Bike Trials - Anyone here ride?

[isaac steiner]

Last summer I got a Trials Bike, didn't ride it much, but this spring I am really excited to try to get good at the sport. I bought a 2003 Monty 219 Alp (the blue & white one) but I got Magura H33s on it. I think it is a good bike for learning.

So does anyone elses here ride Bike Trials?

I have been practicing lately. I have almost got pedal kicks, about 5 rear wheel hops (hopefully I will get it good soon), sidedrop, endo sidedrop, etc. Really basic stuff.

Here is a guy from my area who is my age, and is really good. He is sponsored by Meta Bikes.

http://ca.youtube.com/user/gasgastrials

Anyway, if anyone else on the forums likes the sport or rides it, lets chat about it.

Isaac

[pedrotejada]

I trained Bike Trials for a long time...i still have my bike... Echo/Megamo/Brisa... but now im training unicyling a lot...and i'm just riding the bike for fun!

There some pretty good riders here in Brazil.... Cris Santos... Who won some USA championships is from Brazil :D He's a very cool guy :D Here's a video that he made with other friend of mine, marcio Rodrigues:
BikeTrials Lifestyle (http://br.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcPwyy7l4I0)


The channels name that you posted is Gas Gas Trials... Currently my father is the Brazilian Dealer of Gas Gas! :D:D:D

Bye :D

[maximus unius]

I would like to get into it, but trials bikes are expensive!

[_Ground_Zero_]

I would like to get into it, but trials bikes are expensive!

Exactly why I don't have a trials bike yet.
:(

[Monkeyboy13]

hochberg does, and im workin on some with my modded bmx. i can hop on the back for a good while and hop a ledge about a foot and a half up

[pedrotejada]

I would like to get into it, but trials bikes are expensive!

Search for second hand Echo, Gu, Adamant, Zoo and Czar bikes... They are not so expensive...

Monty and Koxx are very expensive... And they are easier to brake than Echo and other chinese bikes...!

Bike Trials are very fun... Ride around the city... just to relax :D:D:D ;)

Bye :D

[lpounds]

I used to ride trials. I found it really hard. Maybe because I was still young and I think it helps a lot to have a little more muscle.

That looks like a sick/expensive trials bike- why is he wearing soccer shin pads?

[Spencer Hochberg]

hochberg does, and im workin on some with my modded bmx. i can hop on the back for a good while and hop a ledge about a foot and a half up
Nah, I have owned a trials bike before but I wouldn't call the stuff I did trials. I learned some really basic stuff then sold it for the same price I bought it.

[padst3r]

I bought a 2003 Monty 219 Alp (the blue & white one)


I have exactly the same bike im just learning aswell but my bike is a silver and red one

[isaac steiner]

I used to ride trials. I found it really hard. Maybe because I was still young and I think it helps a lot to have a little more muscle.

That looks like a sick/expensive trials bike- why is he wearing soccer shin pads?


Levi, do you still have your bike? What is/what it?

He wears soccer shin pads because he doesn't like 661s, and he wants light protection/

He rides an even nicer bike now;)

[isaac steiner]

http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh55/Isaac-Steiner/PICT1926.jpg

There is a pic of me doing a trackstand.

Yesterday I did a 45" Gap to rear. :)

[Matt_V]

I watched that guy's video of him and some other people riding at Warsaw Caves, and it was really cool because I have been there so many times that I acually reconized all the locations.

[CoreTechs]

I'm pretty sure I met the kid sponsored by Meta at the Toronto Bicycle Show. I got to ride his bike and I rode the trials course that was set up with my uni.

[1-wheeled-grape]

theres someone who lives near me, who's got a £3000 trials bike, i think its built up around a koxx at a geuss as hes got the exact same rims as i have on my uni. hes pretty good, and i think hes managed to get up a 3 foot loading bay before!

[isaac steiner]

I'm pretty sure I met the kid sponsored by Meta at the Toronto Bicycle Show. I got to ride his bike and I rode the trials course that was set up with my uni.


That is awesome. He told me that there was a unicyclist there and I wanted to know who.

