, but there is no perceptible roll in the the suspension, just this little dialed in machine.

And yeah they are pretty uncommon here these days. In Seattle there tons more 911s and M3s and whatever else and I just love that this is not those in any way, just a pure driver's car, not a luxury item and because it is so uncommon that makes it more exotic. Did see a beautiful red Testarosa a few blocks from my place last night, first time I have seen one of those in real life, that was my dream car as a kid in the 80s, the Elise has been my dream since becoming an "adult"

Honestly I am not that much of a car guy so I'm faking this, its a 2005 with the 1.8 inline 4 from Toyota with the Yamaha head I believe. Haven't really given it what it deserves yet, sorting out some electrical stuff (on a British sports car, how unheard of...). Maybe not the best bike hauler, but I did get my mod in it for a test fit.

This little acquisition seems appropriate to share on a UK forum

Someone took this of me tonight, I couldn't make myself sidehop to the point/arch, would have been awesome, but looked sketch

One more rail gap because I turn 42 this week and in the past few months have done more rail lines than ever in my life, so glad to not be "over" yet. UW Fountain Rail Gap.mp4 Also for those of you that appreciate good stuff here is the same rail spot in a very different way:

I know you Brits eat rails for breakfast (which seems way better than those pics the internet loves to show of "traditional English breakfast" but this one has taken me years of looking at to do (mostly because when I am typically there it is for my daughter's track practice so I can't really ride it). This Ozonys Skill is an interesting frame, feels terrible at times, like a real "bike" at other times, and like it wants to ride hard at other times. Track Rail Gaps.mp4

Those upper walls look very Koxx Days/Buthiers type terrain, good stuff (and that would be a bit more than a 2 hr drive)

Anyone know why Jack is back on rims with cutouts? And which ones they are? Just curious and interesting when a pro isn't on their own stuff. I'm all for progression so if hole-y rims have gotten better than the "old" rims that were better than the cut outs I'd like to know.

You might want to check the date it was posted...

See there was this thing before the internet, called VHS. And so you only had like 2 trials videos to watch. So you watched them over, and over. And over. And over.

That wedge to wheelswitch at ~1:55 made me really happy. Not fancy spanish lads doing static hooks, but good old getting over rocks trials. I like it. And those taps on the Simtra were nice too! I just built up an Atomz Premier and the low bb bike makes taps fun.

That's the one, thank you much. Trying to show these guys what it can/should look like. Such a classic style video.

Chatted with my buddies on our little ride last night, he's one of my favorites to watch, but I hate seeing him on an e-bike. To me Akkers was an e-bike before it was a thing, like he always managed to put a little pedal stroke of power in where no other human could. So while I can see him using the motor to take it even further it just feels wrong to me. It would be like giving a trials rider training wheels, we can already balance. That said the guy has to eat and the industry is what it is. This isn't as bad as the first part of the ODI video welcoming Dennis Ennarson, watching him rip jumps on a e-mtb is just wrong. Enough of my negativity, I would still leap at the chance to ride with Akrigg.

Thanks for this, good video, but sadly not the one I was after. I'm thinking of one where he is on the Kloud and just great style and lines. Here is a still from the vimeo that doesn't exist anymore. Any chance you or anyone else has it? Thanks, Peter