DAMN Riders - No rules, Just ride!

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

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.

And I'll race my YZ465 with drum brakes.

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

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 will report back with my plans.

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 will report back with my plans.

Please take some pics of Ken.

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.

Kitchen pass approved and gathering up a buddy, heading that direction....sounds like a fun event.

Boom Boom wrote:Kitchen pass approved and gathering up a buddy, heading that direction....sounds like a fun event.

SWEET! will look for you there. Take pity and give me a few basic pointers on how the event runs. I'll get there around 11.

I wish I could go but i am moving my brother in law out today and I have been waiting for this moment for over 16 months!!!!!

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.