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Mornin’ bloggers – We sometimes get asked about how the sport of Trials was back in the 50’s -60’s – long before the Spanish got involved and while this was a huge step in bike development . In some ways I think it was the end of how the sport was supposed to be . – At least at the World level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, because of our age, we have lived through all these changes and technical updates, we have seen riding techniques both improve until they are beyond what a normal club trials rider ever wanted to do.- – Sammy Miller once said, that if you are not going ahead, you are standing still – but Sammy now has the biggest Vintage Museum to show just how great things were back in the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I know that the new breed of young Trials riders, want nothing more than to show their skills on hopping and bopping etc – and if that is what they want – good luck to them..<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As most of our bloggers know, we started promoting Canadian trials in 1970 in Alberta – We did it the way we thought events should be run, based on our UK experiences. – Obviously these became successful – and awarded us the first ever FIM World Round in Canada. – Trials bikes sold because people could relate to what they saw, and would perhaps want to give the sport a try.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moving on to the present day, what we have is the FIM promoting Arena style Trials in the outdoors with huge man-made rock sections which I really believe will someday cause a serious injury.. -( Already a couple of very good young riders out because of falls)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They have tried to make Outdoor Trials into Spectator events -something that the sport was never planned to be. – Remember – a Trial was supposed to be a test of the reliability of the bikes, and the stamina of the riders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of course, the Indoor Arena events, should continue, but only during the winter months, or at special shows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s good to see a lot of old style events still happening in the UK, in fact my old club has one in a couple of weeks – a 40 mile loop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the other end of the spectrum we see the huge increase in Vintage or Classic Trials – This weekend is the Leven Valley Two day – an event that is always oversubscribed, and uses a lot of the sections, Scotland is famous for. – John Hulme has posted a ton of pics from the first day, but as these are copywright protected, we can’t show you. – We can show this neat shot taken by Wendy McKay at the top of Pipeline, with Harry and his buddies. – I wonder how many “cleaned” it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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UPDATE – British Ladies Team win at TDN<\/p>\n\n\n\n