sammerz Posted May 15, 2005 Report Share Posted May 15, 2005 I want to know what all your aims are in riding trials..... B) Is it to become sponsered or just to have a good time? :lol: Put whatever your reason is. Sam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali C Posted May 15, 2005 Report Share Posted May 15, 2005 to be brittish champ in masters, might take a while though B)" anyone know where akkers lives? :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrEvil270183 Posted May 15, 2005 Report Share Posted May 15, 2005 something to do when im not working ,designing or out etc...plus i enjoy the feeling of getting something dialled you thought you would never get, pushing yourself and making vids etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT! Posted May 15, 2005 Report Share Posted May 15, 2005 Fun. Thats what it comes down to in the end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bucky Posted May 15, 2005 Report Share Posted May 15, 2005 one day i dream to be able to do what i love and get paid for it. Ie. major sponsership deal. but i would be perfectly happy if i just keep improving slowly and have just as much fun as ive had for the past 7 years Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark W Posted May 15, 2005 Report Share Posted May 15, 2005 Shits 'n' giggles. It'd be nice to be paid for doing it, but that'd require turning my release from work/life into work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Endohopper Posted May 16, 2005 Report Share Posted May 16, 2005 Measurable improvement , Great for fitness, Promoting the sport in Holland , impressing females :"> , interested in the technologies , It also allows me to be someone else for a few hours ... seriously , it's a very therapeutic form of escapism from my otherwise unrewarding life . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegoofeedude Posted May 16, 2005 Report Share Posted May 16, 2005 I love trials because I love bikes, and I think trials is an awesome form of technical riding- it's all about what is physically possible on a bike. I don't know, I have always been fascinated with bikes, and just thinking of what's possible. That's why I ride. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoojames Posted May 16, 2005 Report Share Posted May 16, 2005 Trials is a bit out of the norm really...so I enjoy doing something that loads of people can look at and be wowed by as its not like "I could go down a skatepark and see that" its just a bit more impressive I feel...Not that I like being a showman but watching other riders is a great rush too! It's wierd I just like the feeling plus the more I ride the less scared I become of stuff...BOTTLE B) James :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Bleech Posted May 16, 2005 Report Share Posted May 16, 2005 would say my aims are... To stop falling off and getting golf ball sized lumps on my body :lol: To have fun To get better and push myself To ride as many different/random/odd places on my bike Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Towler Posted May 16, 2005 Report Share Posted May 16, 2005 To have fun, couldn't care if i didn't improve anymore as long as i still enjoy it and had fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sikamon Posted May 16, 2005 Report Share Posted May 16, 2005 my aims in trials? to continually improve, learn summit new. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guineasmithpig Posted May 16, 2005 Report Share Posted May 16, 2005 sponsorship would be good, because it would help me get better, but i don't specifically aim to be sponsored trials is a never ending journey of challenges. when u think you've exhausted a riding spot, you move on. butwhen u come back, u can see it in a different way and do somethin different again. i don't think u can ever run out of aims in trials. always somthin to do my dad keeps tryin to convince me i should quit. says i shud grow up (20 :lol: ) could everyone give him a big BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO cheers! smithy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skandy32 Posted May 16, 2005 Report Share Posted May 16, 2005 coincedently i was interview by the bbc yesterday after a dh race / duel asking a simular thing about "why bikes"? and my reason was... "i played football when i was younger, but it was always to follow the crowd. A friend introduced me to cycling, and the reason i prefered it was the fact your on your own! No "team" effort. If you win something, YOU get all the credit! And i love that little bit of attention when something goes my way. In every aspect of cycling. The reason i do trials, in specific, was orgiinally to build up my upper body for XC and road racing. But i quickly became hooked. and havent stopped. if its got 2 wheels i'll ride it! i enjoy all MTBing / cycling!" didnt say quite that much, i added some, whilst i thought of the subject! :mellow: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Drewery Posted May 16, 2005 Report Share Posted May 16, 2005 sponsorship would be good, because it would help me get better, but i don't specifically aim to be sponsored trials is a never ending journey of challenges. when u think you've exhausted a riding spot, you move on. butwhen u come back, u