How was your Weekend? We had at the AJS Club on Saturday our "Night Trial". Its a great fun event. But I don't have a bike at the moment. So I rode Jessica's ( @TRS bike n floral girl ) Beta 80.... In our hardest line, T1. It was a bit of fun, obviously it can't do everything. There is a need for power at some point, but it was incredible riding it for the whole "day" portion of the trial. Feeling the nuanced details of what was happening especially on my #ridetechnique. Unweighting versus pushing the bike between me and the step. I have never felt the difference so clearly. With the less powerful bike you need to "wait" longer and it all happens far slower.... I could feel the end of the power delivery, and then the torque continuing to push the bike, just slowly turning the rear wheel, tractoring to the top. 🤣 Riding an old twin shock or something really small in capacity like the 80, can really make certain things more obvious where a modern powerful bike can leave you not knowing how little skill you used in the process. Do you ever ride something smaller or older??

Posted by Neil Price at 2023-11-20 06:19:00 UTC