Chris - Burman Posted April 5, 2009 Report Share Posted April 5, 2009 What Do They Mean?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crispyboy Posted April 5, 2009 Report Share Posted April 5, 2009 craig lee scottTap Gap Sidehop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris - Burman Posted April 5, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2009 craig lee scottTap Gap Sidehopcheers, so there for danny s is one of those ben l is one of those?and whats a tap?surly theres not much more to trials than them three moves? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT! Posted April 5, 2009 Report Share Posted April 5, 2009 TGS is the name given to a type of riding. It was once called 'street', but after years of confusion between one type of street (24" bikes, with seats, more of a bmx style etc) someone came up with the name TGS and it stuck.'TGS' is kind of a pisstake, implying that all they do is taps gaps and sidehops. In reality there's a lot more to that type of riding. TGS is going big. Just pulling off one move (a gap or a tap etc) rather than doing lines and usually not caring about their style.A perfect example of TGS is CLS, Niel Tunnicliffe, Damon Watson.There a lot of controversy over TGS, some people think it's not how trials should rode even though TGS riders are pushing themselves and their bikes to the very maximum.cheers, so there for danny s is one of those ben l is one of those?and whats a tap?surly theres not much more to trials than them three moves?A tap is there you're going to backwheel a big wall, you let the front wheel hit the wall to help you gain some hight, it's usually considered a stock only move, but you do see some mod riders doing it.TGS riders will also do big drops, gaps to front wheels, wheel swaps, stright to backwheel (without the tap) etc. Youtube Video -> ">" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revolver Posted April 5, 2009 Report Share Posted April 5, 2009 The thing I don't like about TGS is what you see from the videos which is a lack of creativity for connecting moves together.That said, I showed a dude, dunno if he'd call himself a TGS rider, a place, and he saw a drop-gap that'd never even occur to me. Partially because it's MASSIVE! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris - Burman Posted April 5, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2009 thanks guys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT! Posted April 5, 2009 Report Share Posted April 5, 2009 TGS isn't really about being creative though. It's about going big. It's like telling a 100m sprinter to be more creative and just stop running from start to finish and full speed becuase it's boring, where as you should be looking at the absolute perfect technique and ability to be able to run that distance in 9.2 seconds.The guy you rode with wasn't being creative as such with the gap he saw, it's just that most average riders wouldn't see it as a gap becuase it was probably stupidly big. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revolver Posted April 5, 2009 Report Share Posted April 5, 2009 Hmm, but it does take a certain amount of creativity to see big spots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT! Posted April 5, 2009 Report Share Posted April 5, 2009 Yeah i agree, but i'm comparing to street riders. Not only do they find more creative lines, they also find creative ways to ride them....and usually on creative bikes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revolver Posted April 5, 2009 Report Share Posted April 5, 2009 Street riding's where its at. There's nothing like linking moves together, and then linking different moves together over the same obstacle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali C Posted April 5, 2009 Report Share Posted April 5, 2009 TGS is the name given to a type of riding. It was once called 'street', but after years of confusion between one type of street (24" bikes, with seats, more of a bmx style etc) Ali C and IOLO came up with the name TGS and it stuck.I would say what I feel about TGS, but I had better not Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr ailsbury Posted April 5, 2009 Report Share Posted April 5, 2009 (edited) The thing with 'TGS' or whatever is that no matter how much people whine about doing lines there really isn't always that many places to do decent lines everywhere, round here the majority of the riding spots are literally just a wall at the side of the road and nothing more. Yeah lines do look good but single moves do as well.If you have a video full of lines and nowt else everyone loves it, if you have a video with a mixture of TGS and lines in it everyone just focuses on the TGS and says its shit and needs to be more varied and all that garb. No one can ever win. Edited April 5, 2009 by mr ailsbury Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hdmackay Posted April 5, 2009 Report Share Posted April 5, 2009 The thing with 'TGS' or whatever is that no matter how much people whine about doing lines there really isn't always that many places to do decent lines everywhere, round here the majority of the riding spots are literally just a wall at the side of the road and nothing more. Yeah lines do look good but single moves do as well.If you have a video full of lines and nowt else everyone loves it, if you have a video with a mixture of TGS and lines in it everyone just focuses on the TGS and says its shit and needs to be more varied and all that garb. No one can ever win.+1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron.Tottman Posted April 5, 2009 Report Share Posted April 5, 2009 TGS has the shock factor i spose....'how can he/she do that!!!'To be honest TGS's bout one of the only the sports were people go 'big' and that the american's can't say 'they started it.' 'Impressive but repetitive!' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam F Posted April 5, 2009 Report Share Posted April 5, 2009 I don't really know why people are so negative about TGS, i suppose it's just your view on it so i'll tell you my view. I think natural is aload of shit, and i like TGS personally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron.Tottman Posted April 5, 2009 Report Share Posted April 5, 2009 I don't really know why people are so negative about TGS, i suppose it's just your view on it so i'll tell you my view. I think natural is aload of shit, and i like TGS personally. wouldn't say it's sh*t, ultimate challenge ona bike! same as TGS, just really repetitive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam F Posted April 5, 2009 Report Share Posted April 5, 2009 It is TO me, it's my view and opinion. Same way i could qoute Ali C and say, i wouldn't say TGS is shit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali C Posted April 5, 2009 Report Share Posted April 5, 2009 I think natural can be shit if you have shit natural, but if you can ride beast natural then is uuuuber fun!Kinda the same with street, but I still don't get the appeal of sidehopping the same wall over and over and over and ov......My last local street ride was with Matt Smith and Little Sam. we rode for a couple of hours yet all I saw them do was just sidehops, just seems a bit weird they choose to do only 1% of what trials is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikeperson45 Posted April 5, 2009 Report Share Posted April 5, 2009 (edited) I think natural can be shit if you have shit natural, but if you can ride beast natural then is uuuuber fun!Very trueWhat i don't like about TGS is just how repetitive it is. When you watch Damon W, sure you think "wowza", but after a while it's all just the same.Where as in street, you can look for obstacles and find dozens of ways to ride them and it just looks a lot better.As for lines, they're the best.Actually, you can get creative on natural just because there is tonnes of lines Edited April 5, 2009 by bikeperson45 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_scott Posted April 5, 2009 Report Share Posted April 5, 2009 What ever floats your boat innit, f**k what anyone else thinks is shit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeCottTrials Posted April 5, 2009 Report Share Posted April 5, 2009 What ever floats your boat innit, f**k what anyone else thinks is shit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pashley26 Posted April 5, 2009 Report Share Posted April 5, 2009 (edited) I love this debate, because it's so simple in my mind.Trials should be like this - Trials-Forum Video -> Full View • Download • Upload Edited April 5, 2009 by Pashley26 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
that NBR dude Posted April 5, 2009 Report Share Posted April 5, 2009 But it would be boring if everyone rode the same way. If every video that was released was like that, then everyone would get bored and the responces would become negative again.At the end of the day just do what you enjoy, be it natural, bmxy street, TGS, or just throw stupid labels in the bin and ride the damn bike how you want to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikeperson45 Posted April 5, 2009 Report Share Posted April 5, 2009 What ever floats your boat innit, f**k what anyone else thinks is shit.Yeh, trueActually why do we care what everyone else is doing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali C Posted April 5, 2009 Report Share Posted April 5, 2009 I don't think TGS is shit (I do it often) but its just strange in my head that you would only want to ride TGS and not the rest of trials. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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