First time out on the 'new' Sprite today and definately off to a good start....
Todays BMCA trial was at Peplow near Market Drayton, the ground was generally very dry and loose amongst the trees, making the sections quite tricky on the first lap until the lines appeared, then with the loose earth pushed to the sides or the sections it meant that as soon as you got off line the grip went and it became easy to loose the odd mark as the grip soon vanished.
After a good first lap with no marks lost whilst the sections were at their hardest I once again had a couple of lapses of concentration on the 2nd and 3rd laps including a 3 on section five when I just got off the line and needed to work hard to get it to the ends markers. After a few more careless marks I ended on 6 for the day, but felt that I could be in with a shout on that as marks were easily lost and many riders were losing odd marks here and there.
The bike was fantastic and I really feel that I have it how I want it. I sold the cub this week and now only have the Sprite for classic events so I am really pleased that it performed so well. It is noticably lighter now and it shows in the sections as it's much more flickable.
The pics are from todays trial and the results for the expert route are as follows; I did manage the win on furthest cleans from Pete Reed
Class A (2 Strokes)
1. Dave Dawson 6 (Most Cleans)
2. Dave Jones 12
3. Nathan Jones 13
4. Jim Pickering 13
5. Mick Parkes 18
Class B (Unit Construction)
1. Gary Hawkins 9
2. Alan Borton 16
3. Nigel Randall 17
4. Lawrence Alden 25
5. Keith Gardner 34
Class C (Pre Unit Construction)
1. Pete Reed 6
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