Rich Pearson

And the 'Best Gurn' comp is suddenly thrown into turmoil again.... Awesome pics Fred, get down this way and ride some time. Rich

Stan_Solitaire, Damon Vid 3, Coust_Scoop, Dirt, Chainspotting, Engage vid 6, AndrewtVincenttwo, Andrewt_TheOne, Sub_Ponte, Trialskings_Fulc. Rich

I still can't hear properly from the Bodom gig, and have a pretty nice black eye, but what I remember of the night was pretty cool. Peaches Geldorf show up? Rich

In theory yes, because you can just put 'licence pending' on the form, but I'm going to have to check with Beard. If he ever, EVER picks up his goddamn phone... Rich

'Voulez vous suchet mon pulpatia baton de mans?' (sp) Works every time. Rich

Injury Aid Rich

ROFL, you pussy! Rich

We are doing our very best in that area. It wouldn't be a bad idea. Rich

Seeing as I and a couple of others are going to considerable effort to put a comp on soon that a whole lot of you will be attending, and hopefully a lot of the public will be spectating at, I kind of feel the need to have my say on this and have the right to be heard. 1st: Joe, Wayne and anyone else who feels the need to "make this personal" have issues that can be discussed outside of the trials world, but here you can leave it out. Your opinions ARE your opinions and you are entitled to them, but calling people a bunch of wankers is hardly a conclusive argument point. I have met both of you before and know that you're two of the nicest guys I've ever met, so theres really no need. 2nd: There are pro's and cons for every argument, and to some exent I agree with Joe, and to some extent I don't. As irrellevant as they are, my personal feelings towards MBUK and the Marty/ins are of very low esteem concerning trials. I'll wear what I want to wear and if you don't like it, you have no right to tell me not to, no matter if you are the people that got me into this sport and taught me most of what I know today. Trials and MTB in general used to be about being free; where has that spirit gone? "Who needs a reason when you've got a mountain bike?" Martin may feel that riding demo's brings him more revenue and gets trials seen more, but on the flip side, the whole damn universe can get into bike trials before the suits in government or any other position of authority start to take any notice, which is where consistant, well organised comps, with regular attendance and firm organisation comes into play. As comps and the organisations that run them begin to flourish, so will the money that people are ready to put into it. Why do you think mototrials is such a bigger sport? Because almost EVERY mototrials rider rides comps. You can have your opinions and bicker all you like, point fingers and rant at minor points; I havn't read MBUK this month so couldn't comment on the articles in question, but the important thing is TRIALS, not THIS part of Trials or THAT part of trials. I'd love to see a whole lot of you down at Exeter on the 9th, to come and have fun, to do what we love, and if everybody has no seat and wears tracksuit's, fine, if people are wearing skate shoes and have 100mm forks, fine. Just enjoy the sport, because the way a lot of people are going about it, its US that are killing trials. Rich

Yeah Pooley and Tuppers are in. Where are we meating by the way? 11 @ Copthorne? Rich

Avid BB7, Hope M4 rotor, XTR lever. You really can't find much better. Rich

Which means you have no excuse not to come over and ride Pooleys house the night before. Short of Pooley murdering you Oh yeah, and Lois's night out is NEXT weekend, not this one, hence... Rich

I'll be there. and I'm sure Pooley, Joe and Tuppers can be tempted. Rich

Ahem, ignore this post. No secret SM society exists. Go back to sleep. Sleeeeeeeep. Rich

I swear he said he was only 6ft4, although he is a giant.... ROFL, like f**k! Erm, biggest I can think of; Jim Davage --->6ft7 Marc Vinco ---> 6ft7 Jeff Lenosky --->6ft8? (citation needed) Rich

You owe me a new keyboard, I just sprayed coffee all over this one... Rich

Vodka redbulls, the Rednex (Swedish guys that did Cotton Eyed Joe), getting lashed with Ben, and Ladytron. Wooo! 100th post! Rich

There it is....

**waits for Tic or Whizza to post up about the porn they found on my computer**

Yeah I just left it uploading and whacked the post up on my way out the door. God some people are impatient... Rich

No idea about Al's, probably very heavy duty tubing. My D15C is about 5.2lbs, but thats becuase of the extra length and the rear disc setup. the new one should be about 5lbs... Rich

Short video Ben and his mates shot and edited a while back. Trials vid, creed Enjoy Rich

Pretty sure its a friday night Jamie.... Looks like I may not be coming, but I'll see what happens, weather or not Andrei needs my help. Rich

Right update for everyone after speaking to Andrei: You DO NOT NEED 6 working gears. You NEED an ACU licence, NOT A BIU licence. None of the comp will be UCI now, but the beginners and inters will still be in the morning, and the experts and elites in the afternoon. Thanks Rich

I won't comment too much as I don't know the full story, but as far as I know working for the god-father of trials is a bit more hit and miss than you'd expect. But like I said, I don't know the full story or reasons why James left them, just that its very compliacted and you can probably expect some kind of press release from either Ashton or Select in the not to distant future. Frame does look cool though. Rich