Biketrial Clubs and Classes
Find the nearest Biketrial Club or contribute to the listing.
Enter a biketrial competition and meet plenty of other riders.
Pin down your location on the World Map of Trialists
(and find out where the others are.)
Check out the Frequently Asked Questions on 20" vs. 26" bikes
(pros and cons, how to choose your first bike)

Trials Forums: find your favourite language.
Chinese Forum: one of the most active Chinese forum.
Japanese portal on biketrial.
Taiwanese biketrials forum.
Australian Trials Forum: a small community on a big continent.
Trials Forum: One of the most active forum about trials riding in the UK.
Observed Trials: Excellent Trials forum in the US
Espace Trial: French forum, quite active.
Belaey Trials: in both Flemmish and French, by the Belaey brothers.
Biketrials Canada: as it says on the tin (English language).
Trial Québec: (French speaking).
Foro de Biketrial Spain: for the Spanish community.
Biketrial.ru: probably the most popular Russian language forum on the topic.
Trialmap.it: an Italian forum focused on Trials.
Velo Trial Club : from Zurich, Switzerland.
X-Style: A Dutch forum about trials, dirt and freeride.
Biketrial do Brasil: with a forum attached to it.
Cebola Riders: mixes urban and trials riders from Brazil.
Biketrial en Argentina: all the Argentinian news about the sport, in Spanish.
Biketrial.net, for the trials riders in Norway.
Ride Free.fi: Finish MTB forum with Trial threads.
The Hungarian Forum: for all biketrial related stuff in the country.
BikeTrial.Kiev: the most active forum in Ukraine.
Biketrial.cz: The Czech forum on trials.
LT for Lituania: some sections on biketrials and urban riding.
Biketrial Romania: as it says on the tin.
Biketrial.ee: covers the topic in Estonia.
Tabla MTB: Sloven forum includes biketrials.
Biketrial.sk: the forum from Slovakia.

Trials Riding technical info & News
UCI rules (Union Cycliste Internationale):
(no bashguard or pedal contact with the obstacles)..
BIU rules (BikeTrial International Union): (bashguard and pedal support allowed)...
NATS rules (North American Trials Series): (bashguard and pedal support allowed)...
Trials Wiki: a wikipedia of trials' specific mechanical tips contributed by the UK forum.
BikeTrials: One of the most complete sites on trials riding. (history, FAQs, rules, advice).
canberratrials: plenty of trials short videos to see with loads of crashes.
Trials Online: Huge site trials riding, plenty of FAQs, tips, bikes and components info etc.. and loads of moves in videos.
Trial Spain: An excellent spanish website with plenty of good pics and info about trials.
UCI: Union Cycliste Internationale: the official site for all infos about Trials.
Biketrial UK: The official UK biketrials organisation (calendars, comps, etc..)
Trials World: forum site with some pics and plenty of good videos.
Biketrial.nl: A Dutch community portal for biketrials.
Koxx Training Videos: 10 short videos that show all the basic moves to start with.
Trials Queens: there are some girls riding trials out there.
ProPatcher: A complete tutorial about trials riding (in text mainly).
Velo Trial Club Zurich: German site with plenty of news and videos (how-to sections).
The Magura Cult page: all you want to know.
Photos by Sergio: professional photographer of both motorbike trials and biketrials.
Michael Singleton Photography: A trials rider himself, makes excellent photos.
Extreme Sponsors: a site where sponsors will find you.
The Biggest Links Page: the most complete listing of trials websites i've ever seen.
Try out the online Trials Bike game.


Pro riders and demo teams
Chris Akrigg pushes trials riding outside the business-as-usual box.
Ryan Leech, best known through his tutorial DVD, Mastering the Art of Trials.
Hans Rey is one of the pioneers of bike trials. Check out his worlwide adventures!
canberratrials: plenty of trials short mpeg videos to see, and loads of crash examples.
The M.A.D team: organises trials demos and mountainbike stunts.
ThinkBikes promotes trials through demos around the UK.
RJ Ride Guide: biking safety promoted through trials.
Acrobike organises biketrial demos in France.
Check out the TMS trials show from Thibaut Marriaux.
The Coustellier brothers on tour.
Italian Biketrial Show from Vittorio Brumotti.
When not competing, Benito Ros performs demos on this 20" bike.
The Team Simtra organises demos in Canada.
Check out the Belaey Trials Team for international demos.
Austrian pro rider Thomas Oehler is a top demo rider.

