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  2. What happened to trials?

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    Posted · Edited by Synergy

    Id also agree with what peter and ali have said.

    Forums have died down massively. Most places are facebook groups now, the only forum ive used that is still very much active is the MLR forum.

    Kids are 100% staying in more and gaming these days instead of being outside and active unfortunately. Also money could play a part in it - there are cheap bikes for sure but the cost of living has gone up considerably, my first trials bike was a t-pro at £420 i believe, i dont think many familys would spend that on a kid just starting out

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  3. What happened to trials?

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    Posted · Edited by Synergy

    3 hours ago, Ross McArthur said:

    Come on! The Scottish series had a full set of rounds this year, and has done since the Fort Augustus days. There's a British series as well as Tyke Trials, so if anything there are more competitions? The sections are mostly always natural too... I know you've been out the game for a while dude but that doesn't mean ill let you off the hook for talking shite.

    As for the range of parts...Out goes Deng and in comes Jitsie etc etc. Still the same amount of variation, whether you like it or not.

    Not at all, there used to be quite a few competitions up our way but that has died down. There were always loads of competitions down south just most of us couldnt justify travelling to them (at that age we didnt drive or were just starting to drive etc).

    Im not saying there are NO competitions, im just saying there are less....

    Yeah i get jitsie, clean, crewkerz have all come in, but id still argue there were far more brands back in the day.

    Echo - still here
    Zoo - no longer
    Czar (now 24" i believe)
    GU - Still here
    Adamant - no longer made


    These were all full ranges of components and frames where as now they are just one full build or frame.

    Not forgetting all the others that are no longer here
    Koxx - full series of bikes and parts.

    You can argue that there are other brands out there but they dont make the amount of components that the previous ones did.

    Inspired for example. most are custom specs or built with trialtech & mountain bike components for example.

    100% no way there is the same amount of components out there.....

     

  4. What happened to trials?

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    1 hour ago, ben_travis said:

    Michael, Michael, Michael....-_-

    knew you would appreciate it :P,

    I was just looking for a bite, but on a serious note, 

    Trials used to have loads of competitions (granted their is still UCI trials on the go etc) but there were far more local competitions.
    (Ben you will remember the ones that used to be in Fort Augustus back in the day as an example)

    Koxx days was an event where everyone wanted to go /the majority of riders wanted to go.

    Natural riding was the main focus for big events other than group rides. Now the events are more street orientated. Big square ledges/boxes. 

    Street riding has become more and more popular (it happened before 24" was a thing granted) but a lot of the riders have transferred to the street/bmx/"trials" scene that exists these days compared to what i would personally class as trials.

    If that makes sense

    As for the "did it stop you buying trials parts" well actually, it probably had some affect on the amount of products which were out there if you want to be technical about it. Companies would have started investing in 24" components/design etc.

    Look at how many brands there were under Deng, all of which had their own components, when did this volume of products start to decrease..........

  11. The Angry Thread.

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    Pranged the rear rotor on my crewkerz attempting a side hop -_-

    Straightened it as much as possible, but it was still catching badly...

    Swapped it with the front rotor.....

    Attempted the sidehop 3 more times and then pranged that one.....

    one of those nights :@ 

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  17. 2017 UCI Trials World Cup @ Albertville

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    16 minutes ago, monkeyseemonkeydo said:

    That was section 4 you're talking abouit I think. Section 5 he got on the last log, did the ol' one handed wave then dropped straight down without going through the section exit. Couldn't tell if that was a genuine mistake or a finger up to 'the man' due to the decision in the last section. 

    Just watched section 5, yeah i was talking about section 4 ha ! my bad!

  19. C.N.C.

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    Id say use draft sight, its also free and essentially the same as autocad 2d, we use it for simple design work at work when solidworks 3d isnt needed. give me a shout if you need a hand, im often having to do profiles for barges etc to be cut out.

  21. Post Your Desktop Background

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    Posted · Edited by Synergy

    work one.....

    is it self centred to have yourself as your desktop background? :D i love this photo of me playing ice hockey in the czech republic....

    ( i have dual screen at work hence the bar on one side and not the other.)

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  23. Crewkerz jealousy 20"

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    Phoned up tarty bikes looking for a new frame as my existing bike felt too short for me, ended up buying a whole new bike ha *face palms*

     

    Standard alart from had the magura brakes swapped for hope, as I much prefer the hope levers.

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