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Dom Eridani
2007-06-18, 08:20 PM
so, anyone into Trials? i havn't gotten on the bike in a long time, and i know i should. it's really fun, but i havn't had time to do it.
anyone else ride ovserved trials?
ransom
2007-06-18, 08:50 PM
I'm just starting to get in to singletrack, looking at getting a bike in the next couple of weeks. Don't know of anyone riding trials, but I saw a guy messing around on a trials bike at College Park bikes the other weekend.
Might want to check out www.more-mtb.org and see if anyone talking about it.
Dom Eridani
2007-06-18, 08:57 PM
I'm just starting to get in to singletrack, looking at getting a bike in the next couple of weeks. Don't know of anyone riding trials, but I saw a guy messing around on a trials bike at College Park bikes the other weekend.
Might want to check out www.more-mtb.org and see if anyone talking about it.
singletrack.... sounds familiar. remind me what that is.
Dom Eridani
2007-06-18, 08:59 PM
http://www.tartybikes.co.uk
i found this
now, i can buy a tube that'll fit my rear tire. i couldn't find any at any store i went to. after years of searching online, i found tartybikes. i'll order some tubes when i get a chance. they have everything i need. it's cool. check it out.
ransom
2007-06-19, 12:28 PM
singletrack.... sounds familiar. remind me what that is.
Basic trail riding. Climbs, downhill, small obstacles. Nothing crazy, I'm just starting out.
city BMX riding FTW! :daking:
ransom
2007-06-19, 12:33 PM
city BMX riding FTW! :daking:
It's fun, but I sucked at it and sold my Hoffman a few years ago.
It's fun, but I sucked at it and sold my Hoffman a few years ago.
my wife and i actually bought bikes (Mongoose) about a month ago. its fun. i dont do many tricks or anything. just ride around the city and BS and get some exercise. i would love to get a mountain bike and go on trails. but for now the BMX will work
ransom
2007-06-19, 12:36 PM
my wife and i actually bought bikes about a month ago. its fun. i dont do many tricks or anything. just ride around the city and BS and get some exercise. i would love to get a mountain bike and go on trails. but for now the BMX will work
I never got to ride in Baltimore, but College Park is like a street playground.
jasoncerna
2007-06-19, 02:04 PM
My roommates do trials. Mostly street stuff.
There was a trials comp in richmond last year around august that my roommate and I went to so I could take pics of him competing.
Personally, even though I like trials, I don't have the patience to focus on it, so all I can really do is stuff I learned a few years ago: trackstands and some sidehops.
Dom Eridani
2007-06-19, 10:41 PM
city BMX riding FTW! :daking:
i hate when people mistake my mod for a bmx. grrr
http://www.tartybikes.co.uk/product.php?id=2120
i think this is my model. if not, it's looks pretty much the same. i hate when people say, "hey, nice bmx." it's not a bmx. it's a trials bike. it looks nothing like a bmx. the rear tire is like, twice as thick and the front gear is tiny, compared to the bmx front gear. also, my Monty has a teeny tiny seat, and most times, i ride without it. i get a lot of funny looks. lol. oh well. trials riding is fun.
Dom Eridani
2007-06-19, 10:44 PM
My roommates do trials. Mostly street stuff.
There was a trials comp in richmond last year around august that my roommate and I went to so I could take pics of him competing.
Personally, even though I like trials, I don't have the patience to focus on it, so all I can really do is stuff I learned a few years ago: trackstands and some sidehops.
hey, man, lemme know about those trials comps. i may be interested in that again. i really need to get back on the bike.
and dude, a track stand is hard, yo. it's not little stuff, man. if you can do a good three-minute track stand, then you can do trials no problem.
jasoncerna
2007-06-20, 02:13 PM
yea, i learned how to trackstand many years ago, using the old school hans rey vhs tape with him teaching that monkey how to do trials.
i initially learned it out of convenience, so i didn't have to put my feet down at stop signs and stop lights when riding around the streets.
but it's saved me alot of times when i go ride at bike parks that have alot of skinny north shore bridges. at spots where i brake too hard and i don't have any more momentum to keep my balance, so i do a quick track stand then lock my brakes and rock back and forth and let go on the forward motion to get going again.
Bioteknik
2007-06-20, 02:18 PM
ah.. north shore bridge.. that's what I fell off of and hurt my shoulder.. of course the one I fell off of wasn't that high. I'm still quite a noob.
jasoncerna
2007-06-20, 10:52 PM
did you hurt yourself at snowshoe or diablo?