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Needed Some Wins After a Rough Start
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.
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!
Since it was such a beautiful day (and I’m on vacation), I figured a trials ride on some pallets in the front yard was in order. I started out trying to do a few basics, then figured it was probably a good idea to practice my nemesis: rollups onto tall Read more…
With my arm injury failing to show any signs of healing, there isn’t much I can do on a bike since lunges, back wheel moves, and anything that jerks my arm makes my elbow hurt for days. That means that the few times I even get on the bike, I Read more…
As I continue to recuperate from by tendon injury, I have been looking for simple yet fun practice sessions that I can do without causing ongoing pain for days following my rides. My practice session on Sunday began with the goal of just practicing trackstands on a beam. Soon I Read more…
Since my injured arm is still angry at me from the (small) lunges, gaps, and drops I did during Tuesday’s group ride, I figured today I’d take it really easy. Though apparently, it still wasn’t easy enough: My arm was still tender from Tuesday’s ride, and was even more cranky Read more…
Despite feeling terrible Monday morning, I really wanted to do some trials riding, and had been itching to go back to ride at Nichols Field. In addition to the rocks and other fun trials riding features, Nichols Field has baseball/soccer fields, a basketball court, hiking trails, a small playground, a Read more…
Group Ride I started this week’s Wednesday group ride by snapping my bike chain literally 30 seconds after getting on the bike to warm up. As the start of my warmup, I rolled onto a small rock from which I planned to drop off on the rear wheel; however, the Read more…
This short edit shows a number of different trials lines using just two pallets, a wooden plank, and a tree stump. In addition to riding a number of different lines, I also experimented with different camera angles. This edit shows that you can do interesting things on a trials bike Read more…
Wednesday afternoon turned out to be gorgeous – a perfect riding day with sunshine and moderate temperatures. It was a pretty chill session this week since we just had our trials competition last Saturday. Most of the ride was just sessioning different features and screwing around on the bikes. It’s Read more…