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Schoe000 · Expert

Exeter Trial Simms Hill

Smokinrider · Clubman B

Scheduled time is 10:40.

Schoe000 · Expert

Thanks

Liz · Novice

Hi all

Quick heads up from Rob, the scouts are not doing their pasty/tea/coffee outlet this year so don't go relying on it.

If you're bringing your own supplies Rob likes chocolate cake.

Liz

PS we'll mostly be at the top by the viewing platform if you want to come and say hello.

-- Edited by Liz on Friday 3rd of January 2020 05:58:50 PM

potus · Clubman A

Enjoyed watching the guy on the Honda Step through go up Simms...

devondan · Champion

Who were the trail riders doing the in-between car entertainment, just how many times can you fall off in front of 200 people?!!!!!
Dan

Tribey · Expert

on another note, someone had put alot of hardcore down on Slippery Sam, smoothing out the rock step and gulley between the first and second bends, making the re-start much easier.

ttr steve · Devon's Best

devondan wrote:
Who were the trail riders doing the in-between car entertainment, just how many times can you fall off in front of 200 people?!!!!!
Dan

Sounds funny any video?

TTR · Powermonger!!

Found a video but only one bike and its a competitor

hampsterracing · Devon's Best

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=2209791189330542&id=1536630953313239

devondan · Champion

Do we know who he was biggrin biggrin biggrin ?

-- Edited by devondan on Monday 6th of January 2020 02:52:20 PM

ttr steve · Devon's Best

Funny as ....... biggrin biggrin

bet he didn't know he was going to have so many spectators! and a round of applause

Pete · Expert

I have found myself trail riding through observed sections of an event I did not even know about more than once as any public road remains open to the public during an event and most LDT organisers do not pre-warn the public of their events as it is impractical to sign every lane

Simms does not attract quite so many spectators for the Torbay Trial but the marshal before the bend at the bottom was lucky I did not knock him down when he stepped in front of me without warning, and I do not think he expected the telling off I gave him because it was only when another marshal stepped in that he realised I was not part of his event. I have ridden up Simms with an audience between competitors many times after spectating the Exeter trial because it did not make sense to me to walk down from the village to spectate and even less sense to try to ride out against the flow of traffic

A marshal on 202-007 kept asking me for my number while I tried to find out why I had just met 50 bikes going the other way on the lane on my first encounter with the Moor to Sea LDT and another older marshal had to point out that I was not a competitor

Another bloke at the bottom of Pink Panther kept asking me for my number which made no sense at all to me until a few competitors with numbers on their headlights rolled up behind me then I understood why this bloke with a clip board was being so nosy.

On another ride we had to wait for a car to be winched up Suicide Alley then the marshal at the bottom pre-warned the observers on a radio to expect our passing through.