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.
Argentina - Biketrial en Argentina: all the Argentinian news about the sport, in Spanish.
Australia - Australian Trials Forum: a small community on a big continent.
Belgium - Belaey Trials: in both Flemmish and French, by the Belaey brothers.
Brazil - Biketrial do Brasil: with a forum attached to it.
Canada - Biketrials Canada: as it says on the tin (English language).
Canada - Trial Québec: (French speaking).
China - Chinese Forum: one of the most active Chinese forum.
Czech Republic - Biketrial.cz: The Czech forum on trials.
Estonia - Biketrial.ee: covers the topic in Estonia.
Finland - Ride Free.fi: Finish MTB forum with Trial threads.
France - Espace Trial: French forum, quite active.
Hungary - The Hungarian Forum: for all biketrial related stuff in the country.
Italia - Trialmap.it: an Italian forum focused on Trials.
Italia - BikeTrial Italia: another Italian portal with news.
Korea - Biketrial Hard Core ride group.
Lituania - LT for Lituania: some sections on biketrials and urban riding.
Malaysia - Jack's blog from Bangi, in Malaysia.
Mexico - Biketrial Mexico.
Norway - Biketrial.net, for the trials riders in Norway.
Philipina - Pinoytrials, the Filipino Trials Community.
Romania - Biketrial Romania: as it says on the tin.
Russia - Biketrial.ru: probably the most popular Russian language forum on the topic.
Slovakia - Biketrial.sk: the forum from Slovakia.
Slovenia - Tabla MTB: Sloven forum includes biketrials.
Spain - Foro de Biketrial Spain: for the Spanish community.
Switzerland - Velo Trial Club : from Zurich, Switzerland.
Taiwan - Taiwanese biketrials forum.
UK - Trials Forum: One of the most active forum about trials riding in the UK.
Ukraine - BikeTrial.Kiev: the most active forum in Ukraine.
USA - Observed Trials: Excellent Trials forum in the US

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.
TribalZine: info and news about riders and trials parts (English and French).
Trial Inside: The first Bike Trials Riding magazine.
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.
UCI: Union Cycliste Internationale: the official site for all infos about Trials.
Biketrial UK: The official UK biketrials organisation (calendars, comps, etc..)
Biketrial.nl: A Dutch community portal for biketrials.
Koxx Training Videos: 10 short videos that show all the basic moves to start with.
Velo Trial Club Zurich: German site with plenty of news and videos (how-to sections).
Frankymage: huge photo gallery from Frank Chastel, publisher of Trial Inside magazine.
Photos by Sergio: professional photographer of both motorbike trials and biketrials.
TartyBikes'video guides: how to choose the right bike parts and assemble them.
Try out the online Trials Bike game.



Quelques sites Francophones sur le Trial
TribalZine: 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.
Optimistic trials productions: site de photos, vidéos et d'interview de Trialistes pros.
TrialSpirit: un site de club qui propose des stages de perfectionnement en VTT trial.
Trial Inside: Le premier magazine 100% velo 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
Ze Movers: Julien (TrashZen's webmaster) and Marta across Latin America.
Fully Loaded Touring: a nice picture gallery of touring bikes.
Ride South: read some of the best touring accounts from Dave.
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.
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
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  • learn the trackstand
  • moving sideways with hops
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