Classic Dirt Bike — Autumn 2017

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looksabitdetermined.

T

here’sabit of personalinvolvement

in this event as the CastlesideTrials

Club is ‘my’ club...and if I’dnot

riddenthis one therewouldhave

beenraisedeyebrowsfrom the committee.

The Kia seriesis apopularone for people

of my age groupand tendsto featurethe

bikes we rode in the Seventiesin sections

whichreflectthat time.Isupposeit’srather

likethe pre65trialsscenewasfor thosewho

rode in the Fifties and Sixties.

So, traditionalSeventiestrialsbikes on a

course Ifor one have beenridingon since

thosedays. Unlikethe smallercourses

forcedon organisersbythe spreadof the

urbansprawl and the motorway infrastructure,

this particularcourse at Lambshieldnear

Edmundbyershas survivedand is pretty much

as it has beenfor long beforeIrode on it.

Approximately11 milesround,it is typical

North East Centreterrain of moorland and

rockystreams,with the occasionalhill climb

thrownin for goodmeasure.

One thingnot quitetraditionalat this event

wasthe weather...it wasbrilliantsunshine

and almostwarm for March...thoseof us

familiarwith the area were impressedwith

the waythe Kia lads had fetchedthefine

weatheras normallyit is ‘lessfine’.

As well as traditionalbikes and sections

the traditionalwayofmarking is in favour

here –that of ‘maintainforward motion’.

This is amuch moresensiblemethodfor

trialsthan the supertrick ‘X-treme’arena

influencedmarking.Think we’reoff the mark?

Have alook at the full entrylists of trials

usingsuch marking.

Outand about

Muchmoreclassic,twinshockandEvosporthappensallovertheworldthanwecould

possiblyfitintoCDBevenif wewereaweeklypublication...so...oursportingsection

isprettymuchaflavourofwhat’soutthereratherthanallthat’soutthere.Welove

tohearallaboutyoureventstoo,mainlybecausewhilewecan’tgeteverywhereit

doesn’thurttofindoutwhereweshouldbeheading.

Castleside Trials Club

KiaTwinshoc

k Series

Round 2

Wordsandpics:Tim Brittonand Fiona Watson

Sporting

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