Focus on riding natural obstacles such as rocks and logs versus manmade objects or features.
During the second week in September, we actually had two group rides at Glacial Park: the standing weekly Wednesday ride and a bonus Saturday ride. As an additional bonus, we had some riders join us from further North – guys we don’t see too often.
This Wednesday, our normal group ride day of the week, had rain in the forecast, with heavy rain and thunderstorms predicted for later in the evening. When three o’clock rolled around, the sky was pretty dark; it looked like it was going to pour any moment. For a while it Read more
This past Wednesday was another hot and muggy day. We decided to session just one of our typical spots at Beebe / Hidden Pond. Even this one spot had plenty of different lines to ride, including some that were rather challenging. I was able to do one of the biggest Read more
This week’s group ride was at Glacial Park, one of our group’s favorites. Being summertime and all, several of the riders in our group were on vacation, so this was one of the smaller gatherings of the summer. It was a typical hot, muggy August day in Connecticut. In addition Read more
Group Ride – Colonel Ledyard Park – July 14, 2021 This past Wednesday was another cooker, with temperatures near 90 degrees and humidity thick enough to cut with a knife. With all the rain we’ve had lately and the high humidity, we figured it’d be a good idea to avoid Read more
Summer is definitely settling in. This week brought another hot, humid day for our bike trials group ride. Due to the amount of rain we’ve been getting lately, we opted for a nice dry, open area in the sun: The UCONN Avery Point campus. It was definitely a scorcher; I Read more
This week’s group ride was at Glacial Park in Ledyard, CT. Tony (our so-called ringleader) put down what seemed likes miles of tape for gates scattered like breadcrumbs down the trail, but most of the session was focused on a handful of features where the taped sections ended. (I didn’t Read more
For the second week in a row, our group ride hit the shoreline ledge rocks in Narragansett, RI. Again we were blessed with a gorgeous afternoon. Sunny, but not hot – a perfect riding day. Since last week was all filmed as POV, this week I decided to use the Read more
This week’s group ride was on the shoreline ledges of Narragansett, RI. This was my first time riding here, so I had no idea what to expect. It certainly didn’t disappoint! There were so many good lines to try, limitless possibilities. I stretched myself a bit, doing drops that are Read more
This clip combines some trials riding over two weekends. I spent the entire first day on a single line, trying to get onto a flat rock (that would not stop wobbling) atop a stone wall, rotate 270 degrees on my rear wheel, hop to another rock, and drop to the Read more