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SCHOOL’S IN

Trials bikes take an immense amount of talent, patience and finesse to ride well. They’re an incredible training tool in the right hands and can make a rider look like a complete fool if you don’t have the ability to ride one successfully.

Sherco Australia invited us to have a spin, and hopefully not make fools of ourselves, on their trials bike range. Despite the weather playing havoc in the lead up, we rolled into the picturesque Bilpin region for a day with Tim Coleman and the Bilpin Moto Crew. Unluckily for me, I managed to do a number on my wrist and cartwheeling off a truck tyre on a trials bike wasn’t on the doctors’ orders, so I called up my good mate Josh to come along for the ride.

Josh is a fan of extreme

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