TomR Posted October 21, 2006 Report Share Posted October 21, 2006 (edited) Nowi haven't seen this guys riding since Evolve, but i was in hellfrauds earlier and saw a tricks and stunts style video with him and Aaron Chase and saw 'barspins' on the list of stuff it teaches, so i had a look on youtube and holy crap his riding has changed. Absolutely nuts!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYGcSnvoO6shttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27pa821q7E4...ted&search= another awesome vid with Chase in.Im inspired.NOW EDITED!: I messed up the second link. vid 2 is awesome. Edited October 21, 2006 by planetxpimp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 21, 2006 Report Share Posted October 21, 2006 Top vid, 57 seconds in, what the fuuuuuck i've never seen anything like that in lmy life. I usually havn't time for these gimps that ride 'trials' on mountain bike's but christ that's some cool shit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trialsguru Posted October 21, 2006 Report Share Posted October 21, 2006 I usually havn't time for these gimps that ride 'trials' on mountain bike's but christ that's some cool shiteeerrr? what? isnt that where we all started? and im sure lenosky was riding wayyy before you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash-Kennard Posted October 21, 2006 Report Share Posted October 21, 2006 f**k, that guy is awesome. think he would autograph my chest? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manuel Posted October 21, 2006 Report Share Posted October 21, 2006 Personally I dont think chase is all that but big jeff is just awesome .... some big ass bunnyhop barspins over rails ... but the trials parts he does are damn good too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plainlazy84 Posted October 21, 2006 Report Share Posted October 21, 2006 f**k, that guy is awesome. think he would autograph my chest?no.Jeff Lenosky is the man. So many memories of watching Evolve over and over again. If you have been riding for as long as he has then a change of direction and style is probably the best thing to keep it all from getting stale. But then he probably can't tap 55" or whatever consitutes a good rider these days, so therefore he sucks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Bleech Posted October 21, 2006 Report Share Posted October 21, 2006 that first video was ace - that was one of the best mtb street sections i have ever seen!the jeff daddy rule, I love his trials style especially the evole and the wheel deal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mat hudson Posted October 21, 2006 Report Share Posted October 21, 2006 'kin hell. he's come a long way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boon racoon Posted October 21, 2006 Report Share Posted October 21, 2006 i've seen him land a "trials style" barspin drop-off from a backhop...off the back of a benchnuff respect! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James_Porter Posted October 21, 2006 Report Share Posted October 21, 2006 that makes me wanna go to barca. what a beast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadChikken Posted October 21, 2006 Report Share Posted October 21, 2006 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27pa821q7E4...ted&search= another awesome vid with Chase in.vid 2 is awesome.Go get the full DVD and sit and watch it, will totally blow ur mind even if you arent into freestyle/slopestyle riding aswell. The first vid is absolutely jaw dropping aswell, would love to see another vid like Evolve come out no.Jeff Lenosky is the man. So many memories of watching Evolve over and over again. If you have been riding for as long as he has then a change of direction and style is probably the best thing to keep it all from getting stale. But then he probably can't tap 55" or whatever consitutes a good rider these days, so therefore he sucks.Lol amen to that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krisboats Posted October 21, 2006 Report Share Posted October 21, 2006 That was some awesome footage, chases riding didnt really do much for me but his little hand plant over that branch on the dirt jumps was awesome.I can't believe some people dont think this is good riding. Just because it isn't the conventionally boring and repetitive hoppy hoppy style of todays impressionable youth doesnt mean its not good riding. I think some people ought to stop breaking down riders into categories and saying "thats not trials is it!". Or is it the fact that people have gotten into the mentality that trials is purely hoppy hoppy UCI moves and have lost all ability to register something unique and original as being remotely trials orientated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 21, 2006 Report Share Posted October 21, 2006 eeerrr? what? isnt that where we all started? and im sure lenosky was riding wayyy before youNot in my eyes, Trials started when some spanish guy made a Mod. What im trying to say is that I generally don't have time forvids which are not of pure trials.When trials started people were not doing wall ride's and bar spins, nevermind f**king handplants! Perhaps they were on BMX's but not trials bike's. The point I was trying to make was that I dont see what these guys do as trials, however many people call it that.What's it got to do with how long anyone's been riding? I said it impressed me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomR Posted October 21, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2006 They call it urban freeride anyway. IMO its more BMX on mountainbikes, eitherway i dont care what its called its great riding, good style and i love watching it. Some good lines picked out too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 21, 2006 Report Share Posted October 21, 2006 (edited) That was some awesome