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Bike Trials (not motorbike)

Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
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Anyone else ride trials in the Kingston-Upon-Thames area? Been riding for a couple of years down here and have only ever seen a couple of fellow riders once - never saw them again :crazyeyes

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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Trials? Do you mean trails? Oh I'm confused.

    Please explain (even though I'm wasting your time totally!) :p
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    nah trials - jumping on benches and the like, hopping about that kinda thing. Like BMX but... not.

    Acrobatics on a bike basically :p
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Oh I thought this was about those big piles of mud that BMXers ride around on...although maybe they're only called trails here.

    I'll shut up now :p
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by Doofay
    nah trials - jumping on benches and the like, hopping about that kinda thing. duckin' and diving.'
    i know about all that ...especialy trials and jumping on benches!
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    duckin' and divin'?

    :confused:

    :p


    And those "big piles of mud" aren't all there is to trails :p the trails are the actual tracks with the jumps on.


    *pedantic*
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by Doofay
    And those "big piles of mud" aren't all there is to trails :p the trails are the actual tracks with the jumps on.


    *pedantic*

    Yes, yes you are. Pedantic that is :p

    How am I supposed to know what they are? I only sat around near them for hours on end, stalking...er, I mean spectating while the boy of my dreams fell off his bike. Repeatedly.

    Oh the joys of being 15 *sniffle*
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    The falling off bit is suprisingly the most fun part :p

    I wish i still had time to do that kind of thing, now i just have to spend all day building \ fixing bikes at Halfords :(
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by Doofay
    The falling off bit is suprisingly the most fun part :p

    Riiight. Any excuse :p:lol:
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by Doofay
    The falling off bit is suprisingly the most fun part :p

    i have to agree but i do it with a wagon.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by J
    I spend all my time saving up for a bike to have it stolen after a few short weeks :o

    Total money lost on stolen bikes: £4500'ish


    bike. insurance.


    ;)
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by kaffrin
    bike. insurance.


    ;)

    Don't forget the joy of frame numbers :p

    Oh, and is the other half still working at Halfords at all? Only i need some advice on how to convince our manager to let us get some decent bikes in rather than just having hundereds of 60 quid bikes :p
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by Doofay
    Oh, and is the other half still working at Halfords at all? Only i need some advice on how to convince our manager to let us get some decent bikes in rather than just having hundereds of 60 quid bikes :p

    yus, for the moment. he's been promoted. bless. and it'll never happen. halfords customers want cheap shit bikes. anyone who's after a decent bike will go to a decent bike shop.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by kaffrin
    yus, for the moment. he's been promoted. bless. and it'll never happen. halfords customers want cheap shit bikes. anyone who's after a decent bike will go to a decent bike shop.

    Yah, we have saracen Xiles in, and they're fairly good trials bikes, but what trials biker is gonna go into a Halfords for a full bike...

    You do get the odd few people though who turn up asking for decent stuff and are willing to fork out for a decent bike.
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