TheMunn Posted December 24, 2005 Report Share Posted December 24, 2005 Earlier on I was thinking about riding and stuff when I thought is there a certain limit anyone can get to? will top riders like tunni, scott, porter, staples etc. be able to keep pushing the sport, and the rising people like damon watson for exaple be able to go even further? or some time in the near future will the bounderies be met only being able to sidehop 10 pallets or only being able to gap 10ft ? will there come a time when the top riders can't push the sport anymore ? Discuss Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swize Posted December 24, 2005 Report Share Posted December 24, 2005 (edited) Well yes and no, I mean there is only so far you can jump upwards and so far you drop to a rail before you wheel just cant take it ect ect.But it can keep going further by trying diffent things like Porters 3 tap over that big drop gap in his vid, not seen many people do that before and ime sure the seccond people watched his vid the went out and tryed something like it. Edited December 24, 2005 by samthebiker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simpson Posted December 24, 2005 Report Share Posted December 24, 2005 No-one thought a 900 was possible on a skateboard think quite a few boarders can do thata back flip on a motorbike now double back flipsno one could do a flare in BMXing now they do no handed shizzle the sport will keep getting better forever i think Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark W Posted December 24, 2005 Report Share Posted December 24, 2005 No-one thought a 900 was possible on a skateboard think quite a few boarders can do thata back flip on a motorbike now double back flipsno one could do a flare in BMXing now they do no handed shizzle the sport will keep getting better forever i think That's different though. There's no real mechanical limit to doing a backflip, really, but there is a mechanical limit to how much force you can exert.I guess it'll probably come down to frame/component design to see how much higher people can get... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaRtZ Posted December 24, 2005 Report Share Posted December 24, 2005 Well new materials and methods and geometry will keep on being discovered but that cant last forverI guess....people startings earlier and being stronger earlier? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Arnold Posted December 24, 2005 Report Share Posted December 24, 2005 following from what matt said, things like peple being inventive with their riding and trying new things... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Nick Riviera Posted December 24, 2005 Report Share Posted December 24, 2005 i can see rear supspension coming into play soon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smo™ Posted December 24, 2005 Report Share Posted December 24, 2005 One day a 100:0 fast twitch fibre monster will come along and show us all how it's done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downhill_rob2@hotmail.com Posted December 24, 2005 Report Share Posted December 24, 2005 One day a 100:0 fast twitch fibre monster will come along and show us all how it's done.bruce lee... i bet he could have done some VERY crazy stuff!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan6061 Posted December 24, 2005 Report Share Posted December 24, 2005 30ft sidehops on the way Is it physically possible? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nafan Posted December 24, 2005 Report Share Posted December 24, 2005 Its all down to physics and logic I suppose...As my brother says;Nothing is impossible, just highly inprobable Nathan... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Bleech Posted December 24, 2005 Report Share Posted December 24, 2005 following from what matt said, things like peple being inventive with their riding and trying new things...totally agree with will here - people will just start being more inventive/techy/linking moves together and stuffof coruse there is the 'holy grail' of trials tricks - back/front flip drops tooand i reckon we could be seeing tailwhip drops soon too... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
domonza Posted December 24, 2005 Report Share Posted December 24, 2005 Well if you think about it i bet bout 20 years ago the trials riders thought that being able to sidehop 53 inch was not possible but now people can do it.!!!!!!!!!!!so yep i think that the people in the sport will always be able to go an inch higher and push the limits further. DOM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted December 24, 2005 Report Share Posted December 24, 2005 always be able to go an inch higher and push the limits further.Let me introduce you to a good friend of mine. He is called gravity. Not sure if you've met before.There is a limit, and one day it will be reached, but it will be a long time before that happens, and even when it does, as people have already said, everyone will just be more inventive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMunn Posted December 24, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 24, 2005 But then surely at some point maybe 10 years or more from now trials would reach its limit, i'm sure theres only so high one man can gap or sidehop ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobnobs Posted December 24, 2005 Report Share Posted December 24, 2005 But what about how far he can backwards gap, and then sidehop 180 and then blunt to front wheel and so on... People will reach limits but will find something else to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sexymike Posted December 25, 2005 Report Share Posted December 25, 2005 It will reach a point commercially where only so much can be done, the reall top guys will always go the best because they can have a rim or a frame that weighs nothing and so will break after a ride, we cant afford to do that so most of us 'mortals' will only go so big, so far.Shame, im not too sure how big/far the pro's can go but i dont think we r there, there is a new tap im sure some one will start doing it allowing much much bigger taps..............hmmm...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT! Posted December 25, 2005 Report Share Posted December 25, 2005 The physical limit will never be reached, it will just exponatally (sp?) increase.It's just liek every other sport really, records keep getting broken, and always will. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flipkickbs Posted December 25, 2005 Report Share Posted December 25, 2005 I think that in the future all trials bikes will look like this. Sidehops will reach upto around 80 inches using the 350mm bb rise and the bouncy ball compound rear tyre. Trials riders will only eat pastys to gain ultimate power for extreme maneuvers. This bb rise will allow for hooks on over vertical walls and also allow entire comp sections to be just ridden straight over leaving all the trials pros with scores of 0. This is my drink fueled idea, and i would 'laugh my ass off' if it ever happened. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Foamoi Refresher Posted December 25, 2005 Report Share Posted December 25, 2005 LMAOhahahahaha, thats the funniest thing ive seen in ages!excellent luisio Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Thomson Posted December 25, 2005 Report Share Posted December 25, 2005 LMAOhahahahaha, thats the funniest thing ive seen in ages!excellent luisioYou have a very odd sence of humour then....I'm kinda split with this... Obviously people will continue going bigger and further etc... But they're only gonna be able to go so far... Human Ability and Physics ain't gonna allow anyone to go any further... So none of this 80" sidehop malarki!!Alternatively, some uber prodigy/freak of nature may come along and pwn us all... But they're might break records by a couple inches at the most... Nothing ridiculous..So no...It won't just keep going bigger and bigger... It's just not possible... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Clark Posted December 25, 2005 Report Share Posted December 25, 2005 Yeah, people say records keep getting broken etc at the Olympics, but by what? 0.001 seconds. People sidehopping a few millimetres higher isn't really much of a difference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manuel Posted December 25, 2005 Report Share Posted December 25, 2005 i can see rear supspension coming into play soonhaha - no. How the fook will that help ?I reckon we are pretty close to the limits right now with the techniques we have now. But things get invented.....plus it will mean that trials will have to go in more interesting directions - as in not all ooh can i hop over a 53 inch bar . . . . ALL GOOD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John planet x Posted December 25, 2005 Report Share Posted December 25, 2005 (edited) Lol pure genius --> the bike pic. Edited December 25, 2005 by John planet x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Clark Posted December 25, 2005 Report Share Posted December 25, 2005 Trials motocross uses suspension to good effect.People were throwing about ideas of titanium frames with suspension using the frame flex as a pivot point to create a softail, or possibly using Cannondales idea of carbon chainstays as a pivot point, to give a tiny bit of spring to help launch upwards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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