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Bike Trials is a sport that anyone can do. It involves riding over a section made up of man-made objects(such as pallets and tyres) and natural objects (such as rocks, ditches and logs).

In competitive Bike Trials, the basic idea is to ride over a course, called a section, consisting of natural terrain or man made obstacles without touching the ground with any part of your body. An Observer watches whilst a rider attempts the section and one penalisation mark is given each time the rider touches the section. Once a rider has lost 5 marks in a section they are deemed to have failed and their attempt is over. The perfect score is 0 marks in a section and is called a “clean” whilst a failure is called a “five”. A trial consists of several sections of two or three laps.

The Essex Trials and Jump Centre has hosted several Bike Trials competitions, which have been run by The Essex Bike Trial Club (see Links page for more details).