Pure Trial Riders

[kidmuni]

Post here If you're a Trials rider and only ride Trials!
Tell us what uni you ride to.
or your dream set up!

[sp4rky-m4rky]

I am in the prosess of making a pure trials vid but I definatly wouldnt say I am a pure trials rider as I also ride street, XC/Muni and freestyle. My vid is almost done, I just need to finish editing it. It should be finished over the next few days.

[Probailer2]

Well, I'm not totaly a pure trials rider (as I can do some flips and spins) but I do have a pure trial unicycle:

http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/3429/xtpblackmirrorfp4.jpg

http://img503.imageshack.us/img503/926/50620008ih5.jpg

http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/3316/xtpblackmirror2ef2.jpg

http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/5274/50620002cm9.jpg

http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/2839/50620005qp4.jpg

http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/8853/xtpblackmirrorhubuw6.jpg

Specs:

Kris Holm CF seat
Qu-ax reinforced seatpost with costum paintjob
Koxx One Black Mirror double bolt clamp
Koxx One XTP raw frame
Koxx One "ISIS" hub
Sapim spokes
Koxx One "ISIS light cranks 140mm
Specialized magnesium pedals
Koxx One Black Mirror rim
Monty 2.6 Eagle Claw tire.

I love it: light and strong (except the rim, needs true-ing all the time :rolleyes:)

Peter M

[bennet]

Nimbus ISIS
KH 137s.

pretty tight uni. want to upgrade to KH seat and twisted pcs.

[padst3r]

I used to ride street and trials but i am now a pure trials rider :) !!! I have a custom trials being delivered but i havent got it yet.Its made out of the best parts i could get on the nz udc.Some of the stuff i already have.

kh cf base
I cut some of the foam off top and the sides.
Alloy seatpost
Double bolt qu-ax clamp
Black qu-ax frame
Kh moment hub
Kh freeride 19" rim
Onza tensile cranks
Onza pedals (not sure what kind)
Creepy crawler tyre

[unibikeling]

Pure trials here, i cant do anything street. Minus the fact i can one foot ride, i only like trials. I think im good at that a bit, but aparently not to a lot of people... a new vid in good time.

quax trials/muni hub
kh fusion street saddle
nimbus II trials frame
creep crawly tire
bulletproof pedals
nimbus trials rim
torker/generic seatpost thingy i made
quick adjust clamp

I dont know, i dont care about weight of the unicycle, i dont see it as mattering for me. I mean, if you need to shave off a lot of weight to be able to jump a lot, i dont know how good you are then. You should be able to do the same in all situations. Unless the situation is rain. I hate rain.

[ntappin]

I'm 99% trials but when I get annoyed with a line I usualy take a break to learn some freestyle or street tricks.

My trials setup is pretty primo.

KH CF seat
KH alu post
Triton frame
CF seatpost clamp
K1 hub and crank set
Animal pedals
KH rim
and I'm getting an eagle claw tire when I can find one for sale.

[sp4rky-m4rky]

My pure trials vid is finished but untill I work out/someone tells me how to get it from 761MB to a reasnable size that can be uploaded no one can watch it (other than me of corse).

I ride a custom 07 KH20

MEC tyre
137 moments
cromo seatpost with extra chunky welds (after it broke)
stripped KH 07 frame
CF base
stickers :)
da bomb-napalm bomb pedals

[Magixause]

I'm close to a pure trials rider. I do a tiny tiny bit of street. I ride a DX....but I'm planning on getting a Nimbus X or just the normal Nimbus Trials really soon, once I earn the moneys

[catinabag1]

im a 60% trials (90% of that is natural trials) and 40% muni.

[hungry4uni]

I'm obsessed with trials.

I was wondering, am I the only trials rider that still can't ride backwards?

[littleman]

I just recently went to pure trials, when I got my nimbus with the 137 kh moment cranks along with kh freeride saddle and jc trail mix pedals. Trials with a slimmer saddle and lighter uni makes it so much more fun and easier. I used to ride with a torker with 125's and it was just ridiculous, that's why I used to ride street, but my next video will be all trials. Oh, and unibikeling, what you said about how the weight doesn't matter, and its only an exuse, thats complete bull. As we can see from your video( I picked my scab the whole way through).

