{"id":13890,"date":"2026-04-08T01:42:52","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T08:42:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/?p=13890"},"modified":"2026-04-08T01:42:52","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T08:42:52","slug":"wednesday-april-8-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/2026\/04\/08\/wednesday-april-8-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday April 8\/26"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"226\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-4.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13892\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>===========================================<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Well our Beta shipment arrived yesterday &#8211; a week late but at least we have the bikes &#8211; the new Sincro 200 looks awesome  and feels very light &#8211; we will be out to test it at the weekend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"395\" src=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/crate-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13893\" srcset=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/crate-2.jpg 600w, https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/crate-2-300x198.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>===========================================<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We have had quite a few people emailing and phoning with condolences regarding our old friend Harlow Rankin &#8211; this also included a message from Bernie Schreiber who knew Harlow quite well. &#8211; Here is another pic from Alberta days with Harlow on his Bultaco. Sherpa T. &#8211; That could have been a Trial at Lethbridge -perhaps taken by John Whitby. &#8211;  yes back in the 70&#8217;s we had trials in many Alberta locations &#8211;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"461\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Harlow-on-Sherpa-T.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13895\" srcset=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Harlow-on-Sherpa-T.jpg 461w, https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Harlow-on-Sherpa-T-231x300.jpg 231w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 461px) 100vw, 461px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Rob Stobart from Red Deer ( via the UK) sent us this pic when he read about Harlow &#8211; it shows him watching Rob in a Fallen Timber Trial section many years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"833\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Rb-Stobart-and-Harlow-833x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13904\" srcset=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Rb-Stobart-and-Harlow-833x1024.jpeg 833w, https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Rb-Stobart-and-Harlow-244x300.jpeg 244w, https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Rb-Stobart-and-Harlow-768x944.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Rb-Stobart-and-Harlow-1250x1536.jpeg 1250w, https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Rb-Stobart-and-Harlow.jpeg 1509w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 833px) 100vw, 833px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>====================================<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is Ryon Young picking up his new TRS &#8211; &#8211; this is his 2nd year on the &#8220;Jordi&#8221; bike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Ryon-with-TRS.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13899\" srcset=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Ryon-with-TRS.jpg 720w, https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Ryon-with-TRS-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>============================================<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yesterday we watched the You Tube video of the Lomax Cup Trial, which we have mentioned before on the blog &#8211; the weather was perfect and the sections just as they should be. &#8211; the funny thing for me was seeing how the captions and commentary spelled\/ pronounced the Welsh names !!! Hilarious!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>==========================================<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Quiz today &#8211; Who is this rider on the famous Pipeline section. and what year?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"620\" height=\"573\" src=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/003.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13902\" srcset=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/003.jpg 620w, https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/003-300x277.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>============================================<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Scottish Six Day Trial is just a few weeks away -check out these results from 1965!!!! &#8211; and the bikes!!!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"552\" height=\"505\" src=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/SSDT-65-results.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13907\" srcset=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/SSDT-65-results.jpg 552w, https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/SSDT-65-results-300x274.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 552px) 100vw, 552px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>========================================<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>=========================================== Well our Beta shipment arrived yesterday &#8211; a week late but at least we have the bikes &#8211; the new Sincro 200 looks awesome and feels very light &#8211; we will be out to test it at the weekend. =========================================== We have had quite a few people emailing and phoning with condolences regarding our&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/2026\/04\/08\/wednesday-april-8-26\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Wednesday April 8\/26<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13890"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13890"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13890\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13909,"href":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13890\/revisions\/13909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}