Anyone going? I need a babysitter. This will be my first event and other than dabbing and falling over, have no idea what to do or how an event is run.
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here's the info
Mid-Atlantic Trials, LLC
Presents
Mid-Atlantic Trials Series Points Event #9
Sunday, September 21
Start time: Noon
Gate Fee: $5.00 per vehicle
Sign-up Fee: $20.00
Sign-up Fee for Families: First member $20.00, Other members $10.00.
Instead of feeding everyone after the event, we will have 25th anniversary T shirts for class winners and others.
Four loops with eight technical sections.
Location: 3652 Roop Road, New Windsor, MD 21776
Ken
Die young as late as possible, remember who you were before the world told you how it should be. -- Barry Morris
You should definitely try motocross. The Vet nationals are coming up Oct 11. It'd be awesome to show up for a national complete newb. I'll go if you do.
anotherguy wrote:You should definitely try motocross. The Vet nationals are coming up Oct 11. It'd be awesome to show up for a national complete newb. I'll go if you do.
I don't think I have enough medical or life insurance for that
Ken
Die young as late as possible, remember who you were before the world told you how it should be. -- Barry Morris
I would like to make this. I guess at a minimum I might be able to come as a spectator. This event is about 10min from my parents house, maybe I can get my parents to watch the kid for a few hrs.
Stinson wrote:I would like to make this. I guess at a minimum I might be able to come as a spectator. This event is about 10min from my parents house, maybe I can get my parents to watch the kid for a few hrs.
I went boppin' around Tasker's on the Sherco today. My fork seal job is holding up, so I put on some fresh, front brake pads. My rim repair didn't hold up, so I put in a tube.
My ankle hardware didn't hold up, but I'm going to go maximum dosage on ibuprofen and show up anyway.
Here's hoping the bike and I both make it through the day.
wow, what a workout and that was just from walking the sections!
My first section I got a 3. DAMNed good thing you can paddle walk the bike a long way before getting back on the pegs
Then I got 5s on the next 4 sections. The first one for stopping. The second one for stopping after stalling out. The next one for falling over (but I got style points from the spotter for my getoff) and the last 5 was for launching the bike up a hill. I guess when it came to a rest upsidedown that qualifies as a stop!
At that point the forks were tweaked badly, the front fender broken and the carb badly flooded. I was totally wasted too. I pushed the bike back to the truck and watched sweat pour out of the helmet when I took it off.
So here I was an hour into a 4-hour event, totally wasted, busted bike (not badly fortunately -- the forks straightened out real easy) and I hadn't even completed the first loop. I sat down to drink water and never got back up.
Here's a short clip of what was probably the easiest section there ... but after where I gave up.
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so, now I know what to work on and hopefully I can do better at the next event -- hope to do the Tri State Trialers @ DuPont Trial Grounds on 10/26. Might be able to squeeze in MAT New Windsor Trial on Oct 5th.
Ken
Die young as late as possible, remember who you were before the world told you how it should be. -- Barry Morris