[catinabag1]

I'm obsessed with trials.

I was wondering, am I the only trials rider that still can't ride backwards?
i cant either. i just havent taken the time to learn. i need to. trials are just so much fun that i dont wanna stop to learn to ride backwards.

[unibikeling]

I just recently went to pure trials, when I got my nimbus with the 137 kh moment cranks along with kh freeride saddle and jc trail mix pedals. Trials with a slimmer saddle and lighter uni makes it so much more fun and easier. I used to ride with a torker with 125's and it was just ridiculous, that's why I used to ride street, but my next video will be all trials. Oh, and unibikeling, what you said about how the weight doesn't matter, and its only an exuse, thats complete bull. As we can see from your video( I picked my scab the whole way through).

Dude, if you wanna pick a freaking fight with me, you can, Ive got half a mind to leave. I was mainly saying that it mainly takes technique. If you really just wanna sit and argue and pick apart my vid again, i'll sit and take it, but i seriously am thinking about leaving these forums.

I like my uni the way it is, its fine to me.

bye

-Graham

[ntappin]

I'm obsessed with trials.

I was wondering, am I the only trials rider that still can't ride backwards?

Took me like up until a couple months ago to be able to and I've been trying since I joined the forums.

[_Ground_Zero_]

I do a bit of everything right now, but I think I'm gonna ride more trials this summer over street and flat, cause I'm still learning and am probably gonna build a course. I like trials more than street and flat, but they're awesome too.

I ride a KH w/ 137 cranks and will have a custom K1 with street cranks that I might use for trials in a couple months.

[sp4rky-m4rky]

The weight of your uni doesnt make alot of odds, but whats wrong with making it light?

The main thing is the feel of it and if you are used to it or not.

I bet pumping your tyre right up or leting it right down would make alot more of a difference than adding 500 or 1000 grams. If you swapped unis with someone that had a heavier uni then you probably wouldnt be able to hop as high as you could on your uni but im sure if you swapped for a lighter uni you would still fall short of your max hop hight, probalby reaching around the same hight as you did on the heavier uni.

What ever the weight of your uni, you soon get used to it. The same with crank length, tyre pressure, seat hight etc. You change one (or more) of those things and it will feel different, first off your riding will probably get worse but as you get used to it it will probably get better (but not always better than before you changed it).

[forrestunifreak]

I'm definitly not pure trials. I do a little of everything; street, trials, muni, freestyle-ish.


But I'm hopefully planning on making an all natrual trials movie in a little while.

[sp4rky-m4rky]

I'm definitly not pure trials. I do a little of everything; street, trials, muni, freestyle-ish.


But I'm hopefully planning on making an all natrual trials movie in a little while.

You definatly should, the sooner the better. I look forward to it.

[maestro8]

Post here If you're a Trials rider and only ride Trials!
Post what? This forum is for unicycling articles and tutorials. I don't see a tutorial anywhere in this thread.

That being said, let me fix the situation. Obviously some of you don't know how to ride backwards yet, and I find this skill to be quite a help in lining up a big rolling hop. Here's how I learned:

Step 1) Ride forward, slow down, ride as slowly as possible. For an added challenge, try riding on a line painted on the street, or on the curb of the sidewalk. This will help your skills in riding skinnies.

Step 2) Ride forward, slow down, come to a stop but don't take your feet off the pedals. Continue riding forward. Work on increasing the amount of time you can stop. This skill, on it's own, is indispensable in riding trials.

Step 3) Ride forward, slow down, stop, pedal backwards 1/2 rev, stop. If you can ride forward afterwards, great. If not, don't sweat it... just work on stopping after that 1/2 rev back.

Step 4) Same as step 3, but instead of 1/2 rev, make it a full rev.

Step 5) If you've made it this far, you can ride backwards. See how far you can go now!

Just for sh*ts and giggles, I take a ride around my block once in a while, backwards. You should see the looks on some people's faces.

I'm 99% trials.
So if you just rode a 500km tour on a Coker, does that mean you've already ridden 49,500km of trials lines?

[forrestunifreak]

I agree with the maestro, plus riding backwards is a huge help no matter what kind of riding you do, if only for the fact that it makes you more versatile and stable all around. Definitely something to learn, but if you're good at trials without it then more power to ya.

