Our header pic today – shows Jon English at the Scottish on Monday – he lost 42 points ( marks) Tyler Mumford had lost 53.
Here are the leading scores – Only Adam Raga going clean.
Adam Raga 0 – Jack Price 1- Michael Brown – 1 George Hemingway -1
UPDATE – DAY 2 – We were up early at 4am our time and watched live video of Witch’s Burn – the fearsome steep waterfall section, that we have spectated at. – very slippery today, but no issues for the top riders.
Did you know that most top riders let air out of the tires to ride the sections – then pump back up for the long fast road parts? – Flat tires can be a big issue if a rider is tight on time. – Back in the day it was common to see riders with a bicycle type pump strapped to their leg with rubber bands cut from a car inner tube – we have seen a few of Mick Andrews like this. – Of course these days there are small compact tire kits to do the job.
Jon English still going well at this stage – Tuesday is usually a “Toughie” – especially for the early numbers.
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We didn’t post a quiz question on Monday – but as it’s Scottish week – we will show some pics from the SSDT for our bloggers to guess
Quiz today – Who is this sticking his tongue out??
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This is the Official Webmaster for the SSDT – she seems well prepared and also has a big box of energy “sweets” for the riders.
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We thought the Day one video posted by BVM was the best, as it showed some of the ‘In between” parts of the course – across the Moors etc – However only a few of the same riders as Craig was posting and also riding. – Quite a few others showed a lot of the riders and sections, so certainly very easy for us to follow the action.
The Irish Hanlon team have also got a good video up – this one shows more of the pre trial stuff – the weigh in etc – did you know that the bikes all go through a pre Trial check with certain parts all marked and these cannot be changed during the week. – even the lights still need to be working at the end, or penalty points are added.
Neil Sturgeon always posts some great pics – here is one of Ben Hemmingway on one of the new Beta Sincro models.
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Coming soon – VERY soon – Note!! There will be a Vintage class also on Saturday to mark the 40th Anniversary . ( The first event was held at East Kelowna in 1986 with Vintage on Saturday and modern on Sunday)
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