ben_travis

rightyho... im glad to say i made the old vert wall today, totally vert, was chuffed to pieces and made it today in the rain (Y) was fantastic, hooks arent too hard, although getting used to riding faster is the only way, faster than u would for anything else i would say, and longer run-up than u imagine (this is for Street hooks, i know its harder and u dont have long run-ups in comps) it took me about 30 attempts but made it up to both wheels, its just speed, compressing ur back tyre and springing up to front then bringing your back wheel onto the wall. hold your front brake only, if u hit back wheel on wall with brake on u will have no momentum. i learnt on a 51-52" wall, give it a shot, just commit boys ben

cheers for all the comments again guys, its much appreciated, glad ur all enjoyin it, new one is already started, and i learnt front hooks tonight so we will soon see what i can get done cheers ben

well it may not have totally crossed the line joe, but if he hadnt have given the goal it would have been a penalty for the goalkeepers challenge, so its gunna more than likely be a goal anyway well done anyway, jose marhinio (sp) needed putting in his place, hes an arrogant twat, at end of game he just wouldnt admit that chelsea couldnt break the pool down. ben

well done to liverpool 1-0 victors over chelsea awesome ben

So guys, seeing as the last sheff ride seemed so awesome, i fancy riding there, have been speaking with dW@hulltrials, and we quite fancy going there. whats everyone's thoughts cheers ben

my fist trials bike was a marin quake 5 jump bike 17" frame moved onto a dmr trailstar which led onto a ddg blackjack, i was awesome on that thing which led me to.......erm...........my curtis i think, may have been some thing else in between those. and finally i have a coust frame now, thats blue (Y) and i want a KOT next me thinks ben

exactly what i was thinking, aust, accept a joke for gods sake, everyone else read it as a funny ben

cheers for the comments guys, glad your all enjoying it!! like i said, i was running out of ideas with my riding and videos, but i got some inspiration from a few members of this forum (via videos) and am really enjoying riding more than ever, looking fwd to making another video. any more comments welcome ben

james - some f**king awesome riding as usual, smooth as well by the looks of things, i wanna learn hooks. sam - never knew how good you were, liking some of your sidehops my man, very big, very smooth, get more videos out. john - loving the street style, its also awesome, keep it up guys, get more videos out sam and john, james keep them rolling ben

so....... i had been struggling getting riding just recently, being banged up with uni work, and generally not feeling the 'vibe', but i wanted to get back going, and watched some videos etc, got some decent inspiration and made this video. some footage from last year, some from this, just watch it and tell me what u think. its 5 mins long 34mb file size (.mov) its not bad quality music by yellowcard and the gorrillaz features : me TRIALS SHACK LINK >>> let me know what you think, cheers ben

oh yea link dont work ben

can someone post me a pic on here or on msn, i cant see the one on otn cheers ben p.s i am a member

adam im not sure about that, MMA sports import them and they are in the catalogue with super tacky and slow-reezay, im next to positive about it, could possibly be 2.35"??? cheers ben

Hey again guys, adam, i will probs only able to ride that natural u talking about on the saturday anyway, so thats the day i would prefer to meet up and ride this amazing natural try improve my skills, i think ill be riding with damon and hull boys on the sunday, so im trying to find where they would like to go, hence the second part of question about yorkshire riding! but yea ill chat to u on msn about riding on the saturday if your up for it! yea so guys think im gunna ride natty with adam one of the days so if u fancy riding that with us, assuming its ok with the locals, we will meet up there for a decent ride :D now i am still open to suggestions for riding street in yorkshire, cheers ben

im not sure but i think tarty may have suggested that place. ANyway, any more suggestions guys, if anyone wants to add me to msn feel free, we can have a chat and some organising. cheers guys ben

righty. I finish exams on 16th May this year and am planning for some decent weather and some rides to be organised. Here we go, as the GF lives in Leicester, i am planning a small visit to that area to see her till the wednesday night, now i want to stay in that area to go for a decent ride in that area this may well include Nottingham Street Natural Riding (tarty made a suggestion, forgot its name) Leicester Loughborough (any more suggestions???) So this may be a ride for the thursday or Friday, alternatively i could come ride that w/e (21st/22nd), depending on everyones thoughts. Following this i will be returning to hull, the birth place of myself, to ride with the guys from there, and possibly raid the Tartybikes place see if i can find some stuff to spend on :P. So organisation of a similar ride during the week or on the sunday in yorkshire, suggestions i make are leeds hull sheffield Natty in yorkshire any other random places, make some more suggestions!!! so what do u guys think, i know this is well in advance, but you know its good to organise big rides well in advance, i am quite happy with riding natty both days or street both days on the w/e, although one day (sat) in leicester area, and one day (sun) in yorkshire are would be fantastic. any suggestions sorry for long winded post, want to make it as clear as poss. ben

read the thread joe it says above what he was doing nice one man, unlucky about not being able to get a new replacement cheers ben

this un named forummer watson by anychance, haha, some of these are good carry on ben

more than likely due to bandwidth problems, iassume adam needs the space for the matt staples promo video, just wait a wee while and adam might bhave it back online, look how many people have looked at tartys topic imsure the d/ls are 100+ already cheers ben

yea this is my reason too, but im 100 miles north of this guy so its very difficult to get down there :o, although next year ihope to be down in hull for second uni semester so its really more likely ill be able to compete good topic wayne

hey mike put the clips up that u got from aberdeen :o cheers ben hope your ankle is ok, i missed it but looks harsh

you will find that trek are one of the biggest bike companies on the planet, they have ultimate resources, from wind tunnels to extremly good knowledge with frame materials, its certainly not market bull as they took a frame to a trek uni day at stirling on wednesday and cut it up along with many carbon frames, so they did invent it and do own all rights to it, hence why no one else can use. i am unsure why you think its unlikely trek invented the material, you obviously dont know how big they are in the cycling industry. also on this uni day they only found one other manufacturers carbon frames that were better then theirs, colonago frames, however after a quick phonecall they found that colonago get their carbon from FERRARI. so yea, my two cents

if i am correct in thinking u mean DAMON WATSON from hull, one of the most awesome riders going, been riding less than two years, yes TWO years, glad you guys had a good ride wish i could have made it, aberdeen is around 12-14 hours drive, haaha cheers ben

yea i had spotted it, if u look in the post above yours :unsure: cheers ben

righty guys, was having a chat with my boss at work, and a trek rep today on the phone, basically ZR9000 would be a great material for trials, its super dent resistent, very light, and uber strong, i know im contradiciting my first post, but this is a confirmation of facts now. However, trek and gary fisher, are the only people who are allowed to use this material, must be their design (trek own gary fisher) and the base material, Zinc i think it is, is super for frame building, however the downside. expensivio, not so much as ti, but still very expensive to manufacture and as trek dont make any trials bikes, i cant see it happening anytime soon for trials frames. anyway, thought i woulc confirm something cheers ben