BikeRadar video of the week: Brakeless street trials riding

Brakeless street trials riding (BikeRadar)

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This week we’ve got an exclusive video from Team Ashton Diamondback street trials rider Rowan Johns showing off some insane riding on his brakeless rig.

Rowan said: “I started riding brakeless just after Christmas ’08 on a particularly cold day - my fingers were just too cold to pull the levers, so me and a friend spent the day riding deathgrip.

“It was one of the most fun and challenging days riding I’d had in years, so I decided to just take them off. It really makes you focus on what you are doing, your technique, and exactly where you are placing the bike on an obstacle. It just makes trials even harder!

“I can hop higher and cleaner because of it and my general balance and control is also improved. I would recommend it to anyone.”

This amazing vid should whet your appetite for the riding on offer from the Animal Relentless Bike Tour, which will be stopping off at BikeRadar Live.

Rowan will join trials legend Martyn Ashton and dirt jump sensation Sam Pilgrim, along with Danny MacAskill, the street rider behind a YouTube vid that has taken the world by storm.

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Also check out the previous videos of the week below.

• Scott Beaumont’s new 4X machine
• A very brutal crash scene
• Gawton downhill, Devon
• Santa Cruz Carbon Blur XC
• Chris Smith's Corsair
• HotChillee’s Alice Monger-Godfrey
• Suspension setup
• Cedric Gracia freeride session
• Tour of California recce ride
• Rider ploughs into cameraman
• Riding skinny sections
• MBUK hit Cwmcarn
• Repairing a puncture
• USGP Cyclo-cross, Oregon
• Dirt Merchant, Whistler
• Trials rider hits the deck
• Chris Smith, UK freeride star
• Cross-country crash
• Tour de France '09 presentation highlights
• Cycle Show '08
• Riding berms
• Interbike special
• Life Cycle - From postman to downhill racer
• Fort William downhill endurance race
• Team BikeRadar in Whistler
• How to bunny hop
• An idiotic ride scene from the archives
• How to set up rebound on your suspension forks
• How to manual
• Amazing boom cam footage from Whistler
• The Dalby Slam Dunker

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