[Probailer2]

I'm obsessed with trials.

I was wondering, am I the only trials rider that still can't ride backwards?

Haha, I can't ride more then 4 rotations max. backwards either :p

Peter M

[Danni]

Dude, if you wanna pick a freaking fight with me, you can, Ive got half a mind to leave. I was mainly saying that it mainly takes technique. If you really just wanna sit and argue and pick apart my vid again, i'll sit and take it, but i seriously am thinking about leaving these forums.

I like my uni the way it is, its fine to me.

bye

-Graham
A light uni is much more flickable. I love how many people say that light unis are a waste of time and money, but everybody that ever tries mine loves it and can go bigger. My uni is 4.6 Kg, and I can tell you that it makes a difference. A KH is not a light unicycle. The pedals/seat/cranks/seatclamp are all heavy, and overkill for my style of riding.

Happy uniing.

[Danni]

Haha, I can't ride more then 4 rotations max. backwards either :p

Peter M

Any trials rider that can flip is a traitor, you traitor!:). I've been trying to land flips, but they still elude me.

Kevin M can't ride backwards to save his life. Riding backwards is useful for setting up rolling hop lines.

[isaac steiner]

My uni is 4.6 Kg


Are you serious? Give me the specs, please.

[Danni]

Thomson masterpiece seatpost 80g
Omni seat post clamp + ti bolt 6g
KH frame + ti bolts for bearing housing (got a wicked deal for em)
SWallis seat + Street fusion and foam (thinned quite a bit)
Tensiles
nimbus hub
KH rim
16" tube
MG1 welgo pedals
EC tire

4.6kg, I assure you.

[ntappin]

So if you just rode a 500km tour on a Coker, does that mean you've already ridden 49,500km of trials lines?

I was riding trials the whole time! I fooled you good didn't I?!

A guy really can't get away with any hyperbole around you can they?

[1wheelwonder]

Well, I'm not totaly a pure trials rider (as I can do some flips and spins) but I do have a pure trial unicycle:

http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/3429/xtpblackmirrorfp4.jpg

http://img503.imageshack.us/img503/926/50620008ih5.jpg

http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/3316/xtpblackmirror2ef2.jpg

http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/5274/50620002cm9.jpg

http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/2839/50620005qp4.jpg

http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/8853/xtpblackmirrorhubuw6.jpg

Specs:

Kris Holm CF seat
Qu-ax reinforced seatpost with costum paintjob
Koxx One Black Mirror double bolt clamp
Koxx One XTP raw frame
Koxx One "ISIS" hub
Sapim spokes
Koxx One "ISIS light cranks 140mm
Specialized magnesium pedals
Koxx One Black Mirror rim
Monty 2.6 Eagle Claw tire.

I love it: light and strong (except the rim, needs true-ing all the time :rolleyes:)

Peter M
My uni just got whipped, wow how long have you had those babys for?

[Probailer2]

Any trials rider that can flip is a traitor, you traitor!:). I've been trying to land flips, but they still elude me.

Kevin M can't ride backwards to save his life. Riding backwards is useful for setting up rolling hop lines.


I find flips real easy now.
Adding tricks to trial lines is always fun, like doing a trial line and in the midle do a 360 unispin and 360 hop of the line, and stuff like that.

Peter M

[zfreak220]

Thomson masterpiece seatpost 80g
Omni seat post clamp + ti bolt 6g
KH frame + ti bolts for bearing housing (got a wicked deal for em)
SWallis seat + Street fusion and foam (thinned quite a bit)
Tensiles
nimbus hub
KH rim
16" tube
MG1 welgo pedals
EC tire

4.6kg, I assure you.Have you built that Profile hub into a wheel yet? Based on what you've said of the weight, your uni would be even lighter.

[Probailer2]

Thomson masterpiece seatpost 80g
Omni seat post clamp + ti bolt 6g
KH frame + ti bolts for bearing housing (got a wicked deal for em)
SWallis seat + Street fusion and foam (thinned quite a bit)
Tensiles
nimbus hub
KH rim
16" tube
MG1 welgo pedals
EC tire

4.6kg, I assure you.

Like to see some pictures of it Danni :)

Peter M

[surfer1024]

It's pretty much impossible to be a "pure" trials rider. Coasting, gliding, and 360 unispins aren't really trials.

