turbofurball

Looks fantastic, I hope Toby performs well for you!

Well done!

Depends on what you mean by off-road use, there's plenty of unpaved roads in the mountains and I'd be surprised if the legalities are any different there from being on paved roads ... I guess this will be a case of just trying it and seeing what the tester says (much like with getting an MOT on a classic trials bike in the UK)

That does sound like fun

Welcome, I don't know of any adult competitions open to non-adult sized bikes but they do look like fun - how tall are you and how much do you weigh? I used to have a 24" jump bike years ago and enjoyed it being super nimble (never particularly wanted to actually jump it, lol), and the idea of having a full electric full suspension one does appeal

As in Tony Bou?

I know what you mean, I decided to stick with silver rims just because I wanted my bike to be bright and happy looking

Ooh, yeah a nice Dodge Caravan with a 2.5 cold air turbo setup is my kinda van They only recently got the Fiesta in the US, the Festiva looks like an old Mazda 121

OP said they wanted a cheap solution, I was just thinking of the cheapest possible

Ford Festiva and a folding trailer

I think all the Shedworks stuff is made of petrol resistant fibreglass, certainly mine is fine and I've poured petrol all over it repeatedly thanks to a crappy gerry can that I need to get replaced ...

Easy, the most beautiful bike is mine, named Pinkie Pie ?

Like this?

Bonjour, and good luck in finding the right bike for you

I got my van for £900, spent about £600 on maintenance, and it's paid for itself easily - mostly because it's increadibly useful for other things besides carting trials bikes around. Things I've used it for: Dropping motorbikes off for MOT and not needing to wait. Emergency recovery of road bikes. Emergency recovery of friends' cars (it's a really good tow vehicle). Moving house. Moving my sister in law's sofa. Camping in the back in inclement weather. Temporary storage of motorbikes when I couldn't leave them at work. Doing the boring parts of long road trips, then leaving it and continuing through the interesting places by road bike (or taking the trail bikes to the start of a green lane so as to avoid pointless wear on the knobblies). Driving to work when it's too icy to ride. The only downside is I have to register in order to take it to the local tip, which is a pain in the posterior.

Nobody would put a young person on a 250+, you can't ride anything over a 125 in competitions until 16 ... but regardless of age a 125 is plenty for all but the largest adult beginners

Anyone who is new to the sport is going to be falling off and getting stuck lots, every extra kilo you have to drag out of a muddy pit that you misjudged makes it harder - especially when you're pulling the bike up for the 20th time. Now multiply that effect for a youngster who isn't as strong as you! (also, I was neither complaining nor bragging, I was making an observation that the bike I learned on was harder work with than a modern trials machine) Absolutely, they're fantastic

I would not - the KE100 was a darn sight quicker than a modern 80 or even 125 trials bike. Also, with the likelihood of some whiskey throttle having better brakes can only be a help. And to a child 65Kg is still plenty heavy enough to stay planted, just easier to get out of problems when you're stuck. If you want to encourage new people into an activity why would you want to make it harder for them?

Very nice!

Point 1 - That may be why Gasgas have been chasing electrification, can't fail emissions if there aren't any! Point 2 - true, but that just means that for new riders starting now learning is easier. When I was 11 my first bike was a '78 KE100 which I could barely lift after dropping (my Dad literally told me what the controls were and then left me to get on with it), a modern trials bike would have been much easier!

The EU obviously prevented Britain from making trials bikes. That's why there are no trials bikes made in the EU ...

The lower one's skills the more you notice extra weight, IMO

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That's the logic applied to road going 125s, but there's heaps of Lexmotos on the road because teenagers would rather have a short lived new bike than an everlasting used one. So the odds of this one being rubbish are less, Chinese manufacturers are good at learning from mistakes