Can a “Tramp Bike” really teach you MTB tricks?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 ม.ค. 2023
- When I was 15, I modified an old BMX bike for use on a trampoline. We called these trampoline bikes, or “tramp bikes".
Today, we'll build a tramp bike of our own, and attempt to bust some tricks on it.
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Seth: let’s get a trampoline for our daughter!
Seth’s wife: yeah that’s a great idea!
Seth: 😈
No wAY I won!?!? 😦
@@theradrider675 its scam
@@theradrider675 Yeah definitely a scam 😒
I guess they don’t teach sarcasm in school anymore 😂
@@theradrider675word right you even put the emoji😂
Seth : I’m so out of shape Also Seth: Proceeds to do a backflip
Scam alert
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Me with an arthritic hip: …”Hard pass.”
3 backflips*
He is out of shape. Doing a flip doesn't mean you're in shape
It's amazing how Seth continues to be so creative and consistent. I can't think of anyone else in the MTB genre with more original content, and it's very beginner/intermediate friendly unlike most other channels. And most of them just do POV which Seth has never relied on. Such a terrific storyteller!
Sam pilgrim
I agree! Great to have someone who is creative with the type of content. And not just a pro rider doing silly stuff on the side.
Matt jones
A trampoline now he’s a genius relax
Back in my BMX days, my buddy had a trampoline bike, but we left the cranks on with no chainring and some crappy plastic pedals. That way you got used to having to get your feet back to the pedals too
Same i think it's the best to make it actually useful. You need the cranks
We left the crank arms on ours, just covered by towels and foam and zip ties and shirts and all sorts of stuff to keep from busting through. Helped a lot more to get the true feel for tricks and body positioning.
I like the wireless braking on this new bike! (trampolines are a super fast way for me to mess up my back and wind up laying on the floor for a week, getting old sucks :D )
I look forward to seeing Seth and Kevin doing synchronized trampoline in the Paris 2024 summer Olympics.
always impressed by the amount of effort seth + team puts into these videos. great vid
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I can’t tell if this is a joke because the bike fell apart and this video seems pretty low end for Seth but usually yeah I agree 😂
@@macgraves8260 it’s not just that, it’s the overall quality of the vids / b-roll etc
@@macgraves8260 if by low end you mean "second channel idea, lets not exhaust ourselves with this" then yeah its low end, but its also not because as always they put a lot of effort into vids
You are a great guy who explains and understands people how to do the jumping exercise, well done
We need some bmx content like some OG Seth videos!!
It's amazing how much energy you exert on a trampoline.
I want to add some tips of mine: The biggest two factors are from my experience: The weight of the bike and the quality of the trampoline(how good it sends you in the air, and a big saftey thing is having a net. I crashed in the net many times). I would pick up a used BMX for cheap, but pay attention, that its not as heavy as a semi truck...
Also if you want to have the feeling of pedals, you can take the pegs of a BMX, put a threaded bar through them and put that through your bottom bracket and put some nuts on the threaded bar with some washers and now you can stand on it. But also wrap the pegs in something soft, so you can a) better stand on it and b) to protect the trampoline. Its complicated to describe and if you dont put enough thinking into it, it might break some stuff, but for me it worked.
Hey seth probably been watching for around a year now and I love your content, you were the first mtb TH-cam creator I ever watched lol. Thanks for the inspiration to go out and ride and thanks for teaching me so I could catch up to my friends haha
The trampoline bike helped me so much with Barspins. It builds your muscle memory so good and the first one I tried to dirt went flawless because of it.
Seths channel is so amazing bc his content is so accessible for newer riders. Probably the first MTB channel I watched and inspired me.
He's great cause he's consistent, creative, original and like you said, is great for new riders or older ones ... I'm sure a lot of people don't even ride and watch him, cause he puts together such high quality content.
Best dip for those wanting to do this at home is go to a swimming pool shop and use a pool cover over the frame, its basically a super heavy-duty, thick and hard-wearing bubble wrap. the frame won't pierce through it and it won't hurt if it wacks into you
When I made my trampoline bike I cut tennis balls in half and duct taped them over the ends of the fork and the rear dropouts. It’s able to take a lot more abuse than just pool noodles. It was cool to see you make one of these! 🤟
I love this all for the fact that I learned nearly all of my aggressive in-line tricks on a trampoline. This is also 20+ years ago and while I can’t do those tricks on actual blades I can still do nearly all of them on a trampoline. This makes my heart happy
Trampoline= misty flip!
LOVED this video! Watched it with my two boys. I know this may not be the most clickable video, but I really appreciate your creativity with this video. Thanks for all that you do!
I used tennis balls for the drop outs and forks. Biggest take away I had from mine was just body position and and bike position under me. Really helped with gaining confidence to let go of the bars.
Fantastic video. So entertaining and informative.
