Savage Posted July 1, 2005 Report Share Posted July 1, 2005 (edited) Spent last weekend at the Edinburgh Royal Show with Matt Scriven promoting the Fort William World Cup through a trials demo. Some photographs can be seen on the U.K. gallery www.koxx.fr Ben. Edited July 1, 2005 by Savage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modrider666 Posted July 1, 2005 Report Share Posted July 1, 2005 (edited) Looks good, full on demo going down there. Nice drops and gaps aswell B) Cheers Peter :S Edited July 1, 2005 by modrider666 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Posted July 1, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 1, 2005 Cheers Peter, had to do the 1st show at 09.30, the drops looked bigger first thing in the morning! Ben. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ducko Posted July 1, 2005 Report Share Posted July 1, 2005 very nice pics there! that is one rather massive gap your doing there :(" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaRtZ Posted July 1, 2005 Report Share Posted July 1, 2005 yeah looks a very nice set-up there :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScotchDave Posted July 1, 2005 Report Share Posted July 1, 2005 Why wasn't I told. :( I could have come. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonny Jones Posted July 1, 2005 Report Share Posted July 1, 2005 Looks like a good day! Wicked weather, and demos are just great fun, especially if people havnt seen trials or that kind of riding before! J. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Bleech Posted July 1, 2005 Report Share Posted July 1, 2005 :( some nice pics, great weather and getting trials shown to people that don't know much (if anything) about it. The only thing is that you took your front wheel out.....nnnnnnnnnoooooooooo :( mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rugbyman Posted July 1, 2005 Report Share Posted July 1, 2005 :( some nice pics, great weather and getting trials shown to people that don't know much (if anything) about it. The only thing is that you took your front wheel out.....nnnnnnnnnoooooooooo :( mike ← WHATS WRONG WITH TAKING OUT THE FRONT WHEEL? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Towler Posted July 1, 2005 Report Share Posted July 1, 2005 :P some nice pics, great weather and getting trials shown to people that don't know much (if anything) about it. The only thing is that you took your front wheel out.....nnnnnnnnnoooooooooo :( mike ← Makes it even more interesting for viewers. :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Posted July 1, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 1, 2005 Makes it even more interesting for viewers. :( ← That was the idea, most of the people there knew what sheep dog trials were, but nothing about bikes. We tried to make it fun. Ben. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Bleech Posted July 1, 2005 Report Share Posted July 1, 2005 WHATS WRONG WITH TAKING OUT THE FRONT WHEEL? ← Makes it even more interesting for viewers. IMO, no front wheel (and hopping over someone lying on the ground) makes trials looks like a cheesy circus act, not an sport! Trials has suffered from not being taken seriouly by other forms of cycling and its probably because cheesy crappy stuff like that! Trials as a sport has come on so far in the last 6 years or so and the level of riding has increased greatly and I think demo's should have the crowd going 'holy crap he can't get up that' or 'bloody hell did you see him jump between those walls, that was mad' At the bikeshow, Ot Pi and Canas just annoyed me with there crappy showmanship panto crap, when they could have been doing the crazy huge rding we all know they are capable of. but if we really want to discuss/argue about this we should create a new topic and not take over this one. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Posted July 1, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 1, 2005 Well.......... The demo's were about 20 mins long with a small ammount of time spent over people and with out wheel. I have been riding in demo's since I was 10 and I know the activities above always get the people clapping. Demos are about entertainment, more people watched each demo than the total number of spectators added together at all the British rounds in any one year. It worked for us and I expect it will work again for others. Ben. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMonkey Posted July 1, 2005 Report Share Posted July 1, 2005 Mike does have a point it does make it look a little like a joke around type thing, similar to the tightrope. BUT, if it gets interest in Trials and brings more people to the sport it can only be a good thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Towler Posted July 1, 2005 Report Share Posted July 1, 2005 suppose i mean riding isn't for fun is it? Why cant you add a little bit of fun? Little cheeky 1 handers and stuff make them laugh. After all dont most of us ride for fun. Any way i think you need both fun and some things that make them go wow! and personally doing a gap over someone with 1 wheel makes me go wow. anyway did you get any of it on video? :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JIX Posted July 1, 2005 Report Share Posted July 1, 2005 We all know that the simple/easy tricks get the crowds going wow and the tech stuff that a spectator wouldnt even notice gets the trials riders going. I do think that hopping over and around people is crap but the no front wheel stuff I think is cool, it shows the crowd just how controled trials is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScotchDave Posted July 1, 2005 Report Share Posted July 1, 2005 We all know that the simple/easy tricks get the crowds going wow and the tech stuff that a spectator wouldnt even notice gets the trials riders going. I do think that hopping over and around people is crap but the no front wheel stuff I think is cool, it shows the crowd just how controled trials is. ← Same in any sport really. :(" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMonkey Posted July 1, 2005 Report Share Posted July 1, 2005 Same in any sport really. :(" ← Yeah no front wheels in Moto GP would be cool :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe b Posted July 1, 2005 Report Share Posted July 1, 2005 Awesome pics, they were (puts on a little yoda accent!) :( . I dont know why they showed the same couple of pictures more than once though :( . Cheers, Joe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colly Posted July 1, 2005 Report Share Posted July 1, 2005 well done ben and matt, we do a lot of demos and i know how hard they are to impress the crowd and the crowd seem to be well settled there, you would really be fecked if your chain snapped when you were jumping over each other (Y) :- :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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