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4 hours ago, Herbertlemon102 said:
I'll throw down what I learned from riding my alias, hope this helps!
firstly- yes to trialtech bars. They make a big difference.
Flipp runs a 165 actually, and I ran a 180. Longer than most mod stems. Bars were never rolled back to inspired guys' angles either, rise of the bars perpendicular to the floor always.
i owned the newer version of that frame with a 165mm stem, trialtech high risers and It rode really nice, I'll include a video of me bunny hopping and spinning it. You have a lot of fork steerer too which will help massively.
Im 6 foot dead.
Ill include a link to Flipp riding what I believe is your frame too as it's still one of my fav videos
(and the bars are low rise in that video)
is say it's very plausible as a general
EDIT: the 5 degree does make quite a big difference I've found. I rode my 26 with a 90x 25 that I thought was a 90x 30 and couldn't do anything on it like normal. I was dead confused
Oh your riding is quite nice, so explosive and spinny! Still confused wether to go for a short stem or a long one
Maybe I should track down an older one with even more rise so I still achieve the same height with lower length.
I notice flipp puts a pedal into everything in that video though
6 hours ago, Daviesdt said:Think you would always struggle bunny hopping with a bb that high mate, that said, have seen some folks pulling more street type trials moves on mods and stocks so guess possible but also guess it's way harder than on a BMX or Street trials bike. If street is what you want, may be best biting the bullet and picking up a second hand Street trials bike....
I really want to keep riding a mod, so a pure street trials bike is out of the question
While the geometry is better I still find bigger wheeled bikes more sluggish to lift up, and I need to be carefull with these spaghetti arms of mine I do have a 2006 echo lite frame laying around, I know its 1005mm wheelbase, but no clue about bb.
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I've been out of the sport for more than 4 years due to some problems with my health. I picked up a bmx last summer and it turned out to be a lot less straining on my body since the front wheel was so easy to pick up. In the end I really missed not throwing in some trials moves and sold it.
So I'm wondering if I can turn my super trialsy bike into a bit more of a street machine.
I don't remember the complete spec list but here are the important bits;
Frame : Echo lite 2013(?) ±1010mm wheelbase ±60mm bb rise
Stem : VIZ 150mm 30°
Handlebars: VIZ no clue on geometry
I'm super tight atm and really want to spend less than 100 bucks. But the chain and headset bearings are quite rusted so I'll need to replace them anyways.
I was thinking of getting the Trialtech high rise bars to lift up the front end.
Unfortunately the stem that comes with the trialtech bars is way too low.
The highest stem I can see right is only 35° , so just 5° degrees difference with my current stem. Would that make a big difference?
Or should I pick a stem with a short length instead? I noticed the inspired bikes all have quite short stems. But I see flipp running a long ass stem so I'm not quite sure
It's unfortunate the frame is so long in hindsight, I'm 178cm tall so not that short fortunately.
Is it worth it to give this a try, or is the frame just too trialsy?
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15 hours ago, kimosabi said:
Hi there,I like your sidehop game! I made a PC game as you mentioned, see this forum post:
Two years in the making... it's not been easy...If you are interested to try it I'll be very happy to give you a steam key to play it.
Hey, sounds cool! Hit me up with a key.
As for people wondering about the ios version, the person who was supposed to lend me a mac so I can export the .ipa is constantly traveling and I never had the chance to pick it up. My game project is finished in January so I can put a bit more priority on sidehopper from then. -
On 9/18/2016 at 2:27 PM, isitafox said:
Could you make something similar with gaps? Could make the official TGS game!
Yeah I was thinking about that too, but right now I'm a bit too busy with my main project.
On 9/18/2016 at 3:23 PM, Canardweb said:When will the iOS version be available?
The game is pretty much done, I just need to buy the license to develop for apple projects, and then it takes a bit of time to submit it to the appstore and get it approved. I wasn't willing to pay that out of my own pocket, but I might have to since the android version is not generating any money haha.
On 9/18/2016 at 4:47 PM, ItsMatt said:Trials HD is a super successful multi platform game.. there is a good audience for it but they don't know it yet.
Yeah, but the scope of such a game is a bit too large for just a single person haha. And besides, biketrials is a lot slower and more static, which makes a lot more boring for people who don't have any attachment to the sports.
20 hours ago, Greetings said:Great to see you back on the forum
Sorry to hear about your health problems, it's more than understandable that you would want to detach yourself from the sport completely. Although you could have hung around in chit chat if you wanted to avoid trials riders.
Looking forward to trying the game out!
Thanks! I could have, but I would still be too curious to check out new videos
In other news, it's quite sad but the game has already been cloned
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1 hour ago, Guillermo Marin said:
That happened to me after to be working during months..
