Ben Swales

Looking forward to it!

Jamie Bew - Video 001 - Tribal Rider Jamie Bew recently made the move to 26" and is now riding a Monty Kamel 231 XXV. Here’s his first video on his new ride - he’s obvioulsy taking to it well! K-124 Days 2011 by Mattia Slaifer - Mattia Slaifer, who was with us at K-124 Days, has sent us a great selection of photos of the event, including a handful of interesting portrait shots!

I should be down for this

Yeah, you're right, it would be nice to see a DVD like that. The DH scene is a lot more commercially viable however, which makes it more attractive to companies etc. and more worthwhile putting the time, effort and money into creating season/event DVDs and the like. There just isn't the same (commercial) interest in trials, so people (I, based on some knoweldge and experience, assume) don't want to risk putting all their time, effort and money into a project that might not even break even, let alone make them any money. I didn't have the time or money to even go to any of the World rounds last year, let alone buy all the equipment etc. I'd need to make the DVD or to sit down and actually edit it etc. Hell, I barely have enough time to keep up with all the stuff we want to put on the site as it is. I think for the time being you'll have to be content with web edits and the odd DVD segment, and you'll have to wait patiently for them as well

It's the other way round - the 2nd round of the British Trials Cup is on the Saturday, with the British Championship on the Sunday

The trouble is, we all have full time jobs and other committments, so none of us have really got the time to work on something like that. Maybe one day...

I'm staying local with the Morewoods today.

Pffff... can't make Sunday Will see who's about on Monday...

I'd arranged to go to Shipley with Neil Robinson and co, but turns out Neil meant today so I can't make it I'll be out tomorrow though, don't mind where - got anywhere in mind?

2-3 weeks apparently

K-124 Days 2011 Results - Here are the podiums and full results from the 2011 K-124 Days. The riders who won their respective classes are : Gilles Coustellier, Ion Areitio, Guillaume Jury, Johan Buchwalder, Jonas Friedrich, Adam Morewood and Ewen Leost! The Official K-124 Days Media - The Tribal Zine staff have once again been in charge of the official K-124 Days media. They are being taken care of by German video maker Marcus Gelhard and Italian photographer Mattia Slaifer! Keep your eyes peeled... K-124 Days 2011 by Sergio - The Photo by Sergio team were at the Tour de Scay this weekend to photograph the 2011 K-124 Days as only they know how. There are three superb galleries to check out on their site... K-124 Days 2011 by Nicolas Atgé - Nicolas Atgé, a rider from Alsace, has sent us a magnificent two-part video of K-124 Days Super Elite competition which is almost 20 minutes long!

You should definitely come to the Tyke Trial on the 15th Comps are a great way to push yourself, pick up tips from other riders and meet new people. You can take it as seriously as you like, most of us are just there for a laugh and to see how we do, so you've no need to worry about it being too competitive. Don't worry if you're not sure which route to ride, you can walk the sections beforehand and see which you think would best suit your confidence and ability. You can also change routes after no more than three sections if the route you've chosen is too easy/difficult. As Carl said, if you're not sure you'll like it and want to keep coming, you can have a day membership for your first event, it's only three pounds so you can't go wrong. If you decide you like it and want to carry on, you can join as a full member after that. It doesn't matter that you've missed a couple of rounds, you can enter as many or as few as you like. Lee Mill is a great venue as well, there's a great mix of riding for all abilities and the mixture of natual and artificial stuff always makes for interesting sections. Hope to see you both there!

K-124 Days 2011 - Day 2 - The final round of the 11th edition of the K-124 Days festival was exceptionally intense. In Super Elite, Gilles Coustellier continued to dominate, winning the final ahead of Vincent Hermance and Benito Ros.

This is the first of three videos that Bjorn is bringing out of the event. This is mainly the Elite/Super Elite warm-ups, there'll be more competition footage in the next two

K-124 Days 2011 by Mr Limelight (1/3) - German video-maker Björn "Mister Limelight" Henrici was at K-124 Days this weekend and has already released his first video from the event, showing the Elite and Super-Elite warm-up. Jack Carthy by James Hyland - Tribal Rider James Hyland is currently injured and has been using his time off the bike to mind Jack Carthy at various competitions and training sessions. He took the opportunity to get some of the action on film and the result is this little gem of a video!

Get them muscles out lad! Seriously enjoyed that James, really well put together! Jack's riding is so good and he's still improving loads, can't wait til he's old enough to go to the worlds!

I would imagine so, yes, although I've not heard anything mentioned yet and not sure if Marcus went or not. I'd love to see one too!

There is, or used to be, a pretty mint trials park in Pau in the South-West of France: Not that far from Barcelona either: Google maps.

Cheers for the update Get well soon Ben!

K-124 Days 2011 - Elite podium and results K-124 Days 2011 - Elite podium and results - poidums and results from the Elite and Super Elite competitions at this year's K-124 Days. Photos, interviews and a full report coming soon! Clean - A short feature on Mark's cool new(ish) blog; an exercise in understated cool, with its finger well and truly on the pulse of the vibrant UK street trials scene.

Looks like a fun little project -I'll be interested to see how it turns out! Local knowledge (and knowing how much you love it) wins the day: Sheffield Edit: That 3D one is class!

K-124 Days 2011 - Day 1 - The 2011 season has well an truly begun : the opening day of the K-124 Days festival took place yesterday. A relentless Gilles Coustellier is in the lead in Super Elite and Iciar Van den Bergh leads the Elites after an impressive performance! K-124 Days 2011 - Day 2... even harder!

Full write-up with photos, podiums and full results is now up on Tribal Zine, here.

Any word on this? Still going on on the 8th?

British Trials Cup - Round 1 - The first round of the British Trials Cup took place last weekend at the popular venue of High Wood Farm, near Brimham Rocks in North Yorkshire. Jack Carthy took the win in Elite 26" once again! K-124 Days 2011 - Iciar Van den Bergh leads the Elites K-124 Days 2011 - Gilles Coustellier leads the Super Elites