Trials Training And Technique

Ok I know this is going to be hard to believe but I have to say, I have no experence with trials. I have road raced a Ducati , spent many hours in the woods and a few MX tracks with the Husky, but other than loading my 93 or 94 Gas Gas I have no expernece and need a suggestion on where to start. Any thoughts... Cheers, Mike

Hello , new to trials riding. Have beta 200 , when doing wheelie as I lift front wheel I keep twisting the throttle, how to solve this

Hello I am new to trials and after competing in my first trial 20th may I am looking forward to my second on Monday 4th June. I have been practicing and practicing in the field going round in tight circles left and right at a slow idle pace and doing quite well at that. The only time I find I have abit of trouble with and get bit worried about is when it is a slippery surface and I feel my back wheel sliping from under me. I have my rear tyre set so when all my weight is in it it is half way compressed but it still slips and always makes me dab! Is there any hints or tips you guys can give me to practice and improve? Many thanks chris

Hi all, Had a good practice session this morning. I've bought a set of flags and have been setting up sections where I practice. Very good way to train by the way At any rate I set up some gates on a 2nd/ 3rd gear hill, rough going with stones, humps and bumps etc. Included several turns across a camber. I could clean the section going up hill but hit a bit of a brick wall attempting it down hill. Any advice for turning down hills? Panic set in, I tended to brake too hard on the front and sit down. I feel like my weight is too far forward and I'm going to fall inwards and down the hill. Where should your weight be when turning down across a camber? Is it wise to go …

About technique... did you see these trials tutorials here ? : http://www.vincentvansuyt.com/ot_Tutoriels.php?strLang=EN It is a painless solution to learn trials !

Entered my third ever trial today, which was a success in that its the first I've finished. My score was nothing to write home about, but I've noticed I was losing marks consistently on the same 2 things: 1 - Going down steep slopes - I had absolutely no control, and accelerated downand out of the section on a few occasions. I think using the back brake was making matters worse. 2 - Muddy hillclimbs - Just couldn't find traction despite having two new tyres. I tried to roll the revs on and build or carry momentum wherever possible, but hillclimbs that I could manage in practice no problem seemed to be much much harder within a the context of a section. Any tips?

Does anyone have advice on how to get used to progressive lenses while riding trials? Or is it a bad idea in general? I have the common failing of close up vision that comes with age. I normally wear progressive lenses but do not wear any glasses to ride or drive on the street or in the dirt. Distance vision is probably starting to fade a little so I started to think wearing glasses to ride may be a good idea and gave it a try. Problem number one is that all obstacles look at least 30% bigger. They really magnify the bottom portion of an obsacle where it first becomes vertical. The second problem is that looking up and down by rotating your eyes produces a diffe…

Hello everybody, I am a beginner trials rider from Hong Kong, and I am wondering what is the proper way to perform hops on both wheels. I can do locked-steer balancing for over 5 mins easily, but I still not mastered straight-steer balancing yet. Is it mandatory to master the striaght-steer balancing before practicing the hops on both wheels? Some local rider tells me to compress the fork like how to perform the hops on front wheel with forward body movement and arms , while the legs are additionally responsible to compress the rear suspension to make both bike hopping. But some other local riders tells me to only use the legs to compress both the fork and the rear susp…

I feel I am struggling with trials although I am enjoying it my scores are like 30 plus marks off the pace and that's on the easiest route I know I need to practice more but don't have anywhere to go or anyone to practice with alot of sections are in burns with stones and I just don't have the control I need over them I want to practice just can't find anywhere to go just seem a bit stuck

Well the title says it all.....is there a guide to not injuring myself when picking up the rear of my bike whilst getting it onto a rack??? I tend to lift the back wheel on and then lift the front wheel on.

Hi guy's, As per title, how do you do that standing 180 turn flip thing? I've been trying for a week or so now and just cant do it, not sure weather its my balance or my technique. So can someone give me a step by step guide how to do it please. Cheers

I found this guide really useful when learning to ride and I still do......pity I havent managed to learn them all yet. http://trialstrainingcenter.com/html/how_to_ride.html Hope this helps!

Recently watched the 2016 SSDT vid and Dan Thorpe mentioned he rode most sections in 2'nd gear. Riding last year I attempted most in 1st and struggled to maintain momentum and my line. Not too many similar sections here in California, but have been working hard on it and attempt them mostly in 1st. For those who have ridden similar sections what are your thoughts or tips? I ride a Vertigo 300 with a 38 rear and almost always are using the 3rd map. Much appreciated in advance.

Here's a one for you all, Iv just started trails, Iv had bother with my left wrist for a few years,on my mountain bike Iv had to use a riser stem to raise the bars up abit to take the pressure off my wrist ( my left hand can literly fall asleep after awhile) which isnt good lol, could changing the bar postition on my beta help or i can I get a higher lift set of bars? All help much appreciated. Cheers All

Hi there, I was wondering if any of you know how to spin your bike around. Like when you swing the back around and then the front. I have difficulty lifting my bike around is there an easy method of doing this or is there a video clip that you know of that will show me how to do this? Many Thanks Danny.

Keen to learn this so my question is, is this something that is easier learnt on a good sized obstacle or is it something that can be learnt on a small obstacle? I know some moves are alot easier when done in full size as when scaled down the bike is all in the wrong position. Also is there a way of training for this on the flat? I can already bunny hop the bike by raising the front up on the throttle, compressing the rear end then shifting weight forward and blibbing the throttle, I guess some of that is transferable to the zap. See video... http://youtu.be/dTSd4MbzoGc .

Hi guys Thought i would start a new thread that will help novices (such as me) to practice the more important techniques of trials riding, hopefully with the help of the more experienced guys here. Basically i would like to make a list of the trials riding techniques that should be practiced and in what order they should be learnt/practiced in relation to importance and difficulty as well as relevance to say, clubman events. This could be horribly wrong and im sure ill miss some importants steps out, but here is my example: Balance Figure 8's Little weelies Riding over small obstacles (lower than bash plate) Cambured turns, up & down, tight. Riding over bigge…

Uphill and slippy muddy entrance to section. Tried starting off in 3rd with weight over back. Could not even get into section. Same if I sat down and padded. could not get initial grip to start off. Any advice appreciated.

over the last few weeks i have developed a sore left hand, more the pinky and the adjasent finger. the pain often runs down the wrist I personaly think it could be a tendon problem but i am not sure, it seems to occur when doing a big step... i think it is to do with gripping the bars and pulling back hard tried many things to stop this;diffrent gloves, no gloves, new grips, extending legs more, the worst was stopping riding for two weeks(that was a grim last resort) went back on bike then after an hour or two it was back. does anyone else get this problem?, if so how did you sort it?

Sorry if this has already been mentioned but this is driving me nuts! I'm new to bikes, recently bought a beta rev 3 trials bike, with a slow puncture on the rear, the leak is coming from some of the spokes. The tyre says its tubeless, but i read somwhere if it has spokes, its got a tube, true? Anyway i want to remove the tube and check it out, and possibly replace/fit a new tube. I have tried using tyre levers and breaking the bead with two pieces of wood pressing down on the rim of the tyre, but everytime i push down the tyre seems to sit back into place again making it very hard to anker the tyre up over the rim. Almost got the point where im gonna have to get it …