Stuck between trials and street.

[Sam Song]

I've been riding pure trials (mostly TGS kind of riding) for about 4 and a half years now on my 09 Zoo Piranha.

Then, I got into pure street on my NS Suburban a year ago.

I enjoy riding both bikes, although I am leaning more towards street now.

The problem is that I feel that trials and street riding I do are counter productive and are cancelling each other out. For example, I spin toward my good foot side on my trials bike, while I do my 180s to my back foot side on my street bike. As a result, it can get super confusing when I switch bikes.

I've improved quite a bit on street riding recently, but now I cannot sidehop very high and I am no where as good in trials as I used to be.

Anyways, just a bit of rant really. I want to do both disciplines, but it seems that doing one will hurt the other.

Edited September 9, 2013 by Sam Song

[FamilyBiker]

and your question is?

[Luke Rainbird]

This is pretty much exactly the reason that brands like Inspired exist

[Sam Song]

I was just frustrated with my riding.

And I always thought of Inspired bikes as bikes for people who want to do trials and street, but can only afford or have space for one bike?

So I thought the ideal would be to have specialized bike for each discipline of riding.

I'm not sure if I would replace my both trials and street bike with an Inspired though. I still want to have a pure trials bike for max sidehops and gaps, while having another bike for pure street riding.

My question is: By having seperate bikes for each discipline, am I progressing less because I am constantly switching bikes, rather than riding one bike only for the same amount of time?

[FamilyBiker]

i think being versatile brings a slow,but even progression,while specializing brings fast results.

the question is,what are you having fun with?

do that.

[dezmtber]

Jack of all trades is king. Keep at it, riding many bikes is only a good thing

[aener]

Jack of all trades is king. Keep at it, riding many bikes is only a good thing

In some peoples' minds, yes.

What he's saying is that he feels the exact opposite and that riding in one style is making him less competent at the other.

I can sympathize with your frustration - been through similar phases. I ended up getting a bike that could do a bit of everything and - after the initial "getting used to it" period - either stayed at the same level or progressed evenly since I could do anything type of riding at any given time.

If you're on bigger bikes, an Inspired or Zoot or something of that nature (King of Dunce's are supposed to ride quite nice - no experience with them though) might do you good.