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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/

Don't think I've seen anyone do trials on a swing bike. Obviously, pretty good reason for that. Maybe though, you'd get some viral content with it. Or not. I'm going to file it along with fat bikes, tall bikes, clelands, etc, as niche offbeat bikes I'd like to own one day. https://www.instagram.com/p/Cx-yzu9uIHP/ Looks somewhat limited to keeping rear wheel strictly on the ground. Here's one way to build a swing bike, uses a simple trick to retain bike geometry (rather than cutting to pieces and hoping for the best when welding back together).

I've only seen clips of people on BMXs doing nose manuals up steps, wondered why nobody on bigger wheeled bikes seems to have done it, that I'm aware of. I would have thought BMX due to wheel size would be the last thing to try this on, it looks all sorts of wrong, or is it just because it's so small it's easier to manage? Any of you lot giving it a go on trials bikes?

This looks so so wrong https://www.instagram.com/p/C0HaGqtrvuA/

Depends really what you want to do, but it doesn't sound like what's important to you is to ride as fast as possible down very rough ground which would suit full suspension. I've taken a rigid MTB on a group ride a few times. It's fine on the smoother trails and just as fast and fun, and small sections of rough ground, but as soon as it gets rooty and brake bumps I was shaken to pieces and really couldn't keep up. It was difficult to even see the trails they were just a blur from all the shaking, no exaggeration! And that's just mountain biking in Kent! I do enjoy riding it on XC style trails and urban though, lots of fun.

I've frequently thought something like this would be ideal for my Inspired to assist getting to riding locations. Bimotal - Micro-electric powertrains - https://bimotal.com But far too expensive.... maybe I should consider the super-long seatpost option and just swap them over when I get to the spot I want to ride.

It's been awesome watching the entries for this, some real good stuff, discovered loads of new riders was unaware of.

Created this tongue-in-cheek for a t-shirt very quickly. 300 dpi A4 version as PNG, or SVG. just say no.svg

I went with a 24" street trials bike (Inspired Console) to learn trials on in my early forties. Thought street would be more my thing and wanted to try the smaller wheels as used to ride around on a BMX as a youth. By the end of this year will be 5 years and not once been tempted to try any sort of bar spin or foot jam tail whip. I'm a slow learner so have pretty much been taken up with learning the basics of trials. The 24" felt pretty weird initially but didn't take that long to get used to (kinda like converting from only ever riding SPD pedals for years to learning flat pedals once again). A couple of years ago I tried a 20" mod and it caught me off guard as hadn't expected it to feel yet another level of weirdness! Almost felt like riding a bike in a plank position. I sometimes attempt basic trials on my 27.5" rigid/hardtail (depending which forks I currently decide to run on it) and while I can hop on the rear it just feels a bit too big and unwieldy - but as mentioned I'm not an acomplished trials rider by any means.

Think it's kinda past that point though isn't it? Scientists have been warning about this for decades. We were taught at primary school in the eighties about it so it's not like all this stuff has only just manifested in mainstream consciousness now. It's no surprise to anyone, it's been coming, yet still it seems the only change to the way we live that we're prepared to accept is the change that is forced upon us by the consequences of inaction. Oh look a moron, let's point at the morons, what morons, look at the morons, stupid morons, what morons, glad I'm not a moron like them.

I mean what's more important, a few tiny artificial gardens or the entire planet? I cycle to work & back 5 days a week. Exhaust fumes stink. Not enough has been done that's why get people doing stuff like this. Not bothered to watch the video as refuse to watch GBN.