2 Wheel Technique

Perfect ride tonight.  New riders Steve and John joined us and fit right in.  Both were picking things up quickly.  Bill gets the headline of the night with his breakthrough of being light on the pedals when attempting his nose wheelies.  He immediately transfered this to getting over obstacles and mastered his nemesis rock at the zoo.  Nice work Bill! 

Charlie continues to improve every week with his absolutely serene style.  I don’t have good pics but Adrian was stringing some nice trialsy moves in his signature streety way – very cool.  Dan is fearless,  and is relentless in his pursuit of improvement, sometimes at the expense of breathing.  Terri dubbed him Danaerobic.  He also has great crash sound effects.  Trials bikes are multiplying.  Terri has a new one, although mark seemed a little sad 🙂  It won’t be for long as Mark (and Dan) have new frames coming soon.  I need to ride more if I want to keep up 🙂  See you next week

We had a chance to pre-run the Dual Trials course and it is fun!!  The obstacles don’t have to be big to make it exciting when one is trying to get through as fast as possible.  One mistake would cost a rider dearly, so anyone had a chance.  Terri put the hurt on the guys a few times!  Dan, Mark, Terri, Scott and I got a feel for how difficult close obstacles are.  Steven joined us from Brighton and excelled at the course.  Adrian showed up late, but his streety style suits this type of competition.  It is going to be really fun on Saturday.  Come out and watch!!

We had perfect weather for our ride tonight, and a great turnout as well.  Newcomers Susan and Leah jumped right in and were tackling new challenges in no time.  Matt and Alan both built up dedicated trials bikes this week, and the improvement in their riding style was immediate.  Alan looked great with his sidehops, Matt super comfortable with his setup.  Sarah is ready for pedal ups to bigger walls.  Dan was pedal kicking very comfortably.  Bill spent some time on a trials bike and found his sweet spot for rear wheel pivots.  Scott is going bigger each week and Ryan’s fluid style and big moves had the spectators stopping to stare.  On the other hand, I tweaked my ankle and I’m hoping it isn’t as serious as it feels right now

Everyone was looking good last night.  The rocks seem like they are getting smaller at the zoo, and that means we are all progressing.  Max and Charlie are continuing to challenge themselves.  Dan got a streety trials bike and is progressing so quickly.  Scott shows up with a new skill every time – this week it was taps.  Mark has the fundamentals of pedal kicks down and it won’t be long before he does his first drop.  Terri dropped by after work and will be slaying her nemesis rock soon.  Adrian brought his streety style and bunnyhopped everything in sight.  After the ride Matt came over to the basement of broken bikes and we built up his stock bike.  It came out at 21 pounds 😮   Watch out for Matt next week!