Can a “Tramp Bike” really teach you MTB tricks?

[@theradrider675]

Seth: let’s get a trampoline for our daughter! Seth’s wife: yeah that’s a great idea! Seth: 😈

[@theradrider675]

No wAY I won!?!? 😦

[@nzo_6543]

@@theradrider675 its scam

[@fynndickson7581]

@@theradrider675 Yeah definitely a scam 😒

[@theradrider675]

I guess they don’t teach sarcasm in school anymore 😂

[@Ïurossa]

@@theradrider675word right you even put the emoji😂

[@A.writt_]

Seth : I’m so out of shape Also Seth: Proceeds to do a backflip

[@joesniffs5473]

Scam alert

[@whyisthisguygaming]

❤😂🎉

[@TrailFeatures]

Me with an arthritic hip: …”Hard pass.”

[@estefano9e]

3 backflips*

[@strongerthanyouallday]

He is out of shape. Doing a flip doesn't mean you're in shape

[@topspot4834]

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!

[@lr7815]

Sam pilgrim

[@kylanjosiah]

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.

[@billlewis3598]

Matt jones

[@Agent_OB]

A trampoline now he’s a genius relax

[@greenwoodsbushhogging6704]

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.

[@HatTrickPuck]

always impressed by the amount of effort seth + team puts into these videos. great vid

[@nzo_6543]

☝️dont trust this.

[@macgraves8260]

@@nzo_6543 scammers be lurking

[@macgraves8260]

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 😂

[@HatTrickPuck]

@@macgraves8260 it’s not just that, it’s the overall quality of the vids / b-roll etc

[@ColeT_43]

@@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

[@celica49]

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

[@TheTyisawesome]

Same i think it's the best to make it actually useful. You need the cranks

[@zackjones9028]

We need some bmx content like some OG Seth videos!!

[@عبداللهأحمد-ج5ي4ج]

You are a great guy who explains and understands people how to do the jumping exercise, well done

[@dreiback182]

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.

[@baddriversofcolga]

It's amazing how much energy you exert on a trampoline.

[@JasonFoxLCB]

I look forward to seeing Seth and Kevin doing synchronized trampoline in the Paris 2024 summer Olympics.

[@bcrides1639]

Seths channel is so amazing bc his content is so accessible for newer riders. Probably the first MTB channel I watched and inspired me.

[@topspot4834]

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.

[@TheRiotMTB]

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

[@marcfreshart]

Trampoline= misty flip!

[@TheRupes]

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

[@huddylubbers349]

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.

[@dieselnievaart3205]

Hey seth probably been watching for around a year now and I love your content, you were the first mtb KZbin 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

[@jackmcculloch9355]

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! 🤟

[@jessemorgan3409]

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.

[@KermitOfWar]

Mind blowing is that Seth is only 5'4. Dude was made for this sport.

[@RyanCranage]

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!

[@F.O.GOnABike]

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

[@nateconyers2508]

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!

[@MaDnBaD]

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.

[@jedidiahwest4619]

One of the worst feelings in the world… getting old😅 props to Seth for giving it a go. I would be in the hospital 🥴

[@Frombie_01]

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.

[@jedidiahwest4619]

@@Frombie_01 you’re right because I sad feeling and not getting 😉

[@CarrotCannon]

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

[@kylanjosiah]

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!

[@tylajonsie]

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

[@sollamander2206]

All those trick names bring me back to being a motocross fan as a little kid. I was obsessed with Brian Deegan.

[@LajRa5]

I had one of these as a kid!! Converted my old dyno BMX into one. We had so much fun on that thing

[@Takenover83]

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.

[@sp00n]

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 🫠

[@Takenover83]

@@sp00n Yep, I admit. I do not go to the trampoline park regularly.

[@brandond7413]

Tramp bikes are soooo fun!

[@strongerthanyouallday]

Trampoline* Big difference

[@JB-1138]

I always wanted to try this! I used to take my snowboard on my trampoline. It was a blast.

[@camperhonsa8633]

Even before watching the video I can tell you it really is a completely different sport. Because of the absence of the gyroscopic effect of spinning wheels and generally much lower weight + the fact you’re only jumping up and down makes tricks work completely differenty. Case in point, I can do a 360 windshield wiper on a tramp bike without much effort yet on a bike I still struggle with straight tailwhips… There is slight translation with certain tricks like barspins, but some are just done completely differently like 360s and flips.

[@AnalogFilmDiary]

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

[@superstarrunner]

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.

[@t.p.209]

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!😁😂🤕✌️🧗‍♂️🤸

[@FoilPowell]

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.

[@strongerthanyouallday]

Tramp? Lol is writing trampoline too hard???

[@stevencase3289]

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

[@strongerthanyouallday]

Wow. Bet you can't do a 30 mile ride

[@stevencase3289]

@@strongerthanyoualldaywhy would care about doing a 30 mile run i ride bmx not road bikes that just sounds tiring and boring as hell

[@strongerthanyouallday]

@@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.

