Scott Gibbs Posted June 28, 2009 Report Share Posted June 28, 2009 When i was 15 me and my best mate lee really got into mountain biking especially DH but one afternoon we rode down the college and spotted to trials riders got talking to em and became friends and we got into the trials scene, i kept on wanting one and never commited to it completly moved on to other things, downhill then motocross then onto street riding and finally now on to trials at last and i love it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Themistoklidis Posted July 2, 2009 Report Share Posted July 2, 2009 I saw this!: ...plain awesomness . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon2009 Posted July 2, 2009 Report Share Posted July 2, 2009 After doing Motocross for 15 years I just figured it would be a good way to improve my core stability and balance and they would sort of lend to one another in terms of practice.All types of biking require good balance and I don't think any sort of cycling requires it more than Trials.Plus, when you get as good at motocross as I am you feel like you need a new challenge.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lankyri Posted July 2, 2009 Report Share Posted July 2, 2009 started off riding bmx and dirt then mates started riding street and trials so i started never looked back, ive quit twice but not being on my bike sucks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bol Maaaaaaing Posted July 2, 2009 Report Share Posted July 2, 2009 When I started riding motorbikes as a wee lad, I saw some motorbike trials in a book and told dad I wanted to do that, So did he.So we started doing motorbike trials and when I found out that there was bike trials I wanted to do it because it would improve my skills on my motorbike, and because we live in town it would give me more time to do it.Then I realised that it was better than motorbike trials and it seemed to be easier.So 6 months ago, after a year of trying to do trials on a jump bike I got my CZAR and its gone from there.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AaronR504 Posted July 2, 2009 Report Share Posted July 2, 2009 got into it by complete fluke... went local bike shop to get some catalogues cos i wanted a load of bike pics and everything over my garage and one of them happened to be a onza catalogue... on the way out someone who worked there said if im intrested in trials he is selling a saracen zero i think it was called so i asked if he could bring it in and if i could have a play with it and it went from there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD™ Posted July 2, 2009 Report Share Posted July 2, 2009 I started as a natural progression of just being a kid riding a bike... I had this Marin Rift Zone for XC comps when I was 11 and used to do the obvious skids and wheelies. As a competing XC rider though, I needed some skills - just little bunnyhops and prejumps and stuff which made my riding quicker so I could keep up with the bigger lads sometimes. I used to read MBUK and started seeing stuff like Hans Rey mucking about on an adventure somewhere and that showed me that skids and wheelies can be taken to different levels. We swapped my XC bike (one of only 2 in the WORLD ever made in that size... oops) for 2 rigid bikes at some bike shop somewhere - one for my Dad and one for me - and we started to learn some more. I guess I was still under 13 by that time... That means I've been riding trials on and off for like 9 years and I'm still pretty much just into skids and wheelies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xswimordiex Posted July 2, 2009 Report Share Posted July 2, 2009 ever since i saw hans rey at a gt demo about 15 years ago i've been intrigued by trials riding, i used to race bmx and dirt jump, then i didn't do anything for a while, then got into downhill biking, and somehow the i really really wanted to actually ride trials and here i am! woot woot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan81 Posted July 2, 2009 Report Share Posted July 2, 2009 Martyn Ashton.Years ago when I got my first mtb I bought MBUK and it had a little supplement mag showing Martyn teaching all the basic stuff on his red Cannondale ...and then Chainspotting came out.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mtchell Posted July 2, 2009 Report Share Posted July 2, 2009 (edited) Reason being I,ve also wanted to do trials since i was like 15 but could never find where to by the bike and no one else i knew did it And one night out on piss with my mate meki and explained to him i wanted to do some sort of biking sport and he said he had a trials bike so it was ment to be lol.And two week or so later i had a shed of a bike ....BUT it was a trials bike and i F*cking loved it and still do And i later come accross TF and now am some what of a trials geek lol Edited July 2, 2009 by Mtchell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodster Posted September 27, 2010 Report Share Posted September 27, 2010 i saw the danny macaskill s1 jobs advert, you would have all probably seen it but i post the link anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miles Mallinson Posted September 27, 2010 Report Share Posted September 27, 2010 i went to fortwilliam in 2009 and saw danny macaskill do loads of cool stuff and i watched all the amazing competition riders doin huge sidehops , so when i got home i built up my jump bike to try it and ever since i could just bunny hop, pedal kick or just an endo i just found it so fun to learn loads of cool stuff and the satisfaction you get when you do a massive gap or a cool spin off something its the greatest feeling in the world for me, even if its not riding i love the bikes and technologies that is in this sport Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hannah Shucksmith Posted September 27, 2010 Report Share Posted September 27, 2010 Epic bump. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geek Posted September 28, 2010 Report Share Posted September 28, 2010 That, bizarrely enough, now I look at it and see massive lack of lines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie_Trials Posted September 28, 2010 Report Share Posted September 28, 2010 Dad did mototrials when he was a kid, he got me one but after breaking it several times and I always was a pushbike kind of guy, I watched some videos of bike trials and it just seemed more appropriate seen as you can do it anywhere and you don't need to pay for petrol. In fact, watching the videos kind of made me determined to do some of the stuff, really addicting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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