15-02-2019, 10:52 AM
Thought it was time for an update!
We did the MCC Exeter in class 0 again this year, gosh it was colder than ever, but at least stayed dry. Had a cracking trial and cleaned all the hills! We were not without our issues as the dynamo decided not to play the game again, just before the start. So once again finished the event on the motorcycle battery which normally powers the map light. Anyway, a Cornish Tin medal should be on its way for that one.
At the beginning of February we did the Cotswold Clouds trial, an ACTC championship one day event. The main reason for this was to attempt Nailsworth Ladder a trials hill since the 1930s which features in "Wheelspin". Snow, not quite what I was expecting, up on Minchinhampton Common there was about 4" of the stuff. Many of the lanes were sheets of ice and the trials hills either extremely wet due to meted snow, or icy. Anyway, we got around the course, attempted all hills, failed most of them, but won our class! I deliberately ran quite high tyre pressures, reasoning that we would get ourselves into less trouble that way, having never seen any of the hills before. I'm not sure if that logic worked, but 25% of the entry retired, some with very bent motorcars!
Video below of our attempt at Nailsworth Ladder, if you have the sound on, you can hear the lack of grip.
We did the MCC Exeter in class 0 again this year, gosh it was colder than ever, but at least stayed dry. Had a cracking trial and cleaned all the hills! We were not without our issues as the dynamo decided not to play the game again, just before the start. So once again finished the event on the motorcycle battery which normally powers the map light. Anyway, a Cornish Tin medal should be on its way for that one.
At the beginning of February we did the Cotswold Clouds trial, an ACTC championship one day event. The main reason for this was to attempt Nailsworth Ladder a trials hill since the 1930s which features in "Wheelspin". Snow, not quite what I was expecting, up on Minchinhampton Common there was about 4" of the stuff. Many of the lanes were sheets of ice and the trials hills either extremely wet due to meted snow, or icy. Anyway, we got around the course, attempted all hills, failed most of them, but won our class! I deliberately ran quite high tyre pressures, reasoning that we would get ourselves into less trouble that way, having never seen any of the hills before. I'm not sure if that logic worked, but 25% of the entry retired, some with very bent motorcars!
Video below of our attempt at Nailsworth Ladder, if you have the sound on, you can hear the lack of grip.