LordMersey Posted November 25, 2009 Report Share Posted November 25, 2009 I wanted to know who were the great British riders who help get trials in Britain of the ground and who did us proud in comps around the world.ThanksJack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cai Posted November 25, 2009 Report Share Posted November 25, 2009 Martyn Ashton springs to mind.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al_Fel Posted November 25, 2009 Report Share Posted November 25, 2009 Martyn Ashton springs to mind..You can't forget Martin Hawyes.The first trials riders I ever saw were Matt and Eddie Tongue in MBK riding on a Landrover. The first trials riders I saw in person were the MAD Team. So I think they deserve a bit of credit too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT! Posted November 25, 2009 Report Share Posted November 25, 2009 Ot Pi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al_Fel Posted November 25, 2009 Report Share Posted November 25, 2009 (edited) I wanted to know who were the great British riders who help get trials in Britain of the ground and who did us proud in comps around the world.ThanksJackOt Pi.I think you've been in America for too long ha ha Edited November 25, 2009 by Al_Fel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben John-Hynes Posted November 25, 2009 Report Share Posted November 25, 2009 Ot Pi.He is quite English to be fair. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT! Posted November 25, 2009 Report Share Posted November 25, 2009 :$ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FINDUS Posted November 26, 2009 Report Share Posted November 26, 2009 (edited) Its all about mr no way hans rey!not english but had a massive impact! but really its the martins Edited November 26, 2009 by FINDUS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Gray Posted November 26, 2009 Report Share Posted November 26, 2009 nick goddard, tim pratt, jack meek, sam wheeler, james porter, adam besselle and many other british street riders that keep the scene alive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mat Smith!! Posted November 26, 2009 Report Share Posted November 26, 2009 Danny megaskill or summet, seen him on youtube before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben John-Hynes Posted November 26, 2009 Report Share Posted November 26, 2009 Nah, he ride a bmx. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mat Smith!! Posted November 26, 2009 Report Share Posted November 26, 2009 Nah, he ride a bmx.Oh yeh, its got a seet .To be serious, probs just the videos what came out in halfords, tricks + stunts etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeyseemonkeydo Posted November 26, 2009 Report Share Posted November 26, 2009 You can't forget Martin Hawyes.I can try... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.Wood Posted November 26, 2009 Report Share Posted November 26, 2009 Come on then, whats the beef with Mart? Akrigg, Tongue brothers, Ashton, Hawyes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeyseemonkeydo Posted November 26, 2009 Report Share Posted November 26, 2009 Come on then, whats the beef with Mart? Akrigg, Tongue brothers, Ashton, Hawyes.Hawyes has always bugged me for some reason. Never been convinced by his riding- he only got the publicity and coverage he did because of Martyn. He also comes across as a bit of a knob and have heard a few stories of him blanking trials riders because of who he thinks he is... Agreed, Martyn's the main main, Ackrigg to some extent, Ed tongue then people like Kurt Brain come to mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revolver Posted November 26, 2009 Report Share Posted November 26, 2009 Ridders! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeCottTrials Posted November 26, 2009 Report Share Posted November 26, 2009 Even though he's not English, Ryan Leech did smooth the transition from mountain biking to trials for meso from my perspective its all about Leech, although I don't rate him these days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigjames Posted November 26, 2009 Report Share Posted November 26, 2009 Hawyes has always bugged me for some reason. Never been convinced by his riding- he only got the publicity and coverage he did because of Martyn. He also comes across as a bit of a knob and have heard a few stories of him blanking trials riders because of who he thinks he is... Agreed, Martyn's the main main, Ackrigg to some extent, Ed tongue then people like Kurt Brain come to mind.Got to agree with you there Dave, the first few times that i met him even after he stopped riding, when he was a Fisher rep he still had a high and mighty/better than thou sort of attitude; saying that it did seem to wear off once he'd been in the job for a while. Never achieved the same level of riding as Martyn and was always in his shadow so to speak.But still, riders that kicked the scene off in the Uk, Martin and Martyn, Ackrigg, the Tongue Brothers (Eddie more than Matt), Kurt Brain used to be awesome, didn't he get into motor trials and now downhill, Ian Cooper and Rich Johnson. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeyseemonkeydo Posted November 26, 2009 Report Share Posted November 26, 2009 Rich Johnson.And Jez Avery! One of the first people I saw ride trials (for MAD) and a legendin his own lifetime!Edit: Good to see Rich and Jez still going strong! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigjames Posted November 26, 2009 Report Share Posted November 26, 2009 And Jez Avery! One of the first people I saw ride trials (for MAD) and a legendin his own lifetime!Edit: Good to see Rich and Jez still going strong!I remebered Jez as soon as i posted my reply, old school hero, proabbly the first British demo rider?My main memory of Rich Johnson is an article of him in MBUK riding his orange dual hayes disc saracen x-tort in his lovely looking lycra kit in a scrapyard. Probably still have the magazine somewhere! Awesome that he's still going I remeber seeing Ian Coopers RSP Ti frame, my god that was nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psycholist Posted November 26, 2009 Report Share Posted November 26, 2009 Anyone remember Scott Dommet's trials section on the Dirt video ... Hopping around on rocks to impress gurls - awesome ... And he was using canti brakes - come to think of it so was I back then... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeyseemonkeydo Posted November 26, 2009 Report Share Posted November 26, 2009 I remebered Jez as soon as i posted my reply, old school hero, proabbly the first British demo rider?Will Cogger's probably up there too. Saw him in around 1997 riding for Peugeot at the Scottish Car Show in the SECC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klaus1610 Posted November 26, 2009 Report Share Posted November 26, 2009 (edited) Anyone remember Scott Dommet's trials section on the Dirt video ... Hopping around on rocks to impress gurls - awesome ... And he was using canti brakes - come to think of it so was I back then...Dirt was the first vhs of mtb i ever watched,i dont think you'll get much older uk trials than that! + Sott Dommet had the biggest nose iv ever seen! JMC Was a legend i built a bike up just like that specialized! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0DZUIWBYEE Edited November 26, 2009 by klaus1610 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Clark Posted November 26, 2009 Report Share Posted November 26, 2009 How has no-one mentioned the trials kings? When I first started I spent hours watching the video's on their website and looking at the photo's. They also seemed to kick start the street scene over here, whereas Ashton/Hawyes and even Tongue back then were more natural based.Also big shout to Dave Dennis for bashguard.com, that was another site I frequented a lot, and lead me to here in fact. Mart Fricker planting his face through a wall probably opened up trials to the public far more than anything else for a few years too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Gray Posted November 26, 2009 Report Share Posted November 26, 2009 How has no-one mentioned the trials kings? When I first started I spent hours watching the video's on their website and looking at the photo's. They also seemed to kick start the street scene over here, whereas Ashton/Hawyes and even Tongue back then were more natural based.Also big shout to Dave Dennis for bashguard.com, that was another site I frequented a lot, and lead me to here in fact. Mart Fricker planting his face through a wall probably opened up trials to the public far more than anything else for a few years too.amen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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