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Charlie Rolls hitting the streets of Portsmouth. Just stupendous.


 
Posted : 05/03/2021 8:26 pm
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I honestly don’t know how these guys do it (and that’s an understatement...).
I mean, I used to be a motorcycle trials rider, however at least there we have engines for drive and impulsion but it just beggars belief what is possible on a bicycle.
Just the fitness and strength alone, never mind all the rest of it.
It really is incredible, no matter how many times I see stuff like this.


 
Posted : 05/03/2021 8:40 pm
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He's rather handy then. 👏

I still prefer the creativity of moves that the MTB trials guys have.


 
Posted : 05/03/2021 8:41 pm
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That is some rather impressive riding. Cheers!


 
Posted : 05/03/2021 8:44 pm
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Bikes look horrible.
It's more like parkour.


 
Posted : 05/03/2021 9:03 pm
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I still prefer the creativity of moves that the MTB trials guys have.

Yeah I used to too, then I decided to learn trials for myself. Here it's not so much about tricks which take hundreds of tries to pull off, he's a competition rider so it's almost the opposite, because you can't take hundreds of tries in a competition. Just look at his composure as he flows about the place, and the precision, the lack of corrective hops etc. He is also a really creative rider, it's just the type of creativity that's not so obvious.


 
Posted : 05/03/2021 9:10 pm
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If nothing else I enjoyed the nostalgia of recognising random spots around Pompey. Pretty sure a french guy I worked with broke his bike riding down the set of steps at about three and a half minutes on my birthday pub crawl.


 
Posted : 05/03/2021 9:19 pm
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I couldn’t do that without a bike never mind on a bike


 
Posted : 05/03/2021 9:28 pm
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Unbelievable balance and skill but I still prefer watching Danny Mac vids because the bikes are basically what we ride. Those trial bikes almost look like a cheat. Saying that he is enormously talented. Who looks at a post box and thinks 'I'll bunnyhop onto that' ?!


 
Posted : 05/03/2021 9:35 pm
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Impressive stuff and a core of solid steel no doubt.


 
Posted : 05/03/2021 9:42 pm
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I enjoyed that. Impressive stuff.


 
Posted : 05/03/2021 9:47 pm
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Those trial bikes almost look like a cheat.

So do 29er's 😉 Let's not mention e-bikes.


 
Posted : 05/03/2021 10:09 pm
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Yep, that was awesome. 20 inch always looks weirder and more awkward than 24 but the power and accuracy in some of that was outrageous. I don't know the right name for it, but those big lunging gaps onto the front wheel to pretty much dead stops, jeezo, everything has to be perfect.


 
Posted : 06/03/2021 1:17 am
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Bikes look horrible.

Right tool for the job.


 
Posted : 06/03/2021 10:21 am

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