What did you do with your Trials Bike today?

[joe cool]

Originally Posted by AteamNM

Those Betas are pretty. The blue one seems to continue to hold up years later. My neighbor Dean has the same Beta and never rides it. Like me I reckon.

Looks like a 96 with some 97 bodywork( tank piece and r. fender)

[DrKayak]

Originally Posted by joe cool

Looks like a 96 with some 97 bodywork( tank piece and r. fender)

My Techno? It's a 96 with the blue body work from a 95 then the correct 96 orange graphics over the red 95 graphics.

I got it a year ago for $1,000 and have riden it hard for a year. Looks pretty good untill you compare it to my new Rev3.

[DocRogers]

Been down in the garage looking at my bikes. Too much ice in the driveway even to start them up. Meanwhile, I have bicycle projects to keep me busy.

[Gham]

Originally Posted by DrKayak

My Techno? It's a 96 with the blue body work from a 95 then the correct 96 orange graphics over the red 95 graphics.

I got it a year ago for $1,000 and have riden it hard for a year. Looks pretty good untill you compare it to my new Rev3.

Nice! Thats the bike (style/age) i'm looking for and the $ I want to pay.I keep a lookin,but I ain't a see'in

[DerViking]

We are having a bit of a melt out, plus something like an inch of rain on top of frozen ground. In a word. Goose Poo.
Rode a bit at TheGraydog's pits.
The Duck Pond:



And the big pit:

I tried to cut across the edge of the pit, and the entire face sluffed off. Water was probably about 18" deep, with 5" of mud below that, we didn't even try. Graydog had to drag me and my bike out, after the requisite picture. Powerful little bugger.

We worked this log quite awhile. The big logs were mostly too terrifying.



Good practice for holding pressure.


Followed by half an hour of washing bikes and people.

[mtber]

The Graydog holding pressure! Looks like cold wet times. Kinda Northwestern in flavor. Not using your NEW boots I hope....

[thegraydog]

Yep, this was your kind of glop. To get any lift for the little log, we had to start the wheelie from ten feet back where there was any traction. Holding pressure was an artifact of riding in on the back wheel. I actually cleaned the whole move up the bank a couple times, after figuring out that little moves don't work in six inches of mud.

New boots are still in the box, although I wore them around the house one afternoon, feeling like OJ in my Italian footwear...

[lineaway]

You can use the rear brake to wheelie anytime! You just have to think it through!

[Stagehand]

[DerViking]

Originally Posted by lineaway

You can use the rear brake to wheelie anytime! You just have to think it through!

Care to elaborate?

Do you mean loading the engine against the brake and releasing it for a real pop? I was able to get some lift, mostly through really cranking into the rear wheel with an exaggerated deep knee bend.

[rotorhead511]

First "successful" a-frame

[broncobowsher]

Originally Posted by DerViking

We are having a bit of a melt out, plus something like an inch of rain on top of frozen ground. In a word. Goose Poo.
Rode a bit at TheGraydog's pits.
The Duck Pond:



And the big pit:

I tried to cut across the edge of the pit, and the entire face sluffed off. Water was probably about 18" deep, with 5" of mud below that, we didn't even try. Graydog had to drag me and my bike out, after the requisite picture. Powerful little bugger.

We worked this log quite awhile. The big logs were mostly too terrifying.



Good practice for holding pressure.


Followed by half an hour of washing bikes and people.

I'll have to make it up there this summer when it is too hot in the valley.

[lineaway]

Originally Posted by DerViking

Care to elaborate?

Do you mean loading the engine against the brake and releasing it for a real pop? I was able to get some lift, mostly through really cranking into the rear wheel with an exaggerated deep knee bend.

Yes, more or less. Just like balancing on flat ground and using the brake to pull the front end up from a stop. Now get in that mud in third or fourth gear and give one of those logs a go! (Make sure the camera is ready!) No really if you are good with the clutch it should just pull you over no problem!

[thegraydog]

I haven't practiced enough in higher gears. Oh, awright coach -- as muddy as we got, I bet we can get a lot muddier....




Stagehand: nice playground! Circles on ice -- circles in a little gutter -- circles on a slope -- circles with a little tree....
Rotorhead: a little lower, no challenge. A little steeper, can't ride it! That's actually a fairly challenging obstacle.
Bronco: you're on the A-list....

[Stagehand]