Found on Trial-Club website, very strange.

I presume you mean this

There are two options:

1) Dougie saw Steve Colley's show on Saturday and reckon he could make some brass out of the old one-wheeled riding.

2) It was a wheel Mart had been working on the spindle of some time ago and it gave out.

(for the avoidance of doubt, option two is the correct answer)

lol....that sums the whole thing up regarding his WTC effort this year.

By the way, I get the feeling from the video that he does not look comfortable on the gasser at all judging by how he lined it up before the rock.

They were saying he is really just employed to help Raga and bring the bikes on with his experience of other manufacturers.

Holy cow, imagine that thing coming loose on't moors

Doug had other bad luck as well as this - Marts bike broke down and as a result was unable to do his stuff for Doug on the upper sections on lap one.

Doug's still a class act and despite his problems he doesnt ever give up.

The top/highest most section (no 11 ??) way up in the mist, Doug fived the very last monster step at the ends (having come up all those steep energy sapping stream sections), not to be beaten by the section he re-lined the bike up and levelled it - only a hand full of people there to witness it, proves to me he still has the hunger and determination.

Great event big thanks to L&M,and everyone else concerned. Steve Colley's still a class act (but now with a better looking side kick than him ) - still up here on Holiday now and watching the video clips we took !

Cheers,

GAW

Edited July 31, 201115 yr by Scoobydo

yeah, i feekl sorry for dougie hes a top bloke but he had a few problems. i missed the spindkle falling off but was talking to a bloke who said dogue apparently said the spindles broke and his dad said keep going and it just fell off, watching the clip it doesnt look that way at all. ive heard two storys that 1, its full of lead and 2, its meant to move backwards and forwards to be ajustable or something?

Just an observation, but he fived the section several times before he even left the ground...reversing is a FIVE no matter who you are and on the last section (the jump) Dougie and Browny tackled the big step (after they failed the jump) by going in the reverse direction of the section...

Just an observation, but he fived the section several times before he even left the ground...reversing is a FIVE no matter who you are

I observed this section and fortunately I showed some form of commensence as it was basically impossible for all riders to get up that vertical face without allowing them to back up, without this it would have been fives for all the hard course riders.

Its bad enough having to 5 a rider when the just touch a marker

and yes Martin did tell Doug to have a go anyway, even though he new the front wheel spindle was snapped, just goes to show Doug still has the urge to win

Alot got pushed under the carpet in terms of rules. Min weight was meant to be 68 but ossa weighed 66? Also bou always tries to jump back and have another go so the reversing rule gets overlooked alot and the slipperyness of the rocks on ladt section made it very dangerous to even attemp doing it all in one but i noticed that too as on first lap someone fived for doing the same thing

Yep i too was there and thought the marking was a bit loose which surprised me as it was a world championship event.

world round or club trial They are still all volunteers lads. cut them a bit of slack we are buggered without them.

big thing for me is consistency with all the riders. "No Favorites"

big thing for me is consistency with all the riders. "No Favorites"

youve hit the nail on the head, as long as you mark all the riders the same ,does it really matter how you interpret the rules

So the section is impossible without backing up? Then 5 the lot of then maybe the sections will be more rideable or the system of marking needs looking at?

Ah that old chestnut?