Videos
How Do I Ride Scary Trials Lines?
While you’re riding a scary line or feature, you need to stay laser-focused on what you need to do, not dwell on what could go wrong.
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A New Spot In An Old Spot
During this group ride at one of our local favorite spots, we took the opportunity to explore a part of the park area that we hadn’t ever ridden before.
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Trials Biking Session: When Everything Seems to ‘Click’
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
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Recent Trials Biking Clips: Day Pond – March 2021
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
Perspectives
Do Something Every Day That Scares You A Little Bit
I’ve heard it said that you should do something every day that scares you a little bit. Not stupid, dangerous stuff, mind you, but activities that push you outside your comfort zone. While I certainly don’t accomplish this on a daily basis, I do try to make it a habit. Read more
Perspectives
How to Overcome Fear and Progress Your (Mountain Biking or Any Other) Skills
Whether in trials biking, mountain biking, or numerous other things in life, improving your skills requires overcoming fear. Or more accurately, pushing through the fear. In general, a good practice is to take incremental steps that might be scary and push you a bit, but that are not so far Read more
Perspectives
I Need to Fail More
My trials biking abilities seem to have plateaued. Progressing my abilities and learning new moves has been somewhat elusive. While there are several factors involved, one fairly important cause is that I need to move past my fear of crashing so I can actually try new moves and bump existing Read more