ben_travis

I concur...

that hampden park video would have worked much better if hampden was dark when the filmed it, then all the lights coming on. wasted opportunity

No worries flipp, cheers for the offer though,. Will be down in london from 8am on the saturday, leaving 8pm sunday so plenty of time to get some riding in!

Sounds like a plan. Give me a should on FB and we will sort something out. p.s. cramping your style....LOL.

Its a little off topic, but is anyone going to be around on the Saturday as well for some riding as well? Also looking for a place to stay on the Saturday night so if anyone is able to offer that'd be amazing...

Any mainstream media mention should be classed as good, no matter the size or quantity. That is if you want the sport to be as mainstream / big as you seem to be suggesting. Please note the following is only my opinion / view of things at the moment: I for one, am quite happy with the sport being the size it is. People who ride trials make a living from the sport (demo teams, shops, trials companies), and they don't try to just rinse the sport of all its cash then leave. Those in the sport do seem to have a genuine interest in doing it for the benefit of the sport. If you were to increase the interest in the sport too rapidly, the numbers of companies just trying to make a quick buck from the sport would increase significantly. This would create a sharp rise in revenue in the sport, then no doubt it would drop just as quickly. Many forget that trials is a difficult sport to learn, it isnt just 'pick up the bike and suddenly you are doing 6 ft hooks' it takes years of dedication to get to an average standard, and many people can't hack this. This makes it difficult for the sport as a whole to take off and become 'big'. Futhermore, there is too much in-fighting in the sport, people come along and see that there is an unfriendly online presence which immediately puts people off. I never have an issue with people on rides and love a bit of banter, but on here people get offended easily if you don't have the same opinion as them, while 60% of the topics always seem to have a trolling / aggressive undertone. I don't think we will ever be a 'massive sport', i quite like doing something a bit different, and I would quite like it to stay the way it is. I've been doing it for 15 years, people come and go, but it has survived none-the-less. It will always be around, but i don't think it'll suddenly become like the size of BMX'ing or MTB'ing because its a sport that is difficult to comprehend. I have many more opinions on this topic, but I am going out for a beer / dinner with the other half Aurevoir

Train booked...i am in...

Why I like watching TRA videos: Such a beast Thomas. Keep it coming.

awesome video. Leo is such a good rider.

Hmmm, never knew that. Certainly doesn't paint him in a good light...

haha. Each to their own Dave, I like both Cav and Brad from what I have seen of them. I wasn't trying to say I didn't like Chris, just wondered where the gent who made the comment got it from

Is this based on Chris Froome's autobiography? If so, then of course its going to be biased towards his side of the tension. Have you read Brad's autobiography? If it was based on something else, an internet link or similar, could you put it up as it is something I'd like to read I haven't been following the tour as much this year, its a shame that Cav' is out more than Froome being out as i prefer the excitement / build up of the sprints, although Chris will be missed more when the climbs come because of his prowess in that area.

Arcade spec stem on mine and i find it perfect. I had the same stem on my Hex (albeit with lower bars), and then my skye, then the marino, on the arcade and moved over to a console now and the stem feels perfect. They just take a little bit of getting used too, however i can't fault the geo for any of the moves you've listed

Enjoyed that .

SKILLS.

haha. sorry i meant un-named. Thanks for rubbing that in

Another pink bike find, however seeing as stock riders use MTB tires regularly for trials bikes i thought this was relevant. Its an unbranded prototype, but the tread looks interesting. something to keep an eye out on. EDIT: Probably ignore me as it seems it is a 27.5 tire. FFS i should probably read first http://www.pinkbike.com/news/prototype-maxxis-downhill-tire-2015.html Pics:

Saw this over on Pinkbike.com http://www.pinkbike.com/news/chris-akrigg-the-man-behind-the-lens-fabric-video-2014.html I havent watched it yet, so can't tell you whether its worth watching...

additional clips were awesome as well guys. DAMMMMM boy got skills

saved for future reference. cheer JD

Just to everyone knows, i didnt pick on a particular person when i asked for the topic to be cleaned up. it was going off topic, the way it always does on here, and thought I'd try do my bit to rectify it. Anyway, the mods decided whose posts got removed, and I agree with both yours and JD's comments. I know you like a discussion Matt, I'm not exactly known for my shy, introverted mentality, however sometimes I feel the need to help people a little, and in this case, negative comments, however constructive, arent working. unfortunately the 'tough love' approach does not work on all people, and from the way G has reacted on many occasions probably shows just how little it works with him. In that scenario its about trying a different method. I didn't say lets all love and molly coddle him, just lets stop spraying weed killer on everything he does and let him flower (too much gardening...getting old...) P.s. meant to add this - @Vivian-Trial - thats not the right attitude either, and certainly doesnt help the situation.

I might not be the only one, however I asked the mods to do it Matt. While i agree with some of the things people have said in the past, it is verging on bullying the way people go about it with G. The joke is a little old now, its not really that funny, even more so when it is being repeated in every topic the guy makes. He has every right to delete / remove his post if he so wishes, no-one really knows whats going on in the guys life, and its probably something totally non-bike related that is messing with his emotions, so for whatever reason I felt he needed to be given a bloody chance for once. People make the comments then he deletes his topic, its a vicious cycle and if people want it to stop then sarcastic, witless comments to him isnt the way to go about it. IMO this is a topic about his video, not his personality, so we should be commenting on that, not something totally unrelated.

G - i agree with the last sentance of JD's post;

absolutely BOSSED it. awesome riding Flipp. Very inventive with alot of those lines. *(editing looks sweet mark, but havent watched with sound yet so can't comment)

trials does have a long way to go, however the factions that exist within our sport is the very thing that is holding it back... p.s. should have said. great video.