Andy

If raga wins, Bou must be second. Third again would be no good to him

Bou says he has not ridden much since his injury at Penrith, but a lot of it is psychological. Tomorrow will come down to who holds their nerve. Spoke to Adam tonight and he's on good form but the pressure may just be too much.

It's Peterheid. A'body kens 'at, loon

Removed from Classifieds. Can't be a****d with people who delete then re-add adverts to bump them to the top. It's not fair on others who use the facility properly.

From last week: http://www.trialscentral.com/forums/topic/46930-which-is-best-beta-evo-or-txt-gas-gas-2013/

That's because the second amendment gives you the right to bear arms.

eddie's a bit grumpy. Don't pay any attention to him.

That's correct, but I don't think it's restricted to just ladies. Attached MONDE 08 PRE FRANCE 2013.pdf

Just seen the pre-entry list for Isola and because they're running Ladies WTC and Mens at the same time, plus the fact a lot of riders have come early for TdN the following week, the pre-entry list runs to 132 riders. No shortage of stuff to watch.

Thanks for sharing. I love the fact these forums attract folk from all corners of the world PS. Can I have the girl in the blue top? She looks well dirty

This has now been confirmed Aside from the who should be in the men's team debate, it's good to see Joanne Coles back. The ladies should be in with a good chance of winning.

Isola 2000 is a ski resort which means it has plenty hotels and restaurants. However, because it's off-season, not all of them are open. You should be able to find accomodation no problem though if you book now and whilst those restaurants that are open are busy, as long as you book a table, you'll be fine. In terms of the Trial, it's all set around the lower ski slopes so it's all easily walkable. If it's the same as previous years then no section would be more than 10-15 minutes walk from the paddock. Last time there were no big crowds so it was easy to get up front and get a good view.

and the best bit is it has the full support of the local authorities and the police. That's what happens when the Godfather of the Barrhead Mafia makes demands

Because when this was looked at as part of a world trial planning in the UK, the council wanted £30k to close the required road!

It's pretty much as Dabster describes it. I'm sure it looks very nice in winter covered in snow, but off season it's a bit of a 60's concrete jungle. Very easy to get around. Everything is set around the lower ski slopes so nothing strenuous to walk. An alternative might be the Trial des Nations the weekend after at La Chatre. Still in France, but in the middle so not so far to drive. Ladies World Champ on Friday, Ladies TdN on Saturday and Men's TdN on Sunday. Atmosphere is good at the TdN as the only ones who really take it seriously are the Spaniards so there's good banter and it's more relaxed.

The site was offline for a while for upgrade and changes. I see since it's come back (last week I think) the link for new customers to learn more about ordering parts isn't working. I'll let them know. I seem to recall from the old site you had to go to "Downloads" at the top of the page and download the relevant parts diagram for your model and that would help in determining what you needed to order. I can't be 100% sure on that though, but I *think* that's how it worked.

See here - http://www.trialscentral.com/sub-headlines/15069-lampkin-does-bbc-top-gear You can still watch it on iPlayer.

Photos & video from the press day

Dabster is right. Charly's website is not an official site, but his own personal website. Leaving aside some of the complete bollocks that's been posted in this topic, there just isn't the money in Trials to fund all-singing, all-dancing live everything and even if there were, some of the locations we get to just couldn't support the communications infrastructure required.

They said no price yet but will be 15-20% cheaper than current models

http://www.trialscentral.com/headline-stories/15060-2014-montesa-launch Access to the area with full details isn't working so I'll update with more details in the morning.

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Now been pushed back to 7:30 here. Expect photos around 6:45

6.30pm local time tonight. I should have photos on TC circa 6pm your time.