Headed out the door at oh-dark-fifteen for our second club trials of the season, the Ice Trial. Weather looks like it won’t live up to it’s name, although it has in past years. Get to the site, get unloaded in …
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Maintenance Observations
A short story of deferred maintenance, dirty carbs, and broken kickstarters. At the last trials a few weeks ago, I noticed that my ’04 sherco was becomming a little hard to start and was occasionally kicking back during starting. So …
Read MoreWelcome to a new year! blackdog is back!
As you may have noticed, keeping up with this blog didn’t top my hit parade last year. it wasn’t a very good year for trials, either, so it didn’t matter much. 🙂 I got ill during the columbia cup, then I injured …
Read MoreApril Fools’ Trial, Gold Bar, WA April 5, 2009
Ride report for the April 5th trials event at Gold Bar. Author took 3rd place Advanced.
Read MoreThe Ice Trial, Gold Bar, WA Feb 1, 2009
Well, here we are at the start of a new trials season. I hadn’t gotten nearly as much practice over the winter as I’d hoped, partly due to the pressures of my job, and partly due to the 2 FEET …
Read MoreHalloween II, Gold Bar, WA October 26, 2008
Well, it’s been a long time since my last blog entry. Too much excitment on both the job and the family front has left little time and energy for thinking about trials. Nonetheless, I did try my hand at the …
Read MoreThe Fool’s Trial, Gold Bar, WA April 6, 2008
To start, I want to say thanks to all of the folks who worked their butts off to put this event on. It was originally planned for Deer Flats, about 5 miles up the road and, more critically, abouit 1500 feet higher …
Read MoreThe Spring Trial, Gold Bar, WA. 2 March 2008
Another season has begun. We should have gotten started in February, but too much snow kept us from holding our traditional “Ice Trial”. A tad ironic, that. Be that as it may, roughly 35 of us showed up at Gold Bar, …
Read Moregear review: Alpinestars Trials boots
I purchased these boots last winter, replacing a pair of well-worn Gaerne’s that had finally sprung a leak. For Trials riders in Western Washington, leaky boots are a real downer, since we spend substantial time walking through muddy/wet sections. I’ve …
Read MoreEvent Report: Halloween II, Gold Bar, WA, 28 October 2007
A wonderful day greeted a fairly large turnout of riders for our last event of the year. Not too cold and we had nice sunshine all day. A bit of warming up and poking around, interesting sections, looks pretty technical, …
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