[@stevencase3289]

@@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

[@strongerthanyouallday]

@@stevencase3289 they make things for arthritis.

[@waza_alex720]

Love the fact that you mentionned "Suey" instead of suicide,. Nice to see that Scotty Cranmer inspiration 💙🤟

[@TealCheetah]

I love that it was an older biker who showed you how to make your first tramp bike. Wholesome

[@dirtclodadventures]

Looks like fun...and only moderately dangerous. Time to take those tricks to the air bag!

[@mossyhollow3732]

Absolutely helped me and my friends learn tricks and get the confidence to try them.

[@Professor_sckinnctn]

Those weren't excuses, they wee explanations! (cool video!)

[@MartianMoon]

Oppo is a more commonly used term than switch, because switch usually refers to riding backwards

[@Bermpe]

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[@andrewsiasparks]

Tennis balls on all dropouts filled with silicon. Like the kind you use for fish tanks or bathrooms. It stick them on really good

[@Henry-dd4zm]

im really just impressed with the backfilps

[@meikgeik]

You could have 3d printed some fork end covers that gave a less pointed surface for the foam to cover! :)

[@babynamikaze-_-]

never thought seeing a man on a trampoline with a bike could make my day xD

[@nostr8ghtlinzs596]

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.

[@nighttrain1565]

Man you make fantastic videos. Can't wait to see you in Office Christmas Party 2!

[@Bermpe]

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[@harrygrimley4352]

Seth. Sometimes when you dream something you can let it go and not do it 🤔. Amazing. Thanks for sharing this with us.

[@ljhammer7]

Love the vids Seth keep it up

[@strongerthanyouallday]

Shut up

[@jimtoffo4246]

Okay, so I made one of these in lockdown they are really fun but wrap them up loads towels, tennis ball pool noodles everything they are so easy to put to a trampoline and trampoline is expensive

[@flailhail]

Really contemplating Seth's comment about Growing up with a trampoline in the 90s... It was wild in hindsight 🤣. I don't know how we made it out alive. Boomer parents drinking cheap beer watching us try to catapult each other into the stratosphere with no net or spring cover. Kids getting hurt and parents laughing calling us a wussy or worse words I can't say here 🤣.

[@katydid5088]

We had a trampoline that we used to bounce kids off of a cliffside and into a lake. I wish I were joking. We also had a rope swing run where you would swing off the rope, hit the trampoline at just the right angle and then fly into the lake. That one being more hazardous to your health, we only tested it when the parents weren't watching or when there was a know it all new kid that no one liked. (Not proud of it but that also happened.) On the plus side if they weren't a crybaby about it (whether they made the jump or ended up sliding down the cliff and getting a wicked case of road rash.) they earned respect from all the other kids. I know the smart thing would have been to play nice or tell the kid off for being a smart aleck and leaving it at that but this is hindsight talking.

[@flailhail]

We used to drag ours to the neighbors and put it by the pool and drag Thiers to the other side of the pool and try to jump over the pool or launch kids into it 🤣. Unlawful times indeed.

[@Iron_Hawk]

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!

[@downtoridemtb]

We used to do this with a skateboard deck. I gotta say sometimes it was more fun than real skateboarding!

[@GroundCRow]

I think you could give the good old tuck another try... You don't pinch the saddle with your knees. Put the handlebar in your lap, and your knees will end up somewhere around the steerer/fork crown to clamp down. Lean down your upper body for extra steeze and take off those hands.

[@Hath.0]

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.

[@bsrhoad]

I never realized how short Seth really is.

[@JoshuaSigloch]

Honestly. This would help me with the overall fear of not sticking a landing a little more than just going for the full run. I'm all for doing dangerous things safely. lol

[@kylestonebraker3050]

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.

[@growlith6969]

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.

[@markderryberry]

Trampoline bikes are awesome! We built our first one in 98 after seeing TJ Lavin on one in a Video.

[@Bill_Skis]

I always like Seth’s videos before I watch.

[@keeganhache6667]

Seth goes crazy on a trampoline lmao

[@pie4strength417]

Now this is the episode of Flip Bike we've been waiting for.

[@ironmooss1946]

Fantastic video. So entertaining and informative.

[@jeffreykickbush9673]

As a kid I had a DK General Lee and a trampoline. Separate they are both fun but combined, they are even more fun.

[@LajRa5]

The general lee was freaking awesome! I had a specialized vegas fatboy and later got a Todd Lyons huffy TL-88.

[@ivanperica3731]

Doing the trick the opposite way is called oppo(as in short for opposite). Doing a trick switch means doing with the wrong foot forward(as in switch stance).

