Help! Uk Trials Addict Moving To Us

[montesaman]

Hello USA, please can you help me? I'm likely to be moving to NYC/Stamford in the next few months for a 2 year placement with work - is there any chance of any trials riding (clubs, competitions etc) within a realistic travelling distance? I could potentially live on the outskirts of NYC or Stamford as I will be commuting to Stamford for work.

Please please help! Links to trials clubs and venues would really help so I can look at a map?

If not, is there any cyclo trials action in that area? (competitions?)

Many thanks!

[biffsgasgas]

Your centrally located between several differnt clubs being in the nyc area.

No organization is really in the ny metro that i know of however your close to several differnet organizations.

http://members.dmcom.net/~3dtrials/ This is 3d of eastern new york but upstate from where you are at. The catskill mountains has a great event about an hour or two from you.

http://newenglandtrials.org/ These guys ride all over the new england region (new york, mass, conneticut, vermont, new hampshire) Some of the events in conneticut would not be too bad.

http://www.durtydabbers.com/ These guys ride in the district six pennsylvania area. I couldnt find their schedule but for the durtydabbers are a great bunch and will be able to help you out.

The next two places closest from these are northern virginia

http://www.nvtr.org/ About a 5 hour drive

or western new york district 4 also about a 5 hour drive from the city.

http://www.d4trials.50megs.com/

You might be able to find a huge following of trials bicycles in the nyc area but not much on the motorcycle end. Long island used to have a crew but land is sparce out there.

--Biff

[titanium]

I live in central Pennsylvania and I ride both D-6 and D-4 events. Some websites you may want to visit are:

http://www.xtraobservedtrials.org/

http://www.district4trials.org/IndexPage.htm

http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/xtraobservedtrials/

Here is a breakdown of the schedules.

D-6 (PA)

MAY 03,04 WHITE ROSE 717-229-2621

MAY 18 CANDYTOWN 717-566-4736

JUNE 08 XTRA (JERSEY SHORE) 570-748-6534

JUNE 15 PTR (TROUT RUN ) 570-494-0564

JULY 20 CARLISLE 570-748-6534

AUG 03 DURTY DABBERS 570-726-9456

AUG 10 TRICKY TRYALERS 717-792-9456

SEPT 07 CANDYTOWN 717-566-4736

SEPT 14 XTRA (JERSEY SHORE) 570-746-6534

SEPT 28 PTR ( DUBOIS HOLLOW) 570-494-0564

D-4

MAY 4 ELMIRA

MAY 18 CAYUTA

JUNE 8 MONTOUR FALLS

JUNE 22 CUBA

JULY 13 ALMA

JULY 27 ELMIRA

AUGUST 3 CUBA

AUGUST 17 ELMIRA

SEPTEMBER 14 CAYUTA

SEPTEMBER 28 LOCKE

OCTOBER 12 MORELAND

[shercrazy]

hey! try our site, www.patrials.org, we would be happy to help a fellow rider got pointed in the right direction! we aren't too far from ny, some of our practice spots are up north, it would be a nice day trip and deffinetelly worth the drive! we've hosted a #1 national at our northern most spot! lots of rocks and creeks! the people to contact in ny is aaron and andy miller, they do a lot of the organizing up there and put on a good series................. hope this helps, john

[montesaman]

Thanks a lot guys - I will have to study all of this! I imagine with the expanse of the country generally it's normal to travel much greater distances for competitions? what would be an avereage? (2-3 hrs?). UK is so realtively small that for local events you rarely have to travel more than an hour - guess we're very lucky!

cheers

[rick1]

There are a couple of New England Trials Association (http://www.newenglandtrials.org) events that are in the 2-3 hour range from where you will be (Meriden, CT, Brimfield, MA and Northville, NY just under 2 hours). A few others will be in the 3 hour range. Not bad considering my closest NETA event is 4 hours. There are also events in Western, NY that may be a bit further to drive too.

[axulsuv]

Contact Mike at the Trials Shop in Locke , NY. great folks and a lonngg standing trials shop ... I'm sure he can tell you anything you need to know and /or supply any bits you may need while here !!!

Glenn

Edited March 29, 2008 by axulsuv

[biffsgasgas]

Contact Mike at the Trials Shop in Locke , NY. great folks and a lonngg standing trials shop ... I'm sure he can tell you anything you need to know and /or supply any bits you may need while here !!!

Glenn

He also has some great water falls in the back you can ride on....

http://www.tryalsshop.com/

About a 4 hour drive from nyc to Locke.

Yes your correct you will be driving but once your outside of new jersey and past the deleware water gap (on interstate 80 and no you cant climb it but you will want to. sorry new jersey!...) or north of the nyc region into conneticut, the terain is awesome.

Pic of the delaware water gap for those who don't know... i cant help but to want to ride this some day.

--Biff

Edited March 29, 2008 by biffsgasgas

[dan williams]

Stamford is within 60 miles of Meriden Motorcycle Club as the crow flies. Slightly further as the horse flies. (sorry can't resist a Marx brothers reference). Meriden is one of the most active clubs in New England and has some great terrain. They will be holding the first event of the 2008 NETA season April 6th. This is the club that 10 time US champion Geoff Aaron came out of.

The NETA page has a Google earth/Google maps link if you want a graphic of where the NETA events take place.

http://www.newenglandtrials.org/