2009 NATURE RIDE CHALLENGE!!

In conjunction with 2009 National BikeTrial Championship – Round 4 ( Final Round )

Want to know more about BikeTrial? Want to see top Singapore riders do dangerous, unbelievable stunts on rocks? Or just have nothing to do over a Sunday morning? Come down to Pasir Ris Town Park from 8am to 4pm to see the final competition of the year and see the pros fight it out for their overall Rankings for 2009!. Feel free to invite others to come too!

Think you are in for it? join us in NATURE RIDE to have a feel of what is like to be a Trial Master! Simplified versions of the actual technical sections catered for anyone who knows how to ride a bicycle! Top 5 prizes including Helmets from UVEX and many more prizes!

So? What is it all about???

BikeTrial is a technical cycle sport where riders have to navigate difficult terrain on a bicycle (without a seat!) without having to place their feet on the ground. They have to navigate through a number of sections and at the end of each one gives the observer their score card to punch a score (0-5) and the rider at the end of the competition with the least points is the champion. Navigating requires the rider to be able to jump on and over huge rocks, slippery terrain and do daring drops and land with perfect precision. Concentration and years of practice is required to master this sport and top riders in this sport are very disciplined and dedicated people.

Don’t believe me? Come see for yourself on Sunday!
Cyclists do feel free to come for this event!

Pasir Ris Town Park
December 6
8.30am

Nature Ride.
Registration fee: $10
Medals and prizes will be awarded to the top 5 riders

National BikeTrial Championship.
Registration fee: $25 ($20 for students)
Medals and prizes will be awarded to the top 3 riders of each category

Registration.
BikeTrial Singapore
BikeTrial Asia Union Office
118 Telok Kurau Road
Singapore 423803
+65 63444579

*Registration closes 1 December 2009

Forms are available for download here! (Right click and ‘Save Link As’)

2009 National BikeTrial Championship, Round 3 – Part 2, The Extras and Everything Else!

All photos courtesy of Benjamin Teo/OhCheese

2009 National BikeTrial Championship, Round 3 – Part 1, The Action!

Xiao Guilin, Bukit Gombak was the location for the Round 3 of the 2009 National BikeTrial Championship. Due to the lack of helpers and participants, the format for the competition was a little different than usual. It was decided that we would move from one section to the other as a group. Which meant that after a rider has finished his section, he would have to wait for everyone else to finish before continuing to the next section. Anyways let’s get down to the action!

Wan Aris Wan Razali

In the Open category, we had two new competitors joining Wan Aris Wan Razali, Ben Leow, and Bryan Eio. They were Kelvin Goh and Mohammed Bin Ali, who were both BikeTrial riders back in the day. Since they had recently built up new bikes to start riding again, the both of them decided to join the comp!

Kelvin Goh

Ben Leow

Mohammed Bin Ali

Both Mohammed and Kelvin proved that their age was only a number and they took 1st and 3rd places respectively! Taking 2nd position was Ben Leow.

Soon Zhao Hui

In the J. Senior category, the boys were joined by Clement Ng. He was back after his absence from riding and competing due to his injuries. Although the sections were fun they proved to be pretty challenging.

Gavin Ong

Chai Chin Cher

Clement Ng

Despite his injuries Clement easily took the win! Chai Chin Cher took 2nd position and Gavin in 3rd. Soon Zhao Hui actually tied with Chin Cher and Gavin in terms of points, but he missed out a podium spot due to his timing.

Andre Lim

In the Elite category, we had Matthew Tan, Ben Loh, and Kaden Loh fighting for the podium spots. The sections for the Elite category comprised of gaps and some pretty steep elements which were great to watch.

Matthew Tan

Ben Loh

Kaden Low

Taking the top spot was Kaden Low, close behind in 2nd was Ben Loh, and Matthew Tan in 3rd place!

Open

J. Senior

Elite

At the end of the day the new format proved to be both a blessing and a curse. Everyone could watch and learn from each others lines, and the older riders would have the opportunity to guide and mind the younger ones. But by the time everyone had gotten to the next section, they had to warm up again and it was extremely tiring for them.

Nevertheless it was still a great competition. Congratulations to all the winners, and a big thanks to the boys who helped to build the sections, the observers, timers, and everyone who came down to support the competition! The next round will be the final round of the year and it will be held in conjunction with the 2009 Nature Ride Challenge on the 6th of December! See you there!

All photos courtesy of Benjamin Teo/OhCheese

BIU News for the month of November!

We just got this piece of news from Hiroshi Hirano, president of the BikeTrial International Union.

There was a competition “DRAGON CUP” at Shii-no-sato Trial Park in Tenryu city, Shizuoka prefecture, Japan on 15/November. 67 people made entry the event and Hiro took part in the class Medium (middle class by skill). Hiro got 2 awards in this event. The one is the oldest rider of the participants by 53 years old. The other one was the winner of his class with 2 points penalty in total of 8 sections 2 laps. That means a lot people in the world could continue and compete at least to his age and we hope it will be a good sample. The event was very well prepared and well organized. So that every body could enjoy it in each class. We think BikeTrial is not only for young people today. We hope you will make good competitions for wide age (this event got riders age from 5 to 53) like that.

News No.9 dated 18/11/2009

Danny MacAskill X Volkswagen.

Things must be getting better for Danny Mac. Just check out this TV commercial that he recently did for Volkswagen’s new Golf estate. I know we’ve seen him do pretty much the same stuff on most of his recent videos, but this one was just shot so brilliantly, it’s really refreshing to watch!

Oh and Danny Mac also did an interview with German mountain bike mag, Freeride. Click here for the interview! (via NSMB.com)

News from Monty!

Hey guys, we’ve just got some news from Monty regarding their 2010 bikes. They are coming up with a Monty Christmas launch promotion! Here are the following prices:

218 Kamel: SGD$780

219 Kamel: SGD$1280

220 Kamel: SGD$1680

It’s a fantastic deal so if anyone of you guys are interested please head down to AttitudeBikes to place your order!

Kenny Belaey’s Urban Experiment.

”As you all know I am a die hard competition rider but today I just felt like taking my urban trials bike and do some filming. The spot I’m riding is not so far from my house, but it’s the best one there is for this kind of riding… nothing special though. Anyway, enjoy watching and don’t forget to visit our homepage… laters, Kenny”

Hmm. Looks good to me!

Javi Alonso 2009 BikeTrial Promo Video.

Javi Alonso has got a new promo video of himself and it’s pretty damn fun to watch! It seems like he’s a big Prodigy fan too. Haha.

Spotted in China and in the Interwebs!

While Walton was over in China competing at the 2009 World BikeTrial Championships, he spotted something on Dani Comas’ bike!

Turns out that they are Monty’s new rotors for the Hope Mono Trial! It is an original Monty design, 160mm, and it is now 81 grams when it was previously 102 grams!

Do you guys remember the Monty 221 Kamel XXV that we posted a while ago? Well now please welcome the Monty 231 Kamel XXV! This is also a strictly limited model with 100 units as compared to the 250 units for the 221 Kamel XXV. Similarly the 231 has also been redesigned to be more durable.

Links via AL4Bikes:
Monty rotor
Monty 231 Kamel XXV

2009 National BikeTrial Championship – Round 3, Xiao Guilin, Bukit Gombak.

Registration for Round 3 of the 2009 National BikeTrial Championship is now open! Please register before the deadline as we need time to prepare the rider tags!

For all you guys out there who are students and wish to compete, please remember that student rates are available!