I’ve pretty much kept out of this whole ‘stop’ ‘no-stop’ debate where trials riding has been concerned, but have been goaded into placing my opinion on record… it is my opinion rather than that of CDB. To recap, the whole trials thing didn’t start out as a sport, but as a method for manufacturers in the hot-bed of ingenuity, development and invention which was the late Victorian period, to demonstrate their machines worked. They did this by arranging their test riders – in those days probably the same lads who built the things as well – to go to some notorious hill on a normal road and ascend, cleanly, to the top without stopping, footing or using light pedal assistance.
It will be obvious to state in those days all…
