Trying to get in plenty of practise on the T-ride in preparation for the 3-day Normandie adventure. Very conscious that all the other guys are vastly more experienced than me and I don’t want to be holding everyone up. My regular short ride is to do what I call the “valley route” which probably takes …
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Trail Riding In Kent
We stayed on an extra day after the Tricks In The Sticks Training to do a day’s trail riding around the lanes in Kent. Dougie kindly provided the bikes – a KTM 350 Freeride for me and the big BMW 450X for him. He had also mapped out some suitable routes, probably using some insider …
Tricks In The Sticks
Following Dougie and Mark’s visit in June, we arranged to get together for some trials training at Tricks in the Sticks in Kent. In the end it was myself, Doug and Doug’s daughter Millie that came along for the day. https://www.tricksinthesticks.co.uk/ It is run by a guy called Jason PEARCE who used to be a …
Cahors Urban Trials
The Urban Trials event has been held in Cahors for a few years, but I had never been to see it before. This was the August 2018 event and it was amazing, particularly if you have ridden a trials bike and can understand the amount of skill and control that these riders have. Toni BOU …
Scorpa T-Ride 250F
Having signed up with Dougie and Mark to do the 3-day Sport Adventure “enduro-navigation” event in Normandie in November, I needed a bike to use. I contacted the organiser to discuss a few options and explain my basic level of competence. It seemed that it might be possible to do it on the Scorpa Trials …