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Trials on Trails


DangerousDave

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Here's some clips that I filmed a few months back. I haven't really been riding trials since October and have gone back to mountain biking, but I do still enjoy riding trialsy lines out on the trails. If you get bored, skip to 2:10 because the last line is pretty cool if I do say so myself :)

 

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I can never quite manage to do much trialsey stuff on my full suss, the shocks just rob all movement out of the bike. What do you do in terms of compression and rebound damping? Do you have high compression damping and fast rebound? Presume tyre pressure is up high too?

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13 hours ago, Daviesdt said:

I can never quite manage to do much trialsey stuff on my full suss, the shocks just rob all movement out of the bike. What do you do in terms of compression and rebound damping? Do you have high compression damping and fast rebound? Presume tyre pressure is up high too?

He pumps his shocks full of skills.

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17 hours ago, STUNTMAN TERRY said:

Really enjoyed this, that roll down from the big log was always going to end bad but i was willing it to work... next time?

Also that last move... wow, you sent that up so well.

I physically couldn't get any further back, although my fork compresses quite a bit in the shot, so I could potentially make it with my fork locked out. Not really keen on trying again to be honest :P

On 17/08/2016 at 11:04 AM, Daviesdt said:

I can never quite manage to do much trialsey stuff on my full suss, the shocks just rob all movement out of the bike. What do you do in terms of compression and rebound damping? Do you have high compression damping and fast rebound? Presume tyre pressure is up high too?

My suspension setup is VERY soft compared to most riders and I don't bother making any adjustments when I'm doing trialsy stuff. You get used to it eventually. I found it really difficult at first and had a hard time even pivoting the back end around, but it becomes more natural the more I ride my mtb. It's just getting the timing right so you move with the suspension instead of against it. It's still far from ideal, but it's fine for messing around when you see a cool trials line along the trail.

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