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I see it was in action again at Sheffield. Look at the date behind the podium!

Publicity - Chris Evans currently bidding £50,000 for the 'James Bond dirtbike'. Get Pidcocks on the case to offer to teach him how to ride it. If not Jake does seem to be able to get Dougie's face about. Who better to teach him? Could be done at Goodwood next year.

How's Robyn doing? Sounded nasty.

For far to long the rules haven't been applied. Hopefully there will be no doubt at the BTC in future and its a real shame that Browny lost it due to someone else's actions.

Worth a try - http://www.inmotiontrials.com/ and if they cant help may be able to point you in the right direction.

Will be interesting to see what the Aussie sections are like. Have been reading the article about Vesty's bikes in a certain magazine and what is striking is how varied the WTC trials were between countries - some wet and muddy, some dry and hot some more physical than others. All rounds now seem to have exactly the same type of sections - big grippy rocks and not much else. When did you last see a muddy bike in a world round picture? (Bad for the sponsor's stickers eh)? I know the number of usable venues is restricted due to the requirements of the factory trucks, WiFi connectivity etc, but surely a more varied type of round would be a good thing. Seems we are playing into the hands of the Spanish,look at Nord Vue as a venue. All trials held in summer too.

According to the rider numbers, 30 Spanish and 31 Scottish (and 5 Welsh). We need more Welsh! Not sure it needs the WTC runners, plenty of atmosphere without and no shortage of riders both British and overseas.

.....you'll shred your rear tyre. I agree with bmseven, get a Dave Cooper type rack. I've used them on everything from a Citroen AX (shouldn't have really ) to current Defender.and they work fine.

....and another http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260967543683&clk_rvr_id=321551638974#ht_500wt_1202

looks cheap compared to this. Ebay item just ended.

Bit like when a tyre has the edge off it. They need to have a sharp edge to engage properly. My old 348 Mont used to jump out of gear a lot, but re 'edging' the dogs used to stop it. (Ash, the memories - careening backwards down a hill, helmet touching the front mudguard when the gear has jumped)!

Good for your 'practise tyre' though.

Dont know if they are the same now, but I ran original Rockshocks on a 348 when it was new(ish). At the time they were very good - liked the adjustability and seemed miles better than the original hydrabags.

....What's the point in that? Not been to Sheff for way too long. Looks like crap seat time though.

I don't know if anyone has thought of making trials non-stop again? But imagine the current crop on current bikes floating/flick turning/etc their way through indoor as well as outdoor stuff! [Old fart gets coat and leaves building]

The bike that set standard time in the. Scott was five years old and that certainly won't have had an easy life!

:rotfl:

That's incredible, A Greig esq in a University.

.....save it for the night after!

Knackerd - not surprised with a 280 Climber! Make sure you've got a slow throttle tube on and may be worth a head gasket or two to take the edge off, but just try and ride relaxed and enjoy.

I agree - Doug had no fear when he was on the way up and seemed to crash a fair bit.

It strikes me that there's a bit of a reshuffle going on at the moment. I think Dibs and Brown have more or less reached their level and are still a very long way off ever winning a WTC round. Wiggy seems to be at a similar level to Brown and doesn't look like he'll progress more. Both Jacks - Challoner and Sheppard look like they are progressing well and I think Challoner will fly past Brown and Wiggy (if he hasn't done already)with Dibs in his sights shortly. It looks like it will take one hell of a lot to start challenging the Spaniards though. I'm not up to speed with the A Class lads at the moment but any shining stars in there? As for Dougie, it sounds ridiculous to say for someone who an still get a 6th at WTC level but I really think he's lost his drive at that level and his heart is much more into the Gas Gas enduro and development work.