This week we had a bonus group ride with special guest Travis Brown. Tony and I met Travis during a trials competition this past May at the Arrowhead Bike Farm. Travis was one of the co-hosts who ran the competition. I vlogged that trip, and posted some competition highlights as Read more
This week’s group ride at Hidden Pond was a good time for sure! As usual, it was good to ride with the crew. I missed last week due to a bout with COVID-19. I came back with a vengeance this week, despite being easily winded. I got my highest pedalup Read more
Traction Coffee Roasters hosts a podcast called Scared of Normal. Their August 5, 2022 episode, “If Not Now, When?” is definitely worth a listen. It applies to trials for sure (I started riding at 47), as well as anything else in life. In addition to the fact that the podcast Read more
Bentonville Bike Fest 2022 was an amazing bike trials event! The Bentonville Bike Fest is predominantly targeted at mountain biking; however, it’s founder and lead organizer is former bike trials world champion Kenny Belaey, so the festival does include trials biking. Kenny partnered with Mike Friddell to host the North Read more
One of the this that has always drawn me to trials biking is that it’s hard. If it was easy, (a) ‘everyone’ would be doing it, and (b) there would be no sense of accomplishment. Part of what makes trials biking so enjoyable, is exactly because it’s hard. Honestly, that Read more
After the UCI elite men’s trials competition was over on Sunday at the Bentonville Bike Fest, the trials course was open for general riding. A bunch of trials bikers rode the course all afternoon.
Jereme recently built a dirt jump (DJ) bike to use for different biking purposes, including trials. We discovered this week that this particular build is not well suited for trials. Obviously the geometry isn’t the same as trials, but the hub, gearing, and tires are also not optimized for trials. Read more
Despite being unable to compete in the North American Trials Championship at this year’s Bentonville Bike Fest due to an arm injury, I finally decided to travel out to Bentonville, AR anyway to vlog the event – primarily the trials riding. I have already created several videos, including a handful Read more
As described in my last post, I recently traveled from Connecticut (CT) to the Arrowhead Bike Farm in Fayetteville, West Virginia (WV) to vlog their Trials and Tracks bike trials competition. My goal was to show what it’s like in general to travel to a trials competition – not only Read more
The Arrowhead Bike Farm located in Fayetteville, West Virginia hosted their first annual Trials and Tracks competition on May 21, 2022. I drove out from Connecticut with one of our local trials riders, Tony, to help with final setup of the sections, to share some of the nuances of running Read more