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

Mitch LadymanNov 17, 2022

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!

Mitch LadymanNov 17, 2022

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

Mitch LadymanOct 21, 2022

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 PriceSep 30, 2022

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!

Mitch LadymanSep 21, 2022

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

Mitch LadymanSep 16, 2022

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

Mitch LadymanAug 26, 2022

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

Mitch LadymanAug 25, 2022

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?

Mitch LadymanAug 24, 2022

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....

Mitch LadymanAug 17, 2022

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

Mitch LadymanAug 10, 2022

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.

Mitch LadymanJul 27, 2022

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...