Answering the question beforehand- yeas it can!
Helped me a lot with opposite rotations and tricks to get comfortable enough to try safe on dirt.
Absolutely helped me and my friends learn tricks and get the confidence to try them.
Mind blowing is that Seth is only 5'4. Dude was made for this sport.
Love the vids Seth keep it up
Shut up
I had one of these as a kid!! Converted my old dyno BMX into one. We had so much fun on that thing
I always wanted to try this!
I used to take my snowboard on my trampoline. It was a blast.
Woah I had a similar Asset 24 that got me back into biking a couple years ago. As always, love the videos!
Great video! All I want now is a trampoline! Keep doing what you're doing so you can stay in shape for the little one! I'm 44 and still try to bounce around with my kids while they still allow me to play! Trampoline indoor parks are amazing but I definitely don't have your skills and the next day is always a day of rest and ice!😁😂🤕✌️🧗♂️🤸
I'm 45 and have a blast on the tramp with my kids. A tramp like the one Seth has are only $250. Probably find a used one for a hundred bucks.
Tramp? Lol is writing trampoline too hard???
Tramp bikes help with aerial awareness on flips. Doing a flip on a tramp without one is easy enough, but once you’ve put a tramp bike between your legs you’ve gotta use the correct form to get it around. A great learning tool.
Awesome video Seth!
One of the worst feelings in the world… getting old😅 props to Seth for giving it a go. I would be in the hospital 🥴
No it's not mate. I'm 63 and still feel as though I'm 25, just a little slower. But not so slow that I can't beat my 11 year old son in a sprint when he challenges when we are out for a ride. Though he is closing the distance.
@@Frombie_01 you’re right because I sad feeling and not getting 😉
Your videos make my Sunday
I cut open tennis balls to put around the sharp portions of my tramp bike and its been running for 3 years now. Love the videos!
Thats pretty cool, I never even thought of something like that, which is funny cause being such a big fan of skateboarding, I always knew of people practicing skateboard tricks on a trampoline with just a board without wheels or trucks. Cool that its do-able with bmx too though!
love this seth
im really just impressed with the backfilps
All those trick names bring me back to being a motocross fan as a little kid. I was obsessed with Brian Deegan.
Man you make fantastic videos. Can't wait to see you in Office Christmas Party 2!
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Great vid, but I’d like to see you back on the trails, exploring a new park or even working on the trails on berm peak lol. Much love
Grew up skating (15 years or so) and switch anything is a monster at first. Sometimes you get more comfortable doing switch tricks than regular
Me and my buddy made one of these back in highschool, it actually helped us with some simpler tricks but we mostly used it to do ridiculous tricks we were never going to do on dirt haha. Good times though
I was entertained by this!
Good video man
Looks like fun...and only moderately dangerous. Time to take those tricks to the air bag!
I was at my local Walmart yesterday and they had a new mountain bike there with adjustable front shock and disk brakes but I couldn't find a price. It was called the Huffy Ridgeline like the Honda pickup.
Tramp bikes are soooo fun!
Trampoline*
Big difference
I went to a trampoline park with my kids not to long ago. I was so soar the next several days. Now when I take them, I just watch :D
Seth, hope you rested up after making this video.
If you'd do this kind of regularly, you wouldn't feel your whole body ache afterwards. At least not from the muscles. You probably felt all the muscles you never knew you had 🫠
@@sp00n Yep, I admit. I do not go to the trampoline park regularly.
It most definitely does help real biking. Used to ride scooters, but hadnt in a year, had trampoline scooted tho. I borrow my friends scooter and do a fingerwhip first T, for the first time ever.
Growing up riding trails, street and park bmx. The trampoline bike with my brother is one of my fondest childhood memories. Old t shirts, jeans and duct take seem to last the longest. Can make up for lost of the wheels to give the bike a more realistic weight.
A pool noodle on the crossbar maybe necessary to protect your teeth/face depending how crazy you want to get.
They helped me with 360 combo tricks but i left the cranks and pedals on mine to make it more realistic for foot placement and body positioning
never thought seeing a man on a trampoline with a bike could make my day xD
i love these trampoline freestyle vehicles and i made trampoline unicycle. it was fun
I always like Seth’s videos before I watch.
Those weren't excuses, they wee explanations! (cool video!)
We need to test this on the air bag
You do this in the snowboarding in other sports as well. One thing it does do, it gives a since of reference while moving in the air.
We needed to see the Griz Air. Classic dirt jump trick
We use to have flat bar through the bb for your feet. And pegs at rear triangle for feet .
Seth. Sometimes when you dream something you can let it go and not do it 🤔. Amazing. Thanks for sharing this with us.
Heck yeah! I used to have a tramp skateboard and tramp snowboard also to work on tricks with
I love that it was an older biker who showed you how to make your first tramp bike. Wholesome
Funny stuff. Wish I had thought of that when I was younger. How many of those tricks do you still take to dirt?
