Upcoming Trials

Trials Experience
20-05-2012
Time: 09:30 AM - 03:30 PM
Category: Trial Riding
Location: Black Shaw Farm (Leek)
Price: £ 199.00
Trials Experience
26-05-2012
Time: 09:30 AM - 03:30 PM
Category: Trial Riding
Location: Black Shaw Farm (Leek)
Price: £ 199.00
Trials Experience
27-05-2012
Time: 09:30 AM - 03:30 PM
Category: Trial Riding
Location: Black Shaw Farm (Leek)
Price: £ 199.00
Trials Experience
09-06-2012
Time: 09:30 AM - 03:30 PM
Category: Trial Riding
Location: Black Shaw Farm (Leek)
Price: £ 199.00
Trials Experience
10-06-2012
Time: 09:30 AM - 03:30 PM
Category: Trial Riding
Location: Black Shaw Farm (Leek)
Price: £ 199.00
Trials Experience
22-06-2012
Time: 09:30 AM - 03:30 PM
Category: Trial Riding
Location: Black Shaw Farm (Leek)
Price: £ 199.00
Trials Experience
23-06-2012
Time: 09:30 AM - 03:30 PM
Category: Trial Riding
Location: Black Shaw Farm (Leek)
Price: £ 199.00
Trials Experience
06-07-2012
Time: 09:30 AM - 03:30 PM
Category: Trial Riding
Location: Black Shaw Farm (Leek)
Price: £ 199.00
Trials Experience
07-07-2012
Time: 09:30 AM - 03:30 PM
Category: Trial Riding
Location: Black Shaw Farm (Leek)
Price: £ 199.00
Trials Experience
18-07-2012
Time: 09:30 AM - 03:30 PM
Category: Trial Riding
Location: Black Shaw Farm (Leek)
Price: £ 199.00

Trials Experience Days PDF Print E-mail

Trials experience days are a great way to learn new bike skills whether you’re a road rider or an old hand at Enduro. Even if you have never ridden a bike before, it is a great introduction as the bikes are lighter and lower to the ground than any other type of bike. Everyone can benefit from our Trials days.

OK so what is the difference between Trials and Enduro? Apart from the very different bikes that we use, trials is generally at a slower pace and concentrates on maneuvering around and over tight spaces and obstacles! Trials is the art of balance! It is great fun to try and even if you just want a one off experience day, you will not be disappointed! Perfect for mixed ability groups such as hen/stag and corporate days/weekends as well, as the bikes are suited to all levels of ability.

Our Trials schools run on 200 acres of valleys, lakes and woodland in an area of outstanding natural beauty. The farm is in Leek, which is a nice central location and surrounded by views of the Staffordshire Peak District. The land itself has some purpose built sections and plenty of natural terrain to have a go at throughout the day. You will be led by our resident instructor, Stuart Day who will make you feel at ease as soon as you arrive. Stuart runs a working farm here too and so if you are lucky you may get to try his now famous, seriously fresh milkshakes at the end of a hard days riding in the valleys!

We run small groups of 5 per event and so there will be plenty of focus on individual riders throughout the day. Come on your own or bring 4 friends along with you on your experience day.

We use the Honda Montesa 4 stroke trials bikes for our schools and they are always less than 6 months old.

Included
  • Bike and Fuel
  • All protective clothing and equipment
  • Lunch and refreshments
  • Full days riding
Agenda

We meet at 9.30am where Stuart will get you kitted out and introduce you to your bikes. Stuart will then assess your riding and get you used to the bikes before introducing you to more technical sections throughout the day.

After lunch you will find your confidence has grown. Stuart will then introduce some fun and games in the form of a trials competition.  Once you have been taught the rules you will be introduced to several sections which you will attempt to complete without putting your foot down! Great fun!! This is what trials is all about. Everyone will go home with their score card as a momentum of the day.

LOCATION

Blackshaw Farm
Blackshaw Moor
Leek, Staffordshire
ST13 8TS
United Kingdom

Availability

Please view our events list or calendar for available dates for both venues. If you are a group of 5 and cannot see the date you want please contact us for further availability.

Our calendar dates show weekends but we are more than happy to arrange weekday schools and 121's. Please call Steph on 07809 464050.

PRICE 
  • £199
  • Damage Waiver optional at £25 Tooltip

 

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Treat someone you love to a fun packed day out with our Gift Vouchers. You can choose from any of our Experience days. Just go to our Gift Voucher page!

 

Comments  

 
0 #10 Jeff Davies 2012-03-15 17:18
I sent this to my mate recommending the experience, and he suggested I post it here, so here it is:

I did Enduro training with Mick Exstance (7 times Paris Dakar) last weekend.
Totally awesome – on a CRF250. You have to try this sometime, it’s total offroad
Incredibleness. Over logs, up hills with logs halfway up, up incredibly steep hills (on mud and rock)
down the same kind of thing, through the deepest mud. It’s crazy and amazing.

