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[Billiboi]

hi all i recently bought a onza t bird 08 model. the bike is nice but i just cant get the hang of bouncing on my back wheel. have been practicing for about 5days now and jus cant pick it up, most i have done is 3 but they were all over the place.

is this a good starting bike and any tips on how to do this easier?

cheers all

[JackC123]

hi all i recently bought a onza t bird 08 model. the bike is nice but i just cant get the hang of bouncing on my back wheel. have been practicing for about 5days now and jus cant pick it up, most i have done is 3 but they were all over the place.

is this a good starting bike and any tips on how to do this easier?

cheers all

All I can say is ride with others, then you will pick it up.

[Billiboi]

fair enuf

[JackC123]

fair enuf

It helps so much.

[Jack Morton]

Just practice , practice , practice

My mate is in the same position i more or less forced him to buy a trials bike to i would have someone to ride with and he is trying to learn it all and it's to hard to explain how you do it.

But a week he's had his and he can now to 8.

Jack

[Jaïr]

All I can say is ride with others, then you will pick it up.

So will that be a big problem for me..? Because I haven't got anyone near me who has a Trial Bike . I live in The Netherlands, the scene here isn't that big...

Or do you think I've got enough footage on youtube to learn how to do things?

[trialschallenger]

there is enough footage on you tube and here to learn from,you got to have a posative mental attitude to,my step son is in the same position he is just starting and i been able to hop about for years and it is so difficult to explain,the best thing you can do is practice practice practice and then once your done doing that practice some more.

id recomend varying it though try front hops too,track stands,bunny hops and hoping on both wheels up kurbs that way you wont get bored of just trying back hops

[bikeperson45]

Or do you think I've got enough footage on youtube to learn how to do things?

I've learned everything I know from Youtube, this forum and Trashzen.

I've been riding almost a year and would say I've done okay having never seen trials done live before.

My friend has just started and is working on backhops too.

But yea, it's really just done to practise, even if you do ride with others.

Also, look at this website http://www.trashzen.com/

[Jaïr]

I've learned everything I know from Youtube, this forum and Trashzen.

I've been riding almost a year and would say I've done okay having never seen trials done live before.

My friend has just started and is working on backhops too.

But yea, it's really just done to practise, even if you do ride with others.

Also, look at this website http://www.trashzen.com/

Thanks for motivating me a bit more . I think it won't be a big problem no. Just need to spend a LOT of time in this thing and then it will eventually work out. Can't wait untill I can do things like people do in the video's at the forums. 2 years of practice and I'm there hopefully .

Edit:

And thanks for the website! Will help a lot I think, I've made it a favourite so I won't loose it .

Edited April 26, 2009 by Jaïr