Trials-online.com Instructional Videos

Most people who have tried to ride Observed Trials will tell you that learning the basic moves is probably the hardest part of the process. You might spend weeks trying to learn the most basic move, and it will be frustrating, especially if you have no one to ride with that already knows what bike trials is about.

The following videos were shot specifically for this site to show you, as clearly as possible, how the various moves in Mountain Bike Observed Trials are performed. These videos are not always the most "exciting" or "entertaining" videos out there, but they are not intended to be. Someday, you might be able to gapshoot 9 feet to the top of a phonebooth, but most of us need to start with the fundamentals. Hence, these videos.

Lurching (Pedal Kicks)

Gap to Log (with 360 dropoff)
Big Gap Shoot
Huge Gap (and flat tire)
Big Gaps
Lurch to block with Drop
Turning Lurch Drop
Lurch Dropoff, 360 after
Lurching to a Bikerack
6 foot dropoff
Basic Dropoff
Basic Lurch
Small Lurches down a few stairs
Lurching from a standstill
Lurching to an edge with small Hops
Lurching across a 5' Gap
Small Lurch Drop
Nosepick into Lurches
Japslaps/Surges

Japslap to Large Suspended Log
Surge to Rear Wheel
Japslap to Block
Full Pedal to Rear
3 Foot Up
Basic japslap
Japslap to a very narrow Pillar
Japslap to Wall and Turn Around
"Touch Hopping" to car
"Touch Hopping" to Spool
Spins

Basic 180
Pedalkick 180
Static 180 hop
360 Static Spin
180 Spin Off
360 spin to Lurch
Sidehop and 180
Spinning Off small set of stairs
Sidehops

Basic Sidehop
Basic Sidehop 2
Basic Sidehop 3
Sidehop Up Stairs
Sidehop to Car
Sidehop to a very narrow wall
Sidehop to Trailer
180 sidehop to log
Hopping/Bunnyhops

Regular Hops up Stairs
Bunnyhop to Block with Drop
Hopping to rear on a Bikerack
Hop to rear wheel from bashring
Static Bunnyhop
Bunnyhop (J-Hop) on stairs
Static Forward Hop
Hopping on Telephone poles
Hopping forward on stumps
Tiny Hop up Stairs
Basics

Basic Ride Up
Trackstand
Basic Pivoting
More pivoting