I never realized how short Seth really is.
Seth you should make a video about ski bikes some times!
Trampoline bikes are awesome! We built our first one in 98 after seeing TJ Lavin on one in a Video.
We used to do this with a skateboard deck. I gotta say sometimes it was more fun than real skateboarding!
Small note on the technicality of switch being harder, at least in the professional skiing world, it’s not usually that judges remember which way is everyone’s natural direction of spin, (although they will have that in their notes usually) it’s that you get points for doing tricks in both directions. On skis that might be if you spin clockwise off the first jump, they want to see you spin counter clockwise off the second.
You could have 3d printed some fork end covers that gave a less pointed surface for the foam to cover! :)
Seth goes crazy on a trampoline lmao
I was waiting for this To be honest
Thanks seth
perfect time to make a 3d printed covers for the sharp bits. use pla plus and they wont shatter.
Love the fact that you mentionned "Suey" instead of suicide,. Nice to see that Scotty Cranmer inspiration 💙🤟
I appreciate how you go, whoo I'm so out of shape, haha. I know the feeling
I got into mountain biking and love it so far hah just need help with the maintenance
man you are the best
Hearing all those names remind me of my time on Dave Mirra BMX on the Ps1 some of my friends were into BMX but I was always into not breaking my bones haha 😂
Anytime I hear "Maxwell Murders" I instantly remember the fun times of that game!
Ride on forever Dave M x
Tramp bikes are fun, but be safe. Bar ends are a must. I nearly lost my pinky 25 years ago when a tailwhip to tabletop that ended with my pinky in the bar end and me landing sideways on the trampoline.
We used carpet and towels. We also covered the bottom bracket since it was sharp.
Spam
please make a ski downslope bike they look like so much fun
Hey, I too had one of these when I was young.
Now this is the episode of Flip Bike we've been waiting for.
Foam?! What a game changer, we just used t-shirts and duct tape back in the day. Might build another one for the summer, it was so much fun
This was a fun video 😂
As a kid I had a DK General Lee and a trampoline. Separate they are both fun but combined, they are even more fun.
The general lee was freaking awesome! I had a specialized vegas fatboy and later got a Todd Lyons huffy TL-88.
You’re styling bro🎉
Learnt a lot of trick on a tramp bike. The took them to flyout, then box jump then to dirt, no foam pits around when I rode BMX! Even when I got back into BMX and MTB, still made a teamp bike (I was over 30 by this stage) and still kept the same progression, except threw in a foam pit before fly outs. Now in my 40s, I need my grandson to grow up a bit so Pop can "buy him a trampoline" just like Seth did for his daughter haha
That’s how I learned heel clickers. Tramp bike then straight to a dirt bike. Got perfect first try. But I also spent months doing them on the tramp bike first.
Haha i *need* to do this 😄.Having spent decades on dirt bikes before trying MTB ,my jumping abilities are embarrassing!
Seth I know you just did a Kent Trouvaille video but you should do another field test with the new fork.
Seth is W mans
i learned bars, trucks, backflips, 3 whip and alot of other tricks on my tramp bike back in the day it acually does help as long as you learn the motion and take it straight to a jump
Wow. Bet you can't do a 30 mile ride
@@strongerthanyoualldaywhy would care about doing a 30 mile run i ride bmx not road bikes that just sounds tiring and boring as hell
@@stevencase3289 It's called being in good enough shape to do it.
You have ADD or something? Why do you need constant stimulation? Learn to enjoy nature.
@@strongerthanyouallday yes i do acually , but that has nothing to with it, i ride bmx just pedaling is boring iride my bike to challange myself to learn new tricks or run though a a good set of trails as as smooth as i can for an arthritis riddled 40 year old , two completely differnt sports
@@stevencase3289 they make things for arthritis.
Built different
I grew up in the 90's.. hahaha love it
Tennis balls on all dropouts filled with silicon. Like the kind you use for fish tanks or bathrooms. It stick them on really good
Nice clip from the Riviter. I'd like to see a new vid from there.
looking for advice here, if i’m
looking to do urban mtb is a slope style or dj bike better?
I don't know what you weighed at 15, but I was like 65 pounds lighter and flexibility was still something I thought everyone had.
Awesome, I did the same thing as a kid, but with a skateboard without trucks :D
Seth you gotta try this bike out called the ortovox mountain skyver. It’s kinda like a scooter bike.
Sounds gay
@@strongerthanyouallday you sound gay
5:59 Worth point out that oppo and switch are different things, oppo would be spinning the opposite way to normal, switch is with your feet the wrong way round (for you) Left foot forward would spin to the right, so spinning left would be oppo, but spinning with your non dominant foot forward would be switch