Videos
We’ll Blame the Slippery Rocks
Following a week of winter weather, we braved the slick rocks. This ride was a complete sh**tshow (but still really fun!).
News
North American Trials Introduces Rider Spotlight Series
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.
Videos
Group Ride On the Bentonville Bike Fest Comp Course
After the UCI elite men’s trials competition was over on Sunday at the Bentonville Bike Fest, the trials course was open for general riding. A bunch of trials bikers rode the course all afternoon.
Videos
Bike Trials Group Ride – Haley Farm – August 11, 2022
Jereme recently built a dirt jump (DJ) bike to use for different biking purposes, including trials. We discovered this week that this particular build is not well suited for trials. Obviously the geometry isn’t the same as trials, but the hub, gearing, and tires are also not optimized for trials. Read more…
Competitions
The 2022 Bentonville Bike Fest was awesome!
Despite being unable to compete in the North American Trials Championship at this year’s Bentonville Bike Fest due to an arm injury, I finally decided to travel out to Bentonville, AR anyway to vlog the event – primarily the trials riding. I have already created several videos, including a handful Read more…
Competitions
2022 Trials and Tracks Competition at Arrowhead Bike Farm: The Overall Experience
As described in my last post, I recently traveled from Connecticut (CT) to the Arrowhead Bike Farm in Fayetteville, West Virginia (WV) to vlog their Trials and Tracks bike trials competition. My goal was to show what it’s like in general to travel to a trials competition – not only Read more…
Competitions
2022 Trials and Tracks Competition at Arrowhead Bike Farm: Trials Competition Video
The Arrowhead Bike Farm located in Fayetteville, West Virginia hosted their first annual Trials and Tracks competition on May 21, 2022. I drove out from Connecticut with one of our local trials riders, Tony, to help with final setup of the sections, to share some of the nuances of running Read more…
Videos
Bike Trials Group Ride – Glacial Park – May 12, 2022
Thursday was sunny and warm – and finally not windy. Of course that meant the spring gnats were out in full force. We had another new rider join the squad, giving the loaner bike some needed attention. And after the recent encounter with a rock, Mike’s previous frame was retired, Read more…
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Trials Biking Group Ride – Haley Farm – May 5, 2022
This week’s group ride happened to fall on Cinco de Mayo. While there were no post-ride Coronas (nobody brought beer), we did bleed Scott’s brakes with antifreeze in the parking lot after the ride. How many engineers does it take to bleed Scott’s brakes? Apparently it takes three. Sadly, we Read more…
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Bike Trials Group Ride – Parker Memorial Park – April 28, 2022
This Thursday we were blessed with a gorgeous, sunny afternoon. It was absolutely perfect. Well… except for the gale force winds that made every line a struggle. As you can see, though, that didn’t stop the riding, including some pretty gnarly lines. I even brought my bike this week – Read more…
