dwarrick Posted July 4, 2007 Report Share Posted July 4, 2007 taken from the HB trials siteThe 2007 UCI World Championship will be held in Fort William, Scotland, September 3-9. James Barton will be the first Canadian trials rider to compete in this prestigeous competition which will determine the UCI World Champion.James Barton is a 17 year old trials rider from Kingston Ontario. He's currently ranked number one across Canada and the United States. He won two of the biggest competitions in the US last year, Raccon Rally and Motorama. James used to BMX race, but he was hooked on trials after seeing a Ryan Leech demo at the age of 13. Since the last 4 years, he's been riding and training pretty much everyday. His natural talent and his great decidcation and efforts (he train up to 6 hours a day when he's not working!) explain why he became so good on his bike. If you never saw him ride, watch theses videos and you'll understand!Vid 1Vid 2Part of the HBtrials team since about 2 years, now in the team Simtra since last year, James is now ready for the big comp and he needs the support of the Canadian trials riders to get there. He's only 17 and he will be paying the fees to get to Worlds by himself, trials is too small to get any major sponsors.HBtrials and Simtra teamed up to try to help James and offer him some support. From July 1st to August 31, the profits from the sale of Simtra Team t-shirts, rubber grips and VP double cage pedals will be remitted to James for this trip to the Worlds. The price of theses items will remain the same as usual, so not only you'll get some nice parts for your bike and some shirts, you'll be helping out a fellow trials rider and showing him your support as the first Canadian who just might win the UCI Worlds in the Stock junior class!Thanks for your support. Simtra Team t-shirts : 20$, black or red, S, M or LVP pedals : 20$, black and a few silver left...Rubber grips : 10$, black or grey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bionic Balls Posted July 5, 2007 Report Share Posted July 5, 2007 that's really cool that they're offering to help him out like that....they're probably still making money but hey..good luck to him !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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