[dan de man]

i cant either. i just havent taken the time to learn. i need to. trials are just so much fun that i dont wanna stop to learn to ride backwards.
i could always ride back wards,i never had to learn

[mcnuggets300]

im real close to being pure trials by the implied definition in this thread (i can ride one foot)
but its not what you know, its what you do

[Phil_on_uni]

im real close to being pure trials by the implied definition in this thread (i can ride one foot)
but its not what you know, its what you do

so you guys are thinking of this is the wrong light.

first off, you totally need to know how to ride one footed to be a trails rider... haven't you ever landed with only one foot on the pedal but still stuck the landing, thats all thanks to that one footed practice

and those crank flips and unispins, those help train stability. what really makes you a pure trials rider is when you go out for a ride you just do trials, but when you practice its ok to do flips and things

:cool: :cool: :cool:

[kidmuni]

so you guys are thinking of this is the wrong light.

first off, you totally need to know how to ride one footed to be a trails rider... haven't you ever landed with only one foot on the pedal but still stuck the landing, thats all thanks to that one footed practice

and those crank flips and unispins, those help train stability. what really makes you a pure trials rider is when you go out for a ride you just do trials, but when you practice its ok to do flips and things

:cool: :cool: :cool:

exactly

[isaac steiner]

I'm not a pure trials rider for sure, but I do enjoy riding Trials. It's my favourite type of riding.

[yunisyko]

Trials...I spit at you!

[SkierAlex]

Thomson masterpiece seatpost 80g
Omni seat post clamp + ti bolt 6g
KH frame + ti bolts for bearing housing (got a wicked deal for em)
SWallis seat + Street fusion and foam (thinned quite a bit)
Tensiles
nimbus hub
KH rim
16" tube
MG1 welgo pedals
EC tire

4.6kg, I assure you.

What's using a 16" tube like? Is it any different to a trials tube? And how much lighter is it?

BTW, that's damn light, but must of cost a lot!

[Danni]

A 16" tube will last 2 weeks of hard riding. I now have my heavy duty 4.2 inch tube cause I kept on getting flats.

[Jerrick]

A 16" tube will last 2 weeks of hard riding. I now have my heavy duty 4.2 inch tube cause I kept on getting flats.

What tube is that? Phil would love something that lasts longer than a few days.

[Danni]

He should get better form obviously, money is worth too much.:D

http://www.tartybikes.co.uk/product.php?id=10205
Warning, it weighs 450grams.

I got mine from Canadian Tire, but that doesn't help you.
I've had the same 4.2 tube for three years. Survived two broken rims, extremely bad landings, and many many tire changes.

[Jerrick]

He should get better form obviously, money is worth too much.:D

http://www.tartybikes.co.uk/product.php?id=10205
Warning, it weighs 450grams.

I got mine from Canadian Tire, but that doesn't help you.
I've had the same 4.2 tube for three years. Survived two broken rims, extremely bad landings, and many many tire changes.

Yeah, pump up his ire a bit and not huck himself into some many ledges would save his tube, but thats not his style. =p

Thats a good weight. I was looking at other 19/20x2.3 tubes and they were just under 1kg. Redicoulous to me.

[Probailer2]

Still waiting for pictures of you setup Danni :rolleyes:

Peter M

[adjuggler]

Does anyone have any advise for doing standstills during before jumping? Specifically where to keep hands, and if I should be sitting or standing and that transition? Thnx

[joe]

Im 200% pure trials rider, just ask MrBoogieJuice. He is infact 300% trials rider. We eat sleep and breath trials. Sometimes we eat eachother as were full of trials.
My perfect setup would be a 12" nimbus with plastic pedals and a drilled rim to save weight.

AD, you want to be standing, ready to lean into your jump. I find it best to hold the saddle in one hand, legs slightly bent, with the other hand out for balance (looking like im waving down a taxi).

Joe, Trials guru

[juggling_unicyclist_joe]

ive recently got back into riding uni's, im 100% trials now, whereas before i was around 60% trials - 40% road/29er

Im riding:

Qu-ax splined trials uni with
KH red trim saddle
DMR V8 peddles

[Danni]

He should get better form obviously, money is worth too much.:D

http://www.tartybikes.co.uk/product.php?id=10205
Warning, it weighs 450grams.

