As well as being a web developer and type geek, I like to bounce around on a bike with no seat… Trials is something I’ve been doing for a couple of years now, but I always did it on a smaller mod trials bike, with 20″ wheels. This was okay for a period, but after a while it became painfully clear that a 6′4″ guy on a bike with small wheels looked remarkably like a clown. So, after six months out of the sport, this week I went to town and forked out £1200+ on a stock, a type of trials bike with 26″ wheels.
Oh, and the post title is a reference to this song.
Today, Suze and I decided to head out for a few hours so I could ride, and she could take some pictures with her iPhone (yes, the following were all taken and edited on her iPhone!).
Apologies for poor video quality.
Drop gap
Small drop
Stoppie
To back wheel
Gap
On top
I’d been trying this one for ages. We’re talking months…
Going down
…gotta get back down after though.
Wait, no seat?
I know, I know; there’s no seat. It’s meant to be like that for a few reasons:
- The shape of the frame means that the pedals come up to higher than any seat would.
- You spend so little time sat down when riding trials that a seat is almost entirely redundant.
- The place where a seat would be means it could cause (males in particular) some serious damage.
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Sunday, March 14th, 2010 in Personal.
Bojan said on 15 March, 2010 at 6:15 pm
That’s just awesome, Harry. I’ve always admired trial riders.
Ethan said on 22 March, 2010 at 2:25 am
How does one learn to ride trials?
Harry Roberts said on 22 March, 2010 at 9:22 am
@Ethan Practice, lots of it. It helps to ride with someone who knows what they’re doing, plus watching lots of videos always helps.
Tom said on 31 March, 2010 at 7:57 pm
Is this Leeds in the UK? If it is it looks dead (Clarence Docks?)
Also this is *amazing* man, well done :D