>> I have never off-roaded other than
>> tracks/trails – no obstacles of any
>> size – but it would be pretty cool!

Hehe you have no idea – do the mick extance experience! You’ll be grinning for weeks!
“Yes I did *!#ing do that, it wasn’t a dream!”.
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+1 #9 Colin Henshaw 2011-12-01 11:30
I can only agree with Mike and say it was the best day I've ever had on any form of motorcycle yet. :-) I was totally exhausted, (probably because I'm too fat and possibly because of the eight pints of real ale the night before! :-* ) got a couple of cracking bruises and fell off far more times than I really should have. :o Not an ounce of criticism from Stuart just encouragement and fun all the way. Don’t forget you guys are invited to France anytime. ;-) Brilliant Day!! :lol:
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+2 #8 Mr. mike Saunders 2011-11-22 12:02
What can I say, :lol: it was well worth the 862 mile round trip from france :sigh: to spent the day with Stu, I learnt so much ,not least that a 68 year old gite can be encourage so much by a brilliant instructor, so if you think that you can't do the course :cry: ,let me tell you if he can teach me and my 3 mates in a day, he can teach anyone :lol: .
Thanks Stu for a great day. Colin and I hope to see you in France very soon, as you now have our emails just let us know. Mike
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+2 #7 801853560 2011-07-25 08:07
Just a quick note, by way of thanks to Stu and Stevo, who made our trials day an experience to remember. Great teacher, great bikes, great venue and even great weather. Our group of four, with a range of ability from purely road to some novice trials, were all motivated and stretched, each achieving much more than we would have thought possible. As we all reminisced at the pub the following day, everybody stiff as a board, everyone agreed that a fantastic day was had by all. Thanks Stu, much appreciation from Paul, Bob, Alan and Kev.
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+2 #6 Karl Barber 2011-06-28 20:10
I still can't stop talking about the fantastic trials experience at the weekend. From the start Stu was a fantastic host and provided tailored tutition to the four of us taking part, we had varying riding experience and this was taken into account throughout the day so that everyone could get the most from the day. If on arrival I had been shown a video of what we would be doing by the end of the day I would never have believed it, but we finished the day riding up a hillside brook strewn with wet rocks. The day was a gift for my best friend's 40th birthday and I could not have wished for a better day that we will both talk about for years. Thanks again to Stu for a great day, and lastly not forgetting Lisa for the lovely lunch.
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+4 #5 euanwebster@hotmail.com 2011-06-06 13:30
Just as you think it can’t get any better, it does!!! Thanks to Stuart it was a fun, safe, incredibly challenging, exhilarating day.

A Brilliant Experience!!!
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+3 #4 Martin Faulds 2011-05-08 13:17
Brilliant!
A full day riding top notch trials bikes in beautiful countryside and great company - what more could you ask for?
Our group had a wide range of ability and experience but Stu managed to involve and stretch everyone. As a middle aged and (slightly) overweight novice I was made to feel welcome and was amazed at what I was able to achieve in just one day.
If you are thinking about it - give it a go (but don't be surprised if you can barely move for a day or two afterwards - it is surprisingly physical).
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+1 #3 robgilmore 2011-05-04 21:39
Just had a BRILLIANT day with Stuart and Mick on the Trials school. Stuart is a top-notch bloke - enthusiastic, knowledgeable, skilled and a real motivator. I would not hesitate in recommending the Trials School day for novices or even people (like my mate Mark) who have significant trials experience. Stuart selects terrain and routes appropriate to the rider's experience ans skill level. I learnt loads on the day and am eager to try more trials riding. Thanks guys! cheers Rob
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+3 #2 Mike Coleman 2011-04-15 08:23
A great day learning how to ride a trials bike!
Having mainly only ridden road bikes and done trackdays this was a totally different experience, Stu is an amazing teacher who can put things across so any numpty like me can learn & progress straight away. You learn at your own pace but with Stu's positive comments you'll soon end up going over boulders and things that you wouldn't have thought possible!
The diversity of obstacles & tracks is immense and diverse enough for any capability.
I would recommend this course to all but if you are thinking of taking up trials (like me) then a visit to Stu is a MUST!
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+5 #1 Geoff Robotham 2011-03-06 11:34
:D I had a fantastic day yesterday at Trials school and went home exhausted but happy and a lot more confident than when I arrived. Stu is a great teacher and it is a very interesting venue. It has really given me the confidence to take up trials riding as a hobby. If Stu had said at the start of the day that I could ride several hundred yards up a steep stream bed, I would not have believed it! Geoff
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