Haven't had time to ride for two weeks as I had to write my thesis... Went out today and it was raining. I still like this bike more than any bike I've ridden so far. I tried to do small up to fronts out of a bunny hop and it didn't take me long to figure out how this works. I have to get the technique dialed a bit more and then I'll go over to some higher walls.

First day after two weeks of absence. First up to fronts in the rain. #rideinspired #trials #inspired #streettrials

Ein von Nico Hübner (@nico_hue) gepostetes Video am 28. Okt 2016 um 5:34 Uhr

I went out on a mission to see how high I can really bunny hop onto something. I ended up at 75cm which is more than I expected. I think I can even go higher but as it always is, it's not so much a matter of being able to do it rather than having the fear of actually doing it.

Bunny hops to rear, last wall is 75m. Didn't know I could do that. #rideinspired #streettrials #trial #trials #bunnyhop

Ein von Nico Hübner (@beginners_trial) gepostetes Video am 11. Okt 2016 um 2:49 Uhr

I got myself an Inspired Fourplay. 

This is the result of the first proper ride with this bike. I f**king love it. Even just cruising around the skate park is more fun than the TGS I attempted to do these past months. I have to admit though that sidehops and gaps are horrible in comparison to my Rockman.

I am still getting my bunny hops back. This is why I didn't go to a higher wall. I want to get the technique dialed first. I can probably jump to rear twice the height of the bunny hop onto the wall (which isn't really high anyways :D).

Manuals are kinda weird as I keep falling backwards and have to pull the brake. Problem is that the MT5 with Trialtech pads is so strong that between slightly slowing down during a manual and blocking the rear wheel is just 1mm lever pull.

#inspired #streettrial #street #trial #rideinspired #fourplay #4play

Ein von Nico Hübner (@huebnernico) gepostetes Video am 10. Okt 2016 um 4:05 Uhr

After what felt like an eternity without any progress I though I'd mix things up a bit and include street moves in my riding. Here's the result. First video was on Sunday and after having sought advice from the guys at Trials-Forum.co.uk I managed to improve on it in the second video.

"Street Trial" Move from Niconj on Vimeo.

"Street Trial" Move continued from Niconj on Vimeo.

Have lost some weight. :D Sidehops and gaps have improved a lot. You cannot see it in the video but it feels so much better and I don't take 100 tries to land one side hop/gap.

Sidehop, Gap 09.09.16 from Niconj on Vimeo.

Yes... I've had too much food lately but my sidehop (do I even do other things on my bike) has improved a bit. The wall in the video is 92cm high. :D

Sidehop August 16 from Niconj on Vimeo.

It's been three months already since I've tried that 1m wall. I practiced side hops pretty much every time I went out but haven't processed at all height wise. Last week I tried the wall shown in the video and failed about 100 times in a row. I always set my foot down first and couldn't keep it on the pedal. I dunno why this happened so I went back to an even lower wall and couldn't do it either without putting down my foot. So I went back to a 30cm curb and only then I could convince my foot to stay on the pedal. It took me an entire week to get over this and I went up in small steps always focussing on the technique. Today I finally got back to the height I was able to do months ago. The technique is better though which is a good thing. I also focussed on putting down the front wheel first but have to get my head around this still. It kinda works already but needs a lot of practice still.

Sidehop from Niconj on Vimeo.