[@Wi11duhbea5t]

Seth so down on himself for tricks he couldn’t do 20 years ago and I’m over hear like holy cow Seth’s got moves

[@mrkthmn]

I have a similar story as Seth but I'd actually say the tramp bike practice does help off-tramp. In my own experience I can say, at the very least, the tramp bike practice let me try things that I was too scared to try on my actual BMX. After "perfecting" them on the tramp bike I could go hit an actual dirt jump and start to learn with atleast some idea of what was about to happen: how the bike was gonna feel as it spun, how the weight shifted, how much time it was gonna take etc... I still had to learn how to do the trick with a full bike and on a jump but I had metaphorically watched the trailer by then so I wasnt eating as much sh*t on the dirt thanks to having already kinda tried it on the tramp. Again though I was only trying alot of those tricks on dirt cause I was able to conquer my fears on the much softer tramp first so the tramp bike really enabled me as much as gave me coaching for the real thing.

[@justinellis2936]

Swimming noodles work better than pipe installation but towels are probably the key

[@ethanlentz289]

We used carpet and towels. We also covered the bottom bracket since it was sharp.

[@ethanlentz289]

Spam

[@sargentsingletrack4989]

please make a ski downslope bike they look like so much fun

[@playstionproblems]

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.

[@coryfulton9762]

I appreciate how you go, whoo I'm so out of shape, haha. I know the feeling

[@ragomtb]

Seth you gotta try this bike out called the ortovox mountain skyver. It’s kinda like a scooter bike.

[@strongerthanyouallday]

Sounds gay

[@ragomtb]

@@strongerthanyouallday you sound gay

[@zenofthemoment]

I like leaving the cranks and pedals on, but taking the chainring and pedal pins off. Makes it a little more realistic.

[@timothyvolkers5343]

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.

[@barrydodson4191]

Heck yeah! I used to have a tramp skateboard and tramp snowboard also to work on tricks with

[@insanebmxthomas]

One little segue for oppo/switch: Switch is always stance, the term likely migrated from SB. Opposite is always spins/grinds (barspins whips 360s) And then there's goofy This will probably be a problem for the ages but just for standardisations sake lol. If you're into tricks, i have some knowledge to share. Your stance means everything with tricks. If you're goofy with barspins theyre very unstable to throw, if you're goofy with tailwhips theyre also weird to do. Never mind when you start throwing truckdrivers or 360whips. If you're left foot forward, you want to 360 clockwise and barspin anti clockwise, but tailwhip clockwise. Cancans are always done with the front foot over toptube, not the back foot. If you do ignore this all and learn it 'your own way' you'll find (like me) that things like doing nice Nofoot cans, or doing truckdrivers off stuff is going to be really hard. I learnt cancans with the back foot, so now when i do NFCCs, they look more like indian air type deals. Stance is everything, it dictates how you ride, the tricks you can do and how/where you do them. It's the first development you build from, so get it right. Ive had lots of awesome years in bmx but always regretted not properly learning or re-learning my favorite tricks. At least tailwhips were okay for me 😆 ✌ great episode Seth you're a G doing flips on a trampo lol

[@christophersmay4508]

I was entertained by this!

[@dannym1642]

We need to test this on the air bag

[@peteraugust5295]

When you said "Thats a nac-nac, and oldschool trick!" I was getting mad. Then it motivated me to watch "the collective - roam" again and I have to humbly admit that it is old school AF... Where did the years go?! ;)

[@SkinnyAndFast]

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.

[@kryptickratos8517]

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

[@LongPeter]

When you're an adult, nothing makes you realise how much fitter and less massive your were as a child than a trampoline.

[@vale.antoni]

3:17 It's time to stare at it!

[@ejsrandomadventures]

POV: You just watched a video of a grown man jumping on the trampoline. And you liked it.

[@doug148877]

Checks garage, sees old bike frame. Checks backyard, sees trampoline. Hmmmm.....

[@ciredfish]

TIL that a Nac-Nac is like an backwards Can-Can, hence the name.

[@hazza106]

Trampolines are a staple part of growing up, legs pinching in springs and getting double bounced off now I believe we are all too safe

[@khaaaaaaaaaannn]

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

[@daledubose3032]

They have to remember what's opposite. They usually go by which peddle is forward.

[@rupedog]

Trampolines must be great general training for mtb, thinking about it... Fitness, leg strength and also getting used to air time. 🤔

[@FoilPowell]

It's all cardio. Just go jump for 15 straight. It's brutal. You can see how whooped Seth is. Great for training, no question about it

[@strongerthanyouallday]

Lol the gym is better

[@kieran1780]

Your videos make my Sunday

[@patdrumm3770]

Your lower back must hav been SCREAMING at you the next day hahah. I did a bounce house with my kids and I was out of commission the next day. Great vid!!

[@downtoridemtb]

Dude same here in a bounce house. I can barely jump on a trampoline anymore either. Luckily riding a bike feels pretty good.

[@mactipiak]

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 😂

[@chris4536]

Anytime I hear "Maxwell Murders" I instantly remember the fun times of that game! Ride on forever Dave M x

[@dkarleone3687]

Woah I had a similar Asset 24 that got me back into biking a couple years ago. As always, love the videos!

[@ronniemedlin]

Seth really refuses to grow up and it is awesome.

[@kaitiller1117]

Lol the way he wants a trampoline