trapezeartist Posted January 10, 2018 Report Share Posted January 10, 2018 I live near Bristol, so within the Wessex Centre, but also close to Western And South-Western Centres. Which club would local forumites recommend for a novice looking for as many easy trials as possible? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gasserguy Posted January 10, 2018 Report Share Posted January 10, 2018 (edited) Kingswood as they have 4 or 5 club trials a year plus 2 centre championship rounds all based around Bristol...... But it don't really matter as you can ride almost anywhere with one club and a ACU licence.... http://www.kingswoodmcc.co.uk/ Edited January 10, 2018 by gasserguy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stpauls Posted January 10, 2018 Report Share Posted January 10, 2018 Nonsense. I don't agree with the above post at all. Kingswood hold excellent trials, but their Novice sections tend to often be difficult/ very difficult - especially for a complete novice rider. Also, avoid Championships - often too difficult, even for very experienced Novice riders. A FAR better choice of clubs would be Somerton (the best choice for a Novice rider) Blackmore Vale, Breakheart Quarry, Stroud, Zona 1, Cheltenham Home Guard, Taunton or Hawks Cheltenham. Additionally, any of the Classics clubs usually have a Monoshock (modern bike) class for the Over 50s. If a Novice rides a few Novice sections and finds them too difficult, intimidating or dangerous then they will often pack it in and not go again. I think that Yeo Vale is a great club, often with excellent - challenging Novice sections, but I would hesitate to recommend it to a true Novice rider, with little or no experience, 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trapezeartist Posted January 10, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2018 Thanks stpauls. On your advice I've contacted Somerton DMCC. I should perhaps also have mentioned that I have a twinshock, but at novice level I would hope that doesn't really have much of a bearing on things. Is Breakheart Trials Club ACU or AMCA? I was planning on going to their trial in about 10 days time, but I may not have all the ACU stuff sorted by then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duncans Posted February 14, 2018 Report Share Posted February 14, 2018 (edited) i live in leicester i found earl shilton trials club so off i went on a sunday morning as im 60 yrs old now andi dint want to feel stupid me only the elder rider but to my suprise there were a few riders older than i am . so i asked about joining the club its £10.00 for membership and if you pay £50.00 you recieve a key to the gates and you can go every day if you wanted to which i thought was brilliant so ive just purchased a montesa 315r 2003 reg i was actually looking for a manual as i aint a clue how to service the bike i no they have a honda engine which are good engines i was told oh forgot to mention if you want a professional person to teach you all day for £20.00 which if a good price Edited February 14, 2018 by duncans Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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