do any of you guys do urban trials? i saw some vids on youtube of some euro's doing it. looks like a blast. I am MX guy but my buddy got a trials bike and ive been having fun on it. been thinking of getting one, just not enough cash flow at the moment. i saw(EDM) www.easterndirt.com did a story on it this month too, seems like almost everything can be used to do "something".

anyone have any cool pics or vids that arnt on youtube of urban riding?

Worlds quickest way to lose a bike! :banghead: There is no one in the U.S. doing what you see on those vids.

There are a bunch of cool pics out there though. Google julien dupont. :thumbsup:

Does riding down the shops for the milk and bread on a Sunday morning count. :ride:

OMG that video at the end of the article is completely fricken redonculous! That guy rips and makes it look so easy. here is a direct link to the story Thanks for the post

does riding thru the house on a sunday morning count?

Have to wait for the family to head out to try that.:applause: Reminds me I watched a GNCC race the other night that featured running through a house on the track. Looked awesome and David Knight doing what he does best, keeping his feet up.

It's starting to catch on! Here is another person doing it:

Not to be reactionary or anything, but in case you haven't noticed, the US is not much different than what is sometimes called a 'Police State.' (The only real difference between this and a typical police state is that here everyone is subject, not any particular group.) They'll throw your a$$ in jail for just about anything these days. It is almost impossible to find places to ride offroad. Try finding somewhere just to do urban parkour (YouTube search) and you'll quickly realize that lawyers are pretty much running our country. (Into the ground.) Sorry to be so negative about such an amazing sport, but the fact that you can't even think about it here without either losing your bike or serving jail time, or both, irks me no end.:rant: :rant: :rant:

John

P.S. For more fun rants see my blog. http://not-a-lemming.blogspot.com

CRM114 said:

I agree. After visiting other Countries where you can walk up to a cliff without any fences or signs warning you of the cliff or legal action, it becomes clear when you return home to go camping and then have to read all of the signs and restrictions, that something has been lost here.

We used to be a country of many new inventions, now you need to hire a lawyer even BEFORE you think about creating any new object for fear that someone will use it for something entirely wrong and sue you over it.... and WIN!!!

More:
Trial In Montpellier 1
Trial In Montpellier 2

I've done it! We have a local skate park, and i've rode it, but dident get to much done, They have a SICK 4ft spine that i can stoppie on and roll the back tire over, than come down backwards and spin around... Really hard to drive a bike backward's lemme tell you!

Maybe I'll find some old pic's

Wow, those are amazing! Even better than Dupont's ones IMO.

the "Trial In Montpellier" are some of the best i've seen. Definetly worth a look imo
(these are the ones from Stuntrial, for those that didn't look, and is a combo biketrial/mototrial.
the direct links are
http://au.youtube.co...h?v=Fb7moul9OPA
http://au.youtube.co...ExhKjl2KkE&NR=1

What's he riding there? Is that the Scorpa 4Stroke?

yep...