ralph

GASGAS are Dogsh#t. That will do for starters wont it.

Nice, you made a man in his gimgams smile.

Not realy realy NORTH where they ware skirts just NORTH where you can't understand them and just nod.

God help us!!!!!! Are you coming up for a day part of your rehab.

Please no more lycra Lisa only just got over Mr Baines.

You have too if you 're all going to come north for a 2 dayer with us. (more rocks and super hero pants)

I can see the start of some back wheel hoping there, tell us on the next rock was it 4 or 5 hops.

Young BarryBaines you are right it was Ian who found your finger, he said there was still evidence of a manicore recently and some nose picking. EY2D. I can not talk about the the cupping of false boobs to see if they feel the same so will not go there. Saturday was going to be Football, food and few pints.I made a pig of myself again with beer (bear). Bribbling by 10.00 had a stroke by 12.00 (Not the false ones) we left at 2.00ish i was suprised i found the van. I was slightly fuzzy in the morning but had my super hero pants on and had to do my super man impression (him flying) to the others on the bikestand at the back of the vans and got cow sh#t on me belly. Sunday was a struggle but ACE. No flicks or hopping it was hard enough to just to stay on the bike. James snapped a chain and we all had 20 marks on time. No clowning about well not much. Ry had a 32 oz steak rare, i think it was they cut the horns of and wipped its ar#e and served it. It was masive. Thats about it realy. Must get the r2w troop to enter one next time and some of you can see the Mr Baines in the flesh and in those riding pants. Great event again.

A big thank you from us lot to everybody who helped organise the event. Nice to see so many youth riders helping. We had three retirments that put a grey cloud over the weekend. 1: Old knee failed jumping water hole before we even got to the first section,he finished the day on 25 but had to drive home before it locked up for good. 2:Chain snapped on the sat and Ian was not going to chance another even name calling would not change his mind, (Girls blouse) 3: Dads Old right wrist failed due to over use over the years. Great weekend, well organised every detail coverd. Well done young Joe (Dads real son) he had a cracking ride. There were at least 4 chains that snapped over the weekend that we now of. Anyone else had this prob over the last few weeks. 2 were brand new or any info.

Will those bars fit an 06.

uhoh7, He at times can be a COMEDY GENIUS.

Andy, he struggle with one i think let alone 5 and not after coffee.

Something else i do every time i take the back wheel out is press the peddle. Why i never touch the peddle when the wheel is in.

Sorry 07Betarev3 It is just me.I have just got to grips with Flick turns and Hoping on the back wheel so i can not go 10 yards without doing one or the other. It is why i go out at the moment not to clean a section but to do a flick or a hop.

I have got to have me slippers on as well.

After doing a post earlyer about what to do to the bike after every outing it got me thinking and that takes some doing, what do other people do to their bikes between outings.Have you got a set routine you have to stick too, is there some thing you have to clean, an order you do things. If you did not see the other post i have to Clean and re-oil my throttle every time. I can not go out into the shead to work on my bike without taking a big mug of coffee with me even if i am only going out there for 10 mins and i have to have the radio on.Sad i know. Cheers Ralph.

It is fine i have used it for years and years on all types of events and had no troubles.

Very important to check when riding that both wheels have been off the ground at lest 3 times. If not very important you find a nice kick or hop some where. Nice. I do very much of the above posts but i know this is way over the top but i have to take off the throttle clean it, re-oil it and stick it back on after every ride. It is all most an addiction. Enjoy.

Glad to hear you are on the mend just time i supose. You are going to be so bored.Keep smilling. Do not ask the young Barry for any falling off tips bacause he is sh#t at it now.

Sorry, the school teacher thing you a question and they go on and on and on and on.

I know you said the Raga was easyer than your 04 but it is your technique and not the shock. You can do an endo on a old ridged with no shocker or a pushbike. Push the handle bars forward a bit as well it will help a little.

Jonno, Had mine set up for messing about on in the dry trying to get kicks and flicks. Went to do a rocky stream trial forgot to alter the bike and it was a nightmare. My feet kept jumping off the pegs and i got arm pump very quickly. so you do have to compramise a little.

Practise down hill, use a rock to help the back lift and remember not to swing the back round with your legs but push with your arms. You can pull the forks through a bit a little will help. Sorry if you are doing these, Ralph.

Perce and Others, I do not mean this post to be a debate or knock anyone who has posted but i am not sure what poeple mean by to hard for a clubman. At the 3 day on the easy route apart from 2 or 4 sections with double steps in and some shaley climbs all the other sections were very getable for everyone. When riders say the sections were to hard for the clubman dose that mean they are unable to get out the end cards on a lot of sections or they paddled through most or riding up the streams and gulleys is hard enough. What i am trying to say is that at the 3 day i dropped sh&t loads every day not by not getting through or being unable to (if i had a good ride) get up things but by my feet going down every time the forks moved and i was shatterd after paddling through some flat ones because i could not get my feet back on the pegs which did not help my final score. Dose this mean its to hard because i paddled a lot and did not get up a few steps and was knackerd at the end of every day. Well i don't think so i should be a bit better. There has to be things in the trial some riders can not do to let the better clubman improve and then progress on to the hard route. Do any of the Expert say their route is to hard or is it just us clubman. Sorry if this seems to be directed at anyone or ones who has commented its not ment to but i hear it a lot around here. Ralph. Perce, Keep doing what has made the Richmond club so successful. John B Just saw your post and could not agree more.

You wait weeks for a good trial then you get 2 on the same day.Will it clash next year with Man 17. Hope gasserboy is up on his feet soon and see if Barry can give him some tips on how to fall off gently. The Gasser did it survive?, couldn't have.