Did you like his bike?:p

Isaac

[CoreTechs]

That is awesome. He told me that there was a unicyclist there and I wanted to know who.

Did you like his bike?:p

Isaac
Yeah, it was pretty sweet. I had never rode a trials bike before that, so I couldn't do much more than bunny hop (or whatever term bikers use) with it, but it was nice. I would definitely get one if I had the money for it.

[isaac steiner]

Okay, so I took a few photos of my bike today.

Enjoy.

Whole Bike:

http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh55/Isaac-Steiner/PIC_0141.jpg

Magura Brake and Grind on rim:

http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh55/Isaac-Steiner/PIC_0014.jpg

Front Angle:

http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh55/Isaac-Steiner/PIC_0144.jpg

Meh, and finally, my b-e-a-utiful chain.

http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh55/Isaac-Steiner/PIC_0015.jpg



Now it is your turn to post some pictures of your ride:)


Isaac

[Probailer2]

Amanda started trial biking.
Think she got a Onza T-Rex, not sure though.

Peter M

[_Ground_Zero_]

Search for second hand Echo, Gu, Adamant, Zoo and Czar bikes... They are not so expensive...

Monty and Koxx are very expensive... And they are easier to brake than Echo and other chinese bikes...!

Bike Trials are very fun... Ride around the city... just to relax :D:D:D ;)

Bye :D

still around $350+ though :(

[pedrotejada]

still around $350+ though :(

Yes, but for a nice competition bike isn't expensive. Trial is cheaper than other bike sports.

The biggest problem in trials is that to start you need to spend a lot of money, it's hard to start with a 100 bucks bike!

And if you think, still around the price of a unicycle!

You can find a frame for a V-Brake, and use some BMX parts... But you will spend the same 350+ of a second hand chinese bike!

Bye!

[isaac steiner]

Plus, once you start other sports like Hockey, you pay like alot of money to join, and then equipment that can be really pricey. I think trials biking and other styles of biking are great ways to spend money, same with unicycling.

Trials biking is a blast, I am actually started to get better at it, which makes it more fun, so if anyone is starting, don't get frustrated. It is a great sport.


Isaac

[pedrotejada]

Trials biking is a blast, I am actually started to get better at it, which makes it more fun, so if anyone is starting, don't get frustrated. It is a great sport.


Isaac

That's why Bike Trials do not get big quiclky!

A lot of peoples see good riders doing big drops, gaps and sidehops... And when they start to ride they think that aren't getting better...

In bike trials you need to train everything on the floor first... And latter do everything in the obstacles... so you need a little bit of paciense too... But when you start to do more cool moviments... You can't stop riding!

Bye!

[zfreak220]

Once I build up a Coker, I'm thinking I might get a trials bike.

[_Ground_Zero_]

Yes, but for a nice competition bike isn't expensive. Trial is cheaper than other bike sports.

The biggest problem in trials is that to start you need to spend a lot of money, it's hard to start with a 100 bucks bike!

And if you think, still around the price of a unicycle!

You can find a frame for a V-Brake, and use some BMX parts... But you will spend the same 350+ of a second hand chinese bike!

Bye!

Well, I don't really do any sports that cost a lot of money and comparing it to unicycling is really a good comparison at all because when you start unicycling, you usually start with a $100 unicycle and then move to around the $400 range. With trials biking, you START near the $400 range and depending on your skill, it can go over $1000...

Never the less, I still think trial biking is super awesome, it's just that no used bikes are like, $200 or $250 at least...

[isaac steiner]

Never the less, I still think trial biking is super awesome, it's just that no used bikes are like, $200 or $250 at least...

You can find used bikes for around $200. Check out www.observedtrials.net and just keep your eye open.

[isaac steiner]

Okay, so today I was doing some pretty cool lines on my bike. I think I am getting some better. I am going to buy new bars for my bike, maybe a new rear rim, and new frame, soon.

Isaac

[lpounds]

Have you thought about selling the whole bike Isaac? Is it too heavy for you?

[isaac steiner]

Well, I wouldn't mind upgrading sometime, but I think I will wait until I am some better. And no it isn't to heavy, it's a feather, im used to my old Haro Escape 8.3, it was a tank, it was like 36 lbs, and this is like 23 lbs so it feels feather.

