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Our Club runs the Colmore in March, the Vic Britain is being run by the Bewdley Club with assistance from other clubs in the Midland Centre. Land problems and too few helpers were the basic issues which caused the change to the new format. Fingers crossed that it works out and the Vic Britain continues in the future. It's a non championship 'stand alone' event, which is why there is a hard and a very hard route. I for one look forward to seeing how this works out for an event of this nature. As I said above- any feedback appreciated. Pete

The logistical problems with staging the VB on it's traditional single lap course became too much for the 'very' small band of organisers to overcome. It was a simple case of running it off road or not at all. I could go into the intricate details, but suffice to say that although the new format might not be quite as good as the old one, at least it is going ahead. If anyone reading this attends/attended then your input will be much appreciated.

Well put.

That's a real shame but entirely understandable for the reasons given.

Although sidecar trials is a very different sport, I tried it once..... how on earth do they do that?

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Yes, I agree. The debate would be completely different if the poll was - 1- Allowed to keep on winning trophies on the easy route, year on year. or 2- Once won, the easy route can only be ridden for no award. As I've said previously, I strongly feel that riders should not be made to ride a harder route. But this is just my opinion and I'm sorry if you consider me to be petty in expressing this view.

I feel quite strongly that there should be no pressure for people to ride harder routes. What should we say to the reigning Club champion on the Hardest route? "Now you've won our Hard route you have to ride in British Nationals, we don't want you here?" We all ride for fun. If that fun is riding the easy route, then I have no problem with that.

I have to admit I do have an awful lot of influence around here... even my 17 year old cat ignores me!

Here's a shot of the 125 Beta, I was very impressed with how powerful this felt, even with chubby old me on it.

Unless you are in the year of your 17th birthday, you must ride a 125 (or smaller) in ACU events. I am 13 stone and found 125's quite capable for the type of events which I ride when I tried them for a comparison. Infact, I was amazed how good the Beta was! Just look at what Ross Danby and Alexz Wigg can do on 125's.

Showing absolutely no imagination what-so-ever, I got mine just because 1 & 2 had gone! I never thought for one second that I would end up spending so much time reading and replying to posts in the forums. If I'd guessed what was going to happen I would have chosen a more imaginative user name. I really like my bike but I'm certain I will still be using the same user name long after I've changed to another make. Pete

In my opinion, (and this probably isn't going to be popular) if a rider enjoys winning on the easy route and doesn't wish to move onto a harder route, then I have no problem with that at all. Remember we all (most of us) ride for fun and providing the organisers don't make the easy routes harder to cater for the better riders who could move up, then then answer is for the lesser lights to stop 'wishing the opposition away' and to concentrate on riding better. I regularly see an older former expert on the C route who looses one or two marks. He often appologises but asks us to remember that he doesn't want to damage either of his artificial hip joints. We all need to go to work the next day, so if it's easy you like then please feel free to ride the easy route.

I had trouble getting a tube tyre for my bike so ended up fitting a tubless tyre with a tube. That is why this rule has been made.

And fingers crossed for less rain in the UK than in 2007!

Looks like a good find. Is it large enough to stage an event? You've got more rocks in those pictures than we have in 50 miles of Birmingham UK

An 07 Rev4 must be quite rare. How many are there in the country?

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Choose a non championship event (if there is a championship) and try riding up a route in that, you wll soon see if it's a good idea. In our area, some clubs are even ok to ride the hard route, some are not. Ask around before entering to make sure your not letting yourself in for a tough time. I think you will get as lot more satisfaction out of riding the middle route.... but then a lot of people will say the same about riding the hard route. It's what ever you enjoy riding that's important.

I like easy trials, the ones where a helmet, boots and gloves should provide ample protection. Used up all my credits when I was younger, circuit/road racing; paying the price in my old age now. Still can't believe some riders don't wear helmets when they are practicing (or in some classic trials!)

I had a search on e-by-gum and found a 350 x 17 Here

Thanks for sharing this with us Charlie, I'll pass your story onto Ron and see if he remembers the event. Pete

My lad had a brand new 2002 and I'm sure that it had six gears. That was a TXT80 but it was almost exactly the same as the TXT70 from the year before. Is it the same as this? Here's a picture- The only thing that ever went wrong with this one were the spark plugs. He got used to carrying a spare around with him and putting it in when the bike died. It did tis every third or fourth trial and the plug was simply finished. Don't know what caused it and we just put up with it. If your bike is the small wheeled version, there's a chance that it should only have high and low gears, but if it's this one it should have a full range.

Any chance of some action shots of the new bike?