diesel2607 Posted May 19, 2018 Report Share Posted May 19, 2018 Hi all I am really struggling to progress the biggest problem I have is just having nowhere to practice and No one to practice with When I am at a trial I find some sections very easy and clean all the time and some reall hard like lucky to get a 3 but then I cant practice so every trial is the same and No progress is being made I find it very hard to ride in the rocky burns and over any sort of obstacle I just cant get any rear wheel lift to get over and just clatter into then I need to practice getting back wheel up I watch videos on YouTube all the time I know what I should be doing but just nowhere to practice it any thoughts on what I could do Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan williams Posted May 19, 2018 Report Share Posted May 19, 2018 Where are you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diesel2607 Posted May 19, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 19, 2018 4 hours ago, dan williams said: Where are you? I am near forres in the north of Scotland I am in the Inverness trials club but can' find anyone to practice with anywhere near me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billyt Posted May 19, 2018 Report Share Posted May 19, 2018 Diesel 2607 How about Randolph's Leap or Sueno Stone .... I have family in Forres & Elgin..... Even the mechanics ground..... Surely there are lots of places around there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nigel dabster Posted May 20, 2018 Report Share Posted May 20, 2018 if you have a specific problem work on that, start small. On a piece of flat ground with a small rock and try "helping" the back wheel over it. Then progress. Try contacting the inverness club, im sure they have a trial soon and you can help mark out sticking in a few flags and riding at the same tome with experienced riders will help no end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diesel2607 Posted May 20, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2018 9 hours ago, billyt said: Diesel 2607 How about Randolph's Leap or Sueno Stone .... I have family in Forres & Elgin..... Even the mechanics ground..... Surely there are lots of places around there. Thanks for reply Randolph leap would be good just seems like to many people there would be probably kicked off the ground pretty quickly I thought I had somewhere to go but 2 other guys use the ground and the farmer doesn't want a third person up there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diesel2607 Posted May 20, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2018 1 hour ago, nigel dabster said: if you have a specific problem work on that, start small. On a piece of flat ground with a small rock and try "helping" the back wheel over it. Then progress. Try contacting the inverness club, im sure they have a trial soon and you can help mark out sticking in a few flags and riding at the same tome with experienced riders will help no end. My problem is going over rocks rear wheel lift and riding in the burns I just don' have anywhere to practice I am going to the Inverness trial next week but I just go round it myself as not many ride the easiest route all the trials are an hour and a half from me so a fair distance to go to setup the closest one to me was cancelled this year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nigel dabster Posted May 20, 2018 Report Share Posted May 20, 2018 so you can lift the back up and over a rock in your drive? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diesel2607 Posted May 20, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2018 34 minutes ago, nigel dabster said: so you can lift the back up and over a rock in your drive? I don't have any decent size rocks to go over and also no drive I only have bricks or a log but that is to narrow I fall off the side and also a bit big for me to get over at the moment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scifi Posted May 20, 2018 Report Share Posted May 20, 2018 I don't think I have ever heard of anyone 'lifting the back wheel'... Lifting the front wheel, yes. Then wait for the rear wheel to slam into the rock, which will give lots of grip, and as long as you have enough power on, the bike will get over the step. Always watch where the contact patch of the front wheel is going, you can almost forget about the rear tyre. . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feetupfun Posted May 21, 2018 Report Share Posted May 21, 2018 8 hours ago, scifi said: I don't think I have ever heard of anyone 'lifting the back wheel'... Lifting the front wheel, yes. Then wait for the rear wheel to slam into the rock, which will give lots of grip, and as long as you have enough power on, the bike will get over the step. Always watch where the contact patch of the front wheel is going, you can almost forget about the rear tyre. . Lifting the rear is a normal thing in trials riding. Some people call it unweighting the rear 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b40rt Posted May 21, 2018 Report Share Posted May 21, 2018 13 hours ago, scifi said: I don't think I have ever heard of anyone 'lifting the back wheel'... Lifting the front wheel, yes. Then wait for the rear wheel to slam into the rock, which will give lots of grip, and as long as you have enough power on, the bike will get over the step. Always watch where the contact patch of the front wheel is going, you can almost forget about the rear tyre. . Lifting the back wheel is a good technique to practice, some steps are so undercut that there isn't anything for the back wheel to slam into. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scifi Posted May 22, 2018 Report Share Posted May 22, 2018 Yes, but he says he is riding the easiest courses, so not likely to be any undercut rocks there. . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonnyc21 Posted May 31, 2018 Report Share Posted May 31, 2018 Something that helped me when I didn't have others to ride with was to video myself and then playing that video and play a video of someone doing it correctly and comparing them. Then when I would try again I could try to adjust for the visual difference between the two. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nigel dabster Posted June 3, 2018 Report Share Posted June 3, 2018 Did you speak to the club? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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