ogre Posted February 28, 2006 Report Share Posted February 28, 2006 You can sometimes tell, most of the riders i know, have their shoulders pointing more forward where the muscle has grown. You can't tell if they are wearing a hoodie, but you can if they have a t-shirt on.That shoulder thing is true, i've only just noticed that hah, it might just be me and the people i know but i have a habit of jumping up/down things(usually lines they would do/wish they could do), i will grow out of this in a few years (i hope)... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted February 28, 2006 Report Share Posted February 28, 2006 My boyfriend does that all of the time. We can just be out walking and he'll be like: 'oooo look at this'__x___xI dont do that much xxxx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeCottTrials Posted February 28, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2006 am i reading that right... some of you wear select/tartybikes t-shirts when you go out?Are you saying that theres something wrong with that cos i think must trials riders own their own tart-shirt or select shirt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaRtZ Posted February 28, 2006 Report Share Posted February 28, 2006 I only wear it when im riding, either trials or dirt. I've got a long sleeve white and a short sleeve white shirt, and it confused my mate when I took one off to show the other one underneath lolI don't think you could tell, unless 2 had a really big grin on their faces Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impacted. Posted February 28, 2006 Report Share Posted February 28, 2006 You can't get selectbikes Tshirts can you ?Anyway, no I really douibt that I'd recognize a trials rider if he's just walking or sitting on a bench somwhere...trials riders are pretty normal people .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
planet x alan Posted February 28, 2006 Report Share Posted February 28, 2006 blisters on index fingers, shin scars, helmet hair Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simpson Posted March 1, 2006 Report Share Posted March 1, 2006 there is a scan of my rucksack could you spot me???Mine says Random Simson not simpson i spelt my name wrong on my own bag :$ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtbjosh Posted March 1, 2006 Report Share Posted March 1, 2006 yup you can tell with the braking methods and the stance on the pedals, i dont know about the rest of you but i can sure as hell realise if somebody is actually good or skilled in someway/used to a trials bike with the way they stand up and pedal, especially chavs who dont even know what a trials bike is as they have boaght it for 20quid, they tend to be all stiff and look like they have been ring pieced. they pedal with the bike moving from side to side so much and have more or less a full hand over the brake lol. lots of other people just dont seem to be relaxed on a bike. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jared Posted March 1, 2006 Report Share Posted March 1, 2006 yup you can tell with the braking methods and the stance on the pedals, i dont know about the rest of you but i can sure as hell realise if somebody is actually good or skilled in someway/used to a trials bike with the way they stand up and pedal, especially chavs who dont even know what a trials bike is as they have boaght it for 20quid, they tend to be all stiff and look like they have been ring pieced. they pedal with the bike moving from side to side so much and have more or less a full hand over the brake lol. lots of other people just dont seem to be relaxed on a bike.Your spot on there.I can always tell aswell,my mate got on my bike the other day and you could tell he was a rugby player and not a biker.He looked so stiff,he could hardly pull away and i dont think he knows the meaning of the word balance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
011001000110010101110010 Posted March 1, 2006 Report Share Posted March 1, 2006 Full monty lycra, helmet, tryall shoes. Wine in one hand, cigar in other. I can blame you for spilling my drink all over me! That made me laugh long and hard Someone constantly spotting lines, or playing with an imaginary finger bike? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chimpanzyyyy Posted March 1, 2006 Report Share Posted March 1, 2006 Mine says Random Simson not simpson i spelt my name wrong on my own bag :$I do this kind of mistake to sometimes I forget my age and the date of my birthday :$ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Becki_x Posted March 2, 2006 Report Share Posted March 2, 2006 I dont do that much xxxxYeah you do we can just be walking in town or B'ham andI'll be talking and you'll stop and look and be like hmmm this looks good so |x|...|x| Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jared Posted March 2, 2006 Report Share Posted March 2, 2006 I do this kind of mistake to sometimes I forget my age and the date of my birthday :$Hahaha...I did that the other day,someone asked me my age, at first i couldnt remember and then i said im 12 The silly thing is im 14 in a week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Cox Posted March 2, 2006 Report Share Posted March 2, 2006 random white line around the head from where youve had your helmet on too long? kinda like a bikini tan but different Ben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minitrialer Posted March 2, 2006 Report Share Posted March 2, 2006 random white line around the head from where youve had your helmet on too long? kinda like a bikini tan but different BenI never got them on my head, but in the summer when i wore shorts and fox strap shin pads i used to have two pale lines on each leg where the straps had been, looked like a right nob 'ed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeCottTrials Posted March 2, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 2, 2006 I never got them on my head, but in the summer when i wore shorts and fox strap shin pads i used to have two pale lines on each leg where the straps had been, looked like a right nob 'ed.ive had a tan right down my arms which stopped where my gloves where Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chimpanzyyyy Posted March 2, 2006 Report Share Posted March 2, 2006 Hahaha...I did that the other day,someone asked me my age, at first i couldnt remember and then i said im 12 The silly thing is im 14 in a week.haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simpson Posted March 2, 2006 Report Share Posted March 2, 2006 im always lookin for lines everywhere i go so yea it think its quite easy to spot me but dont no if everyone is mental jus me then? ok nevermind My gf doesnt know yet, she thinks i just am gormless, there are greater forces at work inside there is Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
<PACE> Posted March 3, 2006 Report Share Posted March 3, 2006 Clicking of the knees whilst walking, ankles with the same problem and slouched back slightly maybe. Everything apart from the slouched back is me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mini Posted March 4, 2006 Report Share Posted March 4, 2006 I would cheak thier shins for any pedal scraps.from stuart! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dougster Posted March 4, 2006 Report Share Posted March 4, 2006 Since I have been biking for several years my walk has gotton worse. I can't stand for long until my kness get a pain in them (only when I am standing straight). One of mates Chisholm has the funniest walk I have ever seen . Clicking in the wrists aswell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smurftrial Posted March 4, 2006 Report Share Posted March 4, 2006 I'd check for the persons walk to see if they take short steps and then check their hands for callus' then i may know if they are trials riders (I think)...........smurfy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poopipe Posted March 4, 2006 Report Share Posted March 4, 2006 it might just be me and the people i know but i have a habit of jumping up/down things(usually lines they would do/wish they could do), i will grow out of this in a few years (i hope)...unlikely. I'm still doing it, and if you're quiet you can occasionally catch my dad doing it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mini Posted March 4, 2006 Report Share Posted March 4, 2006 Since I have been biking for several years my walk has gotton worse. I can't stand for long until my kness get a pain in them (only when I am standing straight). One of mates Chisholm has the funniest walk I have ever seen . Clicking in the wrists aswell.Lol he bobs up and down!from stuart :arabia: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonny Jones Posted March 5, 2006 Report Share Posted March 5, 2006 Clothes, talk, what they have on their pencil case, things like that. I know in maths lessons and things id imagine myself being a mini-person and hopping from the top of the white-board, to the door handle to the desks at the front of the class... you're head begins to wonder like that subconsciously... its great for us, but a bit strange for on-lookers haha! I know im not the only one who has done this, anybody remember Martyn Ashtons column in a past MBUK - keyboard, to hole-punch, to stapler grind - summot like that! I'll say one thing, the NHS is going to have NO money at all when we are all old and suffering with Arthritis (sp)... o well, you only live once, RIDE ON!!J. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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