Thoughts on bike trials – the sport, riding, community, equipment, etc.
I just read “The Case for Doing Hard Sh*t: Why doing hard things is necessary for health and fulfillment” on Two Percent. This sums up in part why I ride trials: it’s hard!
With winter here, I’m already thinking about upgrades to my backyard bike trials area for the coming spring.
Tom Dillon’s post offers insightful reflections on his experiences in learning trackstands. This seemingly simple skill is critical to learning bike trials, and is more challenging to lock-in than one might expect.
Veteran trials pro Mike Steidley and novice trials rider Jose joined me for this week’s group ride. It was great to finally meet Jose in person.
Trials video edits often show riders executing moves and lines perfectly and effortlessly. That’s usually not how it works, for any level of trials rider.
Scott really wanted to ride the scary sea wall skinny line, but chose to walk away this time. He has the skill, but the consequence of failure is really high.
North American Trials has begun featuring trials riders on its social media accounts through a new rider spotlight series hosted by Fefo Astrada and Todd Cook.
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
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
My Inspired Arcade street trials bike has the Arcade Riser handlebars and uses brakes from Hope Technology. The silky black bars carry the Inspired logo, while the brake assembly mounted to the bars sports the Hope logo. While I had not really paid much attention to this previously, it caught Read more