trapezeartist

Better off? Falling off a boat can be a lot more serious than falling off a bike.

Portishead, near Bristol.

Thanks for all that advice. This is obviously a friendly forum. To be honest there is still a bit of conflict within: twinshock v modern. It's just that I'm leaning a bit more towards twinshock at the moment, but I think there's still time to change my mind when I've visited more trials and talked to more people. I fancy I'll have fewer excuses on a modern though.

Just 44 years after I last rode a trials bike, I'm thinking of having another go. Well, I'm more than thinking about it really, but SWMBO has declared "You've got to sell the boat first", which seems reasonable. Anyone want to buy a boat? My last bike was a 1966 4-speed Bultaco so for nostalgia reasons I'd like to get a Bultaco again. However I don't want something that won't be reasonably competitive, so I suspect I'll be more likely be looking for a Fantic or Yamaha TY (for Twinshock, obviously). No doubt I'll be dropping into the forum frequently, asking a zillion naive questions about bikes, clothing, trailers, techniques, clubs, practice grounds and who knows what else. Please be gentle on me.