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Spoke to him on msn and he is genuinely interested..i've told him that in a years time he will think back to now and think 'god i was shit' i know i do..and how i used to think i'd never be able to back hop or pedal kick :D

zoo baby!

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hello mate hope your enjoying the forum SIMP get your bike fixed man im getting lonely when i ride and ive run out of batterys for the mp3 playa. (N)

n e way is:

a bt raven 5 long

onza carbon bars

onza stem

tuff guy forks

out land headset

middleburn cranks

v12 pedals

hog rear laced onto a pro 2 (grinded) with maxxis tyre

mavic ex721 cd laced on a hope xc (grinded) onza sticky finger tyre dont ask

maggy for the rear with coust pads and custom made booster

avid 7 with avid pads- soon to b coust pads for the front

will have a piccy up when i next nick mums camra

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ok i tilted up the handle bars but i need to go out and buy new pedals cheap pedals came with the bike and i snapped them on a wall. last night :(

im also going to buy new grips and a pair of golves :P my hands are killing me :o

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ok i tilted up the handle bars but i need to go out and buy new pedals cheap pedals came with the bike and i snapped them on a wall. last night :(

im also going to buy new grips and a pair of golves :P my hands are killing me :o

Hey dean, my grips used to hurt me but now that i have put tape on them they gust don't bother me. I can guarantee u that u will progress very quickly with our help, i have only been riding two months and i'm side hopping up 30",,, i find that its not the weight that holds me back, all u need is practice, maybe build an assault course in your garden or some were.? the best thing to do if you want to progress quick is to ride with other people.

A good web site to learn to do some 'Trials Techniques' as they have got some videos to go with the explanation.

-Trials explained

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Hey dean, my grips used to hurt me but now that i have put tape on them

u put duck tape on your grips would that not make the grip worse ?? :S

maybe build an assault course in your garden

yo man i like the sound of that :D i just need to find some wooden crates from somewhere :ermm:

i think these forums and you guys are helping me alot. I am making noticable progress in just one day. I have just bought my first pair of bike gloves :P and a new rear brake cable because it was slipping abit

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u put duck tape on your grips would that not make the grip worse ?? :S

yo man i like the sound of that :D i just need to find some wooden crates from somewhere :ermm:

i think these forums and you guys are helping me alot. I am making noticable progress in just one day. I have just bought my first pair of bike gloves :P and a new rear brake cable because it was slipping abit

Naaaa tape is cool just look at the pick of my bike pick there is tape on the grips (Y) , electric tape but the same width will be ok, make sure if u doo, do it u make sure its super tite when you apply it. I did it cos my hand were blistering up and my grips got haggerd!!! :)

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Or maybe just decent grips ***? :ermm:

yea too true!!! lol just wore my saracens 1s so much i went through them to the bar.... i loved them

normal hard grips hurt my hands an i dont wear gloves so trying roadie tape cos i is coolios

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trials tips and ways to improve my bike setup etc.. are really helping me out thanx guys ! :D

i can see a big improvement in my balancing after only one day im really happy with my improvement lol :D slowly getting there..

one day ill be able to bounce on the back wheel with full control :-

unfortunatly i snapped my pedal in half :S gonna get a new pair of metal pedals tomorrow the ones that came with the bike were cheap plastic :S

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hey buddy. It wont be long before you can "bounce on the back wheel" (backhop, shifty, crank hop, pedal kick.) there are loads of different names for that. Good to see you are really dedicated to the sport (Y) . As others have said it really is just practise practise practise.

If you are finding your grips painful there are a few things you can do.

you could wear gloves.

you could just put up with it and allow huge calluses to appear on your hands.

or you could get some foam grips (or roadie tape)

I'm not to sure about the tape (electrical or gaffer) idea as I imagine it would get really slippy when wet (with sweat or rain) :ermm:

anyway just go have fun on your bike. (Y)

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