Topics related to the trials community, including the people in it and ways to grow the sport (particularly in North America).
Sean Farrar took first place in the elite category during the 2023 North American Trials Championship, unseating reigning champ Jeff Anderson.
In an effort to consolidate various sources of information related to bike trials competitions and other events, we’ve created a new trials events calendar.
Vlasta Kabeláč Čiháček, an accomplished elite level trials rider from the Czech Republic, joined our crew for two days of riding.
Concept | Highlights | Results | Sponsors & Coaches | Videos The Concept Instead of hosting a traditional trials competition this fall, Tony came up with the idea of hosting a two-day competition and clinic. The first day riders would ride the sections twice, with expert/pro riders providing coaching during Read more
Ronnie rode with us a few times over the past couple years, but moved away for a while. Well, now he’s back in New England and surprised us when he showed up to ride recently. I like that kind of surprise! It was great to see Ronnie again, and good Read more
Save the date: November 5 & 6, 2022 [UPDATE 2022-10-29: Day 2 location change] Why fight it, we all know the best part of any comp is riding with your buds, learning a new trick or two, heckling and talking bikes (not the comp). Not that Comps shouldn’t exist because Read more
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
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
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