PeteM

I didn't even know they made a second one. May try and get my hands on that - was it on VHS or DVD as I don't know if I can bear watching a video with the quality being so poor and the sound being Grade A cack!!! Whatever happened to Hans Rey? All I remember about him from Chainspotting (and I think he was in Tricks and Stunts too) was him barking on about a chocolate foot!!?? My thoughts at the time about that was having a chocolate foot for trials is surely just stupid as the power you put through your legs would surely snap your chocolate foot right off.

It's excellent to know that there are riders on here that know what Chainspotting is, for some reason I thought I would be the oldest one on here. Just out of interest has anyone seen the old Dirt and Getta Grip videos? (And yes I did say videos....god they were poor quality but I thought the riding was immense - it really inspired me to just pick up my old Giant Iguana and start thrashing it about when I was about 14). Also out of I interest are there any trials magazines you can buy or is it all restricted to columns and sections in general mountain biking/ bmxing mags? Cheers for any help.

I got into it when I was watching the Chainspotting video. I was absolutely amazed at the two Martins hopping around in the Uk and then when they were battling it out with Hans Rey in California that was it for me...I just thought right I want to have a go at that. The problem was I had a 21.5 inch Giant with small travel suspension forks on and plastic pedals and to top it off I couldn't even bunny hop. So after many months of slowly getting better at bunny hopping by practicing hopping over a piece of bamboo laid on top of trainers I finally invested in a GT Zaskar and built that up into a trials bike. It was a pain trying to get a bashring as trials wasn't that big then. Anyway, I got out of trials when I went to Uni however now reading all the posts on here and watching stuff on youtube I'm really excited about starting it up again.....so hopefully I will be getting a Zoo Pitbull for Xmas and transfering all the stuff off my old GT to this. Can't wait!!!

Hi, I used to ride trials about 8 or 9 years ago riding a modified GT Zaskar LE but since then I have not been out on my bike at all and been out of the mounting biking/ trials scene altogether. I am now looking at getting back into it again but I am baffled by the number of trials specific frames available. I have got a new Specialized Rockhopper Expert Disc through my company's ride to work scheme so I am now looking at building up a trials specific bike and just need a new frame (I plan to transfer the trialsy parts off my old Zaskar onto the new frame). I am 6'2" and weigh about 14 stone - could anyone please recommend a solid frame for me (ideally under £200) to start off with and whether to either get a proper trials specific frame or get a small framed dirt jump bike. Many thanks in advance.