Show #6 (Special Guatemala World Round Edition, April 2007) of the podcast, On the Pegs, Motorcycle Trials World Radio is now available. It includes:

• 0-1:30: Opening remarks with show host, yours truly


• 1:30-15:10: News with OTP managing editor Dan Brown
  
  


• 15:10-39:45: Dan's Guatemala World Round interviews including Pat and Noel Smage, Allajandro and Diego Ordonez, Alexz Wigg, Michael Brown, Bill Matheson, Martin Lampkin, and miscellaneous spectators, observers, and scorers. (Click photos to enlarge. See 6 more in the Guatemala photo album.)
  


• 39:45-41:37: Closing comments with our show theme song: Music, Motorcycles and Money by Gary Dean Jennings, courtesy of the Podsafe Music Network.

Click play to listen. Drag the slider to the segment you want to hear. Or download the MP3. Or subscribe to the RSS feed. Or one-click subscribe with iTunes. You can also subscribe to the show's email alerts so you'll be notified via email as soon as we've published a new show/episode. See the On the Pegs homepage for the archives.

We want your feedback... and ideas for what you'd like to us cover in future shows. You can email us via the TTC Contact Us page. Or you can attach a comment to the blog post for the show.

Our sponsors are: Gas Gas USA, Ryan Young Products, and Trials Competition Newspaper. We're grateful to Dale Malesek, Brad Baumert, and Shan Moore for their support.

Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, has an entry for Motorcycle trials.

I added a few items today:

• added On the Pegs to the Publications/media section
• created a training section and added the TTC there
• created an Organizations section and added the USMTA there
  

Any ideas for more changes? If so, feel free to make them yourself (anyone can edit the wikipedia) or Contact Us here at the TTC to suggest them and we'll consider making them.

Since we featured both Pat Smage and Phil Smage in this month's episode (#5 April) of On the Pegs, I thought I'd embed a couple of their video clips that are up on YouTube.


Pat Smage


Phil Smage

The TTC testimonials page continues to grow. Here's a new one:

Catherine,

I just wanted to take a moment to email you. We enjoyed the training we had last Saturday. When we left that afternoon, we were trying to decide whether to go to the GNCC race the next day. So we headed home. When we discovered the race was 3 1/2 hours away, we changed our minds, and took Sunday to rest.

I wanted to thank you guys, and comment on Bruce and Andrew, I believe. The instruction was excellent, and Jeb learned alot that he can use in his cross country racing. We would like to complete the weekend another time, to apply what we learned on Saturday. Bruce has just the temperament needed for teaching. He obviously could back up his lessons, and had alot of patience with the students. Everyone was helpful and friendly. We look forward to coming up again and working with you guys again. Please pass this along to your instructors, and we wish them great success in their trials events this year!

Thanks again,

Jeff and Jeb Edge
Blairsville, GA

Show #5 (April 2007) of the podcast, On the Pegs, Motorcycle Trials World Radio is now available. It includes:

• 0-2:30: Opening remarks with show host, yours truly (I've overlayed more trials engine audio onto the music intro)


• 2:30-11:45: News with OTP managing editor Dan Brown
  
  


• 11:45-20:45: Dale Malasek, GasGas USA
  
  


• 20:45-36:00: Ryan Young, Ryan Young Products
  
  


• 36:00-42:00: Mike Harker, Scorpa USA
  


• 42:00-49:00: Five riders at the Trials Training Days: Tom Farr, Don Reedy, Harry Vanderlinden, Karen Garrett, and Dave Aldo
  


• 49:00-54:30: Pro rider interview: Pat Smage
  
  


• 54:30-59:00: Pro rider interview: Phil Smage
  


• 59:00-61:00: Closing comments with our show theme song: Music, Motorcycles and Money by Gary Dean Jennings, courtesy of the Podsafe Music Network.

Click play to listen. 61 minutes. Drag the slider to the segment you want to hear. Or download the MP3. Or subscribe to the RSS feed. Or one-click subscribe with iTunes. You can also subscribe to the show's email alerts so you'll be notified via email as soon as we've published a new show/episode. See the show's homepage, www.onthepegs.net for the archives.

We want your feedback... and ideas for what you'd like to us cover in future shows. You can email us via the TTC Contact Us page. Or you can attach a comment to the blog post for the show.

Our sponsors are: Gas Gas USA, Ryan Young Products, and Trials Competition Newspaper. We're grateful to Dale Malesek, Brad Baumert, and Shan Moore for their support.

It's been a great weekend at Trials Training Days this year, with about 115 riders attending. Much thanks to all the instructors, to RYP and the gang in the Sherco pitstop who were very busy repairing bikes all weekend, to GasGas and Beta who co-sponsored the BBQ, and especially to Catherine and the hard working staff of TTC for another fantastic event.

(Over 4 dozen photos are now posted in the TTD 2007 album.)

Weather has been unusually warm & dry and the traction was exceptionally good on Saturday. The hillclimbs and ledges were very popular & everybody felt like a great hero. All the Pro's in attendance (Bruce LeRiche, Chris Florin, Pat Smage, Will Ibsen, Andrew Blane, and former pro and 6-times champ Ryan Young) put on an entertaining demo at lunchtime and Chris Florin stole the show with a spectacular hillclimb topped by a flying leap across a 10' gap to a big splatter wall.

Yours truly, Dan Brown, lead an adventure ride to waterfalls and the far corners of the 600+ acres with a group of about 15-20 riders, many of whom actually returned. We'll send out a search party sometime next week to look for survivors and recover remains of the others.

Saturday night brought a much needed rain to Tennessee and greatly improved the conditions for working on making traction in slippery conditions, and in the rocky creek splash where Jim Zuroske & Ron Lee were coaching.

Nice workshop on suspension setup after the Saturday night BBQ with Mike Harker of RYP/Scorpa and GasGas Pro Chris Florin. Campfires and tall tales continued well into the evening.

On Sunday the big rumor was circulating about the return of Fantic to the World Trials Championship, with Tommi Ahvala doing development work by riding the new bike in the U.S. Nationals!

Another fantastic weekend at Training Days, and a big time was had by all.