[lpounds]

Cool, how bad is the Norco evolve trials? There is an old one on CL for 180 or something. It has the 26 wheels. Which size wheel is better for what and who?

[isaac steiner]

The Evolve is nice, I think, I don't know much about Stock bikes. But yeah for $180 that's good. I would definatly go for it if you are looking to get into trials biking, it's loads of fun. And for your size, it would be great, for me riding a Stock would be too big, but yeah, you could ride either a long Mod, or a Stock.

Hope that helps.

Isaac

PS - If you don't know.

Stock = 26"
Mod = 20"

[lpounds]

The Evolve is nice, I think, I don't know much about Stock bikes. But yeah for $180 that's good. I would definatly go for it if you are looking to get into trials biking, it's loads of fun. And for your size, it would be great, for me riding a Stock would be too big, but yeah, you could ride either a long Mod, or a Stock.

Hope that helps.

Isaac

PS - If you don't know.

Stock = 26"
Mod = 20"
Ok, so you're saying that if I wanted to go with the 20' wheel style trial bike (mod), i would have to go with a longer wheelbase frame than say, yours?

[isaac steiner]

Well you could probably use mine, except you could probably handle a longer one better.

[wickedbob]

I'm building one this summer. Going to be nice, sun rims hope hubs, dt spokes, marino frame or something in 24in, echo hd, hope stem, riser bars, disc front to back, pivital seat+post, any bb echo forged cranks, some pedals I already have. Yeah, its going to be sweet, it'll be my first trials bike, also street. Thing is going to cost an arm and leg, but should be worth it. It's gonna be ss and first, but once i get some cash I might put some gears on it later on.

[k124uk]

I'm actually a BikeTrials rider (8 years) with a 'new' interest in uni trials... just got a Koxx-One White Widow to play about on and it's great fun!

[amanda.gallacher]

Amanda started trial biking.
Think she got a Onza T-Rex, not sure though.

Peter M
I've got a T-Pro. Does the job. Mind you, I took it all apart on Tuesday cos I got bored and wanted to see how it works but umm it's harder to put back together than a uni :o haha yeah. It's fun but really difficult. I'm getting there slowly but surely.

Whens your vid gonna be done, Isaac?

Amanda


PS. k124uk: taking a guess here.. are you Ali?

[isaac steiner]

Hmm, I am going to wait a bit longer, but probably pretty soon.

[unibikeling]

I'm looking around for a mod bike, then i'm going to replace the handle bars with risers, if it doesnt have them already. Then do some different things to it to make it better. I just need to find a cheapo.

maybe a stock bike... Stock bikes look more BA in my opinion.

[hobo_chuck]

I want a good mod bike.....

.....low on funds as I have spent over $1000 on my unicycles.

[unibikeling]

I want a good mod bike.....

.....low on funds as I have spent over $1000 on my unicycles.

i spent nearly $1000 on my camera, but about 25 cents off.
yeah, i'm saving money til the end of the year. I sorta have it mentally budgetted, not based on any money amounts.

1.pelican case for my camera
2.trial bike
3.car

i wanna get an oldschool ford escort, then cut the roof off, and make a convertable.

ive got a plan also for the car, i'm going to weld a bar behind the 2 front seats, and then lay some sheet metal across the back, maybe making the back pop up also. Like, a latchy spring system.

Oh, i'd rip out all the upholstery, and then weld bracing in the back, so the car doesnt fold.

[sigve]

ok i am looking for a trial bike for me and a friend, he sais that he want to start and i've been wanting to try more if it in a while, just tried with my normal bike and it's pretty fun.. rode a lot of mtb and uni of course and my question..

http://cache.finn.no/mmo/8/139/049/78_-755568908.jpg

this costs 4000 norwegian kroner.... it's 2nd hand but it's in good shape, it's like 500 euros.. should i get this or:

Yaabaa 449 Senior

http://www.tartybikes.co.uk/product.php?product_id=10512&category_id=10


288 euros brand new..

it looks to me that the monty is very overpriced, but i dont know a lot about these bikes so i ask here:rolleyes:

[hobo_chuck]

i dont know a lot about these bikes so i ask here:rolleyes:
Most of us don't know a lot about these bikes either;)

[sigve]

Most of us don't know a lot about these bikes either;)


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[Jonny_H]

http://www.tartybikes.co.uk/product.php?product_id=10361&category_id=10

this is what im saving for seems good for the price ...

