Andy

I think Perce meant this. It's very hard to put across in words Clicky link

This is a new situation for me and for Trials Central and has been a difficult one to deal with which has left me with an extremely sour taste regarding my involvement with the sport. Recently a UK-based dealer was discovered hiding in these forums under a false name pretending to be a satisfied customer and directing people to his own business. By pretending to be a third party he was falsifying recommendations which is in my opinion, fraudulent behaviour. However, it was dealt with and the dealer was banned from the forums. I said I would not name the dealer involved and that was fine at the time as I thought a lesson had been learned. However, that dealer must think I'm a bit stupid as another hidden member from the same dealership has subsequently been found doing exactly the same thing - despite knowing and acknowledging to me personally that he was aware of the situation. As the ultimate aim of Trials Central is to promote the the sport and the best interests of it and this dealer is going outwith the boundaries and blatantly lying, I have no choice except to name and shame... The dealer in question is B&B Road & Trials. This dealer has proven they will use underhand sales tactics using hidden names on the Trials Central Forums to direct unsuspecting users towards their own business and make fraudulent recommendations by pretending to be satisfied customers. They have not just done this with one person, but with two. Both staff members of this Dealer made their posts in the third party so as to mislead people into mis-believing they had no commercial interest. It's all documented if the accused fancies taking legal advice. Both parties KNEW in advance that advertising on the Forums in any form was prohibited, yet both continued to do so thinking they were covert. They took advantage of the freedom of these forums for their own personal gain. It's not my place to say what you do. Let's just say I'm extremely p****d off with the whole thing. With immediate effect, any mention of this dealer is prohibited on Trials Central and filters have been put in place to prevent their publicity. It is not a dealer we feel we can recommend to our readers given their tactics.

lol. Initially yes, but not now! Caroline is the importer. Wayne isn't and never was. (Is that diplomatic enough)?

I expressed my concerns to Beta over the release and they admit they totally underestimated interest. Personally, I think they're stunned at the interest there has been. Bear in mind they're a small company of mostly technical (not marketing) people working on a low budget. Don't get me wrong - you are absoutely right and I was frustrated to hell last week I didn't have the info needed and said as much to them, but they're not Honda and don't have the press machine behind them.

NOTE: If this is the video I think it is (which I'm petty sure of) then it is NOT safe for family viewing. The soundtrack contains extreme swearing. Shame the spoiled what is a great video with a crap soundtrack.

Nice reply, but not as class as Vinnie's to the Dabster!

Hallelujah! I have. The Editor has a free trialsphotos download account and has been told to take and use whatever he wants. Nothing in it for me except maybe a bit of publicity, but if it helps the cause then I'm cool with it.

OWNED! :)

Don't make much odds when they still manage to find themselves half way to Mallaig

There is no overall promoter for the outdoor championship. Only the indoor uses a promoter (and look at the a**e they make of it year after year...)

I know but it doesn't hurt to have another rant at them. and I'm sure I will before the season's over

I think I've made my feelings on Octagon more than apparent

I would say come on the road with us and you'll find out, but given you can only handle a half pint of shandy before you put a pair of underpants on your head, a pencil up each nostril and start singing the song about the goblins, I don't think you're really up for it

Yeah, but remember how EA screwed up on Pacific Assault. Us PC users have been let down by that being crap and COD3 being console only (sorry, but I tried COD2 on an XBox and just can't get to grips with the controller). Airborne is our only hope right now.

I remember when the Ban button was all trees

Done. Takes little effort on my part and if it helps recover just one then it's worth it. I did develop a stolen bike register that was on the site some time ago, but removed it as it wasn't being used.

See front page

Afraid not. For security reasons you cannot post any HTML code on the forums. If it were allowed then the potential is there for someone to post malicious code.

Technical information now up on the front page Clicky Link

I used to love playing Escape From Colditz. Can't quite see a game with a bleedin' great swastika on it making it onto the shelves these days

Company of Heroes is my latest purchase, but you definitely need a good graphics card. Other than that: Soldiers - Heroes of World War II and World War II - Frontier Command all these have multiplayer options. These are strategy games. Not first-person-shooters.

Moved from General Trials Talk...

Actually, I think you were right in your initial response. The event does have a good reputation thus far, after all

Schreiber at Achlain, 1982. Can't credit the photographer as no idea who it was, but it would be pretty fair to assume it was Enrico.

Not that I can input much on the topic, but this is a good debate and exactly what these forums were designed for