Take a look my game, maybe you will get some ideas for yours. (only for pc)
https://mega.nz/#!tREnAKqb!765KTxMsXJFL6Q_4uzR2ysU3zXIKT3-EHapbZYaghdA
Yeah I remember your game! It's the reason I allocated some time to make this game, since I knew your game was loved in this community
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7 hours ago, aener said:
This is one of those things that's FAR too fun
Love, love, love it.
Thanks! You might not realise it but there is a character inspired by you in the game
5 hours ago, Guillermo Marin said:Haha that looks great dude. Good work!
Bunnyhop next time?
I really want to make a full biketrial multiplayer game for PC, but it's risky to make something with such a small audience
1 hour ago, Clownbike said:I got 25 in a row!
This is a great game - well done!
Thanks!
I already received some donations, I'm so humbled. Thanks a lot guys!
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4 minutes ago, ItsMatt said:
just needs a little toast man http://i.imgur.com/1qPW5C3.png on a zoo
Haha, if the game gets enough support I will consider adding extra content. For now I already put in so much work for a game that caters to such a small audience
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1 hour ago, Paperclip said:
I am on ios but really cool what you have done. Sorry to hear about your health problems.
Ahh I was afraid a lot of people were on ios here, I hope I can get a ios version out in the future
20 minutes ago, ItsMatt said:good lord I'm in love, sharing this everywhere.
Thanks, I really appreciate it!
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Hey there, been a long while since I've posted anything here.
I've been having trouble with my health since 2013 and can't ride anymore, but trials has always been on my mind.
I had to ignore anything related to trials for a while since it was just a bit too painful to be confronted with it.
More recently I've come to terms with it all and decided to make a little game around sidehops.
It's a pretty simple game, but I put a lot of love into it. Most characters are references to real riders too!
It's available for free on PC and android.
The game's not quite done yet, but it's getting there.
PC: https://eendhoorn.itch.io/sidehopper
Android Open Alpha signup: https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.eendhoorn.sidehoppin
Android store url: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.eendhoorn.sidehoppin
I would like to make an iphone/ipad version as well but unfortunately there are some costs associated to that.
It would be great if you guys could help me out with the funding for the iphone/ipad version.
It's totally optional, but you can make a donation on itch.io when you download the game;
Or you can donate via paypal here
If you'd like to know more about my company, Eendhoorn Games, you can check me out here;
https://twitter.com/EendhoornGames
https://www.facebook.com/Eendhoorn
If you have any questions or feedback, let me know!
(Oh and btw, I'm totally out of date with biketrials networks on the web, if anyone could suggest me any other places I could post this that would be great!)-
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Whenever I see that yellow bike I know I'm up for something good
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Kees Jan asked me to post his getcreative entry here. So here it is.
Never seen anything like this before..
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These sort of muscle pains are well known for coming on very suddenly and progressing fast, however they do take years to form. Its because the body has a wide margin for error, so when you start to feel pain you are fairly far progressed. Unless you go to a top notch chiropractor on a regular basis you wouldn't know.
If your shoulder blades pop it means that they mis aligned and the muscles in your shoulder are out of sync. Go to a GOOD physio and get them to check your whole body first, i don't know if you have free physios in your country but if you have to pay its well worth it. If they can explain why you have pain and that it is postural or because of neuro-muscular activation then you can get it sorted. If they can't explain it, you may have to look into other health conditions that may be causing it (fibromyalgia or whatever comes up??).
80% of the pain people feel in their life is muscular but health services invest very little in treating it. Be prepared to move doctors and try lots of specialists until you can narrow it down.
Use ice/ frozen peas alot and get one of these for your legs until your doctor finds out what is wrong:
Thanks for the info, sounds like you know your stuff. I´m going to give the doctor a call tomorrow since this is beginning to become unbearable. I´ll ask if she can forward me to a physio, I´ve never actually been to one.
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Haha, I did wonder if perhaps there was a language difference involved, but I'd like to think not
Custard here is a yellow liquid dessert commonly eaten with sliced bananas and produced by Birds (the company, not the feathered creatures!)
Haha that sounds about right. Still not sure whats funny about it though
I think you might be right about it being a wider problem. I hate to bring up fibromyalgia, as I really hope it's not that.
I just looked it up. Whilst I did have sleeping problems my entire life, all of the other symptons don't really match with what I have.
Thanks for mentioning it though, had never heard of this.
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I have nothing relevant to add that hasn't already been said, however this is awesome;
Why is that awesome?
I was not really sure what the english word was, so I might have said something funny.
i had an mrt,have the pics on dvd if you want some lol
it showed clearly(could see it for myself without being told where its located
)that my "discus triangularis" is teared apart,that thing is kind of a buffer for pressure loads.i ride with 661 "wrist wraps",they support without taking the training effect away,really good
Oh interesting, I wasn't really sure if there was any kind of "scan" to see damages in muscles.
