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Andrei Burton doing a Premium Rush style ride in London


Rusevelt

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Great filming, riding, etc, but it would be nice to see more of this stuff happening on 'normal' looking bikes. I think that when there's a saddle involved, it makes it easier to relate to by non-riders, rather than looking like a specialist sport.

But then it wouldn't define bike trials for what it is to the general public or, how versatile bike trials can be in an urban environment. This kind of publicity type of exposure is needed from time to time like what Joe Oakley had done at BGT.

Or this

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I see your point, but at the same time when I got into trials in the 90s, watching the Martins etc made it look more accessible than, say, watching someone on a Monty in a skinsuit. Personally I think the video would've looked better on a bike like an Inspired (cliche as that may sound, given Danny Mac's exposure, etc), and I don't think the trials moves would've had to suffer much. After all, to your average viewer a 6ft gap is as impressive as a 9ft one.

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A bike with a seat would've resembled the fixies from Premium Rush too, although I guess just putting a title on something to smash the Google hits and loosely hanging a 'concept' on it doesn't really mean the content's actually going to be related. Cool to see trials riders getting £'s for stuff though.

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I see your point, but at the same time when I got into trials in the 90s, watching the Martins etc made it look more accessible than, say, watching someone on a Monty in a skinsuit.

And here is the point. Anyone how knows nothing about bikes, only knows and thinks that you can buy BMX and mountain bikes at tesco, and 24" wheels are for kids mountain bike, a trial bike looks like an F1 car compared to a Vauxhall, but a Skye or fourplay looks like a specialized bike, like one in the Tesco, but with more expensive wheels and parts.

For your own fun, these are does not really matter, but if you are earning money, they might.

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