The Essential Trials Stickie

onto1wheel

onto1wheel

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elemetal said:
Watch out on those trials bicycles, I'm selling mine. Don't do it near enough and it is so different than moto trials I just about kill myself every time I ride it. I need to wear more protection (knee/shin) for bikes than for motos.
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You might have mentioned it a while back, but what bike are you wanting to sell? I always need another bike (and my current echo is very old)
And yeah, shin pads are a wise choice until you figure out how to not get shinned so often)
 
onto1wheel

onto1wheel

Riding All The Time
OK one last vid
This one I shortened to 4 mins, added some new angles (maybe give a better idea of the sections), new lines, and more fails
(sorry it starts with more of that same section I overdid last time)
from yesterday



youtu.be/Jkxa4CJI-RQ
 
onto1wheel

onto1wheel

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and woohoo, my front brake slave cylinder rebuild kit came today, maybe I will have good brakes this year!
(burning the brake fluid off the pads did get me to about 85% power!)

go ride some TRIALS!!!
 
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elemetal

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Looking good out there D, I can see you're brushing the dust off some old tricks. I've gotta' work on that 90/180 flip turn when coming parallel into a log, have a good spot for it in my yard but keep putting a foot down (need to go watch the Ryan Young vid again).
Like the double log end line, looks like more fun than the normal line but not as hard. Ticket on that line looks like going over the high end and then straight over the next one or going over the low end, turning then hopping to get lined up.
You're still double blipping the log and that throttle lag between the blips is what's holding you from getting over. Listen to it in your vids; every time is braap...braap; should be brrrrrrAAAAPPP. Just one long acceleration (but having fun making noises in my chair).

Will try to post some vids on Sunday, looks like we may be meeting up in Copper again for some rock cuddling time, can't wait.
 
onto1wheel

onto1wheel

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thanks el. Yeah i'd thought i'd practice some good basic (almost) parallel to the log, and 90 over it. I was having trouble remembering what works and doesn't. It's damn tricky. Every inch matters.

And yeah, the both-logs-at-once on the left side is easier, but actually scarier/easier to fall off the high side (ok it's really not that high). The tricky part you cant see is if you go too far left, you run into the vertical tree just after; too far right, and everything gets waaaaay harder. always something that makes it a challenge!

Thanks for advice, but truth is i'm a really slow learner! Takes me awhile for things to sink in. Right now I still think I need to roll off-on, which loads the rear suspension to give me the POP to get the rear off the ground and up to where the log is. On the other fallen tree with the horizontal 2x6's, I can stay on the throttle and drive the rear into those low boards and drive all the way up them.
That's my take on it, until my brain can release its hold enough to try it your way!
(I also need to beef up the 4x4 supports on that log, or it's going to crash down real soon)

I also need just a couple hundred thousand hours of practice to get where I want to be hahahahaha
 
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elemetal

3 pings and a zing
Did a little more riding up in Copper before it gets too hot. Rode out at 8:30 or so and it was 85 by 1, guess summer is still coming even with the 'rona.

Me, UtO and Toecutter payed in a new area and created a fun creek section, soil is getting dry so rocks are moving around and drive on the rocks is better than on the dirt. Of course it's steeper than it looks and all the other disclaimers:x


youtu.be/t0MYDHKmSeg
 
The Toe Cutter

The Toe Cutter

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Thanks for filming again Luke! I gotta get u next time. That was a fun little area with a ton of different lines. Glad we got a chance to ride before the real heat starts.
 
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elemetal

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More goof off vids. What we're going up is about a 36" rock step that tapers to about 40" on the low end. Kept trying to static it but was having trouble, timing getting over the bars and clutch is critical on bigger stuff and I'm missing.




youtu.be/2m1Sd-KynP0
 
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elemetal

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Another one on the same rock, different angle. UtO getting psyched out on this 40" rock face. Main issue is there's a second, lower rock about a bike length, a 20" flat then the 40" face; looks pretty intimidating standing at the bottom. Turns out you roll up the first rock and just wheelie to the top of the 40" and gas it; you're on top. Sounds easy.....


youtu.be/gVkxJsTwBRs
 
onto1wheel

onto1wheel

Riding All The Time
I've been watching his awesome mix of MTB, fat bike, mototrials videos on his own channel for a very long time (he's so damn talented with everything). Seems like a truly nice guy.
I just watched all 14 how-to's he has on the RYP channel, great stuff! Will have to rewatch every week or so as all that wisdom will take time to sink in (not that I can ride it, but maybe I will better understand it).
 
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elemetal

3 pings and a zing
Yeah his vids are pretty good and he explains what he's doing well. He's so good at them though you don't really see what it takes to do what he's doing. So soft on the throttle and holding pressure off those logs, looks easy but is so hard to do. The slow mo part is also super useful to see.
 
undertheoaks

undertheoaks

When in doubt gas it!
Had a absolutely awesome day of riding with Elemetal.and Toecutter yesterday up at our trials ranch on Gopher Ridge. Let me just say MTB muscles are a completely different set of muscle groups then trials muscles....sore sore sore !! Lol, had a blast and good to see some great friends and that shiny new Montessa 301R so new ! Look forward to riding again soon, hopefully more cool weather some where down the road.

https://youtu.be/X6StTgJffww
 
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