Saturday July 5th 2008
July 5th, 2008The ride up in the Lavington area near Vernon, yesterday afternoon proved to be quite enjoyable - I picked Ian up, and we parked in a cool spot near the creek.
I asked Ian which bike he wanted to ride - the Beta Rev 3 or the Sherco 4T, and although he rides a Honda 250f, - I suggested that he start out on the Beta. - Ian said he would like to ride some of the trails he usually did on his enduro bike, as a comparison, so off we went up the Mountain. - We were soon on a well marked single track, that had been used recently in a cross country race ( All the arrows were still up) - Ian was zipping along handling the Beta well, while I followed on the Sherco, using 4th gear most of the time - eventually we came out on a forest road, and passed Bardoff lake on route back to the van for a loop of around 20km - a neat ride on trails that I raced on many years ago. - later I showed Ian a couple of sections near the van, and must say I actually had more fun riding those on both bikes, than doing the long loop. - It’s always interesting to get a new rider out on a trials bike, as they are so alien to other bikes. - although we only scratched the surface, at least Ian can now relate to the stand up, go slow, sport.
Taff called to say that he will be riding the Falun Trial on Sunday - this is at Roger Flinkman’s place, near Wetaskiwin
In other Trials news I see Don Doerksen is the new Montesa Scorpa Importer for Canada - he takes over from Dan Fisher - Don has a retail bike shop in Mission, and always supports our events.
I watched the F1 qualifying early this morning, and it was McLaren driver Heiki Kovalinen who stole pole, ahead of surprise 2nd place man Mark Webber in the Red Bull car, with Kimi Raikkinen ( Ferrari) in third.
Looks like a great weekend for weather - We will be out tomorrow - probably go up to White Lake.