Joe O'Connor Posted September 29, 2009 Report Share Posted September 29, 2009 I hope this isnt a repost.But I want to know how long people have been riding for?Im 16 and have been riding just about a year and dont know if I will be getting to old when I get to a respectable level. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Swales Posted September 29, 2009 Report Share Posted September 29, 2009 I'm nearly 26 and I've been riding about ten years. It gets a bit depressing when I get the results sheets through from comps and I've been beaten (regularly) by people ten years (or more!) younger than me who've been riding for a year or so....I still have fun though, which is want counts to me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dale-Hill Posted September 29, 2009 Report Share Posted September 29, 2009 I'd of had a trials bike for 3 years next month. But riding like 2 and a half years ish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manuel Posted September 29, 2009 Report Share Posted September 29, 2009 Im 16 and have been riding just about a year and dont know if I will be getting to old when I get to a respectable level.Respectable to who ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arw_86 Posted September 29, 2009 Report Share Posted September 29, 2009 on n off for 12 years Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr ailsbury Posted September 29, 2009 Report Share Posted September 29, 2009 (edited) For aboutt 5 years now, after many injuries and having to stop because of other commitments/riding BMX on and off i'm not half as good as I used to be, still enjoy it though when I do go out Edited September 29, 2009 by mr ailsbury Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forteh Posted September 29, 2009 Report Share Posted September 29, 2009 Ive been f**king about on bikes since I was about 12, started riding bmx properly in '96 when I was 17 and started riding trials at uni when I was 19, didnt get a proper trials bike till 2005 though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muel Posted September 29, 2009 Report Share Posted September 29, 2009 Almost 3 years, only actually rode for about 2 of them though, I've had a few long periods of CBA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anzo Posted September 29, 2009 Report Share Posted September 29, 2009 I rode motorcycle trials since I was 7, I packed that in when I was 16...which was a huge mistake.I rode bicycle trials when I was 16, I packed in last year when I was 20...which was a huge mistake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papa Manual Posted September 29, 2009 Report Share Posted September 29, 2009 Are you still buying a new bike? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greetings Posted September 29, 2009 Report Share Posted September 29, 2009 I've been riding trials for 10 years now, started when I was 13. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
club_card Posted September 29, 2009 Report Share Posted September 29, 2009 I started riding when i was about 14 i think moved onto bmx when i was 16 been doing that since im now 20 so i´ve been riding for about 6 years, yawzers time does fly by only felt like the other day that i was 14. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anzo Posted September 29, 2009 Report Share Posted September 29, 2009 Are you still buying a new bike?I plan to be riding before christmas I would have had a bike sooner, but had to buy a new car so it all took a back seat. Really can't wait to get into it again.Drove through derby the other night and saw Tunnicliffe and a few others riding around, made me realise how much I miss the whole trials scene. I've met some really good people through trials and I'd love to catch up with them again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pashley26 Posted September 29, 2009 Report Share Posted September 29, 2009 I haven't even started yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD™ Posted September 29, 2009 Report Share Posted September 29, 2009 I haven't even started yet.This always makes me giggle. I sometimes (and we're talking for milliseconds) feel kinda odd about still writing on a forum for a sport I hardly do any more, but then there's people like you (ok, only you) who have been trolling here for tiiiiime and never even ridden trials. Why?!OT: Been riding since I was 11, 22 now, but I haven't ridden regularly for about 5 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pashley26 Posted September 29, 2009 Report Share Posted September 29, 2009 (edited) This always makes me giggle. I sometimes (and we're talking for milliseconds) feel kinda odd about still writing on a forum for a sport I hardly do any more, but then there's people like you (ok, only you) who have been trolling here for tiiiiime and never even ridden trials. Why?!OT: Been riding since I was 11, 22 now, but I haven't ridden regularly for about 5 years.I was taking the piss about the fact I haven't ridden for 3 years...I used to ride when I was younger, rode from when I was 12 until I was about 15. Went away with school on a Snowboarding holiday to the Alps and put both my knees out and had to stop trials/football/snowboarding for a long period of time, never really got back into it. I did however think about riding again when I was 16ish, joined up on the forum to try and get motivated again... Edited September 29, 2009 by Pashley26 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fruitbat Posted September 29, 2009 Report Share Posted September 29, 2009 (edited) I rode for about 4 or 5 years, then stopped for the last 4 years (been on a bike once or twice but nowt serious in that time)Really wanna get back into it, but i find myself aiming to do stuff I would have managed without thinking before, and really struggle to do it. Makes me not enjoy it at all, and so so hard to get back into it. 26 now with a wife and daughter, so even harder to get back into it.Frooty Edited September 29, 2009 by fruitbat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD™ Posted September 29, 2009 Report Share Posted September 29, 2009 I was taking the piss about the fact I haven't ridden for 3 years...I used to ride when I was younger, rode from when I was 12 until I was about 15. Went away with school on a Snowboarding holiday to the Alps and put both my knees out and had to stop trials/football/snowboarding for a long period of time, never really got back into it. I did however think about riding again when I was 16ish, joined up on the forum to try and get motivated again...You think I wasn't using this forum when you came out about having never ridden trials? Pah, can't be arsed, I'm out (and I mean it literally when I say it, not like your bitchy little one the other night). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pashley26 Posted September 29, 2009 Report Share Posted September 29, 2009 You think I wasn't using this forum when you came out about having never ridden trials? Pah, can't be arsed, I'm out (and I mean it literally when I say it, not like your bitchy little one the other night).Give it a rest JD, your so f**king miserable. You go on about me jumping to conclusions and being bitchy all the time but your the worst of the lot ! Just because I tried it for a long time doesn't mean I'm any good, what I can do on a bike is hardly "trials" ! Anybody who's competent on a MTB should be able to kick hop/trackstand/sidehop, and thats about the limit of what I can do. I never even had a trials bike, I had a Pashley that I bought for XC !!!You don't know my life story JD, so you wouldn't know I went to a fortnightly boarding school and only got a chance to ride on every other Friday afternoon when I got home from school. But thats ok, I forgive you because I know your a miserable f**ker and enjoy running everybody else down without knowing the facts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anzo Posted September 29, 2009 Report Share Posted September 29, 2009 You think I wasn't using this forum when you came out about having never ridden trials? Pah, can't be arsed, I'm out (and I mean it literally when I say it, not like your bitchy little one the other night).Give it a rest JD, your so f**king miserable. You go on about me jumping to conclusions and being bitchy all the time but your the worst of the lot !@ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Samsam~ Posted September 29, 2009 Report Share Posted September 29, 2009 5 days I can't even backhop -.- I go to try and lift the back wheel and I just seem to stick to the floor Need more practice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikeperson45 Posted September 29, 2009 Report Share Posted September 29, 2009 1 year 5 months Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RossMcd Posted September 29, 2009 Report Share Posted September 29, 2009 3 years now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tris Posted September 29, 2009 Report Share Posted September 29, 2009 Been riding BMX for just over a year.....Did trials for about 8-10 months maybe.....Did street on a shitty 26" bike before that for a couple of years maybe.And when i was young i rode XC with my dad (but it never pushed my buttons, boring and tiring)So probably been riding for about 7 years.....Man i should be soo much better riding for 7 years, balls haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe O'Connor Posted September 29, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 29, 2009 Respectable to who ?To myself haha.Good enough to be able to do stuff like Oakley when I saw him at the world cup, 8 years he said, not constant hard out riding.I want to be able to make awsome videos that look sweeeeeeeeeeeeet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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