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11-17-2004, 11:20 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2004
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Trials at Rays MTB park
www.raysmtb.com
Feb 5-6, 2005
Ray's MTB Trials Open
& FreeRide Time Trial
I am here in Cleveland Ohio right checking out the indoor park and this place is unreal.
On Feb. 5, 6, 2005 we will have a open trials comp with Pro, Expert, Sport, Beg. and Kids classes. for both 20' and 26" bikes.
UCI rules will be used and single speed bikes will be able to ride in all classes except for Pro Class.
We are working out sponsorship deals right now for the event, but this what we are putting together.
Classes:
Pro 20" & 26" Class
Expert 20" & 26" Class
Sport 20" & 26" Class
Beg. 20" & 26"
Womem's Open
Kids Class 13 & under
Event Schedule:
Sat. Feb. 5
9:00 - 11:30am 20" Clsses, Beg, Sport & Kids Open
12:00 - 2:00pm 20" Pro & Expert
2:30 - 6:00pm 26" Beg, Sport, Expert & Womens Open
Awards 7PM
Sun. Feb. 6
10:30 - 1:00pm 26" Pro
Freeride Time Trial
Pro/Expert only
2:00 - 4:00 Quailifing
4:30 Finals (Top 10)
Award 5:00pm
Entry Fees:
Kids Class $15.00
Beg Class $25.00
Sport & Expert Class $35.00
Pro & FreeRide Class $45.00
Prizes:
Pro Class
$2500. 20" Class
$2500. 26" Class
$2500. FreeRide Class
Beg, Sport, Expert Classes will get Gift Certificates to buy the parts that you want from a Mail order house, Working out the deal with Webcyclery and TrialsinUSA for that. Will update you all with more as soon as it all is signed.
Beg.
1. 80./2. 60./3. 40/4. 35/5. 25.
Sport
1. 125./2. 75./3. 50/4. 35/5. 25.
Expert
1. 150./2. 100./3. 75/4. 50/5. 35.
Women's
1. 75./2. 50./3. 25
Looking forward to it at Rays MTB Indoor Park
JP Sickler
jpsnodab@aol.com
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11-17-2004, 11:54 AM
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still here
Join Date: Aug 2004
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CANNOT WAIT
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11-17-2004, 12:08 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2003
Boulder
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hmm... looks like im taking a road trip in feb now!
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11-17-2004, 12:12 PM
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I farted.
Join Date: Sep 2003
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cool little event, i cant wait! freeride time trials!
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11-17-2004, 12:15 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2003
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Only 18hours from Dallas. I'll see how many I can get to go from the Dallas area.
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11-17-2004, 12:31 PM
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Plaid, I have not gone.
Join Date: Sep 2003
Posts: 849
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Open Quicken > Open "Motoroma 2005 Savings Account" > Rename > "Ray's MTB Trials Open
& FreeRide Time Trial Savings Account"
If I have the money, Ill be there, trying to save up for a trials road trip next year already anyway.
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11-17-2004, 12:42 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2003
Nashville TN
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Should I even bother with Motorama now? This event at Ray's gives me doubts that anyone would come.
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Michael Friddell
Director of the North American Trials Series (www.NATrials.com)
"Sticks and stones may break my bones but I'll still ride on them!"
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11-17-2004, 01:49 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2004
Posts: 762
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hope this isn't too stupid a question, but what do the numbers on the bottom mean?
Beg.
1. 80./2. 60./3. 40/4. 35/5. 25.
Sport
1. 125./2. 75./3. 50/4. 35/5. 25.
Expert
1. 150./2. 100./3. 75/4. 50/5. 35.
Women's
1. 75./2. 50./3. 25
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11-17-2004, 02:02 PM
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DualDisc 26"
Join Date: Nov 2003
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The value of the gift certificates you get.
For example, first place expert would get a $150 gift certificate.
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11-17-2004, 02:14 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2003
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Originally Posted by RomanR
The value of the gift certificates you get.
For example, first place expert would get a $150 gift certificate.
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Holy crap. Talk about even more motivitation to go. This is looking to be frickin awesome.
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11-17-2004, 02:32 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2004
Posts: 1,308
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hmmm, maybe ill drive out to cleveland, wouldnt be a bad idea
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11-17-2004, 03:18 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2003
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I will come to Motorama still, if we abandon the staple of American Trials because of a few bad years that would be gay. Anyways a all the money and what not sounds great but it certainly doesn't sound like that is a gaurantee at the moment.
I think it would be shame to give up on Motorama, and then have this thing fall through, or turn out not good for who knows what reason and have nothing.
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11-17-2004, 07:53 PM
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Mophead
Join Date: Mar 2004
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Wholy thats a pretty big payout for a place thats just starting out (the prize money).
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11-17-2004, 08:00 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2004
Posts: 330
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From JP Sickler,
I want to support Mike and Motorama in every way, we should all help support the event. I have ask for my event in Cleveland to be a NATS point event as well. So this could a great double event in Feb. I have talked Mike about his efforts and will do all I can to help him. I am not doing my event to damage what Mike is doing with Motorama in any way. I hope you all will support mike in his efforts in bring Motorama up to the levels we are all looking for.
Please support all trials in every way we can. We all need to help and work together to to help our sport grow.
Mike, thank you for your hard work in taking on Motorama rebirth. I would love to see Motorama become the event that we all know it can be...
