gizza5 Posted February 16, 2012 Report Share Posted February 16, 2012 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old trials fanatic Posted February 16, 2012 Report Share Posted February 16, 2012 Great sections but you can see why the clip took 27m56secs what with the riders all doing the hokey cokey thanks for sharing though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t-shock 250 Posted February 16, 2012 Report Share Posted February 16, 2012 Great vid, love the style of Bosis, such a shame at a young age. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete_scorpa3 Posted February 16, 2012 Report Share Posted February 16, 2012 Makes you appreciate why we ended up with time limits for each section! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gizza5 Posted February 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2012 Makes you appreciate why we ended up with time limits for each section! Makes you wonder why we didn't stay No Stop Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattylad Posted February 16, 2012 Report Share Posted February 16, 2012 I remember Graham jarvis and Rob Crawford getting stuck on a log at Houghton Towers. God I've never been so board in my life but the comments were funny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barcota Posted February 16, 2012 Report Share Posted February 16, 2012 I am still a firm believer in the more sensible sections resulting from the no stop rules. When less than 15 riders are participating in the World class sections there needs to be changes made. The severity level of sections set up with no stop in mind would result in greater participation at that level and improve ridership at all levels of competition. On the local level riders (those who work and have families) would be more encouraged to ride. In my district the ridership is dwindling more and more each year. Over the years the number of riders has deteriorated from normal levels of 75-100 down to 25-35 riders per event. The interest in vintage events appear to be increasing each year. These events run no stop rules and and have more sensible sections. If changes are not made soon trials interest will completely disappear in just a few years. Now is the time to make the necessary changes to save the sport. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody Posted February 16, 2012 Report Share Posted February 16, 2012 First two sections are a real turn off and I nearly ended my viewing there. That waterfall section... Now that is proper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cabby Posted February 16, 2012 Report Share Posted February 16, 2012 At 20.15 the guy stopped for 52 seconds.....snoresville tennessee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
copemech Posted February 17, 2012 Report Share Posted February 17, 2012 I am still a firm believer in the more sensible sections resulting from the no stop rules. When less than 15 riders are participating in the World class sections there needs to be changes made. The severity level of sections set up with no stop in mind would result in greater participation at that level and improve ridership at all levels of competition. On the local level riders (those who work and have families) would be more encouraged to ride. In my district the ridership is dwindling more and more each year. Over the years the number of riders has deteriorated from normal levels of 75-100 down to 25-35 riders per event. The interest in vintage events appear to be increasing each year. These events run no stop rules and and have more sensible sections. If changes are not made soon trials interest will completely disappear in just a few years. Now is the time to make the necessary changes to save the sport. So you think "stop for 5" is gonna change that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyboxer Posted February 17, 2012 Report Share Posted February 17, 2012 As a teenager I went to the World round run by West of England club on Dartmoor in about 77 or 78 It was tough, but I was amazed at the skills and encouraged me to practice more as a schoolboy rider The entry was huge 100 + riders including the local Expert club riders who I saw week in, week out at Club trials Tha is what a World round is all about, not 15 top riders The sooner we get back to a full entry, the better it can be Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nigel dabster Posted February 17, 2012 Report Share Posted February 17, 2012 As a teenager I went to the World round run by West of England club on Dartmoor in about 77 or 78 It was tough, but I was amazed at the skills and encouraged me to practice more as a schoolboy rider The entry was huge 100 + riders including the local Expert club riders who I saw week in, week out at Club trials Tha is what a World round is all about, not 15 top riders The sooner we get back to a full entry, the better it can be What changes would you make to increase participation at the very top level? Name one rider who would participate with these changes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nigel dabster Posted February 17, 2012 Report Share Posted February 17, 2012 I am still a firm believer in the more sensible sections resulting from the no stop rules. When less than 15 riders are participating in the World class sections there needs to be changes made. The severity level of sections set up with no stop in mind would result in greater participation at that level and improve ridership at all levels of competition. On the local level riders (those who work and have families) would be more encouraged to ride. In my district the ridership is dwindling more and more each year. Over the years the number of riders has deteriorated from normal levels of 75-100 down to 25-35 riders per event. The interest in vintage events appear to be increasing each year. These events run no stop rules and and have more sensible sections. If changes are not made soon trials interest will completely disappear in just a few years. Now is the time to make the necessary changes to save the sport. Name one rider who will participate at the top level if the rules went no stop? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b40rt Posted February 17, 2012 Report Share Posted February 17, 2012 Name one rider who will participate at the top level if the rules went no stop? You think they would lay out the same sections as are presently used ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyboxer Posted February 17, 2012 Report Share Posted February 17, 2012 What changes would you make to increase participation at the very top level? Name one rider who would participate with these changes. I don't know, things were different back then - there was less money in the sport back then, I guess and the WTC was in it's infancy - so people would have a crack at it, down to the Club expert rider who'd turn up on a Bult 325 on the back of a Ford Capri, as long as he had a relevant licence to compete A good example of that sort of camaraderie/competition 30 years ago, IS today's Scott and SSDT trials that still capture that essence of the sport of Trials SSDT & Scott - Money isn't in it, there are no TV rights - a good club rider can get a new bike out of a crate, run it in and start alongside a factory works rider on a trick bike.............they can ride the same section, one route and the club rider can at the end's cards record the same score as the factory rider perhaps That's the sport, that's the craic and that's why it's so popular and over-subscribed year on year Joe Public can compete alongside their sporting heroes, if they so choose One route, one man, one bike and winner takes all Compare that to some contrived, super human sections in WTC, that only 15 of the world's top riders can manage, because they ride everyday to attain that skill level on supertrick bikes That formula is becoming boring, even an avid trials rider is starting to find watching it, so boring Perhaps we will go full circle, who knows 30 year's ago a British round of the WTC was like a Scott or SSDT, it was one man, one bike and one route - but although the sections were harder, even a club Expert could put in a decent ride on his home turf and live the dream of riding amongst the best in the world....... that day Sadly that is no longer true today in WTC and Trials is for that....... a lot poorer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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