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Firstly, I am not a doctor but I would get your circulation checked. Then, you are underweight, I am more than 64 kg and I am a short ass. Thirdly check this book out, it solved my forearm problem:
Fourthly, change your job.
They checked it many times and it seemed to be fine. Making games is my passion, I won't change that haha. But I don't really think it has anything to do with it, as I often did the same thing at home for 12 hours, and I had no problems whatsover at that time.
Try doing some stretches and eat more!
Yeah I'm planning to stretch some more, thanks for the tip!
He's 5'9" and 10 stone 1lb? That's far from underweight, that's a healthy weight. I know 5+ blokes who are that sort of height and well under 10 stone who are far healthier than me.
I'd go and see a doctor and a physio. It doesn't sound like a simple case of stretching more or exercising less to me.
Yeah my weight is fine, I'm not really thin or anything.
The doctors here don't give a shit, they put through the usual routine and then conclude nothing is wrong.
i´d like to come up with the powerball tip,mainly because strenghtening up is good anyways
i got massive problems with my wrists since last year,some fibrocartilage is irreversibly damaged,and i tend to feel the pain a bit up the forearms,in the area you´ve mentioned.sometimes pain in one area is an indicator for problems in another,so overall strenghtening of your arms would be my tip.
yeah okay,go to a doctor to be certain,thats right.
but doctors arent always the solution,mine said i´d have to quit riding by now(august 2012),and with powerball training,different handlebars angle and nutrition(chondroitine etc)i´ve been getting to a point where its possible to ignore an "irreversible damage"
wasnt going to tell the whole story first,just to mention the "doctors solution" bit,sorry
I actually have a powerball haha. Never seemed to help though.
How did they determine your muscles are damaged? Since they didn't want to do anything else beside a blood check here.
I have a couple of suggestions, I have had bad forearms and wrists too and i am also a programmer so I know how annoying it is.
- Trigger Points. Your muscles are overused and too weak to put up with riding and programming so you are developing trigger points in your muscles. These are basically knots in the muscle. When your muscles get over used the elements in the muscles fibres lock up. when they lock up they get larger and cut off blood supply which causes more to lock up. Trigger points can be dealt with by squeezing out old blood and getting new blood in the area.
Typically people massage or use a foam roller, I personally find ice packs (frozen peas) much more effective and as your hands are hurting you probably can't massage so ice your forearms twice a day until they are as cold as possible without burning.
- The other issue with this sort of problem, is that it won't go away until you get the root cause sorted. Your desk is likely to be making it worse, make sure your seat and tabletop are at the correct height and that your wrists are not bent at all when you type or use your mouse.
You also probably need more strength before you can cope with riding and long hours of computer work.
- Gaining strength shouldn't be started until you have rested your arms sufficiently, when the pain is mild and bearable strengthening and stretching should help. You will need to use physio bands and particular exercises for this. See a good Physiotherapist it will make the process so much quicker and easier, they will have you back to normal as quickly as possible.
As for your other concerns if you have some sort of blood issue this will make your muscles more prone to problems, but the same goes for postural problems. Your doctor sounds a bit crap, change doctors if you can and get a second opinion / more tests with your other concerns.
The trigger points sound spot on, I do have alot of knots. When I move my shoulder blades apart you can actually hear them "pop" or something, it's really strange.
Besides riding I also exercise a bit before I go to sleep, do some push ups and stretch. I can see that this would not be enough though.
The thing that's weird to me as that I have the same lifestyle as I always have, but now suddenly I have this issue with my muscles. I can't think of anything that would have triggered this.
Not sure on the weight thing, I'm 5'7" and about 76kg, there is no way I'm overweight - you can't say that just because someone is tall and light that they're underweight.
Possibly look at getting an upper body massage, I partially sublaxed my right shoulder years ago on the trials bike which resulted in a knot of muscle in my back pressing on a nerve and loosing all grip strength, movement and feeling in my right hand. Going to the doctor resulted in nothing and seeing a physio didn't diagnose the problem either (although they gave me exercises to help), back massage showed signs that I had dislocated my shoulder (I wasn't aware that I had and it was an immediate out and in job) but within a week of the massage I had full strength back.
Yeah I've been thinking of getting a massage. I don't really know where to go to though, we have lots of "thai massage" places in amsterdam, I think that's a whole different kind of massage though
Thanks for all the kind replies everyone, always a great help here!
It has gotten pretty bad overnight, my legs are also starting to hurt a lot and for the first time it is keeping me from riding.
