QUIZ FOR TODAY – Who is the Trials rider turned Journalist?
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answer to yesterday – Roy Peplow -with the Factory Triumph cub no correct answers to this one – a toughie.
Scottish 2024 Entries now open !!!
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Below is a great shot of a Beta rider at an Ontario Trial – it appears they have some new riders getting into the sport and lots of enthusiasm which has to be good.
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Did you know that Famous World Champion Road Racer Geoff Duke, was first hired by Norton as a Trials rider? – Yes we have mentioned this before and the fact that he passed me in a muddy Time Trial held near Chester North Wales in the 1950’s ( He went on to win that) – Below is a Tankard from the Scottish Six Days with his name on it.
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Somebody asked me the other day about the changes from the old bikes to the new ones !! Well obviously there are a ton of things – but really I think one of the best improvements made were to the footpegs – I remember my first competition bike had solid steel bolts with no grip at all – later of course bikes came with folding pegs – then the ultimate we have now with WIDE folding pegs!!.
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As some of our readers might know – Florian Schott from Revelstoke has done a lot to promote Trials in that area, but with a young family and busy lifestyle he has decided to take some time off and go on a winter vacation abroad. We thank him for all the hard work he put in over the past few years. – Safe Travels.
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