Ali C

I totally agree, I've heard people describe some of my stoppies as nose manuals and I usually try to explain the difference

I sometimes find the Spank rims can be harder to stress the spokes because the rims are so stiff, did you do it by hand or did you stamp on them (my preferred method)? I liked my SLX's, never snapped a pair and I had to do plenty of 10/11ft drops for shows. I did find that they'd bend or spin on the axle after a while which wasn't totally noticable until I went on other peoples bikes. I'm now riding raceface cranks and they are pretty good! a little heavier than the Shimano but no bending and they feel incredibly stiff. They are sharp though and I keep cutting my ankle on them.

I think it loosens off over time, I normally have it fairly proper (especially if I have a gopro on as they exaggerate any movement which I dislike).

sounds like it could be sciatica related, the sciatic nerve runs through the muscles in the lower back/ass and if these muscles get knots/damaged etc it puts pressure on the nerve causing pain. I had it really badly a couple of years ago, it went down my leg and sometimes my leg would give way when walking. I recommend stretching (there's plenty of advice on which ones on google) and seeing a massage therapist to try and relax the muscles and sort out any knotting. That got rid of mine and I've been fine since.

original member number 50 also still here occasionally

dabbing the brake is one of the lesser rules, it depends on the final outcome I think. If you can use it without it making and jerky movements or taking away any flow then its fine but if your'e totally dependant on it and it effects your style then that's not as good.

bitch cranks in manuals are just the worst, I look back at some of mine and I have a little cry

to me it's all about correcting mistakes, if you're bitch hopping in a manual then a mistakes been made and you're correcting it with a hop. With manual 180s, it's just a lesser way of doing the same move. Either get everything perfect and get a hop or just get it roughly right and fix with a crank, BMXers get called out for them all the time, I don't see why it's any different for trials. Pedal kicks (like in a static gap) are a specific technique that can't be done any other way, completely different from a bitch crank.

the captions seem to be increasingly necessary as I seem to be talking complete crap recently

That is my thoughts, I just watched a bit of him and that's just not me, I'm a happy enough guy but I'm not as animated (especially as I'l still a little shy at times). If I tried to be more lively I think it would look forced and not true to me. I do think this latest episode could have been shorter, it's often very hard to stick to a shorter video, even the times I thought I'd hardly filmed anything it stills ends up at 20 mins. I'm still finding my style so the channel may evolve yet.

all feedback is welcomed! I'll give him a watch while I build some wheels, cheers.

Fast The Fast show in two minutes

went and voted, such adultness!

I was waiting for this!! The disadvantages of having a non rider edit for you! (I re-did these lines but he used the first attempts), that manual up the stairs wasn't even a line, it was me just trying to get to the top to backwheel that rail again, I had no idea he had filmed it until I saw the edit.... Here's a picture of me right now....

I'd recommend watching this if you're still on the fence click me It's a little long sorry but if I'm going to listen to anyone it's going to be someone who's actually spent his academic life studying the exact issues we're now voting on. Give it a watch as it's pretty good and will hopefully give you a bit more of an insight. My other thought is that unless you are TOTALLY convinced we should leave, I'd still suggest voting to remain. If we leave that's almost definitely an irreversible step and if you voted for it and then decide that you'd rather stay then it's too late. If we stay then further down the line think that shits gotten worse then we can still leave! I think it's waaaaaaay too early to leave the EU if at all and it would be a tragedy if we left and then found out it was the wrong thing to do.

nice! I bet that's so light too! I'm with Mark on the seat though, the new tripod version would look really good on it (not a sales pitch haha!)

I thought it was Ben Travis, it's gotta be someone who knows the unwritten rules of riding, is smart enough to think of these ideas and not scared to rip into folk.....sounds like Ben to me! It also sounds like Mark and a bunch of other people. It's definitely not a comp rider as they wouldn't have a single clue plus they'd have to know how to use social media (ouch!). But for cereal I don't have a clue who it is.

A street trials bike has a seat, lower bottom bracket and often 24" wheels (26" is available too). They normally have a higher feeling handlebar and a more neutral feeling on the bike (body's pretty centred). They're usually good for bunnyhops, manuals, spins and are actually not too bad for most trials stuff either. They usually have a little weight penalty but are a lot more robust. They feel most like an actual MTB. Comp trials bikes don't have a seat to save weight, the bottom bracket is often very high to aid ground clearance and help with rear wheel control. The bars are often lower feeling (due to the higher bb) and the bikes are often very rear wheel bias. They're "almost" impossible to bunnyhop and spin but are great for natural due to the more precise rear wheel control. They're often super lightweight at the expense of duribility. They feel vastly different from a MTB.

Maybe I'm just oldschool when everyone started on pretty horrible bikes, but I really do feel you'll end up a better rider over all if you spend a year or so riding a "harder" bike. To me it's like buying a first car and getting a Ferrari, you'll go faster than a lot of people off the lights as it's got a big engine and is easy, but someone who bought a slower car first and took the time to learn with it will end up faster when they eventually get a Ferari. Plus the super car isn't as practical and limits what the persona can do with it.

I actually disagree with you fully there, learning on a streetier bike has loads of benefits. Firstly it will still feel and look like a bike, if you went straight into a seatless comp style bike it will ride very strangely to you without previous experience. Secondly you want to learn how to ride, having a super specialist bike may make some stuff easier but I'd argue that making stuff easier isn't the best way to learn. Riding a streetier bike that is slightly harder on the back wheel will teach you more about how body weight effects moves and increase bike control way more than just jumping on a bike that does half the work for you. Thirdly you'll be able to use the bike in more situations, a seatless comp style bike are very specialist and unless you absolutely know you'll never want to ride a skate park or jumps I'd advise against getting one as a first trials bike, if you go for a more alround streetier model you still have your options open to ride more things.

awesome stuff, the lack of correction hops makes such a difference! Keep it up!

equalled my PB with this 124cm hop at the weekend

In vote here, I was on the fence for a while as I didn't know anything about it, some of the leave arguments seemed appealing to someone with no knowledge but the more I looked into it and after reading articles from informed non corrupt people the in vote made more sense.

I will not resort to click bait, I hate that stuff.

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