JP Sickler
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11-17-2004, 08:07 PM
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Retired from Trials
Join Date: Sep 2003
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Just curious, but why do the pros have to have gears, but the other classes do not? What is the rational for that? Just wondering.
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11-17-2004, 08:21 PM
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Free your heel.
Join Date: Oct 2003
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We at Ray's MTB have considered some of the issues Andy mentioned. Motorama has such a huge history the event will hopefully never go away. There are a number of differences between the events that should make it easy to choose one if you can't make them both. Ray's is a UCI comp, Motorama is traditionaly BUI. Ray's park has brand new stunts and obsticals that are bolted to the floor, the obsticals for the event don't have to be shipped in. Ray's trials sections can be well thought out in advace of the comp and the army of volunteers that helped build the place are ready and willing to check sections and help. Not to mention the attractive prizes.
In addition to the trials comp there is a MTB comp at Chenga World Skate Park on Friday and many pro riders from that event should be riding at Rays on Saturday and Sundays events. If the weather dosn't suck there are two great water-front parks (Edgewater and Gordon) close by with fantastic riding. Changa World One and Two are both close by and good fun for trials.
The trials community is growing and there is room for more events. We hope that Ray's will be a huge success with the support from the community, and we hope to make this an annual event.
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11-17-2004, 09:36 PM
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ninja pants!
Join Date: Feb 2004
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Originally Posted by WhiteRavenKS
hmm... looks like im taking a road trip in feb now!
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Can I ride shotgun?
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11-17-2004, 09:38 PM
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you gonna get raped
Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 1,772
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Anyone from ontario going I could potentialy bum a ride off? 
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11-18-2004, 05:30 AM
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Look at my member...
Join Date: Oct 2003
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Sick...single speed allowed....
Probably no rationale for the pro's having gears, other than them probably not messing up as much, hence the lack for slack? I duno, just throwing that out there
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11-18-2004, 08:32 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2003
Nashville TN
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Quote:
From JP Sickler,
I want to support Mike and Motorama in every way, we should all help support the event. I have ask for my event in Cleveland to be a NATS point event as well. So this could a great double event in Feb. I have talked Mike about his efforts and will do all I can to help him. I am not doing my event to damage what Mike is doing with Motorama in any way. I hope you all will support mike in his efforts in bring Motorama up to the levels we are all looking for.
Please support all trials in every way we can. We all need to help and work together to to help our sport grow.
Mike, thank you for your hard work in taking on Motorama rebirth. I would love to see Motorama become the event that we all know it can be...
JP Sickler
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Awesome! Thanx for replying, JP. It is unfortunate that the schedules for our events have been forced so close together. Regardless, it means more options for the riders and that is what it most important. The way I see it, we make these two events a success this year and next year we can plan to make them huge! 
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Michael Friddell
Director of the North American Trials Series (www.NATrials.com)
"Sticks and stones may break my bones but I'll still ride on them!"
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11-18-2004, 08:59 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 175
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awesome, something to do in the winter!
it's not even that bad of drive for me (nothern indiana)
I'm there.
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11-18-2004, 07:33 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2004
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That is the same date my baby is due! I am happy Im having a little girl, but the timing sucks!!!  Trials by fire (cincinnati) was on my wedding date. Im bummed, but I will hopefully have a beautiful little girl (and future female trials champ) in my arms to make me forget. Maybe we can have her first birthday in Cleavland next time around. 
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11-18-2004, 07:47 PM
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still here
Join Date: Aug 2004
Posts: 903
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im sooooo happy to have an actual event in ohio again , lets not even bring up mickeys mountain bike challenge ( WOW talk about hill jack to the extreme ) haha but those days were definetly fun
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11-18-2004, 08:34 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2003
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Originally Posted by hopsalot
We at Ray's MTB have considered some of the issues Andy mentioned. Motorama has such a huge history the event will hopefully never go away. There are a number of differences between the events that should make it easy to choose one if you can't make them both. Ray's is a UCI comp, Motorama is traditionaly BUI. Ray's park has brand new stunts and obsticals that are bolted to the floor, the obsticals for the event don't have to be shipped in. Ray's trials sections can be well thought out in advace of the comp and the army of volunteers that helped build the place are ready and willing to check sections and help. Not to mention the attractive prizes.
In addition to the trials comp there is a MTB comp at Chenga World Skate Park on Friday and many pro riders from that event should be riding at Rays on Saturday and Sundays events. If the weather dosn't suck there are two great water-front parks (Edgewater and Gordon) close by with fantastic riding. Changa World One and Two are both close by and good fun for trials.
The trials community is growing and there is room for more events. We hope that Ray's will be a huge success with the support from the community, and we hope to make this an annual event.
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So pros for each event.
Rays MTB
-new facility, dedicated to trials
-no entry fee just to get in the building
-well thought out sections, done before the comp not during/before
-uci
-craploads of prizemoney
-tons of stuff to check out other than the hotel
-no motorcycles indoors so I'm not blowing out gray and black snot at the end of the day
Motorama
-nostalgia
that sound about right.
I'm actually giving thought to going to my first trials comp in 2 years.
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11-18-2004, 10:21 PM
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I like Hops
Join Date: Jun 2004
Cleveland, Ohio Ohio
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Update.....so the last nails have been hammered. The park has been swept from one side to the other. The computers are installed, the paint's dry, the 4 gigantic stereo speakers are thumpin'. It's almost time! Open house this weekend to walk the course. Open riding begins NEXT WEEKEND!!!! (Day after thanksgiving)
www.raysmtb.com
....new extended video is now posted......
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