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Still the best training DVD's. Watching on youtube is fun, but you will most likely not learn much from it. Ryan explains why he does it. At least you will know most of the theory being it. If you practice/learn the wrong way, it will take you twice as long to unlearn. Well worth the dosh

I have shipped bikes around the world a few times and it's actually quite affordable. A trials bike would just about be excess luggage, but you need to shop around to get a good rate. Add a rental car/van and you are away. Get a few contacts here and you would be riding for a month solid. Aussie and NZ have heaps of free riding areas, but they are not easy to find so you will need local guidance. K

We might just have to mend the rules a little and only have one rider at a time in a section. Just like at a normal trial, only one rider at a time. After all the first prize will be a chocolate bar ( a nice one, tho) so no reason riders cannot be quite gentlemen about it :-) K

I like that every rider needs to bring an observer. brilliant. In that case we only need 30 riders :-), which is properly all we will get anyway. There will be fuel every 10/15km or so after a section. Fuel will included in the entry and properly 50:1 premix with some clean super for 4st and the guys who prefer to mix their on the spot. Fire risk is going to be virtually nil, as it will be during our wet winter. Fire extinguishers will be compulsory anyway and you must finish with it or take penalty points (ie if you loose it). Marking, it appears that we have found a biodegradable spray paint which apparently will fade and be gone in approx 6 weeks outdoors. This makes marking a breeze as we can essentially mark 95% of the course without arrows and pegs. Nice and easy to clean up too. I'm awaiting info from a forestry guy about the stuff. The event will be in Hawke's Bay, New Zealand. K

Sorry, I'm down under. Yep, I realise that observers and the logistics of getting observers in place is going to be significant. I was more looking at how to score the event in relation to time vs points k

Hi all I'm looking at organising a local 1 day Scot type trial. Problem is I have never ridden one, but have ridden plenty of enduros. I have also ridden quite a few local trials, so understand that reasonable well. Will most likely be around 140km with 30 sections Any suggestions on how to manage the scoring. I can get our local enduro timing expert to attend with all his timing gear, so that part is not really a big issue. Setting out sections should be fine, also. However what would be a good way of scoring with point versus time Any suggestions appriciated K