WTB: my first trials bike

[tawfer]

Hi, I'm very new to the sport and don't know a whole lot about it. I'm just looking for a decent bike to start off with, looking to spend 300-400 USD. I think I'd like a stock bike opposed to a mod. Which one is easier to start off with? Thanks.

[RyanMcVicker]

they are both fine to start off with just different feelings... i started with a mod cause i thought it would be easier but it was probobly working against me because im really tall then i had to make the change to a stock down the road.. i would jus t choose the one you want now and stick with it

but if youre only willing to spend 400 you wont be finding a complete stock bike anytime soon

[Macleod]

Might not be what you want but it is complete and in your price range.
http://www.observedtrials.net/vb/showthread.php?t=18979

[Ross W.]

good luck finding a decent complete bike for 300-400. A frame maybe.

I've heard mods are easier to learn on, but I agree with Ryan, just pick what you really want to ride. You'll learn no matter what kind of bike you have.

[toyota200x]

You just have to wait a little while maybe and then you can find a 400 dollar setup. Don't worry they are out there.

[tawfer]

Yeah, I am also really tall and I thought the bigger bike would be more comfortable to ride. If $400 is too little for a decent beginners bike, how much money do u think I'd need to spend?

[toyota200x]

How tall are you? 700 dollars will open up the market. That might be a little much for a beginner to spend.:eek3:

[literocola]

I started on a Specialized Hardrock 15" frame, RST shocks, crap brakes, and garbage rims/hubs.
I didnt really decide to ride trials until I realized that I had the "knack" for it per se. Even to this day I dont ride a trials specific bike. I found myself a bike that had about the same geomotry, but could also take a monster beating from stair gaps, big hits, and dirt jumping.
From what I have read and learned about trials, is you can learn the fundamentals on just about anything. You just need to stick with it, and keep practicing. I spend a good few hours per day always working on new skills, and progressing my balance.

[tawfer]

How tall are you? 700 dollars will open up the market. That might be a little much for a beginner to spend.:eek3:

I'm about 6'4" or 193 cm. yeah 700 is alittle steep for me. Hrm maybe I'll start off with a cheaper mod.

[toyota200x]

I'm about 6'4" or 193 cm. yeah 700 is alittle steep for me. Hrm maybe I'll start off with a cheaper mod.

Don't get a mod. You will be so unconfortable on it. Keep looking on this site and others and you will find something. If you have a Mountain bike ride that for now and get your ballance skills up to par.

[trialsinkid]

I started on a Specialized Hardrock 15" frame, RST shocks, crap brakes, and garbage rims/hubs.....


hah. hell yea. thats what i started on.


ID GO WITH A MOD. ive been riding mod for some time now and i dnt really practice alot but when i do, i practiced pretty hard, and having a mod just seemed alot easier maybe because of how small it is and easy(easier) to get up on the back wheel which now comes very easy. my bro had a 26" brisa when i was ridin around on a monty x alp, and getting on his stock bike felt alot different compared to the monty. which by the way, is a great begginer bike to start out with, many will tell u the same. and not all that expensive.

[toyota200x]

Yeah but this dude is 6.4" , no mod is going to fit him nice.

[trialsinkid]

oh yea, true.

hey tawfer what kinda bike do u have now??

[tawfer]

I can't tell you the model name, I forget really. I am at school now and I haven't seen the bike in awhile, but it's a dual suspension mt. bike. It's an older K2, but one of the weird models that has K2 and Proflex on the frame. I think proflex was being bought out or something, but don't take my word for it. It was fun to ride around at home, but there's not really any hills where I am now....so I left it behind :(

[Mordax]

I can't tell you the model name, I forget really. I am at school now and I haven't seen the bike in awhile, but it's a dual suspension mt. bike. It's an older K2, but one of the weird models that has K2 and Proflex on the frame. I think proflex was being bought out or something, but don't take my word for it. It was fun to ride around at home, but there's not really any hills where I am now....so I left it behind :(

chris you abandoned my old Proflex?! awww, so sad. that bike was sweet with it's linkage fork and everything.

http://membres.lycos.fr/xtrememtb/bike-Sebbe.JPG

haha, the memories on that thing. not exactly a trialsin bike tho

[tawfer]

Oh it'll be there when I go back this summer...

Where did you dig up that old picture of it? You haven't seen that thing in a few years

[Macleod]

my bro had a 26" brisa when i was ridin around on a monty x alp, and getting on his stock bike felt alot different compared to the monty.

Just about any trials bike, stock or mod, is gonna feel better on the back wheel than a brisa.

[owentrialsman]

If your 6 4 den get a stock. go on ebay you will pick up a nice cheap stock of there for the right money

[Mordax]

Oh it'll be there when I go back this summer...

Where did you dig up that old picture of it? You haven't seen that thing in a few years

thats not my exact bike, just the same kind

[tawfer]

I told you I snapped the rear suspension right? That sucked because they didn't make the parts anymore. PJ helped me rebuild it.

[tawfer]

Ok so I have most of a bike now....I still need a bashguard, rear cassette, and chainring. So if anybody has extras that they can part with please let me know.

Oh yeah, I need wheels too, I was going to buy them from pricepoint.com but the ones I was going to get are backordered, so if anybody has some extras...

Thanks

[toyota200x]

Ok so I have most of a bike now....I still need a bashguard, rear cassette, and chainring. So if anybody has extras that they can part with please let me know.

Oh yeah, I need wheels too, I was going to buy them from pricepoint.com but the ones I was going to get are backordered, so if anybody has some extras...

Thanks

What kind of bashguard do you need?

[tawfer]

I believe that a four bolt one big enough to cover a 22t chainring. I'm new at this stuff, what other options are there about bashguards?

[literocola]

I used to ride those forks on a Zed-X back when I was a weee laddy in high school going from BMX over to Mtn. I loved those forks, just becuase of the complete crazyness look.
They held true for a number of years till the frame snapped on that Zed-X

[hodgi]

http://www.observedtrials.net/vb/showthread.php?t=19924

there i have the zebdi and it feels awsome..i started off with a mod but i think you should start wiht a stock because if you want to go places far u got gears.