footage, chases riding didnt really do much for me but his little hand plant over that branch on the dirt jumps was awesome.I can't believe some people dont think this is good riding. Just because it isn't the conventionally boring and repetitive hoppy hoppy style of todays impressionable youth doesnt mean its not good riding. I think some people ought to stop breaking down riders into categories and saying "thats not trials is it!". Or is it the fact that people have gotten into the mentality that trials is purely hoppy hoppy UCI moves and have lost all ability to register something unique and original as being remotely trials orientated.I don't fail to recognise that what he is doing is trials orientated, but it's not trials. I think to call it trials would be an injustice when it's so much more.EDIT: urban freeride eh? well there you go. Im glad I now know the name of it, cheers Edited October 21, 2006 by jake1516 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickyw Posted October 21, 2006 Report Share Posted October 21, 2006 There both legend's...Put it that way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Bleech Posted October 21, 2006 Report Share Posted October 21, 2006 Not in my eyes, Trials started when some spanish guy made a Mod. What im trying to say is that I generally don't have time forvids which are not of pure trials.When trials started people were not doing wall ride's and bar spins, nevermind f**king handplants! Perhaps they were on BMX's but not trials bike's. The point I was trying to make was that I dont see what these guys do as trials, however many people call it that.What's it got to do with how long anyone's been riding? I said it impressed me.in ot pi's dream he does a fakie wallride... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fixed Pants™ Posted October 22, 2006 Report Share Posted October 22, 2006 This isn't how i remember NWD, it's mean't to be absolutley MAHOOSIVE jumps on mountains and stuff, not street. Me no like. Good riders though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark W Posted October 22, 2006 Report Share Posted October 22, 2006 Hmm.There's just something about that video that I really didn't like. I know I'm gonna get flamed to arses for this, but nevertheless...Basically, that was largely like watching a mediocre BMX video done with crappy style. For example, that up to rail ride to barspin and to 180 out. If you go into the Little Wheels thread, go to the last page and watch the 3 sections of Fitlife in there. You'll see that very same line done, but it'll be done way faster and smoother, simply because on a BMX you have to. The thing with MTBers doing street seems that they sorta limit themselves by the technology they're using. He's got a pair of disc brakes, and as such he was using them on every trick when he didn't really need to (having seen BMXers do the vast majority of the non-trials tech moves in that vid before at most with 1 brake, often totally brakeless). It's just a reliance on stuff like that and sus forks that seems to sorta stop them from really doing progressive riding, instead of just copying whatever the latest BMX trick is, but not doing it as well/as smoothly.It's cool 'n' stuff I guess (that last wallride was pretty big), but until they start doing their own thing more and making the most of the fact they've got different advantages with their bikes over BMXs, it's just not really going to go anywhere apart from BMX's footsteps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bessell Posted October 22, 2006 Report Share Posted October 22, 2006 Seem to be going down that road again of what is trials? When i think to be fair trials is what ever u make it or what ever u want it to be.... There true TRIALS heros in my eyes they can ride however they like!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ducko Posted October 22, 2006 Report Share Posted October 22, 2006 aye legend this guy is awsome in evolve! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al_Fel Posted October 22, 2006 Report Share Posted October 22, 2006 Everyone knows its called "shit BMX"watching vids of Jeff the daddy reminds me of when I started riding and loved every second of it. I've had a few months off and i'm just getting back into it a bit of the old boys who were heros back in the day would go down a treat. I think its time to watch Evolve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 22, 2006 Report Share Posted October 22, 2006 in ot pi's dream he does a fakie wallride...but he isn't riding 'urban freeride' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jez Posted October 22, 2006 Report Share Posted October 22, 2006 At the end of the day, lads, it's not trials. It's not BMX. It's not MTB. It's somewhere in the middle. Whether you like it or not is pretty irrelevant - we all have our preferences. What we're looking at here is the skills these boys have, and considering that very few of us can actually ride like that, we're not really in any place to criticise.Personally I don't like the style much - I'm not a BMX fan, and the riding there looks like 90% BMX and 10% trials. That 10% is probably the reason they're on MTBs as opposed to BMXs. But I do have immense respect for what those guys pulled off - they can fooking RIDE. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-Stop Junkie Posted October 22, 2006 Report Share Posted October 22, 2006 Not in my eyes, Trials started when some spanish guy made a Mod. What im trying to say is that I generally don't have time forvids which are not of pure trials.You obviously haven't seen Evolve or Revolution then? Yes, Jeff is riding more street these days, but he was doing 'pure trials', videos, demos, magazine features and so on 10 years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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