jamesb Posted September 23, 2015 Report Share Posted September 23, 2015 Mostly new footage. You may recognize some clips from Choose your Weapon. I felt like a full trials (or not trials, depending what you think of the riding) video was needed. So here it is: 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pashleyfaithfull Posted September 23, 2015 Report Share Posted September 23, 2015 Absolutely LOVED that.Beautiful riding James. Keep pushing on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dman Posted September 23, 2015 Report Share Posted September 23, 2015 So good James, style for miles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigjames Posted September 23, 2015 Report Share Posted September 23, 2015 Bunny hop toboggan, 'nuff said! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Bleech Posted September 24, 2015 Report Share Posted September 24, 2015 Fantastic stuff, love your riding! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lifes-a-trial Posted September 24, 2015 Report Share Posted September 24, 2015 Love your vids,pleasure to watch as always but to me (and who am i?)it seemed more bmx orientated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben_travis Posted September 24, 2015 Report Share Posted September 24, 2015 (edited) God dammit James. Y U SO BMX'Y? Y U NO A TRIALS DRONE? Sorry, lifes-a-trial, but its a dated argument. James is an exceptional trials rider if you look up his much older videos, but he has been influenced greatly by other disciplines. I know you have said you love his videos, but the second part of the statement ruins it. EDIT: haven't watch the video yet as I can't at work. Edited September 24, 2015 by ben_travis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isitafox Posted September 24, 2015 Report Share Posted September 24, 2015 Loved the hop over the hydrant line! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lifes-a-trial Posted September 25, 2015 Report Share Posted September 25, 2015 Sorry, lifes-a-trial, but its a dated argument. James is an exceptional trials rider if you look up his much older videos, but he has been influenced greatly by other disciplines. I know you have said you love his videos, but the second part of the statement ruins iti know he is a good trials rider ben.i was just giving my opinion.like he Says in his post"dependIng on what you think" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyT Posted September 25, 2015 Report Share Posted September 25, 2015 Trials is defined as riding your bike over obstacles. James does this with such fluidity and style some people have a problem viewing it as trials... You cannot be fluid on most peoples hop hop pogo bikes, but let's face it the most interesting part of one of the last World Cup videos (not the championships) was jack carthy manualling off that rock into a manual through the end tape. No one said "hated that bmx shit he pulled" they smiled and were stoked on his skills. James has proven in the past that he can slay comp trials, do insanely huge gaps/ups... It is beyond understandable that he got burnt out on that scene and riding style and went into bmx for new feelings of joy while riding. I'm so happy he is back to show us how great a meld of comp and bmx is... To me this is pure trials, actually RIDING your bike up and over anything you can- if you have the skills throw them in there. Many people who say "that's so bmx" are people who cannot ride this way, only can hop, side hop, gap, up to front... Once they get their bike to a good speed they can only hit the brakes - stop then start hopping.I RIDE biketrials. Just my old mentality I guess... I remember Lenosky breaking his crank/ rim on a failed massive bunnyhop gap in evolve - that was some "bmx shit" I guess... That's just how it was, you had a stock bike with 5 gears and you rode it- they weren't made to hop.rant over... Keep on slaying james Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark W Posted September 25, 2015 Report Share Posted September 25, 2015 (edited) I remember Lenosky breaking his crank/ rim on a failed massive bunnyhop gap in evolve Edited September 25, 2015 by Mark W 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesb Posted September 26, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 26, 2015 (edited) I used to hate on street trials. I thought it was bad BMX combined with poor trials. After overdoing the trials training, and playing on the BMX for a few years, I lost that elitist mentality. I don't care how high I can hop anymore. I prefer to find new things to do. The street trials bike is something I never focused on, which has allowed me to do lots of new things. That's all this is. It's me trying to find a new way to have fun.That said, I may make a comeback to competition trials at some point. I might put brakes on the street trials bike. I might even run a steel frame with a front suspension fork and go full Ryan Leech (if only a frame like that existed, I'd be all over it, hint ). When riding is no longer feeling new, I change it up. Yesterday I learned an oppo 360 1 foot flattie on my bmx. It was great. Edited September 26, 2015 by jamesb 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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