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
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
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
It was a sunny, hot, humid day. What a great opportunity to see how far I can gap! Or maybe not… I’ve been trying to improve my balance and control in general, and to learn better trials techniques. And of course I’ve been trying to pull of bigger and bigger 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
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 week our group ride was at Glacial Park in Gales Ferry, CT. We set up a mock trials competition section with 6 gates and took turns riding that for a while, then took a free-for-all approach to just ride whatever we wanted to ride. One of the things I 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
For yesterday’s trials biking session, I rode at home to focus on basics of balance and control. For most of the session I practiced basic rear wheel hops onto rocks that are lumpy and/or off-camber and somewhat squishy truck tires, trying to remain in control on the features and then Read more
