adz_rolls Posted March 12, 2008 Report Share Posted March 12, 2008 HelloThis maybe a stupid question but i was wondering if im too old for trials? i have just turned 22! i used to ride trials when i was around 15. im not a beginner but i am oldschool. it seems a hell of alot has changed since i last rode. I just wanted to get your views on it? i was wondering how old you guys are? and how long you have been riding? whatever your views i am still gonna start riding again, i just wanted to know what you boys thought.Cheersadam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trials_noir Posted March 12, 2008 Report Share Posted March 12, 2008 Well i would say that you are never to old to ride and you could possibly teach and old dog new tricks.My mates and i are all round about 18 to about 23 and we all ride trials.it is not an age thing it is if u enjoy it go out and do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heatsink Posted March 12, 2008 Report Share Posted March 12, 2008 22 isn't old! Don't be put off by the average age of TF members being lower than this. There are plenty of riders in their mid & late twenties plus riders in their 30s and 40s I've heard. I started getting into Trials riding in 1996. Good on you if you're able to keep riding in your twenties! Naturally, opportunities reduce to get out riding as you get older and jobs, relationships, responsibilities feature more prominently in your life. If anything, you need trials more as you get older in order to get some some fun & fittness to counter balance the necessities of working to put bread on the table plus a typically more seditory lifestyle.Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Dark Posted March 12, 2008 Report Share Posted March 12, 2008 theres loads of "senior" riders on here....the oldest are around mid 40's so you're hardly old compared....i cant really see anyone being too old to do trials though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eskimo Posted March 12, 2008 Report Share Posted March 12, 2008 I only got back into trials a year or 2 ago, and i'm 21. Provided your body works there shouldn't be a problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebelistic Posted March 12, 2008 Report Share Posted March 12, 2008 This maybe a stupid question but i was wondering if im too old for trials? i have just turned 22!Don't say that - I'm 25 next month!Jakie Chan is in his fifties and still doing stunts. Hmm - I bet he'd be good at trials. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peperami Posted March 12, 2008 Report Share Posted March 12, 2008 I stopped riding when i was 19, and have just started again at 23...I find being a bit older and wiser helps in some respects, as you dedicate more time to learn, rather than just pissing about on your bike. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash1984 Posted March 12, 2008 Report Share Posted March 12, 2008 (edited) I stopped riding when i was 19, and have just started again at 23...I find being a bit older and wiser helps in some respects, as you dedicate more time to learn, rather than just pissing about on your bike.Ditto, I stopped at about 19, started again at 23 (this week!!!!!!).Does anyone else sometimes feel like a bit of a wally thinking they look like an old man on a wired tiny bike, or is it just me? Edited March 12, 2008 by Ash1984 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2sixstreet Posted March 12, 2008 Report Share Posted March 12, 2008 22? I hardly remember 22! I'm 35 this year and started about 2 years ago. If you're questioning it at 22 you need to consider taking up another hobby - putting ships in bottles perhaps. Go and ride. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eskimo Posted March 12, 2008 Report Share Posted March 12, 2008 22? I hardly remember 22! I'm 35 this year and started about 2 years ago. If you're questioning it at 22 you need to consider taking up another hobby - putting ships in bottles perhaps. Go and ride.Yes Dave! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forteh Posted March 12, 2008 Report Share Posted March 12, 2008 22? I hardly remember 22! I'm 35 this year and started about 2 years ago. If you're questioning it at 22 you need to consider taking up another hobby - putting ships in bottles perhaps. Go and ride.Im 29 in 2 months and just picking up trials again, last rode properly about 3 years ago - cracked my old frame and not got round to it since I can see my back, arms and shoulders hating me for a week or two FWIW Ive been on bikes for the last 15 years and riding trials on and off for almost 11 years - still crap though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gathsano Posted March 12, 2008 Report Share Posted March 12, 2008 Don't be put off by age or others opinions, I turned 31 two months ago and the only thing stopping me from riding is a broken pawl in my free hub. Bummer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamR28 Posted March 12, 2008 Report Share Posted March 12, 2008 Don't say that - I'm 25 next month!And I'm 25 the month after... you're not too old mate! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abtrials Posted March 12, 2008 Report Share Posted March 12, 2008 yea 22 is by no means old mate, most sports men dont hit there prime untill they are like 28 thats ages away lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Smith Posted March 12, 2008 Report Share Posted March 12, 2008 well i am only 15 but my dad is 41 and he has a play around on my bike every now and then just for fun he aint no good at it but he likes it he was thinking of getting a trials bike because he just simpily enjoys it but trials is a sport not a fun game that you grow out of like hide and seek lol hear that trials is even going to be in the olympics in 2012 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eskimo Posted March 12, 2008 Report Share Posted March 12, 2008 (edited) And what's wrong with hide and seek?? Edited March 12, 2008 by eskimo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NiNjA-ChEeSy Posted March 12, 2008 Report Share Posted March 12, 2008 your never to old i know some-one who is 27 and still do trials he is good aswell but anywayz,my bro is 22 or 23 one or the other and he do trials not much but he still comes out now and again.Ninja-cheesy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adz_rolls Posted March 12, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2008 22? I hardly remember 22! I'm 35 this year and started about 2 years ago. If you're questioning it at 22 you need to consider taking up another hobby - putting ships in bottles perhaps. Go and ride.ships in bottles sounds fun. screw this trials shit im off! i did say that im still gonna ride woteva, i was just asking because when i used to ride trials seems like along time ago, so it just felt a bit strange getting back into it after such a long break.how do they get those ships in the bottles!? hmmm.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krisboats Posted March 12, 2008 Report Share Posted March 12, 2008 Nah, your not too old. Its my 21st birthday tomorrow and i'm not gonna be giving up anytime soon. You won't have forgotten much either, it might take a couple of days to get back into the swing of it but you'll still be able to gap etc. You'll be back in action in next to no time at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt middler Posted March 12, 2008 Report Share Posted March 12, 2008 Your never too old to ride trials. Hiroshi Hirano (President of Biketrial International Union) still rides and he is 52!!! You can read a bit about him in the new MBUK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan_addison Posted March 12, 2008 Report Share Posted March 12, 2008 Your never to old to ride a bike. My friends dads 60 odd and rode the coast to coast last year! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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