Ali C

my fave TGS rider

Yes, yes I do

cos it's got a high pivot point for the swingarm which is efficient at taking hits as the wheel ark moves away from the direction rocks and bumps hit it. Unfortunately a high pivot point is whack for normal drivechains as the chainstay length grows loads and you need loads of chain which makes everything lose and clattery not to mention the chain wanting to pull the rear wheel closer messing up the suspension action. The way the Brooklyn is done isolates the chain from the suspension system so they can both work without interfering with each other. There's aa few brands which have done it a bit neater and less bomb proof though and combined internal geard hubs into the pivot point to get rid of any mechs at all.

make a topic in an appropriate place, I seriously can't be arsed with you taking over every topic calling everyone who isn't you an idiot and basically thinking you're better than everyone on here.

pretty good on a bicycle

nice one Tom, been a while since I've seen something from you. I enjoyed this very much

touche

looks good, I still would love a seat on it though

17 years of trials GT Avalanche tailwhips

Beat Danny Mac in bunnyhop comps yesterday, very happy with that! He out rode me the rest of the time but I'll take what I can get haha!

he's Welsh.....

I'd rather not start a big trials forum argument by naming and shaming him as he's a member on here. Lets just say he wanted to take machine guns to "dirty" Muslims" plus more stuff along those lines. Deleted instantly.

some pretty disgusting racism from someone I know on FB

having to relearn stuff

this explains a lot

you'll be well into Aaron Ross then

If someone spins a regular 720 it will probably look quite a lot nicer than Ryan's, that said it's not like people can't spin goofy and look good. It's the whole "un-written rule" thing. Not everyone will get or agree with them but it's very strong in the BMX world. Spinning the regular way just looks nicer when linking things up. It's not just a 360 though, it's much more than that. It's looking at things as a whole and deciding if you want to stick with how things are or searching for perfection. I'm not saying my riding is perfect btw, its far from it but from a personal satisfaction viewpoint I'd be annoyed with myself if I was doing things that could hinder me in the future.

It's just that trials tends to make people spin goofy out of habit rather than because it's better. It just seems like something that can be easily fixed but people either don't care enough to want to do that or simply don't know they're doing it opposite. I saw I was spinning goofy and I wasn't happy about it plus I wanted to future proof my riding so I forced myself to spin the other way. It's things like that, its the same as having too many hops when doing a line, if you can do it better then that should be the ultimate goal.

I love your riding but man your bitch cranks in spins take back from some of the stuff you're doing. If you could do these spins without them I'd like you even more (especially if you began to spin regular too haha)

I disagree on the durability, more parts means smaller weaker parts and more pivots means more chance for a wobbly blade.

yes

they made parallel levers years ago but not for hydraulic brakes. It would work but is kinda trying to fix something that's not broken.

I did this on Thursday (fell onto the corner of a wall with all my weight.....7 stitches), I just casually called my GF and asked her to take me to the hospital. I don't shout, I tend to just sit down for a bit and breath lots. When I broke my collarbone I was around kids just before starting a show, they were asking me if I was ok so I had to pretend I was fine. I then went and told my friend/boss that I needed to go to the hospital. Same when I broke my foot, just stayed calm and chatted to folk before Mark took me to hospital.

I use my front brake all the time.....

What moves were repeated over and over? We did a few bunnyhops sure but I don't think I've seen a trials video that isn't just the same stuff in different locations other than Sean Watsons videos.