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I have to say, when i first heard about the rule change i was excited, and i thought it was a step in the right direction (even though i thought going back to a dab for a stop would have been better than a 5 for a stop). I believe he had the best intentions, it just didn't have the right execution

The problem with that is if you open sections up to allow them to be ridden no stop, the difficulty more than not has to be provided by the rock steps, which would exacerbate the problem that's already there of it being too dangerous for the rider outside the top 10 Which is ironic because no stop was supposed to bring the level down, but when you have these open sections with larger run ups the level actually goes up

You need to retake that Olevel biology test, or sack your teacher! Plants DO breathe CO2, they even have mouths/pores, called stomata, taken from the greek for MOUTH 'stoma'. They are all over the surface of leaves. So get your facts right before correcting other people. As for your views on global warming, I'm not even going to try and remove your head from the sand its buried in.

You cant really call Thierry Michaud an idiot. But i agree, you would think someone who has masses of experience would take the sport in the right direction, not the wrong one

Buckled plates

But you still have a dirty sweaty helmet. Same reason we don't wash our drawers in alcohol ?

Ive washed my own jitsie liner dozens of times and its still in good condition. Unless you are dousing and rinsing it out with the alcohol you aren't actually cleaning, just masking bad smells.

That helmet has a removable liner. I can't think of any reason why you would prefer to do this than remove the liner and machine wash it...

As basil says, why not an electric motion? Surely more suitable

Go to your local summer trial, go ask for observers, then get back to me And what about the riders, are they going to have to start their stopwatches (with alarms) everytime they ride into a section or will they all just have minders to tell them when there's 10 seconds left?

Sounds like your best bet. While i agree that putting tubing in and welding it in place would add nice strength to the c section, are you sure it won't foul anything else. Seems weird that they went to the trouble to make those two pieces rather than just extending the down tubes. Your other option is to do just that, cut out the c section completely, extend the down tubes to the footrest mounts and then fabricate 2 engine mounts. Not as original i know

Great post Konrad

This is wrong, they should leak absolutely nothing, Check that your stanchions aren't scored or dinged that would contribute to them leaking

Why not just loop the breather to behind the sump shield like every other bike?

I agree, the coverage is shockingly bad

Great result by Casales, more like the position he is capable of. Also, Kadlec's bike sounded terribly rich

Steel hard rocks get my vote

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Sounds like you picked a stinker as your first trial, but glad to hear you enjoyed it. If you can enjoy it even when its muddy and a struggle, there's definitely potential for a great time on a sunny day with more success in the sections.

Where you getting all these extra observers at club level to hold a stop watch? Unfeasible

Sounds like your low compression head wasn't fitted right.

You are showing a real naivety here. Tarres was an absolute animal on a bike. And arguably the most professional rider ever. There's maybe only one or 2 riders post Tarres with more ability. Put a 90s Tarres on a 2019 bike and he would **** on virtually everyone (bar bou) at a world round!!

Are you serious? It's a simple as injecting the mould with an inferior harder rubber compound. What exactly is impossible about that? Please tell me. If anything it would be more economical for the average punter because the tyres would last longer. That's right, you go around all the manufacturers and tell them next year's bike has to have 2 shocks and see how far you get.

I get what you're saying, but did you see the sections in belgium? Some had 20 yard run ups, that has nothing to do with not enforcing no stop I said changing the tyres is the 'easiest'.

The whole idea is you wouldn't be facing the same decision. It would be either ride up a 10 ft step with a good tyre, or a 6 ft step with a not so good tyre. Same difficulty, different level of danger Lots of sports introduce rules over the years to limit speed and danger, trials hasn't. Im just saying limiting the tyre is the easiest way. How would you suggest to lower the danger?