It Was Like August In April
In one week the temperatures went from January to August. It was around 80F today, and the gnats were doing their best to swarm our faces while we rode.
In one week the temperatures went from January to August. It was around 80F today, and the gnats were doing their best to swarm our faces while we rode.
I was surprised when I opened up the basement door that morning to bring my trials bike out to my car only to find a blanket of snow covering the backyard.
Vlasta Kabeláč Čiháček, an accomplished elite level trials rider from the Czech Republic, joined our crew for two days of riding.
You can still ride your trials bike without a front wheel (sort of), but dropping the forks onto the ground might be an unpleasant experience.
If you don’t have a trials bike but are interested in learning trials, you can start with a MTB. Here are tips and demonstration of basic MTB trials riding.
After finally getting back on his bike following a broken finger during the November 2022 trials competition, Mike’s bike tried to kill him.
Following a week of winter weather, we braved the slick rocks. This ride was a complete sh**tshow (but still really fun!).
After about 30 minutes into this backyard trials session, I wasn’t sure I was going to successfully complete any lines on the rocks. So I tried something else.
This was supposed to be an easy session, but I ended up throwing my trials bike down in frustration at one point. Still beats not riding though!
We thought this was going to end up a video with nothing but an hour of fails. Our riding wasn’t great, but the commentary was hilarious!