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Is the amount of less weight on a single speed at all beneficial? Seems like people who are good at trials on the youtube all have gears, so I figure there must be some advantage to them besides actual travel. I've been wrong before though.

Cool, I think I'm pretty much sold on 26. I'm thinking about the phase 1.1 or phase 1.2 because they are on sale, I feel like i'd get more bang for my buck... Also, the hitman looks really cool, and so does the cleaner. Probably not the best reason to get a bike... but hey I come from a fixed-gear background, you can't blame me On the topic of gears though. Are they there because doing different tricks in different gears is useful, or is it for getting around? On the topic of getting around, I'd like to be able to bike around campus or basically go like 1-2 miles... I feel this would be very difficult without a seat. Basically, I'm very unsure about what positive impacts gears have and what positive impacts a seat (or not having a seat) has. Clarification would be much appreciated on those points. Also, I always wanted to do a trick video to the song "La Breeze". Right when I heard "whoooaaa ohhh ohhh ohh" in your movie little hairs on my next tickled.

What do you mean by "no mechs"? Also, I'm about 5'8" which (at least I hope) is pretty damned average. I'm leaning towards 26" because somehow in my mind the better someone gets better the more they want a bigger bike? It's really unfounded logic. Also, I want to do more hopping onto stuff than anything else. I'm not sure if the bouncier wheels on a 26" or the lighter frame on a 20" would be better for hopping around. Also to do the a trick where you pop onto the front wheel and then spin the frame of the bike around 360 degrees (can anyone school me on the name of this trick) you'd need a front brake thet goes into the fork or something? Are having brakes like that a function of a very expensive bike/frame or can it be done to any bike? Anyway, I'm leaning toward a 26" because my university campus is on a big hill with a lot of dirt around so I can cut through, and I think 26" would be better for this. I'm also leaning toward a spyrogyra because I'm not sure what each incremental cost increase really gets me. I'm trying to max my marginal utility here... Thank you very much Ali C

I'm not really sure I'm looking to take a risk on some new brand, especially because I'm also new to the type of bike. I'm really not sure if the amount it is cheaper is worth the risk, and I'd like to have a frame I can keep for a while or that will retain some value. Also, a complete would be easier and I think cheaper overall, though I'm not really sure. I'm certainly not ruling out the possibility of a because. I'm really quite curious whether or not the P1 is really a trials bike.

I'm kind of in the same boat. I live in San Diego, CA and I can't find even one trials bike on craigslist near me. There is one 200$ monty in LA, but I'm really not looking to take a whole lot of risks.... I'm thinking of just buying one off tartybikes, but I'm not sure what the shipping will be. They have an estimator, but it requires registering and I'm kind of wondering if anyone has a ballpark. Are we looking at 100USA+ 150USA+ any ideas? Also, I'm really not sure whether a 20 or 26 is for me. The advice on the wiki is if you are a mountainbiker go 26 and if you are a bmxer go 20. Most of my riding is done on a fixed gear bike. An 09' Specialized langster. I love the bike. Anyway, I'm not even sure if that should play into what kind of bike I should get... A yaaba 449 is 420$ US and I've budgeted myself to 600$. Throw in shipping at 150 and I could be spending 570$ on that. I was also looking into a specialized P1 http://www.specialized.com/us/en/bc/SBCBkM....jsp?spid=39175. It is 940$ MSRP, but i always go to my local specialized shop and talk with them and pretend like I'm in the market for a new bike (usually I say I'm going to get a geared road-bike like an allez) so maybe I can get some kind of deal? I'm not sure if this is really not a good trials bike for some reason (it has front shocks which looking around seems not to be on other trials bikes), but I love specialized and I think they are a really quality bike manufacturers. The bad part though, is that because I live in the US it looks like there isn't much of a second-hand market so if for some reason I really don't want a trials bike it will be VERY difficult to sell back... The P1 is kind of out of my price range, but it has a seat, which I kind of want just because I'd feel weird about riding a bike with absolutely no seat, and I can get one at my local shop and hold them accountable for a lot of maintenance. Anyway, that's where I stand and I'm not sure if I should have made a new post about this (not trying to hijack the thread) but I didn't really want to make a whole new thread about getting a good trials bike in America. I'm also 5'8" if that should factor in to the size of the bike I should get.