As per the title - as if we Trials Riders weren't odd enough (!!) some like to be even more extreme. Semi common in the UK and I believe the Aussies have a few but ours generally only turn out en masse once a year in NZ.
More pics if you're interested on Flickr - search for 'NZPETERB' and these came from the Kaikoura 2021 album. There are three pics of me with the right number of wheels in there somewhere 
In reply to RichardNZ :
Wow, that looks like a great way to send you both to the hospital! 
I used to ride bicycle trials & always thought the moto riders were crazy, but this is nuts!
Seems like something I'd be really excited to watch on red bull TV at like 1:30am.
thatsnowinnebago said:Seems like something I'd be really excited to watch on red bull TV at like 1:30am.
I tend to agree with you, haven't even looked on YooToob or Fakebook to see if there are any videos.
I posted these for curiosity value because a) they are amusing to watch, especially if you know the combatants (which I do) and b) something a bit different that I thought fitted the GRM ethos - the 'chairs are home made and pretty much no two are identical and they are a niche in a sport that is very much NOT mainstream in most parts of the world.
In reply to Pete Gossett (Forum Supporter) :
With the exception of the top guys we're not really nuts ...
The great thing, and I guess it's the same with bicycle trials, is you can select the degree of difficulty, idiocy, physicality or risk that suits. I have ridden on a 'chair (both as driver and swinger) but not in competition - no way Jose to that one, thought I was going to die of a heart attack I was laughing so hard! The guys pictured were riding the "easiest" of the lines that had been set out - I would normally ride the next grade higher but not for 3 days in a row ... I may be about to turn 70 but I'm still managing a couple of events a month although my competitive days (assuming they ever actually existed) are over and I just want to have some fun.
I've ridden, or driven or piloted or whatever it's called when you operate the controls of a side car rig a few times. I always found the experience somewhat frustrating and never really enjoyable. How does adding a wheel manage to make something less stable? The idea of taking one through a trial course is nuts.
I have watched these guys in person. They were the kids that were dropped on their heads when born and enjoyed the experience.
In reply to NOHOME :
We make jokes about them having removable brains that they leave in the car before the event.
As someone who has some serious hack time and some trials time, I'm quite impressed.
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