Ben Swales

A new article with photos of Guillaume Dunand's proto Curve 26 in action has just been published here.

The Hoffman Trial Team have sent us this video of the first round of the UCI world cup in Ripoll. The first half cover the qualifying rounds, with the second half being dedicated to the 20" and 26" Elite finals. Tribal Zine

Jérome and Nicolas took the 8.89kg Rockman slate out for a test ride last week and have just published the full write-up of the test. The bike rode really nicely, and it's a pretty comprehensive write-up. Click below to read it:

I agree - when they first started appearing, they looked really poor - but I think that was mostly down to the fact that the only full bike photos available were with shoddy parts that made the geo and finish look all wrong. There's been a few nice ones recently though - promising stuff!

There's a short article on Triabl Zine featuring Danny's new website and some exclusive photos, as well as some words from Dave Cleaver (the man behind Trialtech and Inspired if you don't know by now). Click below to see it:

A short article and some photos of Damon's new 24" Marino are now online at TribalZine.com.

The bank-holiday weekend of the 8th of May will see the first edition of Trialix near Clermont-Ferrand. It will take place over two days and two spots and Vincent Hermance is scheduled to be there! For more info, see the article at TribalZine.com

A new video of top Hungarian rider Hegedűs László at the Hungarian Cup, which took place on the 11th of April in Miskolc, and which Hegedűs won in both 26" and 20" classes! (click the photo)

The 8th Pau Grand Prix took place on Sunday the 19th of April, constituting the 4th leg of the Pyreneen Trophy, with Vincent Hermance and Nicolas Luque in attendance! Full results and photos here.

Following the galleries of Gilles & Benito, here is the continuation of the K-124 Days media by Sergio, with a gallery of all of their best shots of the other riders, some of which are quite astonishing! Click on the photo:

Here's a series of edited photos of Elite TMS rider Nicolas Luque with some big moves in Fabrègues: Tribal Zine

Nicolas 'Hub' Ollier (Trial Prod) has just built up one of the first Rockman Slate frames using the components from his 9.15kg Rockman Isis and very nice it looks too! check it out here.

yeah, the reaction to this video has been amazing! My dad emailed me a link to it that someone on a medical forum had posted up! Nice one Danny!

There's a new article up on Tribal Zine featuring a BBC interview with Danny Mac following the unprecedented success of his latest video. Gilles Coustllier also offers his opinion and there's a collection of photos of Danny in action and of the new Inspired platform pedals. www.tribalzine.com

Photo by sergio have sent us this excellent collection of media from the 2009 Chalon Indoor, which took place on the 27th of March. Click on the photo to see it all!

cheers Chimpy - I have to admit that after translating all day at work, I wasn't looking forward to doing that

Shame you couldn't make it Joe, it would have been good to catch up! It was a great day - can't wait for the next one!

Haha - I don't know, I haven't watched it yet... I'm at work (sneakily dooing Tribal Zine translations when I should be translating other stuff ) and don't have flash on my computer. If I get time this evening I'll give it a watch an post up what he's saying

This weekend saw the inaugural Paris Bike Days exhibition/festival in the Parc Floral in Paris. TMS put on three demos each day, culminating in a big joint demo by TMS, K-124 and Cerny Trials Club on the Sunday. Write-up and photos online here.

Vince has sent us this video, put together by Dzign Prod, of him at the Cerny Champonship on the 5th of April. check it out here.

Article's now been translated - see it here.

Full write-up, results and photos now online here.

Sunday saw the first round of the British National Trials Cup at Bracken Rocks in Derbyshire. Full write-up, results and photos are now online here.

Is there much to ride in Chester? I might be moving there in about September, and have spent a lot of time there lately, and haven't really seen much in the way of riding... let me know if you find any good spots, might help make me feel a bit better about the move!

Hi Barbara, I haven't received any photos yet. I've got photos of the Elite "6" and Expert 26" podiums from Dave Butler. I'll be putting the article online tomorrow, don't worry if you can't get the photos to me in time, I can add them in later also, if anyone has any photos of any of the green and white riders, they'd be much appreciated!