[unibikeling]

http://www.tartybikes.co.uk/product.php?product_id=10361&category_id=10

this is what im saving for seems good for the price ...

i dont know if i should buy a new bike, or just look for a cheap ratty old peice for a starter bike.

i need to get more money...

[hobo_chuck]

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:rolleyes:
Exactly...this is a unicycle forum.

We just have to try everything, but that doesn't mean that we get any good at it.
I'm sure there's a biketrials forum that is newbie-friendly out there.

[amanda.gallacher]

You guys should join www.trials-forum.co.uk, get validated then buy a decent 2nd hand bike off there. Though guess if you live outside the UK that wouldn't really work.

[_Ground_Zero_]

I might be getting my first trials bike tomorrow!!! It's an old used mod Monty, but hey, it's $100, my first bike, sounds like it's in good condition, and is the only thing I've seen in my area for the past 2 months. It also looks like it's been modded because it has a red and I think an orange rim (could be surface rust) in the front. I don't really know though, sounds good to me :)

http://images.craigslist.org/01151301020701040520080730eb60b1a0c496c72b460075f5.jpg
http://images.craigslist.org/01150901020601030020080730e48e2f9774bfd7f19a0037d7.jpg

[hobo_chuck]

I might be getting my first trials bike tomorrow!!! It's an old used mod Monty, but hey, it's $100, my first bike, sounds like it's in good condition, and is the only thing I've seen in my area for the past 2 months.
Cool.

As always, if you decide you don't like it I'll take it off your hands:p

[_Ground_Zero_]

Ughh, I want this bike so bad nowwwww, but he's out of the area right now:mad: :p :(

[_Ground_Zero_]

YAY! I got an original vintage Monty. It's got serious surface rust and the spokes are out of true, and it could also do with some maguras but other than that, it's awesome, I'm gonna work on it tomorrow and get some pics up :D

[unibikeling]

a guy wants to sell me a koxx/echo/zhi cross for 450, and he'd bring it to me also

http://www.observedtrials.net/album/data/500/medium/IMG_0485.JPG

bigger picture -
http://www.observedtrials.net/album/data/500/IMG_0485.JPG

[_Ground_Zero_]

a guy wants to sell me a koxx/echo/zhi cross for 450, and he'd bring it to me also

http://www.observedtrials.net/album/data/500/medium/IMG_0485.JPG

bigger picture -
http://www.observedtrials.net/album/data/500/IMG_0485.JPG


Cool, if there's nothing wrong with it, I'd consider it.

[Kilian]

i dont know anything about bike trials but i want to maybe start but just do really really small stuff (bunny hopping, curbs) is there a cheap ($200) bike i could get with a seat? would a bmx bike work?

[unibikeling]

i dont know anything about bike trials but i want to maybe start but just do really really small stuff (bunny hopping, curbs) is there a cheap ($200) bike i could get with a seat? would a bmx bike work?

if your going to be doing curbs, you can use a normal bike. A bmx bike is not a good option for Trials. Trials bikes and BMX bikes are different. A bmx bike has different brakes, way heavier, and its handlebars are really weird.

I see what your going at, you normally see Monty's, that have seats. But, those are old 1990's Monty Mod Trial Bikes. You could go on your local craigs list, and search bike trial, and find one.

[Michaelgoround]

My friends wanting to get into trials and I was wondering if it would be alright to use a 26 inch mountain bike for it?I don't think so but who knows?

[unibikeling]

My friends wanting to get into trials and I was wondering if it would be alright to use a 26 inch mountain bike for it?I don't think so but who knows?

yeah, go for it, a mountain bike is better than anything else. ive read stories of a lot of people learning to do even rear wheel hopping on a mountain bike.

[_Ground_Zero_]

My friends wanting to get into trials and I was wondering if it would be alright to use a 26 inch mountain bike for it?I don't think so but who knows?

