There was just an article in a mag on the '22 Evo 250 and 300, where the test rider was deciding which displacement he would ride at the SSDT. He had his mind pretty set on the 300, but then reconsidered trying it on the 250 after riding it, and watching John Lampkin ride it.
The test rider was Dan Clark, who certainly knows what he's doing, including having ridden for GB in the Trial des Nations.
They're only professional to the glazed over ,awe struck audience on the thin outer skin. Within ,certain elements are rotton. Fuji's win was fixed so he could retire with a bang. This , along with other significant acts typifies certain Montesa individuals complete arrogance and disregard for any rules. The Spanish Trial inner circle regard this as fact ,before any of you start your ill informed bleating.
I have seen two press releases from the Montesa HRC team.
Miguel Ciera is retiring as Team Manager. Fuji takes on this role for 2022 and Gabriel Marcelli joins the team as a second rider.
None of this, particularly Marcelli joining the team he has been clearly developed for, comes as a surprise, but is is more evidence that they are by far the most professional outfit in the WTC.
Hughie, another thing to consider is your body position. If you are used to riding a road bike, it is possible that you are crouching down with your bum hovering above the back mudguard. This will weight the back of the bike and when you tweak the throttle it will pull at your arms and throw your weight further back. If you are not doing so already, try to make a conscious effort to stand tall and centrally on the bike.
It's probably not the sole cause of your problem, but for a start you can reduce the oil ratio to 75/80:1. Try it with about 65ml of synthetic 2 stroke in 5 litres of fuel.
Pretty simply stated, the Sherco/Scorpa 125 is the engine of the class powerwise.
I'd qualify that statement by defining what "powerwise" means. The Beta has always had the best bottom end of the 125s and to me feels most like a bigger engine, but with lower power everywhere. Other brands, notably Gas Gas in the past, have chased more mid and top end power, at the expense of bottom end. See what the bikes are doing in the 125 GP class and you'll understand this. More recently, I'd say all of the brands have smoothed out the power curve of their 125's to give more balance to the bottom, mid & top end.
What are the issues / reasons? Cost - harder to get sponsorship and funding? governing body? Rules? Manufacturer support? All of these?
The question that interests me is why has there been so little challenge to the established top riders of Bou, Raga, Fajardo, Fujinami, Cabestany (before his retirement) for the best part of a decade. Busto is a top 3 rider, Casales maybe a top 5 rider, but that's about it. It seems to me that emerging riders are unable to develop to the same level as the previous generation, but I honestly have no idea why.
Do riders now attempt to crack the elite for a few years, earn some money then have to call it a day if they realise they will not crack the top 5
I suspect it is quite the opposite, i.e. attempt to crack the elite for a few years, spend some money then have to call it a day when they realise they have no money or sponsors left.
It will be frightening how much it will cost to do the World Championship.
I believe that when Gas Gas was in financial trouble and Adam Raga rode his factory bikes, but without support, he reckoned he need around €100,000 to complete the season.
I read a report of the Barcelona indoor that said he had back and rib injuries from a training crash and had been unable to practice in the week leading up to the event. I imagine he sees this as a way of prolonging that 13 year world championship run. Indoor title #14 looks to be in the bag.
Beta blockers, stimulants, steroids, epo, pretty much the whole range.
Seems like a total whitewash, similar to when Spaniard Alberto contador was found guilty of steroids, claimed it was in meat.
Jeroni is saying he used a supplement which had octadrine in it.
Heptaminol is the banned substance. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heptaminol Nox Pump it seems is used by body builders pre-workout “Surpass your limits with this ultimate pre-training formula! Scientifically engineered to enable you to achieve new levels of training intensity, explosive muscle pumps, improved mental focus and stimulation.”
As Dabster writes, anyone who follows cycling will know how lax the Spanish anti-doping authority is. It is rather convenient that his suspension is now served as soon as it is announced and whilst I guess his results will be scratched from the record, he hasn't had to miss a single event.
I think I've worked it out. Thierry Michaud will double WTC entries by banning minders. This way every rider looking for a competitive result will have a team mate entered to ride sections first, move rocks, carry a bag, etc. Rather like Fred Michaud did for Thierry in the '80s.!
Nice looking bike, I thought the price was horrific but then the new gasgas gp has just come out and thats only 200 pound cheaper , what I don’t understand about vertigo is anyone actually buying them? There are next to none on the second hand market and I dont know about new bike sales , can they really be flogging enough of them to be keeping going and bringing out new models every 6 months
Just now, sergioNMD said:
They're not really new models, they just keep improving the same models, like other manufacturers should do, instead of only changing stickers every year...
About "anyone actually buying them", that applies to every trials brand, the market is tiny, and with Vertigo and TRS coming up for a slice of an already tiny cake (the market).... Official numbers say Vertigo sells about 100 bikes a year on the Italian market only, and as far as I know, Vertigo owners are satisfied about their ride, but I could tell the same about Beta owners, Montesa owners, TRS owners and so on...
Maybe it's a Midland & Western Centre thing, but I do see a lot more TRSs about than Vertigos. TRS seems to be the only new entrant that has captured much market share from what I can see, but I do not have any statistics to back up this impression.
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The test rider was Dan Clark, who certainly knows what he's doing, including having ridden for GB in the Trial des Nations.