I got mine from Canadian Tire, but that doesn't help you.
I've had the same 4.2 tube for three years. Survived two broken rims, extremely bad landings, and many many tire changes.

Alas, I popped it a few days ago. My lucky tube:( . I put a patch on it, and it's doing great now!

To answer your question ADjuggler,
Try and do lines with the least amount of correctional hops as possible. Going up stairs one, two, three, etc at a time without breaks is a good exercise. It will come to you fairly quickly.

[sp4rky-m4rky]

I will have another, more or less, pure trials vid finished soonish. Depends how much I can get filmed this week. I have just got back from riding in bristol, been riding for about 5 hours solid. I found a nice ledge that was about 97cm and I was hitting it almost every try. I didnt film much though because it was pretty wet, only got a couple of shots.

Whens your trials course vid going to be done danni? soon right?

[Danni]

I have the footage, but not enough of it. It's been raining non stop for four days now, so I couldn't get more. It'll have to wait.

[zfreak220]

He should get better form obviously, money is worth too much.:D

http://www.tartybikes.co.uk/product.php?id=10205
Warning, it weighs 450grams.

I got mine from Canadian Tire, but that doesn't help you.
I've had the same 4.2 tube for three years. Survived two broken rims, extremely bad landings, and many many tire changes.
I don't know how much it weighs, but I have heard good things about the IRC trials tube (actually for motocross).

http://www.trialsin.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=21_52&products_id=44

[Jerrick]

I don't know how much it weighs, but I have heard good things about the IRC trials tube (actually for motocross).

http://www.trialsin.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=21_52&products_id=44

I was going to order one of those, but I dont want to spend much on a tube.

I found a 20"x2.3" 2.25mm thick tube for 4$ that ill probably order, and with shipping, its only 8$.

[Danni]

Stop being a cheap ass:D . I've had my tube for three years. Cost me $15. If you pop a tube every two weeks, (which I was doing after I changed my tube out), that's quite a bit more in the long run.

[Jerrick]

Stop being a cheap ass:D . I've had my tube for three years. Cost me $15. If you pop a tube every two weeks, (which I was doing after I changed my tube out), that's quite a bit more in the long run.

Yeah, thats what I told Phil. I dont pop mine all too much, but would like the added security of a thicker, wider tube. Kinda like moving from a plastic base to a CF base.

I use patches though, instead of buying a new tube each time. My current tube has 3 patches on it haha. A pack of 50 glueless patches is pretty cheap, specially when compared to buying 50 tubes.

Being cheap is fun though. I save money and still get a good product.

How well does the 4" wide tire fit into the tire? Seems like there would be a lot of flab.

[Danni]

The tube fits fine. Make sure to uncrease it before you but you tire on. Besides being really durable, it "feels" very squishy. I love my lucky tube, even if it weighs twice the normal weight.

[Jerrick]

The tube fits fine. Make sure to uncrease it before you but you tire on. Besides being really durable, it "feels" very squishy. I love my lucky tube, even if it weighs twice the normal weight.


Nice. Im down to that tire, or some thicker ones, that are less wide.

Ill order them once my tube I got today pops. My last tube had the valve rip off right as I got done pumping it up and going to put the wheel back in the frame.

[isaactrialsuni]

i ride a k1 red hair (no longer available) with a kh frame. although i currently hav a kh saddle cause i broke my k1 saddle and i also hav a brandless seat post cause i snapped my tryall reinforced one and it costs too much to order k1 parts to australia. i'll be getting a new uni in about 2-3 months prob. my dreams? i would hav to say to win the the trials at unicon in new zealand in 2009-2010.

[padst3r]

my dreams? i would hav to say to win the the trials at unicon in new zealand in 2009-2010.
Not a dream for me because i know i will win :cool:

[isaactrialsuni]

bring it on

[1wheelwonder]

I'm hopeless at trials, to scared, don't have any faith in myself.... oh well....

[sp4rky-m4rky]

For me trials riding has been put on hold wilst my KH is out of action and in many peices. Hopfuly I will receive my new parts soon and be able to get out and kill some lines.

[1wheelwonder]

I'm not alowd to do trials, I have a bugged knee, i mostly street.