Ben Swales

An Interview with Benito Ros - We had the chance to talk to Benito after the second round of the Spanish Championship. It proved to be quite an interesting chat! K-124 Days 2010 by Sergio (2) - Two new galleries from K-124 Days 2010; one of the Coustellier brothers and another of Abel Mustieles Garcia.

Wadsley Common is good for rocks, The Owen Building has some cool stuff around it and there's some pretty good stuff behind the station. If you're coming to Sheffield there are a few of us who ride in town fairly regularly if you'd like a 'guided tour'. I can even do a Spanish tour for you

That's exactly what I thought when I watched it. As was that.

The return of YMSA - After 18 months of inactivity, YMSA are back with a series of comps for 2010! The first is this weekend at Bracken Rocks!

Castiglioncello by Tribal Zine - A full report and collection of photos from the first round of the European Cup in Italy last weekend. Javi Alonso is currently in the lead in Elite and Brits Charlie Rolls and Adam Morewood took first and second in Poussin! Castiglioncello by BikeTrial Italia - More photos from the European Cup in Italy... Maxime Muffat in Medonnet - A new video form the promising young French rider, who has recently joined the Ozonys Team 2.

Excellent result for both lads, well done! There's a full report and more photos on Tribal Zine here.

Hi Matt, Looking at your video, you'll be fine in intermediate. As people have said previously, if you enter intermediate and are finding it too easy/difficult you can move up or down a class after no more than three sections. The next Tyke Trial is on the 9th May at Penistone Country Park if you fancy giving one a go. Entry forms and directions are available here. You'll need to join the club to be able to ride; it's £10 for full membership or you can pay £3 for a one-off day membership to see if you like it (you'll need to join as a full member after that if you want to keep coming). If you'd like any more info or a membership form, feel free to drop me a line at membership@biketrialuk.co.uk. Hope that helps

Nicolas Vuillermot is back! - Top Atomz rider Nicolas Vuillermot is back in action follwoing some time of his bike after an ankle operation. Tribal Zine & Trial Team Hoffmann! Tribal Zine and Trial Team Hoffman have joined forces to promote each other throughout the 2010 season. WheresTheSeat Series - Pilot - the first in a series of longer videos from Kevin Liu and friends... Diego Barrio Ozonys/trial-bikes.com Video 1 - The latest video from one of Spain's best Elite riders, Diego Barrio, on a new prototype Ozonys Curve 20... The European Cup in Castiglioncello - Results - The BIU European Cup kicked of in Italy on Saturday. Javi Alonso leads in Elite and Charlie Rolls and Adam Morewood took first and second in Poussin, both finishing on 0! Well done guys! Damon Watson - Spring 2010 - The latest video from TGS monster Damon Watson - not for the faint-hearted! Ben Slinger in Blackburn - An incredible video of UCI No. 3 seed Ben Slinger, filmed and edited by Mr Tarty Bikes, Adam Read. Spanish Championship 2010: Ledesma Memories - The administrator of the Spanish part of the site, Alvaro Lopez, was in Ledesma for the second round of the Spanish Championship. Benito won (obviously), followed by Dani Comas and Abel Mustieles. Full report, results and photos this way! K-124 Days by Nico Bahro (4) - Another great gallery from Nico Bahro - this time it's the feet-down edition!

I joined in June 2003. I used to go on section7 before I discovered trials-forum.

Iciar Van den Bergh in training - Belgium's third best Elite rider (after the Belaey brothers) has sent us his latest video. Shot in HD, it shows him in training on some artificial obstacles. Dani Comas in Teia Ibiza - The two latest videos from the BIU Spanish, European and World Champion. Louis Grillon in training - A collection of photos of Tribal mascot Louis Grillon in training on the Cerny Trials Club sections! The Spa Francorchamps Trophy - The fourth round of the Belgian Trophy took place this weekend in Spa Francorchamps. Kenny Belaey took the win ahead of his brother Wesley and Iciar van den Bergh. The European Cup in Castiglioncello - All the useful information on the first round of the European Cup in Castiglioncello.

Nice one Dave

Hi Samyno! Bienvenu au forum! While I can't validate you myself, I'm sure it won't be long until you are validated; if you read the guide to validation topics you may be able to speed the process up. In the meantime, if there's anything you'd like me to post in the Tribal Zine topic, just let me know Ben

Biketrial Federation British National Trials Cup - Round 1 - A report, full results and photos from the first round of the British Nationals this weekend in Essex. Ben Slinger won the Elite comp with a perfect score of 0! New products at Sphere Bike - A load of new products have landed at Sphere Bike, including the new Neon Bow 20" & 26" frames. K-124 Days by Nico Bahro (3) - The third installment in Nico's series of K-124 Days galleries. This time it's the action shots!

