Ben Swales

105.97g England.

The 2010 European Championships - The UEC have a new website and have published the Calendar for the next three seasons - the next Euro Champs round is in Melsungen, Germany on the 10th and 11th July! There are also come photos from past events to whet your appetites!

Nicolas Luque's Evo 3 - A closer look at TMS-Bikevision rider Nicolas Luque's new Evo 3 Patrick Donovan - Nuremburg Trials! - Patrick Donovan's latest video, filmed recently in Germany. David Pastorino on the Cannibal - TBZ rider David Pastorino's first impressions of the new Cannibal and a video of his first ride

Chekin Konstantin on his Kortz - The latest video from 16 yeard old Russian street rider Chekin Konstantin on his new Rockman Kortz

Yeah - I did a bit of a double take when I first saw it!

un. real.

sorry mate, bottom of which page? EDIT: Do you mean this one? It looks to me as though the object (whatever it is!) is sloping away from the camera slightly. Still bloody big though!

Adam Ederlyi training video A video of Hungarian Elite rider Adam Ederlyi training on his artificial trials course

We've put together an article featuring a full write-up of the day and a lot of great photos. It can be seen here. A massive thanks to Heath at r2wTrials for his round-up, which provided the basis for the article and for his excellent photos!

I wasn't a big fan of the edit really, but I thought the video was impressive! No different to most other TGS videos, but with some more impressive moves than manyI thought! Similarly, I don't mind the name, it's no better or worse than a lot of other trials brands around at the moment...

Kevin Liu's New Kortz - A closer look at Kevin Liu's awesome new Kortz and his 'de luxe' build Danny MacAskill loves his job - A (slightly late) feature on Danny's latest video, filmed for an advert forS1job.com. Hook Woods 2009 -A full write-up of the European Cup and British Championship finals at Hook Woods on September 20th. A Big thanks to Heath@R2W trials for his round-up that provided the basis of the article and excellent photos!

The Caelifera TRA Signature Frame - A closer look at TRA's new signature frame from US company Caelifera. Kevin Liu on his Kortz - A short video of Kevin Liu on his new Rockman Kortz.

The Ozonys Cannibal 2009 - Photos of the Green and Black frames along with some of the first pictures of a fully built Cannibal Green Light and a presentation of the frames and bikes.

Canberra by Mitch Ho (1) Canberra by Mitch Ho (2) - A collection of photos from the World Championship in Canberra, taken by Australian rider Mitch Ho Rotorua 2009 by Mitch Ho - A collection of photos from the World Cup Final in Rotorua, taken by Australian rider Mitch Ho The Koxx Foxx 26" - a Closer look at the new 26" Koxx Foxx, which we showed you a few weeks ago. The Yaabaa Stinger - a Closer look at the new Yaabaa Stinger, which we showed you a few weeks ago. TRA on the Caelifera Superlight - TRA's latest video on his new signature frame - featuring a 360 static gap!! Max Koch on the Cannibal Black Light. - A few photos of Max and his new bike, taken by the Rhine in Mainz

Fair do's guys. I was thinking of heading up to Shipley, but I can't really afford it this weekend. Anyone fancy the last round of the Tykes on the 18th? I'll be driving from Sheffield in the morning so if anyone wants a lift/convoy, give me a shout! Josh, I might be going up on the Saturday for a bit anyway, but will definitely be going on the Sunday - let me know what time you're free and I'll meet you there. Dunc, where the moto trial? might come along and watch (if I can convince the mrs that it's a good idea!). Is it open for practising when there's no comps on?

Fair do's. Let me know about Sunday. I'm probably going to head up on Saturday for a bit anyway, so give me a ring if you change your mind Do you fancy riding the last round of the Tykes on the 18th as well? I'm driving from here so can give you a lift if you want?

yeah mate! I've got a rare free weekend this weekend, so I'm going to be heading up to the common on Saturday and/or Sunday (check out the thread I put up the other day) if you fancy it? If not, I'm up for a street ride or an hour or two in endcliffe park most evenings - let me know. I texted you the other day about this weekend - did you not get it?

Good work! Like the new bike

Most of the trials stuff was at Surprise View near Hathersage, it's not bad but I've been caught by the bloody warden too many times now! running out of fake names and they're definitely going to recognise me and cotton on soon!

I've got a rare free weekend coming up and will be riding up at Wadsley Common in Sheffield on either (maybe both) Saturday or Sunday this week (3rd & 4th Oct) if anyone fancies it? Kenny? Josh? Jace?

I'm nearly 26 and I've been riding about ten years. It gets a bit depressing when I get the results sheets through from comps and I've been beaten (regularly) by people ten years (or more!) younger than me who've been riding for a year or so.... I still have fun though, which is want counts to me!

I looked into doing this a few years ago (I sidehop to the right and was sick of ruining mech hangers etc). The trouble is, the only LHD hubs available wouldn't really stand up to trials riding; the threads on your cranks etc. would be backwards due to swapping sides (and so would come undone/f*ck themselves as you pedalled); in order to run a mech hanger you'd pretty much have to get a frame custom made to have gears fitted on the left etc. etc. All in all I decided it just wasn't worth the bother (if it was, someone would have come up with it a while ago I reckon) and that at the end of the day there was no real advantage to having LHD on a trials bike and just learned to sidehop better.

Fair do's lad, that does look like fun. Don't see why you couldn't have kept the trials going too though

The New Sunn-Atomz site - a Presentation of the new Sunn site, which now includes a section on their trials branch Atomz.

TRA - Birkentrial - TRA's latest HD opus featuring some massive moves on street and on some soaking wet pallets! Thomas Oehler in Boston - A new HD video of the super-smooth Austrian street rider in action on the streets of Boston.