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Gettin started with trials biking

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blong131
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i mountain bike. im not to bad at it, i know the basics. now i have my mountain bike up here at school in NYC, so i wanna go rip around the city. anyone have any basic tips for getting started trials riding. i have the day off from classes today, i figgure im just gonna ride downtown and hop stairs and stuff. also i can hop decent sized stuff on the mountain, but i ride clipless there. i cant figgure out how to bunny hop any more than like a foot high without my clipless pedals. any tips for bunny hopping/ riding in general on flats? i road bike pretty avidly so clipless is all i know haha
Sep 30 2009 10:52AM
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blong131
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MYBAD thought i was posting in non-ski

someone move this!
Sep 30 2009 10:53AM
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BigJew
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In trials biking you generally don't bunny hop the same way you would when you were rolling. Practice locking up your back brake and coming back onto your rear wheel and hopping ratcheting forward. It takes a bit of time figuring out when and where to release the brakes and to get your pedaling figured out but once you've got it down you can start jumping around. It's way easier to jump up onto things like this because the front wheel is already in the air.
Sep 30 2009 11:05AM
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blong131
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interesting, any links to a trick tip or anything? im trying to find stuff on pinkbike but not doin great so far. just alot of sick trials vids haha
Sep 30 2009 12:07PM
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gaku
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this is called pedalkick, not bunnyhop... big difference here.
Sep 30 2009 1:09PM
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blong131
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ok then pedalkick tutorial vid?
Sep 30 2009 1:58PM
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Hoppy
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http://www.trials-forum.co.uk/forum/

Theres a few videos on there and you could ask for advice in the forum.

I'd check you tube for vids of newbie riders, then go out and try to copy them. Learn the basics and the rest will follow.
Sep 30 2009 2:30PM
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MidwestSteeze
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just search pat smage.
grew up with him.
top in the world.
for both pedal trials and motorized
Sep 30 2009 3:23PM
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