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Storm’s Ranch event photo gallery

Pit and podium photos of today’s event at Storm’s Ranch are up.


El Presidente Mike Hendrickson and son Tyler

And click the photo below to see a little video clip of Heath “wheelie” Holste (windows AVI format) doing his thing after the event today.

Club banquet on Nov. 20

The annual banquet is once again at Joseph’s Grill in St. Paul… Nov. 20.

Details to follow.

Used Bike: 2004 Sherco 290

From Brad Villand (trials_bul at yahoo dot com)

Phone: 608-769-3952

Make: Sherco

Model: 290

Year: 2004

Price/offer: $3650.00

Details: This bike has only event hours on it, so it hasn’t been ridden all that much. (practice is over-rated) New tire… and many David Chaves secret mods :) Want to get rid of this one so i can get a new one!

Used Bike: 2004 Sherco 2.9

From Jack Chermak (jack at shercorider dot com):

Phone: 763-878-2173

Make: Sherco

Model: 2.9

Year: 2004

Price/offer: $4,500

Details: “This is my 2004 Dealer Demo bike. It has a wiring harness eliminator kit plus a new white number plate. Other used accessories on the bike are available at 1/2 price. It will be fully serviced and ready to ride. It is very clean and well cared for super sweet bike.”

Last trial of the season: Storm’s Ranch

Al Gohlike is the trialsmaster for the last event of the season, to be held next Sunday, Oct. 24 at Storm’s Ranch, a mile or so east from the club grounds.

We added this event to the schedule after one of the WOTA/UMTA/Hixton events had to be cancelled.

Podium photos: Theilman and Faribault

I’ve added albums to the UMTA photo gallery: podium/rider’s meeting photos for the Sep. Theilman and Oct. Faribault events.

I could use some help labeling photos with the names of the people in the pictures, especially the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place finishers. Contact me if you can help and I’ll teach you how to do it.

The beginners’ gang at Theilman

Vickie Boggie, queen of the sign-up table, with some guy who reportedly helps her in return for favors.

Bear, the trialsmaster, with slide 1 of his PowerPoint presentation.

Used bike listings – new process

It’s gotten to be too time consuming to update the Used Bike page everytime someone submits a bike or then notifies me that it’s been sold. I then get way behind on it.

So I’d like to try a new method… listing a bike here in the weblog where it’s way easier to post something.

Keeping using the Used Bike submission form (linked from the Used Bike page). When I get the info, I’ll blog it as soon as I can.

I’ve added a Google site search link to the Used Bike page. Just click on it and you’ll get Google results for a search of the UMTA site on the phrase “used bike.”

So if you have a bike to list, use the form. I’m starting fresh as of today.

Results page

I finally have the results/standings PDF posted on the Results page. I’m waiting for the info from the last event in Faribault.

Theilman results; updated standings

Here’s the latest UMTA season standings (PDF) as of the last event at Theilman.

My apologies for not updating the Results page. I’ve been in computer hell for the past month and I’m not quite out of it yet.

Gilbert weekend

Trialsmaster Steve Ahlers says the starting times for the two events in Gilbert this weekend are the same as any other Sat/Sun UMTA event: Noon on Sat and 11 am on Sun. So get there early, as licensing is likely to take a while. See my earlier weblog posts on Gilbert for maps, etc.