trials and how its come on

[JS1500]

Scott Dommett

Not heard that name for yeeeeeaars!

 

[cannondale king]

hes prob at home married two kids thinking those were he days like the rest of us lol you know its true

 

[aljsk8]

i still have the sunn - but i converted it to a bike for my wife so all normal componants

i dont ride trials now but i still can if i ever get the urge
(as in i can still do moves etc)

the thing i really like about trials is the frames (not modern ones)
the old pashleys / lessons / curtis etc have a real nice retro steel look to them - its a shame that there not practical for xc - but i am still searching for a setup i can do both things on

Alex

 

[JS1500]

hes prob at home married two kids thinking those were he days like the rest of us lol you know its true

Well, if he ever googles his own name he'll find this site now!

 

[cannondale king]

then the forum will grow even bigger lol i think we should have trials m.o.t.m. what do you think

 

[RichieB]

At 35, I'm still riding trials.

I have been threough more bikes over the years than I care to admit, but, while I was younger and riding for GT, I had the opportunity to ride with hans Rey, Dave Wonderley, Andy Grayson, Mark Brooks and a host of otherhighprofile US riders, and rode with the Norco Factory Trials Team for three years with the ever-talented Ryan Leech.

Trials has indellibly shaped my riding, and now my vintage/retro collection, with the Raleigh Edge, Ibis Mt Trials, Norco Team Trials 853, and I also have a 2006 Echo Control so I can try and learn the new style all the new riders are doing...not easy...even without the vague onset of arthritic fingers...

I can't believe how far the sport of Bike trials has come in the past 2 decades!

 

[cannondale king]

if you ever want rid of the echo and its going cheap pm me first buddy and wow thats a list

 

[GeoffApps]

Anyone remember the Wendover Bash organised by Goeff Apps & crew, it always involved MTB trials; seem to remember a young Scott Dommett winning most. Where are you Scott?

Despite senility creeping up on me, I have reasonably clear memories of the several trials events I put on in the years between 1984 and '89.
I've started going to MCOT events again, getting odd looks riding my Aventura around the course to watch the action and take photos. I was down in Devon last year and only discovered after the event that Scott Dommett had been competing on the BSA.
I remember Scott coming up to the Wendover Bash in (probably) 1986 or '87. He'd driven all the way from Truro that morning, rode a Muddy Fox Courier, which he'd only seen for the first time the previous day, and won the trials event hands down. I should have been disappionted, because I'd put David Burke in on my Dingbat and he only came second. But I couldn't be disappointed seeing Scott's utter skills at work ~ it proved my philosphy: riding 'success' is 95% rider, 5% machine. Unscientific, I'll grant, but always worth giving large chunks of thought to when discussing the merits of one bike design over another.
Adrian Hepworth has discovered some video footage of this event, which he is putting onto a DVD, along with other contemporanious mountain bike stuff he has found. I've got some videos in storage that I must blow the dust off. Anyone interested?

 

[perry]

I remember when the martins made it very popular so kinda don't like it based purely on seeing too many kids spending half an hour side hopping up a curb or how numpties identify my bike as a trials bike due to its rigid forks ; because a 44t ring is a great trials gear :roll:

When done well its ok . I liked watching Chris akrigg when he rode a Pace ( poor square tubing getting scraped against rocks ) he had a great forceful style ; no hopping on the spot for all eternity , he hit stuff hard and fast .

A mate had a Pashley 26mhz and he rode it well but got bored of trials and sold it to some prick who painted it black ; I mean come on , the blue was a beauty of a colour , who would get rid of that for black .

The Tongue brothers weren't bad . The younger of the two had a small bmx part in the Ride cassette dvd .

 

[GeoffApps]

Couldn't agree more about the hopping; I sometimes think the bike is almost incidental, they could probably do the same thing with an office chair, or some other piece of industrial equipment.
Motor cycle trials have not outlawed that technique exactly, but the ACU could see that it was putting 'normal' riders off, and entries to trials events were dropping off quite dramatically. Now they enforce the no-stopping rule, and sections must be rideable without stopping being neccessary. So it's now much more about riding skills, and less of a circus performance.

BTW I really enjoy your Av ~ it always makes me chuckle