Focus on riding natural obstacles such as rocks and logs versus manmade objects or features.
Yesterday afternoon I headed down to the University of Connecticut (UCONN) Avery Point campus for a trials biking session. In addition to being a fun place to ride, the Avery Point campus is in a beautiful location on the water and has an eclectic mix of building architecture. I love Read more
It took a bit longer than usual to edit the trials riding video from last week. I started by grinding my rims to get better ‘bite’ with my rear rim brakes. then went off to ride some rock with the fresh grind and delusions of great riding. Unfortunately, reality didn’t Read more
This past weekend, I spent a couple hours riding at Day Pond State Park, which has a decent assortment of rocks that are suitable for trials riding. I pushed myself a little bit outside of my comfort zone with some of the lines. While I didn’t ‘clean’ all of them, Read more
Over the past several trials rides, I have been trying to improve my rear wheel hops on extremely uneven surfaces, like bumpy rocks. For the past 2 weekends, I’ve practiced by riding on rocks at the park down nearby. It’s not the best riding on the planet, but there are Read more
After my new Crank Brothers Stamp 7 pedals arrived, I swapped them out with the stock “cage” pedals that came with my Echo Mark V trials bike. Of course after swapping the pedals, it was time to try them out! Day Pond State Park is not too far from my Read more