Alexthelyons

Allestree, it's ne'er the centre (kind of)

What some bmxers do (it might be differant for trial riders) is wrap electrical take around your rim, so it covers the spoke nipples. This might be differant for trial riders as I've only seen it done on bmx.

Thanks for the info, Ill look on the for sale part

Well, I ride left foot forward and sidehop to the right (is that relavent?) but when I do wheelies, I push off with my right foot. This didn't seem too bad earlier because I wheelied up to ledge (landed on bash plate) then hopped up and wheelied off, all right foot forward. But pedal kicks? If i hop left foot forward but wheelie right foot forward, how do I go about doing these? I can do a small wheelie (1/8 of a pedal rotation) then hop onto my back wheel, but can't hop again. Should I learn to wheelie with my left foot or learn to hop with my right foot? Also, I'm looking to buy a trials bike. I don't really know much about them though, but the onza bird looks ok? I looked at the rip, but it doesn't have hydraulic u-brake mounts. What bike would be good to start on, it needs to be cheap though. My dad doesn't like the sound of second hand, as it might have problems with it. What do you guys think?

Hi I'm alex, I don't have a trials bike yet. My mate got one 2 days ago and I like it and he let's me ride it abit. So I joined up to see what bikes are good and what I should buy. I currently have a bmx and a 26" dj bike I sometimes use for trials, but it has a rear disk and rear gear mech, and I'm scared to death of snapping either of them doing sidehops (which I've already done once)