Gee ferretflasher I never realised that I needed to have ridden a road bike earlier in life to qualify for having a go at trials!
You know, maybe I just didn't want to ride on the road. And maybe I had plenty of other stuff to be doing when I was younger (dinghy racing, windsurfing and snowboarding) - does that mean I can't try now?
Oh, and I wasn't presuming that I could use someone elses paddocks.....they're mine.
As for fitness, I dunno. I'm 13 stone, ran a half marathon in May last year and did a sprint triathlon (500m swim, 20km bike and 5km run) in 1hr 15mins in September.