arw_86 Posted April 9, 2010 Report Share Posted April 9, 2010 (edited) not sure if its worth its own topic, and im sure im going to get shot down for saying it but..... alot of the better riders in trials are left foot forward! is there a reason for this? im sure there are waaaaay more right foot forward riders but the left foot riders seem to be at the top to me? so theres less chance of the lefties bein at the top cos there are less of them. i guess people can discuss and debate it. mods if you think this is pootang just delete it, i wont cry i cant look at the mo cos im meant to be working but from memory decent riders who are left foot forward are danny mac, damon w, neil tunicliffe, danny holroyd (what happened to that dude?) ......umm gone blank.....my arguement is still valid!!! edit: im right foot forward so i aint saying it cos i think im good lol Edited April 9, 2010 by arw_86 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD™ Posted April 9, 2010 Report Share Posted April 9, 2010 i cant look at the mo but from memory decent riders who are left foot forward are danny mac, damon w, neil tunicliffe, danny holroyd (what happened to that dude?), jason dilworth ¬¬ I see what you're saying and relate it to another thing I heard - apparently most of the people considered 'genius' are left handed. I'm left handed and left foot forward, but do almost everything except writing with my right hand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arw_86 Posted April 9, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2010 ¬¬ I see what you're saying and relate it to another thing I heard - apparently most of the people considered 'genius' are left handed. I'm left handed and left foot forward, but do almost everything except writing with my right hand. ye im left handed but do alot of stuff with my right. im by no means a genius though, but ive heard the same thing about genius'. its something to do with left handed people use the right side of their brain which is...ummm...better. And the right handed people use the left side which is....ummm...shitter lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD™ Posted April 9, 2010 Report Share Posted April 9, 2010 ye im left handed but do alot of stuff with my right. im by no means a genius though, but ive heard the same thing about genius'. its something to do with left handed people use the right side of their brain which is...ummm...better. And the right handed people use the left side which is....ummm...shitter lol Yea I should've made that clear - most people who are genius are left-handed, but that isn't to say that most people who are left-handed are genius! I'm sure as f**k not quite there... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben_travis Posted April 9, 2010 Report Share Posted April 9, 2010 damon is a righty i think? gilles coust is right hermy is right giacomo is right dani comas ben travis is right 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash-Kennard Posted April 9, 2010 Report Share Posted April 9, 2010 damon is a righty i think? gilles coust is right hermy is right giacomo is right dani comas ben travis is right basically what i was gunna write. what is stan shaw and ali c btw? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD™ Posted April 9, 2010 Report Share Posted April 9, 2010 Because I don't think it makes a difference, aren't the Martians right foot forward? Then again I think that the last time I rode with Hans Rey (HOLY NAME DROP and hugely exaggerated) he was a lefty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borat Posted April 9, 2010 Report Share Posted April 9, 2010 I'm right foot foward. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeCottTrials Posted April 9, 2010 Report Share Posted April 9, 2010 Totally incorrect, in fact I would hazard an opinion that it's the other way round. Left foot forward people look at trials from an awkward direction Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si-man Posted April 9, 2010 Report Share Posted April 9, 2010 I was left foot and I was shit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawnmowerman Posted April 9, 2010 Report Share Posted April 9, 2010 Same haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT! Posted April 9, 2010 Report Share Posted April 9, 2010 It's just you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olicf Posted April 9, 2010 Report Share Posted April 9, 2010 (edited) Im a bit of a newbie to trials but I must of watched hundreds of trials clips and movies now and the amount of people that ride left foot forward really surprises me! I assumed that people who are right handed would naturally ride with their right foot forward however after doing a bit of goggling the percentage of left handed people in the world is somewhere between 10%-20% and It seems a much larger percent of peeps in trials vids ride left foot??? It would be great to get a poll going to see how figures go on this forum and to also see if anyone rides opposite foot forward to what they write with. Sorry for the essey but its not just you Edited April 9, 2010 by Olicf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusevelt Posted April 9, 2010 Report Share Posted April 9, 2010 basically what i was gunna write. what is stan shaw and ali c btw? I think Stan is lefty but Ali.C is righty, Damon is righty, Nezz is lefty, Rowan is righty i think, CLS righty. Don't think there are many riders in the world if any, that are both lefty and righty. Think there was a thread about this ages ago about the best riders by their star sign. