audimess

Thats because you need a shorter swinging arm for more grip and a longer swinging arm for directional stability. As always its a compromise. If you want more grip, never ever (in the UK especially in winter) run your chain adjusters any where near their maximum extension, use a half link and keep the wheel as far forward as poss.

There's one possible answer to the problem of trials rules, and it needs sorting out sometime. I propose full no stop and NO CLUTCH TO BE USED IN A SECTION This would be easier to understand for observers and easier to spot. Quite simple, clutch = 5. Any hopping or manouvering of the bike in a section would then be a genuine no-stop piece of action, if a rider gets off line or hits an obstacle and has to use the clutch in the section then it is quite simply a failure. (The pivot turn would be back in fashion) The severity of sections would have to be eased to suite, thus closing the gap between the best and worst riders quite nicely and making the sport more appealing to newcomers. A real clean on a difficult section would then be a thing of beauty, with the rider having to flow through the section making any adjustments to his line on the move. Mike Rapley might even be slightly impressed. The rider would also have to take a lot more care in planning his route through a section as there would be no possibility of stopping, this would add back into the sport a dimension that has been lost with the modern techniques. Currently good riders simply disect modern sections taking each obstacle at a time by setting the bike up with a hop and a stop. Oh by the way, auto clutch's not allowed before anybody starts thinking. We all know something has to be done, how many times have you been to a trial and witnessed any or all of the following; 1) Riders and or observers are not sure which rules are being used. 2) A rider hops the back wheel outside the natural line of the markers because he is good enough to do so but if you steered the front wheel in the same place it would be a 5. 3) Riders hop when stationary and get away with it because all the other good riders are doing it. 4) Riders hop backwards and get away with it because all the other good riders are doing it. I'm not saying anybody is wrong, we all try and get away with what we can, but the current rules are being bent all the time with the pressure being put on the observer. You would'nt need time limits in world sections either.