Dušan Posted June 27, 2010 Report Share Posted June 27, 2010 hah ive been ridinf trials for 8 months and i already want to try it....why? it looks so cool when you dont have brakes and you look like unstoppable..with brakes you mostly it looks strange but without you have speed and pulling out everything you know you bunny hopsomething manual on it than for example 180 thats so awesome i know its not really trialsy but anyway it improves your riding with brakes a lot i think.after trying brakeless once i think ill see things differently Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Vandart Posted June 27, 2010 Report Share Posted June 27, 2010 hah ive been ridinf trials for 8 months and i already want to try it....why? it looks so cool when you dont have brakes and you look like unstoppable..with brakes you mostly it looks strange but without you have speed and pulling out everything you know you bunny hopsomething manual on it than for example 180 thats so awesome i know its not really trialsy but anyway it improves your riding with brakes a lot i think.after trying brakeless once i think ill see things differently But you can doo all that with brakes............ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Hitcher Posted June 27, 2010 Report Share Posted June 27, 2010 Cause brakeless is scene as fook! Now wheres my skinny jeans and new era!? Booya! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark W Posted June 27, 2010 Report Share Posted June 27, 2010 But you can doo all that with brakes............ A couple of things - firstly, with manual-180s you're actually better off learning them brakeless in that you learn how to do them properly. Most people I've seen with brakes trying to do manual-180s seem to just put a massive bitch-crank in for some reason. Well, I say "some reason" - the reason is that they aren't doing them properly, whereas when you're brakeless you have to learn how to work around the balance point to get the pop for the 180. Manny-180s aren't the sole reason to go brakeless though But yeah, the other thing is that when you don't have brakes on you tend to try and ride spots differently, as well as "just" doing trialsy stuff. When I ride places now I like to try and do proper trials stuff too just to learn to do it on this bike, but I also try and ride stuff a bit differently too if I can, in ways that if I was on my mod (or even on my 24 with brakes) I probably wouldn't because I'd still be thinking about it in a trialsy way. Virtually all riders who most people consider to be 'street' who still run brakes are still just basically doing fancy backhop trials-based lines mixed in with a bit of back wheel BMX related stuff, whereas if you can't just rely on your 'normal' style of riding because you haven't got brakes on any more it forces you to reconsider what you're doing and how you do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Clark Posted June 27, 2010 Report Share Posted June 27, 2010 Saves weight. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Vandart Posted June 27, 2010 Report Share Posted June 27, 2010 But can't you just 'death grip' it? I do see what your saying Mark but if you have brakes then when you get bored of whizzing around you can go back to hopping like a faggit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dušan Posted June 27, 2010 Report Share Posted June 27, 2010 i wouldnt be able to ride brakeless like that cause i will use my brakes instinctivly... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Rainbird Posted June 27, 2010 Report Share Posted June 27, 2010 Riding deathgrip and having no brakes on the bike are totally different, it's weird. Knowing you've not got the safety net at the same time as being forced to approach things differently makes for a much more interesting ride if you're stuck in a familiar few spots, or are getting bored of hoppy hoppy gimptrials Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt.price Posted June 27, 2010 Report Share Posted June 27, 2010 Why do people ride brakeless? they cant afford brakes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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