Ben Swales

They were the umbrella company, yeah. Christian was the man behind all the Atomz stuff though.

K-124 Days 2011 by Tribal Zine - The official K-124 Days 2011 video, created by the telented German filmmaker Marcus Gelhard, plunges you right into the heart of the action of the most difficult competition of the year ! 25 minutes of pure trials pleasure!

Haha. Yes, sometimes there are 'exceptions'... EDIT: article now in English

Fantastic Marcus! Great work! And well done for getting it finished so quickly as well! An absolutely brilliant video - I was glued to the screen from start to finish! Stewie - no, if a rider puts both feet down or fall off, if their hub crossed the tape, if they miss a gate, etc. it counts as a five and they have failed that section.

Results will be published on the Biketrial Federation website asap. Full report and photos on Tribal Zine in the next few days. Cheers for coming down guys - hope you enjoyed it!

The weather forecast was right. I was wet through! Still had a great day though, despite not riding. Was good to see Matthew Holdsworth back in action! Thanks to Barbara and all involved

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If my rib's better I'll be up for next week

There will be a food van, yes. The track's fairly rough, but if you drive slowly it'll be fine.

I have a single room booked at the Croit Anna hotel, just outside Fort William for Friday 4th and Saturday 5th June that I no longer need. Does anyone want it before I cancel the booking? Contact membership@biketrialuk.co.uk if you're interested.

I have a single room booked at the Croit Anna hotel, just outside Fort William for Friday 4th and Saturday 5th June that I no longer need. Does anyone want it before I cancel the booking? Contact membership@biketrialuk.co.uk if you're interested.

No worries man. If, as you say, there are going to be more of these, chance are I'll be able to get along to a later one. Let me know if you want any promo/media on Tribal Zine

I suppose not. I was thinking more of myself here though, and that I wouldn't be able to come down for this.

Gutted. This clashes with the Tyke Trial 2-day team event at Brimham

I'll be there - hopefully competing on both days, hope my rib's better by then! Will also watch a bit of the DH etc.

OK - we'll keep an eye out for it

Any reason why you can't do it online? The deadline for entries is Thursday 12th I'm afraid, so we'll need you entry before then if you want to avoid late entry fees.

Believe it or not, you're not the first people to ride up there. I wouldn't worry about keeping it on the down low; like I said, in the 8+ years I've been riding there I've been kicked off three times.

No problem, provided you've also pre-entered the competition just turn up on the day. If you haven't already entered the competition you can do so via the events page. We decided to hand membership cards out at the Lee Mill event, so you will be able to collect it then. When you arrive, come straight to control; as you have (or will have) entered online you (and your parent/guardian if you're under 18) will need to sign your forms before you can collect your punch card and membership card. If any of the above isn't clear, feel free to contact me direct either by PM or (preferably) at membership@biketrialuk.co.uk

K-124 Days 2011 by Mr Limelight 3/3 - German video-maker Björn "Mister Limelight" Henrici was at K-124 Days this weekend and has already released two videos from the event, showing the Elite and Super-Elite warm-up and Day 1 of the competition. The third part, covering day 2 of the competition, mainly following Benito Ros, has just been released.

Yeah, like I said, if you pick your time/spot wisely you can ride up there for hours. I've been kicked off three or four times, but that was on the busiest part at the busiest time of day so was to be expected really...

No, it's part of the Peak District national park (as are Stanage, Burgage, Padley, etc.) and has been designated an SSSI. As such it's covered by various by-laws, the relevant one being that no vehicles (inlcuding bicycles) are allowed on there, in order to try and preserve the natural landscape etc. and not have it churned up by tyres and the like. The park wardens patrol around and kick anyone in breach of these by-laws off. I had a long chat with one of them once and he said that he was aware that trials riders, who stick mostly to the rocks, don't churn up the soil etc., but couldn't let us on as it would set a precedent for other types of cyclist, motor bike riders, etc. He was a pretty nice guy, but another warden who kicked me off was much less friendly and even threatened to call the police when I asked what he wanted to take my name for (they take your details and sometimes photograph your bike and if you're caught up there more than a couple of times they fine you. Nothing a fake name and address can't sort out though ). Generally though, if you pick your time and spot well, you can avoid all this

Higgar Tor (not Harden Moor, which is somewhere else entirely).

19th of June I'll have just been to Fort William and Brimham the two weeks before, so doubt I'll make it. Will let you know if I decide to go.

Weather's supposed to be rainy, so the BBQ i had planned may not be happening - if so, I'll probably head up after lunch as well. Which spot are you going to?