Trials tips for
trail riders
"Bionic Bernie" Schreiber demonstrates
magic tricks that mere mortals can master
By Len Weed
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See that 1O-foot waterfall coming up as you batter and skitter down the
stream bed ... a c-olossal cataract with the slippery moss covering the
yielding rock face? No way would you go bounding up that 'miniNiagara! But there are mere mortals, masters of observed trials riding
techniques, who do ,exactly that.
The trials masters use balance, traction and a blast of bravado to
tackle seemingly impossible terrain. Few trail or enduro riders will even
attempt such stunts. Still, the techniques of the world's best boulder
bounders will allow the trail rider to get there sooner with less both.
What follows is a ,closer look at some trialsters' tricks for tackling tough
trails.
