skuzzbucket Posted June 24, 2014 Report Share Posted June 24, 2014 (edited) Calling all trials riders. need your help. numbers of entries at observed trials events are getting lower and lower. please help by supporting your local comp. i would like to ask that all those of you that are able to attend the Crowthorne Cycle Trials Club event on the 6th of july at bransgore in hampshire please like this if you will attend. with out these clubs the sport will soon be no more. i hope to see some old and new faces. this is not only a plea for the crowthorne club but all clubs as with out the riders and the introduction to new riders we may not have a breed of new stars like jack carthy. please. Edited June 24, 2014 by skuzzbucket Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bing Posted June 24, 2014 Report Share Posted June 24, 2014 Too many politics and rule bending going on in club trials nowadays, that's part of the problem 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.Wood Posted June 24, 2014 Report Share Posted June 24, 2014 Anyone doing anything in the south west these days? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ItsMatt Posted June 24, 2014 Report Share Posted June 24, 2014 I'm not sure anyone's really bothered anyone 'new' and young that is Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dezmtber Posted June 25, 2014 Report Share Posted June 25, 2014 I really like some of the new ideas the clubs are coming up with to make trials more fun. Keep up the good work, i hope to get out to more asap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skuzzbucket Posted June 25, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2014 most clubs are up for some input. i know my local has tried to do events around the south to encourage riders. they did 1 event in penhurst but only got about a dozen riders turn up and i think under half was from kent area. next 1 is nearer bournemouth. hope to see some of the poole and dorset riders. as with rule benders i don't think you can get away from them no matter what sport your in. i starting to think that i may be fighting a lost cause, i have been involed in this sport since the mid-late 90s and now getting to that age where i can't push as i used to and i am thinking of trying to start a southern championship which would be over the south, south west and south east. was thinking of trying to mix up natural and street obstacles But would i get support of riders or will it fail? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*gentlydoesit Posted June 25, 2014 Report Share Posted June 25, 2014 Liking the mix up idea lot, not liking the location Good luck with it all dude Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bing Posted June 25, 2014 Report Share Posted June 25, 2014 Best thing that club trials could do is tape the f**king lot of it out. Then it stops tactical dabbing and swinging bikes through gates Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skuzzbucket Posted June 26, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2014 if that was the case would it bring in more riders. or is it a case that riders don't want to ride a desinated route, just the odd obstacle that they can do before rolling to the next line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexClare94 Posted June 26, 2014 Report Share Posted June 26, 2014 I always thought a good idea would be based on points still.. But judge it by the difficulty of the line... The harder the line the better the score? Like have 4 setup lines easy to very hard, and still do the dab point scheme but give the riders more option Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.Wood Posted June 26, 2014 Report Share Posted June 26, 2014 I think city centre / sportshall comps are the future. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vivian-Trial Posted June 26, 2014 Report Share Posted June 26, 2014 Too many politics and rule bending going on in club trials nowadays, that's part of the problem +1. Tape is your friend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bing Posted June 26, 2014 Report Share Posted June 26, 2014 Certainly is. It would solve 90% of the problems and make it fairer for everybody competing! as you would have to have a go at said obstacle rather than dabbing through Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trialsiain Posted June 26, 2014 Report Share Posted June 26, 2014 Yea alot of the time now its just how good you are at lifting the bike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.Wood Posted June 26, 2014 Report Share Posted June 26, 2014 Yea alot of the time now its just how good you are at lifting the bike CHANGE YOUR GODDANG AVATAR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dngr2self Posted June 26, 2014 Report Share Posted June 26, 2014 I think more unnatural comps are the way forward. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paperclip Posted June 26, 2014 Report Share Posted June 26, 2014 Certainly is. It would solve 90% of the problems and make it fairer for everybody competing! as you would have to have a go at said obstacle rather than dabbing through Does it not occur to you that perhaps if the riders could "Go at said obstacle rather than dabbing through" maybe they would? I think this is going off topic! Riding through flags or riding through tape is going to still result in people using strat dabs. I would like to see a more fun format brought in as Tartybikes are planning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dann2707 Posted June 26, 2014 Report Share Posted June 26, 2014 I would like to see a more fun format brought in as Tartybikes are planning. Me too! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skuzzbucket Posted June 29, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 29, 2014 i think that the city centre / sports halls would be a good idea as they would be easy to get to and find then the middle of a forest in no where. i like the idea to of more uci world style sections but these would possable cost more to set up and put on would the riders be willing to pay that little bit more on entry to the event. we will try the tape idea at a full comps, but this sometimes limits the options on getting through the gates (without swinging the bike) and i know from the pst that we've had rides moan that things are impossible so we stopped using to much tape as it was turning riders away Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bing Posted June 29, 2014 Report Share Posted June 29, 2014 (edited) i think that the city centre / sports halls would be a good idea as they would be easy to get to and find then the middle of a forest in no where. i like the idea to of more uci world style sections but these would possable cost more to set up and put on would the riders be willing to pay that little bit more on entry to the event. we will try the tape idea at a full comps, but this sometimes limits the options on getting through the gates (without swinging the bike) and i know from the pst that we've had rides moan that things are impossible so we stopped using to much tape as it was turning riders away So not taping the section out so a rider can swing a bike through a gate is acceptable? Goes against the whole ethos of trials to me. I, and I suspect many of the older generation of rider, as well as the more expert/elite level riders would welcome a competition like that. Trials by definition is getting over an obstacle with out putting your feet down, be it over a rock or log, through a set of section markers. Putting a foot down and swinging your bike through a gate is not in the spirit of the sport, which ever way people try and sugar coat it Edited June 29, 2014 by bing 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dann2707 Posted June 29, 2014 Report Share Posted June 29, 2014 Isn't that a tactical dab though, can also help you have a rest and the like. I don't think that's the problem at all, the problem for me is seeing the pushy parents with their children at comps. Really makes me cringe as mine were never like that, way more relaxed and I love that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake. Posted June 29, 2014 Report Share Posted June 29, 2014 I think city centre / sportshall comps are the future. My eyes actually widened at this. I'd proper love this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dann2707 Posted June 29, 2014 Report Share Posted June 29, 2014 My eyes actually widened at this. I'd proper love this! Same, a genuine street object competition would be absolutely unreal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake. Posted June 29, 2014 Report Share Posted June 29, 2014 As silly as it sounds I think I genuinely hate how muddy and dirty normal comps all are even if it's dry. I've only been to 2 and they were both at Crowthorne and I couldn't justify driving that far again for a bit of natty, there's natural spots less than half an hour from me and I can make my own routes... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trialsiain Posted June 29, 2014 Report Share Posted June 29, 2014 (edited) . Edited June 29, 2014 by trialsiain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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