Yah, the guy I bought my trials bike from does his trials on a mountain bike. He said that the main difference is that there's a certain "sweet spot" where you're gonna be able to hop, and that it's just much easier to find and there's a bigger one on a trials bike. If you wanna devote the time to learning on a mountain bike, you should go for it.

[_Ground_Zero_]

i dont know anything about bike trials but i want to maybe start but just do really really small stuff (bunny hopping, curbs) is there a cheap ($200) bike i could get with a seat? would a bmx bike work?

Best look on craigslist, just keep checking, eventually something will show up. I waited a few months and I got a old Monty trials for $80 :D

I think I heard somewhere that a BMX would work but you'd have to mod it and stuff, not sure.

[Michaelgoround]

Your insanely luck to find a trials bike on craigslist. I have been looking on their for kayaks and such for a while now.

[ed_on_one_wheel]

I'm still wondering how everyone can get their hands on those wooden plnaks used with forklifts... How exactly do you get them? I mean, I've been doing a bit of trials and I seriously need to know how to get some so if anyone knows please reply or message me

[lpounds]

Great deals on trials bikes here: http://www.pinkbike.com/buysell/list/?region=3&category=29

[hobo_chuck]

oooo $0 CAD for a Norco Evolve

Seller: brousse199 | Login to contact seller | seller History
Location: Brantford , Ontario , Canada
Date: Aug-09-2008 7:49:53
Catagory: Trials Bikes
Phone Number:
Price: $0 CAD (http://www.pinkbike.com/buysell/349639/)

[Michaelgoround]

Great deals on trials bikes here: http://www.pinkbike.com/buysell/list/?region=3&category=29
I'll be sure to tell my friend about this site.

[adjuggler]

There anyway to convert this MTB into a trials bike? I know it is possible to get a larger bash ring, and there seems to be a lot of space for bigger rim/ tire. But is it possible to remove some of the rear or front "gear rings?" (not real bike savvy)?

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[wickedbob]

Lots use mtb's as trials when beginning. Makes it harder, but cheaper. The best thing to do is get good brakes, or pads, if you have v breaks get some nice pads from webcyclery and possibly gring your rims.

For the best advise make an account on observedtrials.net, but do not tell them you unicycle or anything of the sort. Just say you need some helping starting, for the most part they are really helpful or have been to me.


btw trials bikes use low gearing, they aren't fast. As for parts once again best off going to observedtrials.net.

[l0uni0l]

hey i really want to buy a gu typhoon please tell me if you find one

[poofengle]

So after upgrading to a new mountain bike, I decided to convert my old one into a trials bike. I'm mainly seeing if I like it, and if it starts to grow on me, I'll probably buy an actual trials bike and ditch my half and half bike I'm using now.

I'm still learning the most basic of things, but it's going alright, and I have some really good trails around to practice on. But what I really need are some good brakes. I just have the crappy cable ones that came with it, and they're so mushy that to get the bike completely stopped I have to jam as hard as possible, and sometimes I still find myself creeping forward or backward. It gets ridiculous after awhile. My hands and fingers go white just from trying to stop the bike... But I digress.

What would you suggest in the area of brakes? (and how much approx. would they cost?)

[padst3r]

It sounds like you just need some new brake pads.Go to the local bike shop and ask them whether you need new brake pads or whether you should get new brakes for basic trials

[samsta002]

I'm getting into trials on my mtb and have a question.
My uni jumping footing is right foot back, to the left for side hops. My left foot is what i grind/ crank grap on.
When i ride a bike my costing position (?) is the same as on my uni (right foot back) but when i go up into a manual or mono i kick my right foot (dominant) down from the top?
Will this be bad for trials? Should I start learning with my right foot at the front to eventually get into some street trials?

[samsta002]

Never mind. I've been watching some tutorials by sergitobt on youtube and have worked out everything. I'm looking into getting a trials bike soonish.

[samsta002]

Lol, soz; triple post.
I would extremely appreciate it if anyone could tell me where I could get a mod trials bike in NSW. Whether second-hand, from a bike shop or whatever, i'd love to hear.