ryan-oakley Posted February 26, 2007 Report Share Posted February 26, 2007 hello as it says in the title what made you start trials just woundering thats all Ryan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flas12345 Posted February 26, 2007 Report Share Posted February 26, 2007 hello mate,i used to go dirt jumping all the time with a couple of friends but two lads who i new from a while ago was in my home town on there trials bikes. i didn't no what the hell they was at first because i had never seen one before but i stopped and watched them for a while. they wasn't that good at the time but it inspired me to get a trials bike. so i made friends with these lads and just kept on going ou with them untill i saved a bit of money to get a trials bike. one of the lads was on a onza t-pro and the other was on a koxx xtp long. i ended up getting a brand new onza t-pro from tartybikes in august last year, so as you might now know i have been riding just over 6 months. i am a pritty good rider i think to say how long i have been riding, but i am enjoying the world of trials, i think its mint.cheers lou. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan. Posted February 26, 2007 Report Share Posted February 26, 2007 my mates started biking and i had t go through the torment of saving up while watching them every night.....untill i finally got my bike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*PHIL* Posted February 26, 2007 Report Share Posted February 26, 2007 Good question!I got my first decent bike about a year ago and wanted to get into downhill... I didn't really know what I was doing and a few weeks later I was in hospital with some doctors fingers under my skin feeling for fractures in my skull.After stapling my head back together I didn't really feel the urge to do downhill anymore and I saw some trials footage on an MBUK DVD and decided to learn.That is my highly emotional heart wrenching story hope you liked it... I did not.I think trials has taken off a lot in the past year as almost every time I go out I see people on trials bikes hopping around and that. I never see anyone bad at trials though. And it seems everyone in Newcastle rides 26' when most people on this forum seem to like 20'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sjupe Posted February 26, 2007 Report Share Posted February 26, 2007 i started trials through my mates really..i went out with them for a day and now im hooked . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryan-oakley Posted February 26, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2007 cheers guys keep the answeres coming in thanks Ryan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moto_psycho Posted February 26, 2007 Report Share Posted February 26, 2007 just generally got interested, found how crap i was and decdied to change it (aint worked yet) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teeth Posted February 26, 2007 Report Share Posted February 26, 2007 I started trials because i was getting fed up with braking all my other bikes trying to do big drops ect Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*PHIL* Posted February 26, 2007 Report Share Posted February 26, 2007 I started trials because i was getting fed up with braking all my other bikes trying to do big drops ectSame here, I also like how trials is so skilled. Its more of an art form.I think its the most visually impressive form or biking to non-bike people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trialsrider101 Posted February 26, 2007 Report Share Posted February 26, 2007 i used to ride bmx but there is only so much you can do on 1 so trials is the way forward it truly is an art Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash-Kennard Posted February 26, 2007 Report Share Posted February 26, 2007 i used the search Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(chief) Posted February 26, 2007 Report Share Posted February 26, 2007 (edited) Hi well it was just i saw some people riding in my local town and thought that it was good then a mate started so i did and i loved so i have done it ever since.chris Edited February 26, 2007 by (chief) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackF Posted February 26, 2007 Report Share Posted February 26, 2007 i used the searchMe too.although i did get interested when i saw CLS in one of his early videos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redroy Posted February 27, 2007 Report Share Posted February 27, 2007 Hehe, Me and a mate started after watching tricks and stunts by the martins about 5-6 years ago Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrturner08 Posted February 27, 2007 Report Share Posted February 27, 2007 hello as it says in the title what made you start trials just wondering thats all RyanRyan what made you start Trials i wonder?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heatsink Posted February 27, 2007 Report Share Posted February 27, 2007 For me it was the trials articles in MBUK and the now defunct Mountain Bike Action (I might have the name wrong, but back then MBUK had a rival!). It was around 1998. I was blown away by the photos and how tos from Martyn Ashton and the Tongue brothers. I was doing regular XC riding and bike commuting every day to Uni, so soon I was out in the road following the tutorials on the basics like track standing. Some friends and I were desperately trying to string together more than 3 out of control back hops on our XC bikes!I kept practising all the basic moves for the next few years on the same XC bike inbetween riding in the hills around Bath. I think it annoyed my fellow riders a bit as I hopped around on the back wheel unannounced fully clipped in! It was only when I left the Uni for my first job that the new area curbed my XC riding and I bought a more trials orientated bike, although it doesn't seem very trials orientated by todays standard. Rather it was a Dual Slalom bike with long chain stays and BB drop, but the all important stand over height was there.Only started trying pedal hops and sidehops once I had the new bike and progress was slow! 5 years on and although I've improved since then I still have so much unfulfilled potential, so when I get some time again then there's plenty of riding for me left to be had Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryan-oakley Posted February 27, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2007 Ryan what made you start Trials i wonder??Well i reckon you no dont you mrturner Anyway i started trials when i seen my cuzzie riding a trials bike joe oakley i watch him and i loved it so i got a bike and had a go Ryan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gianttrials Posted February 27, 2007 Report Share Posted February 27, 2007 hans rey, and the marty/ins and ot pi on tv years and years and years ago (10 years ago approx) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onzat-comp Posted February 27, 2007 Report Share Posted February 27, 2007 Hi I used to ride dirt jump etc; but then i just fancied a change and someone was selling a mission £30. I thought ahhh well so i bought it, sold my dirt jump bike and got a t-comp. I put the money toward it and my parents put the rest up.Good topic. Rick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnyMilton Posted February 27, 2007 Report Share Posted February 27, 2007 Well I used to Race BMX, then a few years later i got bored of it then Got in to freeride where i then learnt loads of stuff, but i want to get more out of it, so I started trials to get more skills for freeride, but I loved trials to much and left the freeride scene, but I just got a new freeride bike(Norco shore 6) again last week for the first time in over 2years!But Trials is where its at!!!Johny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hendrix Posted February 27, 2007 Report Share Posted February 27, 2007 saw some people doing it in London, along the South Bank...thought - DANM, THAT LOOKS FUN...and there we go Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearded Midget Posted February 27, 2007 Report Share Posted February 27, 2007 MY mates started it then when i saw them riding i fort that looks kinda fun but i had no money so i had to wait for an oportunity to get a cheapy and i got a second hand mad 2 zero for £40, i then fixed it all up and got some maguras and i was riding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sutty22 Posted February 27, 2007 Report Share Posted February 27, 2007 I used to work for the Lampkins in Silsden (big motorbike trials family), couldn't afford a motorbike so took up cyclos instead. I took all my inspiration from the likes of Ot Pi, Ceasar Canas, The two Martins and the Tongue brothers. I remember sharing a Monty with my mate and spending a whole day (dawn till dusk so nearly 12 hours) learning to get up stuff using the bash plate. I eventually got my own monty then moved up to 26". I started riding 10 years ago now ( makes me sound old I know) but have had a break for the last 5. Just getting back into it and am amazed by how much the sport has progressed. It's awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STC Posted February 27, 2007 Report Share Posted February 27, 2007 Well i started riding trials with my mates lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xris_x Posted February 28, 2007 Report Share Posted February 28, 2007 I had too many adrenalin fuelled accidents on my motorbikes and decided I needed to get my kicks somewhere safer...Then I started working with an trials rider who showed me the ropes. Two years on and I think its miles better than sports bikes, the cops just don’t give a damn if your on one wheel or none at all, but who would have thought trials is more expensive! Thanks Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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