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Danny Kearns

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  4. Post A Pic Of Yourself Thread

    in Chit Chat

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    :D Just need my beard to grow onto my cheeks and upper lip properly...

    No more pics, person must have deleted em or something.

    Is it not fully developed yet pal ?:P

    You wait till it does, ha!, You'll wish you'd of never touched a shaver. I can go to bed now for example, ill get up for work at half 5, Ill have shave again :(

    f**kign hate it.

  10. Leicester Ride - Jonny Mc Birthday/homecoming Ride Lol

    in Member Organised Rides

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    JUST go home. 4 n half hours to get home from Leicester. Piss take

    Leicester, to derby, to birmingham new street, to wolverhampton, back to new street, to stoke.

    f**king great stuff.

    All that aside. oh my god, what an AMAZING ride, Jonny, I cant explain how good it was to see you again :D

    Thanks to everyone for turning up :D

    My front wheel shizzle is officially dialed :D

    Deffo another Leicester session soon :D

    woop

  18. Lmao!

    in Trials Chat

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    yes my friend, was sick as fook, shame about the weather on sat though. htid 28 next in brumton

    fairplay mark

    Pauly mate, you going HTID in the sun 09 ?

    I need someone go with :(

  22. Try All 108.9

    in Beginners Trials Chat

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    Tensile freewheel's are the best freewheels ever. I've used Try-All, Eno and Tensile. First freewheel I had was a Eno, It exloded on me within a matter of week. So, I was un-decided on what to get, had heard mixed reviews on the Try-All, but decided to grit my teeth and go for it. I used my try-all freewheel for well over 8 months and it never once skipped through on me and i gave it alot of abuse. As far as i am aware, it's still running perfectly fine now and i sold that bike over 12 months ago now.

    On the bike after that. I had a Tensile freewheel. Was useing that for atleast 10-12 months and not once did it skip through or anything. Engagement felt super solid, couldn't feel a difference between this 60 clicks in the Tensile, compared to the 108 in the Try-all. In all honesty, the Tensile felt more sturdy.

    I would highly reccomend a Tensile as my first choice. Try-All would deffinatly be my second option though (Y)

  23. First Bike

    in Beginners Trials Chat

    Posted

    Generally any of them bikes are going to be perfectly fine for you. Your height is perfect for riding either stock or mod which is a big advantage. The question is, what do you want from trials ? Do you want to persue your riding career on mod or stock ? You can change at anytime like, but it's always best to make your decision now in my opinion.

    Do you have any form of knowledge on Bike-Trials ? Do you know about the different type's of riding ? I'll explain anyways.

    Firstly we've got "TGS" (Tap, Gap, Sidehop). Generally the most common form of riding in the trials community today, with it being seperate individual moves and not a connection of a few moves, it makes it more easy to learn, the majority of the time, when doing that type of riding, you notice your improvement by getting an inch ontop of what you thought was your limit, or performing the move smoother/nicer.

    Next up we have, "Lines". To be honest, lines can consist of anything, it's generally your TGS, but it's all linked into one motion. So for example, Tap up the wall, 180 pivot on the front wheel, turn on the rear wheel and gap to front on a rail. Thats lines, it's going to be difficult for you to understand if your knew to the community but i'll explain now to make things easier for you in the long run.

    Thirdly we have "24" spinny style". Generally recognised in the 24" section bikes, however it is been brought into the 26" side of things. Its basically a mix of bike-trials and bmx. You find this style of riding is more flowy and "bandity" than your average bike-trials. Interesting to do, but very hard to learn.

    Lastly we have "Natural". Generally competition based, however people do ride it for fun, this style of riding is completly to any of them i have just listed. Its all in the head in my opinion. It's a base of technical skill, speed and concentration. Natural is all done on "Natural rocks" in quarrys for example. If you attend any YMSA bike-trial round or a british round that will show you everything about Natural riding.

    I've picked out a few video's to show you each one of my explainations:

    TGS - TGS Video

    Lines - Lines Video

    24" Spinny Style -

    Natural - Natural Style Video

    So, Base your view on which bike you wish to choose, by the style of riding you wish to persue your riding career in. Thats the best way to start trials in my opinion.

    So take a look at what i've just given you and have a good think. Anymore question's, Giz' a shout (Y)

    Danny :)

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