I actually had a dream that a dog was biting my arm tonight and it wouldn't let go, pretty much the feeling I have in my arm haha.
But I'm beginning to think it's a wider problem, since my legs are also starting to hurt more.
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This forum has been a great help in the past. Someone here actually diagnosed my heart condition (re-entry tachycardia) while the doctors convinced me nothing was wrong (They did eventually found out the re-entry tachycardia when I pushed it on them to research it).
So here I am again. The last 6 months I've been having some troubles with tension in my forearm muscles They are basically tense the entire day and won't relax. It has gotten to the point where squeezing a brake or pressing the shoulder buttons on a gamepad hurt. My legs also hurt sometimes, after long walks I can't sleep from the pain, it feels like they are being sueezed in a vise. This doesn't affect my every day life alot though.
I've been to the doctors, they did a blood exam, couldn't find anything and didn't bother anymore.
The muscles that bother me most seem to be these:
- Extensor Capri Ulnaris- Extensor Digitorum
- Sometimes Flexor Capri Ulnaris
When squeezing a brake it hurts more in the underside of my forearm;
- Flexor Capri Radialis
- Palmaris Longus
It's kind of hard to pinpoint the exact muscles though, but it seem to be these.
My nutrician seems to be fine:
- I eat breakfast (custard)
- lunch at work at 13:00 (sandwiches with chicken or cheese, usually a piece of fruit too)
- Dinner (usually a typically dutch meal which consists of potatoes, vegetables and a piece of meat)
I weight 64kg and am 1.80 meters tall.
I work as a programmer at a game company, so I work with mouse and keyboard a lot. At work I've adopted the use of a drawing tablet instead of a mouse to reduce stress on my forearm. I have also purchased a high quality anti-RSI mouse called the handshoemouse. I've only had it for a week, so I haven't used it a lot though.
I had times where I would work 8+ hours a day on a computer for weeks in the past, and I never had problems with muscle tension there. so I'm not sure if siting behind the computer is related.
Since i've started working fulltime I don't have alot of time for biketrials, usually around 3 hours a week in 1 session. I have no pain whatsoever whilst riding, it feels like that is because I'm warmed up though.
This issue is starting to have a big impact on my ability to work. I had to work overtime today and the extra hours are killing my arm.
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That's a pretty small disc on the rear, any idea which brake it is? Seems to hold up good.
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If anything, Power/Solidness/Stiffness in the lever i think is where this brake is full of win!
I think it's a nice lever, but the fact that you can move the blade outwards feels sort of scary. Maybe you haven't noticed it, but I keep doing it on accident while coasting along and it feels strange haha.
I agree with the water bleed feeling though, it does feel very responsive!
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Was riding in Schevening, The Hague yesterday. First time riding 'proper' obstacles besides the normal street thingies I practice on.
God was I scared at some points. Even fell in between the blocks once. Heh! Good times!
Edit: woops, confused you with roderick there haha. Anyway, looking good!
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The inspired bikes are really expensive. I think you should consider get a second hand bike, it's alot cheaper and most of the times they are really well maintained. I have been riding with he same wheels and front brake for 5 years for example, still works !
It doesn't matter if you don't get a specific street bike. Danny macaskill himself didn't have that for most of his riding career. You can change the height of your bars and you can make a pure trials-bike it as streety as you want. -
Oh damn, haven't thought about bleeding at all. I don't have a bleed nipple
And I'm also not sure if these are fine to run with water.
Just received the brake. Under the cover at the cilinders there is a small bolt similiar to the 2005 hs33. Not sure if the old bleed screw fits though, since I've lost it. Also not sure if I can run it with water. It came with a good bleed though, so all is good.
I just tested 10min outside my house and it was pretty good without bedding the pads in. The lever is a tiny bit flexier, but that might just be because I never used a long blade. There is a little screw on the top that you can use to change the lever's reach, really handy!
The tpa feels really fragile when turning it though, I'm afraid to touch it. The lever overall seems a bit less strong, but only time will tell.
One minor annoyance is that it uses torque bolts with some strange ass thread. But other than that I'm really satisfied.
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Can I make my super trialsy-mod a street machine?
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Man I missed the trials community, offering the frame is way too generous. But I'm not quite sure to what degree I can ride trials with all my health jazz going on, I think the frame deserves someone who can make full use of it. And brakeless scares me either way
Thanks for clearing that up, regarding the bar angle and BB height. I feel somewhat at ease knowing that I can make it work out with this frame.
I can't test rolling the bars forward right now as the bike is rough shape after sitting untouched in a moisty shed for four years, but once I'll receive new parts I'll let you know how it turned out!
Hit me up if you're ever in the Netherlands. Even if it turns out that I won't be able to ride I could show you around some nice spots