14-01-2018, 10:02 PM
(14-01-2018, 08:09 PM)Alan Bee Wrote: MCC Exeter Trial 2018 - one of eleven cars to clear Simms!
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That was an amazing achievement, Alan, well done! Seemingly the first Austin 7 Saloon to clean Simms in living memory!
How was Tipley? I would have done the main trial rather than class 0 if it didn't include that horror!
See my half baked attempt on the Torbay trial above.
For those who have never been to have a look, video rarely does a trials hill justice. Simms is an absolute beast of a hill, 1:3 at points, rough enough that going flat out at it is almost certain to break the car, with a surface varying from rough gravel/mud to damp polished rock towards the top. When a car or bike fails, the marshals going to assist have a great deal of difficulty staying on their feet, and cars just slid back down the hill with all 4 wheels locked up!