(and a new post while we're at it)
I've been doing more and more street riding of late. WAY more than trail riding as it's just more convenient and the days grow shorter every week. Besides that, I find myself hooked on the feeling of progression that I'm experiencing.
I've decided that I really want to throw myself into street and focus on developing my core trials skills.
I can side hop fairly high and accurately, I can manual fairly well, pedal kick forward and rear wheel hop backward just ok, etc. I spend hours playing on the huge boulders down by the lake, so I'm getting the hang of it all by trial and error. I've spent endless hours working myself up to pedal kick off of larger obstacles. Not wheelie drop, but proper pedal kicks. I've fallen more times than not, but it's coming along.
A week ago I got a chance to ride a proper trials HT, a Planet X Zebdi. What an amazing difference the setup makes. It had the Hope Trial disc brakes f/r and those worked very well. Also had a very short 70mm Bomber, providing a 74d (?) HA. It felt way awkward at first but I quickly appreciated it. It makes me want to rebuild my hardtail into a more street/trials capable bike, but I'm not sure what frame would be a better pick, if not just a smaller Chameleon (which I currently ride). For now I'm leaving everything alone and will just keep practicing and riding.
To the mountain bike trials people ... how is your bike set up? Post up a pic, spell it out. Let's breathe some life into this forum!
I've been doing more and more street riding of late. WAY more than trail riding as it's just more convenient and the days grow shorter every week. Besides that, I find myself hooked on the feeling of progression that I'm experiencing.
I've decided that I really want to throw myself into street and focus on developing my core trials skills.
I can side hop fairly high and accurately, I can manual fairly well, pedal kick forward and rear wheel hop backward just ok, etc. I spend hours playing on the huge boulders down by the lake, so I'm getting the hang of it all by trial and error. I've spent endless hours working myself up to pedal kick off of larger obstacles. Not wheelie drop, but proper pedal kicks. I've fallen more times than not, but it's coming along.
A week ago I got a chance to ride a proper trials HT, a Planet X Zebdi. What an amazing difference the setup makes. It had the Hope Trial disc brakes f/r and those worked very well. Also had a very short 70mm Bomber, providing a 74d (?) HA. It felt way awkward at first but I quickly appreciated it. It makes me want to rebuild my hardtail into a more street/trials capable bike, but I'm not sure what frame would be a better pick, if not just a smaller Chameleon (which I currently ride). For now I'm leaving everything alone and will just keep practicing and riding.
To the mountain bike trials people ... how is your bike set up? Post up a pic, spell it out. Let's breathe some life into this forum!