Trials..is it 'mountain biking'?

cunning-stunt
cunning-stunt Posts: 614
edited May 2007 in MTB general
No doubt this has been done before...but i didn't see it[;)]

I see the adverts and articles in the mags for trials bikes...no suspension,no gears......no bloody seat FFS.

I read trials articles and think to myself "when did this branch off"?

Trials riders have skill,more than me come to think of it,but is it really mountain biking?

I once 'rode' a loop with a trials friend.
When I left him at the start I went back to check he was ok.

"yep I'll catch you up" was the reply.
Upon finishing the loop,I found him 400 yards from the start of the trail sidehopping up the track[:o)]

Is it time for trials to break away?

For all the trials riders reading this...I am in awe of your skills,have no doubt,but hopping around Glentress isn't really feasible is it?.
I also wonder about street/park...amazing and skillful admittedly,but mountainbiking?
I skate in a skate park..I mountainboard on the mountains..

We all ride yes,but when I parasail I don't call myself a skydiver..

Anyway,hard hat on,opinions welcomed [:D]

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