can see it in a different way and do somethin different again. i don't think u can ever run out of aims in trials. always somthin to do my dad keeps tryin to convince me i should quit. says i shud grow up (20 :S ) could everyone give him a big BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO cheers! smithy ← BOOOOOOOOO! lol. Anyways, that annoys me when people dont see trials as a sport but simply a 'mess around on bike' which brings in the idea that we are immature. i ride trials for fun, constant improvement, respect from other people for what i do, meeting friends and generally filling up my spare time. Without it i would be one bored mofo :mellow: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaRtZ Posted May 16, 2005 Report Share Posted May 16, 2005 When I can sidehop onto a postbox.... Ill probably stop =8¬D Yeah just to get good and have a good laugh with my mates. As its said above, it would be nice to get paid to trials, but alas, only a few gain this glorious opportunity Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrashZen Posted May 16, 2005 Report Share Posted May 16, 2005 I love trials because I love bikes, and I think trials is an awesome form of technical riding- it's all about what is physically possible on a bike. I don't know, I have always been fascinated with bikes, and just thinking of what's possible. That's why I ride. ← Pretty much the same idea for me. Trials is like the purest form of riding... and the fun of it. :S ...I just can't stop.... :mellow: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted May 16, 2005 Report Share Posted May 16, 2005 To have fun, couldn't care if i didn't improve anymore as long as i still enjoy it and had fun. ← Bingo. That's how it should be. I have set myself the target of tapping big splash, think thats 43", but not sure. I however haven't set a date for this, as i wont ever meet it. :mellow: Meh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sm_ben Posted May 16, 2005 Report Share Posted May 16, 2005 Have a laugh and meet people really more social biking than anything else Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krisboats Posted May 16, 2005 Report Share Posted May 16, 2005 to do a frontflip drop off, landing on my back wheel on a hand rail and gapping to the next rail along. :"> Seriously though, i seem to enjoy riding a lot more when i can do something that i feel is good. so i think i'll keep enjoying it so long as i keep getting better. I enjoy just playing at the minute and occasionally scaring myself by doing something i think is a bit nuts. Back wheeled a wall the same height as my stem the other week and i was so amazingly pleased, so i guess it's the mental challenge for me really, thats what i find fun about it. :S it's also really healthy, unless you bail. :mellow: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manuel Posted May 17, 2005 Report Share Posted May 17, 2005 impressing females :"> , Ha ha - nice - has that ever worked ? rarely i would guess - there are easier ways to sleep with girls than the blood sweat and tears of trials ...... Anyway - i do it because its a challenge and fun, and quite alot of the time the headphones go on and its pure escapism. It also means i can eat pretty much what i want - which is a bonus as im hopelessly addicted to chocs and biscuits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Vox Posted May 17, 2005 Report Share Posted May 17, 2005 Fun, laughs and the feeling of getting something you thought would never be possible for you. Makes me feel all warm inside. :turned: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmil1489 Posted May 18, 2005 Report Share Posted May 18, 2005 My main aim in trials is to get good at a sport/hobby i love! Obviously it would be great to eventually become sponsored and to win a few competitions but i dont know if i have the natural abaility to become that good. But im sure if i practice long enough and hard enough i will eventually be able to achieve my aims. Cheers Spud (Y) :deej: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazmaz03 Posted May 18, 2005 Report Share Posted May 18, 2005 Something to do in my spare time which i have not got much of at the moment :P . Well I would say not many people have been out riding much but I love to ride all the time if I could, but then I have work. :P Gaz ^_^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bucky Posted May 19, 2005 Report Share Posted May 19, 2005 Ha ha - nice - has that ever worked ? rarely i would guess - there are easier ways to sleep with girls than the blood sweat and tears of trials ...... Anyway - i do it because its a challenge and fun, and quite alot of the time the headphones go on and its pure escapism. It also means i can eat pretty much what i want - which is a bonus as im hopelessly addicted to chocs and biscuits. ← it kinda worked for me... i was out biking on shipley glen and just started talking to her, and that was last july. i used a killer line. ' nice chin luv. but it'd look better with my balls slapping against it!' lmao she thought i was a proper knobhead then though. So i got talking on msn and blah blah etc we've been together 6 months now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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