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Arnold Posted April 9, 2010 Report Share Posted April 9, 2010 literally the first time you learn any move on a trials bike or even when you coast along on a normal bike dictates which foot forward you'll be - so i doubt it has any bearing on which foot forward people are the best. i can think of many top riders who are right and left.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DannyBazz (: Posted April 9, 2010 Report Share Posted April 9, 2010 About that left handed thing... Well it made me think, I'm left handed/footed, for like writing, playing football, and, "other" things, but play golf right handed, cricket right handed, tennis right handed. I also ride right foot forward. It's weird haha. Also, that left handed people are genius'/smarter than right handed people... Well I'm pretty good at school, all As and Bs, yet my brother is pretty stupid, like Ds and Es. But its not because he doesn't try. He's just generally really stupid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark W Posted April 9, 2010 Report Share Posted April 9, 2010 Stan and Ali are both very much right foot forward. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash-Kennard Posted April 9, 2010 Report Share Posted April 9, 2010 I think Stan is lefty but Ali.C is righty, Damon is righty, Nezz is lefty, Rowan is righty i think, CLS righty. Don't think there are many riders in the world if any, that are both lefty and righty. Think there was a thread about this ages ago about the best riders by their star sign. ahh fair play. but, chris akrigg... he does both literally the first time you learn any move on a trials bike or even when you coast along on a normal bike dictates which foot forward you'll be - so i doubt it has any bearing on which foot forward people are the best. i can think of many top riders who are right and left.. i dunno, dirt jumping i was naturally left forward. then for trials i started right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Scarlet Posted April 10, 2010 Report Share Posted April 10, 2010 Nothing to it really, its a 50/50 probability of being left or right foot forward (obviously). Even people who don't ride trials, such as general cyclists will favour a comfortable foot forward, just something that everyone starts as a habit and then eventually leads into this. Cross your arms.... which arm is on top? Everyone has their favoured arm through habit. I love how it is such a simple divide to everyone's personal riding habits, but if we were all forced to change foot then trials riding would be near impossible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeyseemonkeydo Posted April 11, 2010 Report Share Posted April 11, 2010 Nothing to it really, its a 50/50 probability of being left or right foot forward (obviously). Is it that simple though? I thought it'd be more like skateboarding/snowboarding where most people ride regular (left foot forward for them) and then there's a smaller number who ride goofy.Or am I reading too much into that because I'm goofy and ride right foot forward on the bike? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shamus Posted April 11, 2010 Report Share Posted April 11, 2010 I was about to make the same point as monkeyseemonkeydo. It would be interesting if people were to try boarding of any type, then report on whether the goofy or regular stance matches their trials stance! I'm right foot forward and what little boarding I've done is goofy stance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirt jumper jake Posted April 11, 2010 Report Share Posted April 11, 2010 I'm right foot forward and what little boarding I've done is goofy stance same, i was also right foot foward dirt jumping if that makes a difference. i dont see how which foot foward you use actually makes a difference though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Scarlet Posted April 11, 2010 Report Share Posted April 11, 2010 Going by that, I seem to contradict what has been posted. I'm left foot forward bike, and goofy on board. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otacon Posted April 11, 2010 Report Share Posted April 11, 2010 Right foot forwards are the best lol. Damon Cls Giles Tra Travis Borisvech Pavel Danny Swindlehurst, I could go on all day. to be honest. its strange, i was having this discussion with a mate whilst out riding the other day. and we weighed up, the better class of riders are right foot forward. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mat Tea Why Posted April 11, 2010 Report Share Posted April 11, 2010 I think that most right handed and right footed people tend to be stronger in their right leg. I am one but I ride with my left foot forward. Now I come to think about it I guess that your back foot is mainly used to pick the bike up in the air when doing static moves, which probably explains why I felt more comfortable with my stronger leg there when I was starting out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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