On sunday I rode at Cleeton Court, a venue that I last rode about 12 years ago in one of my first classic trials. The venue is generally a shallow rocky stream with sections that weave in and out of the stream.
The sections were marked out quite tight requiring good concentration and the ability to move the front and rear wheel also helped!
The hardest section was the last section in the stream with tricky exits from the stream across roots and a tight exit over rocks which caught most riders for some marks. A dab and a 2 on the first 2 laps were my total on this section with very pleasing cleans on the last 3 laps (see video clip of the section below). I understand that only myself and Simon Anderson recorded cleans on this section.
Overall I was pleased with how I rode and yet again my best lap was the last of the trial which I cleaned, this is new to me as I have previously had problems maintaining concentration and energy levels for the whole of the trial.
The one problem was once again a sloppy 5 on section 6 when I tried to clean the section and managed to stall the bike rather than taking a single dab to get back on line and save the score. This resulted in me losing the trial by just 1 mark but a good improvement and certainly getting used to riding the modern bike and the different techniques required to make it work.
Result - Hard Route
1. D Morris 12
2. D Dawson 13
3. S Anderson 16
4. J Pickering 27
5. B Woodcock 29
6. N Beddoes 35
7. E Thompson 37
8. N Wright 41
2 comments:
Dave,
Good to see you back out, even on a po-go stick !!!
Richard.
Thanks Richard - dont knock the pogo stick till you try it!
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