Over is over, but it ain't over 'til it's over!

Over is over, but it ain't over 'til it's over!

Mitch Ladyman
The season is over. That much is true. But for a WHES rider, a race is not over until it IS over. It's a strange beast to comprehend, this Hard End...
Over is over, but it ain't over 'til it's over!

Over is over, but it ain't over 'til it's over!

Mitch Ladyman
The season is over. That much is true. But for a WHES rider, a race is not over until it IS over. It's a strange beast to comprehend, this Hard End...
The King of Traction regales us of the Queens Gambit

The King of Traction regales us of the Queens Gambit

Mitch Ladyman
I am going to go out on a limb here and suggest that a great many WHES riders have, like I have, enjoyed a little Netflix plum called The Queen's ...
Guide to setting correct Trials Tyre pressure

A Guide to Correct Trials Tyre Pressure

Neil Price
Tyre Pressure for Trials Riding Without traction you’ve got nothing!  If you are riding Trials, the connection between your Michelin X-lite or X-1...
Out from under the score card!

Out from under the score card!

Mitch Ladyman
This is my first year of competition on the Trials bike. There were no 'sheep stations' at stake for me when I purchased my MA Licence at the start...
Toad in a Hole

Toad in a Hole

Mitch Ladyman
For reasons that I won't bore you with (lung morphology, low metabolic rate), the Slender Tree Frog (Litoria adelaidensis) is able to hold its brea...
Can't nothing, bring me down, I said

Can't nothing, bring me down, I said

Mitch Ladyman
In the 2013 hit song Happy by Pharrell Williams the word Happy is repeated 56 times. By the end of this torturous 4 minute pop tune the notion of b...
Paint the Battle Field Blue

Paint the Battle Field Blue

Mitch Ladyman
Way back in 1765, when the 13 tiny colonies of the new America wanted to take on the mighty British empire to establish their independence, who di...
Did we do that?

Did we do that?

Mitch Ladyman
Within about a 5 km radius of the property that hosted the Prestige Series 5, there occurs 134 species of terrestrial vertebrate animals. This inc...
I didn't find any Wilderpeople. However....

I didn't find any Wilderpeople. However....

Mitch Ladyman
I am an evolutionary biologist. My research has been described as challenging Darwin's theory of Natural Selection. I see things differently! So wh...
Pink Elephants On Parade

Pink Elephants On Parade

Mitch Ladyman
It is rather bizarre what goes through ones mind when riding Trials. There are the usual, run-of-the-mill "on any Sunday" questions that circle on ...
Best be on your toes if you are going to give it the finger.

Best be on your toes if you are going to give it the finger.

Mitch Ladyman
How could Clutch control have such a profound and emphatic effect on a person’s ability to negotiate an obstacle on a bike? Surely a clutch is just...
Is the definition of Trials Trials or is it Trials?

Is the definition of Trials Trials or is it Trials?

Mitch Ladyman
I thought I knew all about Trials, but I now know that I knew nothing. I don't even know how to define this moto-discipline anymore. Is this ...
Choose your own adventure.

Choose your own adventure.

Mitch Ladyman
Obstacles met when out dirt bike riding are supposed to present a challenge, not a health hazard. In 1976 Edward Packard created the concept ...