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Pipster, Did you get my invite for this weekend? email me

Where can I find info on the Ute Cup? Any So Cal riders going?

Now that's funny. You be sure to let me know when your stateside, I've got a refridgerator full of cold ones, a private cabin for you and the Mrs, and all the fast or slow motorcycle riding you can think of straight out of my garage! P.S. be sure to make sure your credentials are current, I know U.S. customs aren't quite as strict as Duluth but you don't want to risk it just the same.

Good call Dan. We should show much more support so they continue to want to come back

Hey Craig, You can take ringo out of a world round but you can't take the world out of ringo. It was nice to finaly meet you! I hope you had as much fun in Duluth as I did.

Are you trying to tell us something?

1] Have you ever launched your bike 20 feet in the air? 2] Have you ever had your girlfriend wash your bike? 3] Has Ishy ever yelled at you in a section? 4] Have you ever told your dad to stop yelling at you? 5] Have you ever competed with a hangover? 6] Have you ever told Fuji to F off? 7] Do you eat sushi? 8] Who has more fun, American's or Europeans? 9] Do you think you could teach Ringo how to ride? 10] Would you wear silk shorts with dingle balls in a trial?

Ishy, You never fail to draw a good laugh. If only certain other members of the trials community could remove the railroad ties from their behinds then we'd all have a lot more fun. See what happens when I DON"T wear the dingleball shorts!!

Hey Bigfoot, If you've got your avatar girlfriend there with you I'll personally fly over to your hotel and show you.

Bentley, Good to see you again. You did a fine job of checking and your section hospitality was exceeded only by your good scoring.

Friends and associates, I write this letter to dispel any myths or rumors and to accept complete responsibility for my actions. There have been a few

SCA, I think you need to reallize that the tone of these postings are not to disgruntle the observers. We all realize what an incredibly hard task it is to round up enough people to check sections. Even more credit for standing in the rain and dealing with intimidating riders. The fact that terrible calls were made 'consistantly' is, like mentioned prior, is not blaming the checkers rather showing lack of training, knowledge etc. I personally thank all the observers for their work and dedication to helping make the event because without them there would be nothing. Ishy is correct in that the observing should be dealt with training month prior to a world round event. As for the changed call, it was pure intimidation and no other observer offered any other view. This is where the clerk of course comes into play and his ability to handle intimidation.

Bigfoot, Dougie had both feet on the ground at the same time twice and there was about 5 seconds in between the double dabs so it was clearly seperated. I recall looking up both times at the checker to see him change the mark and he didn't. It is possible that he couldn't even view Dougies feet from the angle the observer was standing above and back from the wall. If that were the case there should've been an oberver that could view this wall as it was so difficult. Ishy, There was so much time passed that it was clearly evident the observer missed the dabs but you are completely correct in that the 5 was justified. I agree with you 100% about the checking and the fact that these observers were paid $500 per day [split between 4 observers in a section] makes it even more disapointing that the checking wasn't better. There was a section that a rider argued a five call with the observer and the observer changed the call to a 1 or 2. I was in total shock with that one. Who do you suppose would be ultimately responsible for watching over the course and keeping the observers and riders in check?

You guys all seem to think that this solitary 5 was the trial decider. What your not considering is the fact that [Like Dougie readily admitted in the press conference] all the observers were "generous" I was directly behind Dougie at the section on Sat. that no one could get up and as he came to set up for the wall he had a one. At the point that he turned his bike to set up for the wall he placed both feet on the ground, the observer continued to hold up 1. Dougie then hoped slightly and again BOTH feet came off the pegs to balance and the observer still maintained a one. With both feet back on the pegs Dougie rolled slightly back to the tape at which point the observer changed the call to a five. Of course in retrospect the "three" that Dougie had earned had no bearing on the 5 but this kind of observing happened throughout both days for all riders so you can not say that Fuji getting away with a five meant the difference.

no but I did this morning.

I contacted him regarding price and he said 1200.- euro for a 73x54 portrait on average. Help me out here, is that 1200 euro dollars? That would be $1464.45 in good ole American cash. I like to see pics of myself ridding[crashing] but good lord That would be 9595.33 ZAR Too Fast. Whatcha think the ole lady will say now? BTW I'm dating a woman who was born and raised in Cape Town. Only been here three years so she hasn't been Americanized

That's twice as much mullet boy

My Team Full Monty [idaho sydicate] member, MikeOD, made an excellent point in another post and I want to expand on it. We have a number of American riders entering the World round this weekend and they deserve much more respect and encouragement than I think a lot of you realize. I'm a freaking club level rider and not a very good one at that but the encouragement and support I got from the crowd at El Trial was absolutely one of the most inspiring things I've ever felt. It was so incredible that I chose to take a line on the second loop that a couple of the other riders who are light years ahead of me wouldn't [of course my own lack of fear plays a detrimental part in my own existence] and I didn't even think twice about it because the crowd was totally into it. This is the type of support that we need to give everyone of our American riders because they going to be up against some stuff that they will look at and simply know it's impossible. If they see a bunch of Hawaaiian shirts in the crowd I can assure you that they are going to hear it from us. We get to see Dougie, Fuji, Raga, etc ride this stuff all the time but this is your chance to see Americans riding it and we need to voice our support. Get out there this weekend and donate your voice to the Trials Riders of America.

Hey Bagger, If you add the circumfrance of all the dingle balls you get one huge set of cajones. I'm more than slightly disappointed that none of you AZ guys made El Trial. I know, you had to let your fingernail polish dry.

Way to go Fraceman, I guess there are only a few out there with true Trials Fassion.

All right Ian, I'll start wearing one of those super tight spandex suits just for you. Of course that'll be right after Dougie starts wearing Hawiian shirts and silk dingleball shorts. Didn't you know this is the latest Gucci fashion?

Ride on Mike!!!! Are you up for a Team Full Monty style world round???

If I get NATC approval, I'll wear these in the world round.

Ah, the track ready version, for an additional $7,000 as if the bike wasn't already good enough for the track