That gap that Damon did to two wheels on the wooden fence was the coolest move in the whole video! That bail where he landed on his stomach on the rail looked savage!

Hi Tris, If you weren't interested in the full Team Pack deal, I'm sure we could arrange a 'mini-pack' of just a shirt and stickers, does that sound like the sort of thing you meant? We wouldn't really be able to offer you any other benefits though, other than posting your photos/videos. The discounted bikes are what we offer to the team, thanks to companies that sponsor and support the site. Hope that helps. Ben

I'd like to echo what everyone has already said - what a great day! Fantastic venue, challenging and enjoyable sections, perfect weather; what more could we have asked for? Huge thanks to everyone who helped organise and run the event! Can't wait for Addingham! Write-up, results and photos now up on Tribal Zine, here.

Richard Furlong joins the Tribal Zine staff - Richard Furlong, a 26 year old translator from Sheffield, has just joined the Tribal staff. He'll be helping out with the English tranlsations of our articles. Pablo Nunez - Chokapic Monty Video 3 - Pablo Nunez is back from injury with a stormer of a street video! The Sari Trials Riders - A street video of Mohammad Kamalifar from Iran; definitely one of our most distant readers! New Rock products - Rockman have brought out some new single-wall rims, single cage pedals and a 108 click freewheel. Photos and details this way! K-124 House expecting a new delivery - K-124 House will be receiving a new shipment of Black and Grey Skies, Try-All light tyres and 36.6 freewheels at the end of April. The return of Neil Tunnicliffe - Tunni's back with another huge street video... it's like he never left! K-124 Days by Nico Bahro (2) - The second of our galleries from Nico, a professional photographer from Germany: a series of portraits and wide-angle shots that really capture the intensity of the weekend.

Lately people only seem to be interested and haven't come out with anything funny, even when moving us on from places in town. About six years ago I was hopping across some bike rails by the pier in Deal and the pier attendant came running down the steps shouting "Oi! They're not for bikes!" They are. That's DEFINITELY what they're for.

I know... as a fellow grammar nazi (it's part of my job!) it gets to me too. It's because the site is programmed to display French text and all punctuation marks in French, except full stops and commas, have a space before them. I delete the spaces in all my translations, but the site keeps putting them back in! Telling Jérome and seeing if we can fix it for the English articles is on my to do list, but we're both ultra-busy at the moment, so it's pretty low priority at the minute; hope you don't mind putting up with it for a while longer!

OK If there ever is anything you'd like us to feature, just fire me a PM Kenny Belaey in Cape Town - Kenny was in South Africa at the end of March (he goes everywhere!) promoting his sponsors, Adidas and Red Bull. Here are some great photos by Craig Kolesky, taken in Cape Town on the 29th March Wesley Belaey and his Curve 26 - A series of photos of Wesley riding his (now not-so-) new Ozonys Curve 26 and an interview that we carried out earlier in March.

I think if he had time, Jérôme would put everything up! Unfortunately we're all busy people with full-time jobs as well as the work we do for Tribal Zine, so some things have to be left out... Is there something you'd like us to cover that we haven't?

Trials at the Laureus World Sports - Danny Mac was nominated for a Laureus Sports Award and Kenny Belaey put on a demo for the gathered personalities - video with a short interview with Danny and Kenny's demo this way! This article was translated by Richard Furlong, a friend of mine who is studying translation and will be helping us out from time to time - thanks Rich! Danny Macaskill on the cover of Trial Mag - Bike trials has unprecedented coverage in issue 45 of Trial Mag, with non other than Danny Mac on the front cover and a 7 page interview with the man himself inside! Also translated by Rich

Andrew Walker - Rockman Bikes Video 2 - an impressive video from Andy on his Slate II, with some nice lines and big moves.

Hi all, As you might be aware, Tribal Zine are looking for six riders to join our team for 2010. We are looking for riders to promote the website online, at competitions and on the streets, and entries are open to riders of all levels, nationalities and ages. The team will be supported by some of the most active shops in France (K-124-House, Sphèrebike, Trialprod and the TMS Pro Shop), and thanks to them we are able to offer successful candidates some top of the range bikes at discount prices, as well as a team jersey and sticker packs. In exchange, riders would be expected, as mentioned previously, to promote Tribal Zine and our partners online, at competitions and on the streets. Send your applications to team@tribalzine.com, including as much info as possible; name, age, contact details, comeptition results (for competitors), media (photos, videos etc.), riding goals and achievments and anything else that you think might help your application. See the article on Tribal Zine for full details of the team offer and the bikes available. We look forward to receiving your applications! Good luck!