Any form of riding at home (“backyard”), especially if it does not fit neatly under one of the other riding styles.
Since my injured arm is still angry at me from the (small) lunges, gaps, and drops I did during Tuesday’s group ride, I figured today I’d take it really easy. Though apparently, it still wasn’t easy enough: My arm was still tender from Tuesday’s ride, and was even more cranky Read more
My arm still has a ways to go before my tendon injury is healed enough to really ride my bike, so I haven’t really been able to ride since Thanksgiving week. I’ve been going to physical therapy twice a week since the end of December, but I still have to Read more
Due to another arm injury, I’m unable to ride for the foreseeable future. But I can still film the rest of the crew. We hit up Forte Trials Park again this week. I also tried something different this week: I filmed the ride in 4K. With the low light conditions Read more
Last week yet another injury began plaguing me, so I’m sidelined from riding indefinitely until I can get a diagnosis… and get healed up. It seems I have tendonitis in my left arm – that or some other acute soft tissue injury that causes loss of strength and extreme pain. Read more
Just a chill session at home in my backyard trials area today. The focus was on basics, not any big moves. Most of the riding was on two wheels today, which was a bit of a departure from the norm this year. I also went over the bars and sliced Read more
This short edit shows a number of different trials lines using just two pallets, a wooden plank, and a tree stump. In addition to riding a number of different lines, I also experimented with different camera angles. This edit shows that you can do interesting things on a trials bike Read more
Wednesday afternoon turned out to be gorgeous – a perfect riding day with sunshine and moderate temperatures. It was a pretty chill session this week since we just had our trials competition last Saturday. Most of the ride was just sessioning different features and screwing around on the bikes. It’s Read more
Every now and then there’s a day that I’m just not ‘feelin’ it.’ I’m tired, not mentally ‘in the game’ and not very motivated. At the same time, I know I should be riding – not because I ‘have to,’ but because I enjoy trials and because pushing through the Read more
Wednesday was smoldering hot and humid, with temperatures in the upper 80’s or low 90’s. Perfect weather for trials riding right? This past week I hosted the group ride at my house for the first time. We had a pretty good showing too: seven riders including me. After riding some Read more
May 31, 2021: Back to Basics – Balance and Motion Ever have one of those days where you’re just not ‘feeling it’? Yeah, I have them too. On weekends when I plan to ride my trials bike I usually convert those ‘off’ days into opportunities to practice trials basics instead Read more