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  1. Well ive slowly been getting into trials and i can jump up stuff and off
    stuff...stuff being a curb, i think the main problem is my confidence
    but anyway i practise in my street, is this a good idea?
    where do you guys ride?

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  2. Ride everywhere, look at everything as a trials lines. Stairs, ledges,
    rails, pallets, rocks, benches, everything. Start small, set goals, and
    ride everywhere on everything.

    Yep, thats pretty much all there is to it.

    The world is our playground! Muahahaha.

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  3. Cheers, im saving for my Nimbus hoppley because i have this standard 20"
    which is really heavy and isnt going to last so at the moment im doing
    some Muni on my 26er.

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  4. gagtape said:

    Cheers, im saving for my Nimbus hoppley because i have this standard 20"
    which is really heavy and isnt going to last so at the moment im doing
    some Muni on my 26er.

    Awesome.

    Its funny when I go places or walk around town, cause people will talk
    about some new building or fountain, or just about anything, and the
    only thing I am thinking of when im walking by all the stuff is trials.
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  5. Im starting to slip into that sort of mind lol but when my mum and dad
    say we are going out i will insist on bringing my Muni and asking what
    the terrains like lol, sounds cool in the USA, England is a bit [censored]
    for trials.

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  6. Find an industrial estate, find a shop like a cash and carry that is
    closed on sundays, go round the back and find the huge stack of pallets
    they will undoubtedly have.

    And when you say England is a bit [censored] for tirals, I'm guesisng you
    mean the bit of England within about a mile of your house?

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  7. kington99 said:

    Find an industrial estate, find a shop like a cash and carry that is
    closed on sundays, go round the back and find the huge stack of pallets
    they will undoubtedly have.

    And when you say England is a bit [censored] for tirals, I'm guesisng you
    mean the bit of England within about a mile of your house?

    mines rubish for about 2 miles to my knowledge 🙄 I need to
    travel, bad

    gagtape said:

    Im starting to slip into that sort of mind lol but when my mum and dad
    say we are going out i will insist on bringing my Muni and asking what
    the terrains like.

    I do that all the time haha! 😄

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  8. When I ride trials I go around town or I have pallets and boxes in my
    driveway and im on those the most. Make some boxes and get some
    pallets.

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  9. thejdw said:

    mines rubish for about 2 miles to my knowledge 🙄 I need to
    travel, bad

    Find yourself a bike and a rucksack, problem solved.

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  10. I have basically been totally a MUni rider until recently when I got my
    KH20. So It was Natural that I started doing trials on Boulders that I
    saw along the trails that I rode. I now love all the stairs and ledges
    on outside shopping malls. Beach promenades and boardwalks. Also the
    huge garden rocks that hold in the dirt to make multi level
    landscapes.

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  11. get a bunch of pallets, they help a lot

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  12. 🙄 Maybe you could come to colchester this Friday?! or u
    working...?

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  13. gagtape said:

    Im starting to slip into that sort of mind lol but when my mum and dad
    say we are going out i will insist on bringing my Muni and asking what
    the terrains like lol, sounds cool in the USA, England is a bit [censored]
    for trials.

    USA isn't so sweet either if you dont live by a city or town... i have
    to make everything i ride unless i can get a ride into the
    village(which is about 15 min. away... but i still need a ride from my
    parents.) if you have some property, get some wood and pallets and
    stuff and make some trials stuff to exactly wat you want and you can
    change it when ever you want.

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  14. I think as unicyclists we have a major advantage to this "guerilla"
    style of trials riding. If the cops ever roll up as we're riding on
    any sort of public property, who's the wiser. Not very many people at
    all know of "uni trials"...the cops wouldn't think twice unless you
    were caught in the act on.

    I'm all about riding anywhere doing anything, but I have to admit that
    now that I'm almost 30 years old I have a large amount of respect for
    people's property whether it be someone's staircases, or some sort of
    public property...I use respect. Since these forums are mainly filled
    with you younger guys, I encourage you to all do the same. If you can
    see that you are wrecking something by riding on it, then find
    something else. It might be common sense to some, but this is why
    skateboarders have wrecked it for themselves everywhere.

    and if it's too hard to comprehend...I'll break it down. There's no
    difference between doing pedal grabs on a public bench and chipping the
    paint off and vandal's ruining your "trials pallettes" in your backyard
    while you're sleeping.

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  15. JAMES JAMES JAMES

    on saturday im working not friday,

    but i cant afford the train but im getting paid soon so for sure!

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  16. SARIN said:

    I think as unicyclists we have a major advantage to this "guerilla"
    style of trials riding. If the cops ever roll up as we're riding on
    any sort of public property, who's the wiser. Not very many people at
    all know of "uni trials"...the cops wouldn't think twice unless you
    were caught in the act on.

    I'm all about riding anywhere doing anything, but I have to admit that
    now that I'm almost 30 years old I have a large amount of respect for
    people's property whether it be someone's staircases, or some sort of
    public property...I use respect. Since these forums are mainly filled
    with you younger guys, I encourage you to all do the same. If you can
    see that you are wrecking something by riding on it, then find
    something else. It might be common sense to some, but this is why
    skateboarders have wrecked it for themselves everywhere.

    and if it's too hard to comprehend...I'll break it down. There's no
    difference between doing pedal grabs on a public bench and chipping the
    paint off and vandal's ruining your "trials pallettes" in your backyard
    while you're sleeping.

    I tend to pay attention to what I ride on, sure everywhere I go I see
    trials lines and street lines (granted I suck at both so I just see
    myself doing them perfectly in my head) but when I attempt them I pay
    attention to any damage I do and try to fix it if it's more than a
    scratch on the paint. if I do too much damage I move to another spot
    and come back to the previous spot when I feel more confident and less
    like I'll do more damage.

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  17. kington99 said:

    Find yourself a bike and a rucksack, problem solved.

    concidred, then I remembered the weight of my muni

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  18. thejdw said:

    concidred, then I remembered the weight of my muni

    public transportation is good if you live near it.... if not then you
    should start doing some distance riding, it's amazing fun!

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  19. Ducttape said:

    public transportation is good if you live near it.... if not then you
    should start doing some distance riding, it's amazing fun!

    the day I'm allowed on piblic transportation 🙄 A mate of
    mines learning though so mabey in aw while. I did a long ride up a long
    hill on friday, my thighs still ach 🙂

    btw: you'll get WWing 😉

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  20. thejdw said:

    the day I'm allowed on piblic transportation 🙄 A mate of mines
    learning though so mabey in aw while. I did a long ride up a long hill
    on friday, my thighs still ach 🙂

    btw: you'll get WWing 😉

    did you see my post in the WW tutorial thread? I have almost got it
    now... anyway, I live about a half mile from the nearest bus stop, so
    public transit is easy for me, and Downtown Portland has a lot of good
    places to ride if you look.....

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