marg26

Yes it happens, I adapted to some degree, but it can still happen. I didn't go down the stiffer shoes route as I still need to feel the pedals while riding trials (I'm not a well accomplished trials rider). I need to stop to catch my breath and wait for heart rate to fall after a try or two on a line anyway so feet get a rest then. I usually just get whatever oldschool waffle-grip Vans are on sale.

Why flat latex in particular? Trying to find what to look for before going to diy store to pick it upp but nothing is turning up from usual suppliers I'd expect to find it at in the UK (Screwfix, Toolstation, B&Q, Amazon). This is what happened last year I think, I found a video on youtube for mixing sand with paint for anti-slip boat decking, which specified particular paints making it sound easy and then I look online and it seems to be hundreds of every other type of paint and none of it is cheap. The cheapest thing seems anti-slip decking stain, £12 for 2.5l. I don't expect a stain would be much good at holding sand in place, but would anti-slip stain alone be enough for a bike tyre to find grip. Guess at £12 it's no great loss. But would rather have something solid I know could rely on, without wasting money on paints which don't work. One of the options I thought Might work is barn paint, a flexible waterproof microporus acrylic (Bedec barn paint) - £38 for 2.5l so bit more outlay than the stain but more likely to hold sand I guess.

99% of my riding involves pallets in the back garden! Things are getting wet now and I want to continue riding through the winter. I know there's a few options: 1) Sand in paint - no experience - which type of sand, which type of paint, what if the wood is already old and wet? 2) chickenwire - suspect durability issues having tried it once with some old chicken wire which didn't last five minutes 3) metal lath - available from diy stores, used by plasterers, no experience of it, suspect it might be sharp and unpleasant to fall onto, perhaps soft and non durable too? What's you experience and have you got any tips please?

Sometimes art has shredding potential all over it. Please Be Seated by Paul Cocksedge came to my attention via social media today, the name alone is surely a challenge shouted at trials riders to go shred it! https://www.paulcocksedgestudio.com/please-be-seated

Just over 30 years since Selected Ambient Works Vol II came out! Got it on dual CD. May have bought it twice cost I trashed the first CD set. No idea why that video reminded you of this place though, but I'm not oldschool trials.

Depends on the space you have. I have limited space so the only permanent thing I've got installed is a low concrete wall/ledge next to the hedge. The rest is all stuff I can move around and/or stack depending on how I want to practice. Here's a simple setup that was quite easy. A few days later completely re-arranged randomly with other bits and pieces such as concrete flower pot, concrete boulder, and balance beam, to practice without any easy lines. Also check out James Nursaw trials on youtube, and Thoxson, as well as Jack Carthy if you're looking for extra challenge! Pallets and wood I just collect free from various sources. Either that or left over material from occasional diy/garden projects. Only thing I buy are screws and galvanised nails and a roll of builders strap to keep it all together. The downside is they get extremely slippery when wet, and the ground is just compacted dirt so I avoid riding when it's wet - trials is difficult enough! Considering some sort DIY anti-slip paint but never got around to doing that.

Just saw this calisthenics/movement post on instagram, about learning skills, it 100% relates to trials! https://www.instagram.com/p/C7GdD8Ro07G/

Here's some views I was going to attempt to parrot, but it's just easier to post this here: https://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/do-we-need-a-death-by-inconsiderate-cycling-law-among-others

I'm 11 years younger than you, I've been on the trials journey for over 5 years now, and it just really doesn't come easy at all for me. Other rides seem to pick up stuff far far quicker. I think in part it's my mentality I'm quite risk averse, and find it difficult to strongly want to do things enough to get over the difficulty hurdle that and give up too easily. Perhaps also I'm just not that physically coordinated enough, or my proprioception not developed enough. A long term niggling shoulder injury which I'm slowly learning to deal with definitely hasn't helped either. I still haven't given up yet though, despite deciding a few years ago, that if I hadn't got much better after 5 years (I have got better, but not much better) I'd call it a day and stop. Still going, might be some glimmers of determination!

Last one I saw was when Drop n Roll came down to sunnny Ramsgate, I think the summer of 2017 and I was still in the "wow oh my god how do they do that that's impossible" camp, a year and a half before I decided to give trials a go myself.

I thought it might be that the expectation is more on the event organizer to publicise, but with tending to use social media only for my interests, I don't really follow that much in the way of what else is happening around near to me. I think it would just be cool to see more ''we're going to be at event-x-y-z this/next weekend/month come down and see us!" type posts just for the trials fans 🙂 Unfortunately I'm at the opposite end of the country to visit a Clan stunt show any time soon.

I follow a number of display teams on social media but never seem to hear about the shows they're attending until afterwards! Apparently some have been right on my doorstep at some unspecified point in the past but I never heard a whisper about it. Please display teams make it easier to find out about upcoming shows you're attending!

"The Bruin has a wide toe-box, flat sole, and flexible frame. Durable leather boots designed to keep your feet strong and healthy for the times when normal shoes won’t cut it.. like when you are deadlifting on unicycles 👍" https://www.instagram.com/p/Cr8aE2lsetT/

Ah I really hadn't considered that distinction between nose manual and well controlled stoppies. Danny? Ali? amonst them or others? Here's another BMX thing I've not seen a trials rider do... fakie over a picnic bench! (clip from 2019) https://www.instagram.com/p/C1_TBYFuz-a/