Ben Swales Posted October 1, 2010 Report Share Posted October 1, 2010 Rider. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldskooltrials Posted October 1, 2010 Report Share Posted October 1, 2010 Obviously it's the rider but a good bike helps a lot. Also having the bike set up properly helps, it seems like most of the riders i meet are incapable of setting up magura's . I also think it helps if you stick with the same bike for a while, back in the day i used to get a new frame every few months but i ran out of money and ended up with a battered old Monty 231 frame. I did my best riding on that bike, i think thats because i got so used to it that on a good day it felt more like a part of me rather than something i was riding. That probably sounds a bit gay? I almost bought one off of ebay a few months back but didn't bother in the end, mainly cos of the offset rear end and not wanting the headache of getting a dish-less wheel built. Also because i'd be disappointed that i cant ride it like i could in 2001. I wish i'd never stopped riding it , if that girl at work hadn't of smiled at me i reckon i'd be pretty good now ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muel Posted October 1, 2010 Report Share Posted October 1, 2010 Clearly both. If it's just down to the rider then why can't Tunni sidehop 60" on a road bike? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sprog! Posted October 1, 2010 Report Share Posted October 1, 2010 ok great, I'm the only one that chose bike, but i've seen many videos where the rider isn't neccessarily big or hasn't been riding to long but they've always had a nice spec, light, decent bike, and to be honest i care more about the style of the rider rather than the bigness of their riding...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phatmike Posted October 3, 2010 Report Share Posted October 3, 2010 Bearing in mind some young guys aged 12 who can't afford anything along the likes of an 'ok' bike - ..of course it's all about the rider, but it's not often you'll catch a tip top bike rider busting out any sort of phat moves on some awful bike that's falling to pieces! Once you've got a bike that is comfortable, appropriate and safe it's just a case of riding it hard 24/7.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Vandart Posted October 4, 2010 Report Share Posted October 4, 2010 I ride an Inspired with a very similar set up to Danny Macaskill's. I cannot flair off trees! But that isn't trials.............. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaRtZ Posted October 5, 2010 Report Share Posted October 5, 2010 This is so obvious its painful. +1 Isnt this obvious? if you put akrigg on say a t-rex he'd still be amazing oh wait a minute... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krisboats Posted October 6, 2010 Report Share Posted October 6, 2010 Clearly both. If it's just down to the rider then why can't Tunni sidehop 60" on a road bike? A road bike is an extreme example, i'm sure tunni could get on 95% of bikes and sidehop it pretty damn high. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaRtZ Posted October 6, 2010 Report Share Posted October 6, 2010 Clearly both. If it's just down to the rider then why can't Tunni sidehop 60" on a road bike? he cant. But who can? If you put everyone on the same bike you'd still have clear beasty riders... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isitafox Posted October 10, 2010 Report Share Posted October 10, 2010 It's definately the rider but I think the bike has a bit to do with it. I know I'm a pretty low standard rider but when I swapped bikes with my cousin and had a go on his old DS1 I couldn't do anything on it whatsoever, only managed about 2 backhops before dropping the front end. Couldn't even half pedal a few pallets as the geo of the bike was that bad it just stopped me. Agree with Phatmike about having a bike that's comfortable, sadly I'm yet to find such a beast, which is why I'm still struggling with the basics! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark W Posted October 10, 2010 Report Share Posted October 10, 2010 ..of course it's all about the rider, but it's not often you'll catch a tip top bike rider busting out any sort of phat moves on some awful bike that's falling to pieces! I don't know about that aspect too much - I've seen quite a lot of top level BMX and trials riders riding some sketchy stuff. Generally speaking it's just 'cos they ride a hell of a lot so their stuff gets ragged (e.g. had a go on Niki Croft's bike and the cranks were twisted, the bars were bent and it sounded like someone throwing a bag of spanners at a wall when you hopped it, but he beasted it round), but for some of them I suppose if you're sponsored by companies who don't make good products then you're more likely to have to run lower quality parts that aren't necessarily going to last as long or work as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Nichols Posted October 10, 2010 Report Share Posted October 10, 2010 Wasn't there a period of time in the BMX world where it was fashionable to ride around on a bag of nails? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark W Posted October 10, 2010 Report Share Posted October 10, 2010 Only because a lot of the best riders in the UK (and also the world, at that time) happened to ride on sheds purely because that was all they could afford. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Nichols Posted October 10, 2010 Report Share Posted October 10, 2010 That's probably an [/thread] then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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