mich lin Posted November 21, 2005 Report Share Posted November 21, 2005 Way to go Ringo, for stepping up and taking a shot at making the Eunduo-cross night program main events. I've got to congratulate him for aiming high and going for it in Vegas. There are two roads a rider can take, the first is the build slowly road. Ride with the local guys and work your way up and maybe someday shoot for glory. OR jump in with both feet and sink or swim with the BIG DOGS and Johnny did the big jump. Way to go Ringo, that took courage. Why I like the second path of jumping in with the Big Dogs is you can compare your lap time or score with the best. It gives you an oppertunity to reveal what you need work on and maybe, just maybe you will. Then next time you can close that gap between you and the best until you can honestly decide to give it up or come back and keep trying. I like to think it is better to have tried and failed and felt the sting of losing, than to have never have tried at all. Way to go Ringo, see you out there next year. The Beave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sendero Posted November 21, 2005 Report Share Posted November 21, 2005 Beave! That's gotta be the best post I've ever seen outa you! Right on, and yes, the Ringmaster sports a full rack of choneys. ...as does the Champ. Geoff Aaron made us proud. What a ride! Consider the accomplishment... Riding outside of his discipline, he smoked a bunch of the best Hare and Hound guys in the country. A BUNCH! Some big names in there, and he beat 'em in their own element. Can you imagine the converse? I think we all know what would happen if any of those guys tried to ride Trials with him. He could have 'em calling for the helicopter in less than five minutes. I had to laugh when the announcer said "he is a Trials rider." HA!!! He is THE Trials rider!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mich lin Posted November 21, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 21, 2005 I didn't know we could go in and watch the time trials or else I would have come sooner to Vegas. Plus it didn't cost a dime! I didn't get to see Ringo ride but I heard that the Friday event was a hoot to watch. Next year I may just come early! As for Geoff, he had a disappointing race! He seemed to not be able to concentrate. In the time trial he missed his line in the rocks which cost him a lot of time. I believe his time was off about 4 seconds from the fastest rider and that's a lot if you multiply 4 seconds over ten laps. In his first heat race Geoff crashed off the start line into Knight "the overall winner" knocking both of them out of contention. Geoff or Knight never really recovered after their first corner crash. In Geoff's next race he got a bad start again then started to move up a little. Then for some reason he lost his front end in a place where nobody else had any trouble, crashed then stalled his engine which he could not restart. Which caused him to DNF, which ended his night. I'm sure Geoff will want to forget this Endurocross forever. What I noticed was threefold, first the trials guys and off-road riders got bad starts! The MX boys shined there and always got the hole-shot and the early lead. This meant that the off-roaders and trials guys had to play catch-up all the time. Next I noticed that the the off-road guys didn't mind banging bars a little and the MX guys didn't mind banging bars a lot, in fact they thrived on it. While the trials guys always backed off when they were crouded in a section or corner. So they always lost ground when the racing got tough! The other big problem for the trials guys was bike set-up! They just don't ride this type of bike all the time. Which the off-road guys and MX guys do! Our guys ran stock bikes while the other racers had tricked out bikes that they use and tune all the time. Overall though it's a great foremat, one that allows us to see top riders perform we would never get an oppertunity to watch. Instead of being out in the woods we can sit and watch them ride with a cold beer in our hand from a comfortable seat. Another interesting situation was all the differnt off road groups cheering on their champions. This made for exciting racing and a diverse fan base for each rider. The stands were also filled with a lot of familes and everyone was very friendly all around where we sat. Not like a Supercross race where the crouds can get rowdy and drunk but simply just great people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ringo Posted November 21, 2005 Report Share Posted November 21, 2005 It gives you an oppertunity to reveal what you need work on and maybe, just maybe you will. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Thanks Beave, The only thing that was revealed to me was that I seriously need to pull my head out of my ass the next time I think I can go up against those guys. Nonetheless, my girlfriend is already on my ass to get out on the track and practice for next year so who knows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mich lin Posted November 21, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 21, 2005 Ringo, there is nothing more sobering than seeing first hand how fast and good the best are! I could tell a few stories myself! On the other hand nothing inspires you more to either train and get in shape which is really good for you or simply give up and go to pot which is not in your best interest. Go for it next year! Beave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nigel dabster Posted November 22, 2005 Report Share Posted November 22, 2005 Let me get this straight, geoff Aaron crashed into the great British hope David Knight? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mich lin Posted November 22, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 22, 2005 Yes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinell Posted November 22, 2005 Report Share Posted November 22, 2005 Let me get this straight, geoff Aaron crashed into the great British hope David Knight? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> On purpose? Didn't affect the end result Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
city trials Posted November 22, 2005 Report Share Posted November 22, 2005 Nigel, when Aaron crashed into Knight, the wild brit messed his wrist up nearly costing him the event. This bloody mad man from the Man of Isle went on a tear after that. Gotta be the toughest SOB this side of the knighter's childhood pal Dougie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
city trials Posted November 22, 2005 Report Share Posted November 22, 2005 Ringo will do much better next year on a smaller cc bike. That 520 is a monster on a course like that. Glad to see Ringos girlfriend is such a huge fan of Endurocross, I sure am. What a wild sport. I could actually picture Ringo qualify on a smaller bike. He has that killer attitude. Footnote to Ringo. I got a ear-full from my girlfriend when I got back to the hotel room. My goal wasn't to get you in trouble with the man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the artist formerly known as ish Posted November 22, 2005 Report Share Posted November 22, 2005 Ringo, there is nothing more sobering than seeing first hand how fast and good the best are! I could tell a few stories myself! Beave <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Aye!! I bet thi could Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the artist formerly known as ish Posted November 22, 2005 Report Share Posted November 22, 2005 Ringo, I was chosen for the US Vase B ISDE team in 1973 and finished 11th in the ISDE qualifier national championship that year. So I did a little off roading with the best of the best myself. I even managed to have the fastest times in the speical tests at one round of the championship on a speical build Frontera Phrototype. Build just for me by a speical department of Bultaco America, it was a fantastic bike. I only got to ride the bike once however but we proved what it could do by setting fastest times in the speical tests. We lost the overall because a taillight didn't work, darn. The factory wanted me to ride the bike they sold, the Matador which I hated, so I gave up my spot on the ISDE team to factory Kawasaki rider Lar Larson. I simply got cought in the middle of a design squable between America and Spain! So I stepped out of the off road racing sport and back into trials only. Up until then I did both and was perhaps one of the reasons that Bultaco paid me so much to ride for them. So when I watched the Endurocross it brought back a lot of memories of riding against the Penton boys, Malcom Smith and a ton of other famous off road legends. I know first hand what Geoff, David and you faced. I've been in your shoes. Beave <{POST_SNAPBACK}> See!! a wer reet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toofasttim Posted November 22, 2005 Report Share Posted November 22, 2005 It's good to have you back where you belong Lane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mich lin Posted November 23, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 23, 2005 Thanks Tim! Hope your well down there on the cape. Hey we appreciate the loan of your lad Bruce to America, it has been really fantastic. What a good guy he is. He's a great teacher and a credit to your country. What a great job he did with the kids at the youth nationals, by far one of the best teachers ever at the Trials Training center. His riding levels have really shot up while being here. I'm sure his pushing Geoff really forced Mr. Aaron to ride better. We'd love adopt him! So that he could be on our TDN team. We could use a good African American trials rider. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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