Quelques sites Francophones sur le Trial
Tribal Zone: site d'info sur le trial, news, competes, videos.
Espace Trial: un site dédié au VTT trial, avec un forum, et quelques conseils de pilotage.
NopOgo: un site de news et forum sur le trial et aussi pas mal de conseils de pilotage.
Trial Center Films: site de photos, vidéos et d'interview de Trialistes pros.
TrialSpirit: un site de club qui propose des stages de perfectionnement en VTT trial.
France VTT: un très bon site si vous cherchez de l'info technique sur des composants...comment assembler un VTT, toutes les astuces mécaniques etc.
VTT Net: un site complet avec beaucoup d'info.
VTT Freeride: couvre toutes les catégories de VTT, avec des leçons de pilotage.
Bike Kulture: Un portail d'actualité sur le VTT.
Velo 101: les calendriers de toutes les compétitions et autres évênements.
O2 Bikers: Magazine du VTT Belge (francophone et flamand).
Velo Vert: Le principal magazine VTT en France.
World-VTT: un site multi-rédacteurs et diverses contributions.
Trial Magazine: le site du magazine (also in Spanish and soon in English).
Forum Trial: plutot orienté trial moto, mais avec une section pour le VTT trial.

Other bicycle-related info or tutorial websites
Parktool: repair tips, very extensive and practical.
Sheldon Brown: The largest lexis about bicycle parts and tips to fix your bike.
International Bicycling Fund: Promoting cycling as a sustainable mean of transport.
Why cycling?: basic answers to promote cycling.
Bicycle Mojo: Excellent site for old or vintage bicycle repairs and hard to find parts.
BikeForum.net with plenty of cycling categories.
Gravity Bike weird bikes with no cranks, for pure road downhill.
Ice Bike: All you need to know about cycling in freezing conditions (icy stuff).
Cyclery Hub plenty of links to other bike manufacturers and bike parts.
Recumbents: if you want to know more about these beasty bikes, here is the source.
Inspired Cycles Engineering: Trices or threecycle kart-type recumbents.
KMX Kart cycles: a sports approach to cycling on three wheels.
Hennigar: Freeride Video game developer.

Touring around the globe
Down the road a couple who left in 2002, cycling around the globe.
Cycling around the world great site with loads of tips and places visited.
Eric and Joan again cycling around, for couple of years.
Fabrice autour du monde excellent diary in French about going cycling around the world.
Serge Leret 4 years, 42000km around the globe, still going (diary in French).
Bicicletos a group of people cycling around the world (diary in Spanish).
Hot Shower List a world wide web directory of hot showers for cyclists around the globe.

• Basics
  • Set up your bike
  • learn the trackstand
  • moving sideways with hops
  • lifting the rear wheel (endo)
  • lifting the front wheel
  • bouncing on the rear
  • bouncing on the front
  • turning around in steps
  • 180° on the rear wheel
  • 180° on the front wheel
  • wheel-swap (front-to-back)
  • wheelings and manuals
• Backhop
  • basic technique
  • 270° back off
• Bunny Hop
  • basic technique
  • land on an obstacle
• Pedal Hop
  • learn the pedal kick
  • transitions on the back wheel
  • rolling pedal kick for big gaps
  • pedal up to jump upwards
  • with both wheels on edges
  • gap jump landing to front wheel
  • double pedal hop for inertia
  • gap jump with a 180° turn
  • turning 180° on site
• Side hop
  • with both wheels on the ground
  • balancing on the rear wheel
  • landing to front wheel
  • sideways across a gap
• Going up
  • with a bunny hop
  • rolling over the obstacle
  • with a basic side hop
  • with a rear wheel side hop
  • landing front wheel first
  • with a rolling pedal kick
  • with a wheel transfer
  • with a front wheel tap
  • hooking the bash plate
  • hooking the front wheel
  • hooking with the pedals
  • riding up a sloped wall
• Drop off
  • rolling down a step
  • both wheels at once with one hop
  • sideways, rear wheel first
  • with a kick forwards
  • with a 90° front pivot
  • with a 270° back turn
  • wheeling off an edge
  • with a flat jump (freeride)
  • bailing out to avoid a crash
• Riders
• Videos
• Demos
• Bikes