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I'm kinda new here, but is this old news about the change in rules this year? I just happened to stumble upon the Mid-America Trials Team website and read the following: http://www.matt-trials.com/newsline.html# NATC ANNOUNCES MAJOR CHANGES FOR TRIALS IN 2009 The NATC has just announced that there will be major rule changes to trials competition in 2009. Here is only a preview as the complete rulebook is being written now. (1) The idea of different sections for the various classes of riders is a thing of the past. In 2009, all riders will ride the same sections and the same lines. You have never seen a golf competition where the golfers played different holes. So, trials competition is now like golf in that respect. (2) Each rider will establish a handicap number with his club and the NATC. The riders will have their handicap number posted on the Internet. It will be the duty of trials masters to download the handicap number of each rider. The trials master will then subtract each rider

Same thing happened to me as I was installing new seals in my wife's bike last month. Everything came out fine, but the bushings were STUCK! Obviously this probably isn't the correct way to free the bushing, but it's what I eventually had to do to get them out. I just happened to have a 3' long, 1/4" diameter steel rod, placed the rod through the bottom of the fork and was able to very gently tap the bushings out.

I understand it takes some sacrifices (money/time) to attend nationals. Perhaps East/West championship could help lessen that sacrifice for a lot of us? I think it