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The Soft · nvasion, Slow and Steady " i6' e, N ..... Cl ",' c " .., :> ~ w Z W ...J U >- U By 1I1 0 nty Evert CARNEGIE PARK, LIV ERlIlO RE , CAL. , May 7 , 1972 - An yone wh o rides a bike obviously d oes so to h ave fun on it. Wheth er in and o u t of the ru sh hour madness or 130 mp h on a road rac e mach ine , th ey were mad e to enjoy. When o ne th inks o f a dirt bike , an au to m a tic reaction is goi ng fas t and winning a race. It's a feeling o f havin g p ower under you and being able to con tro l it (or lose it , depending) at a turn of a grip. It's th at th ing o f co mp e ti tio n that ste ms fro m the _ . Romans and their side-hack s called Chari o ts. Out of th e millions of bikers acros s th e nation co mes the differen t few . Th ey are w ith out fanfare , th e limelight of being first, o r th e "bummer " of co min g in last , He 's a Trialer . He p rov es nothing to n o one . He enj oy s h is bike and what h e can do with it. He s trives BAY AREA BULTACO. INC. only to get a certain h igh by cleaning a sec tio n and saying to himself, " WO W" , lie ge ts even h igher wh en th e "wows" are co n ti n u ou s. Carnegie Park was softly invaded by 175 of these de-tu ned racers. PITS had a day of in credi b le feats of coord ina tion, an d agility th at made my first Trials nice to watch . Not kn owin g what to expect, 1 asked questi on s and found th at th e peop le p art icip atin g w eren ' t just people a t a race, th ey were just people. lIelping me in an yway the y cou ld for no apparen t reaso n is d iffer ent that one o f th ose dog-eat -d og race s I've been to . Kinda nice for a ch ange . A ft er ge tti ng th e rul es h alfway ab sorbed, I went to the firs t section. 1 wa tch ed a rider in a trance-like s ta te , fish tailing an 80% grad e for len fee l, stop a t th e top, 180 degree left tu m, up an other hill th at lo oked lik e J oll y Green 's sta ircase and come to ano ther NEW PENTON/HI-POINT ACCESSORY CATALOG 32 pagi!$ cram med full o f th e f inest accesso ries for Pentons, Hu sk vs, an d al/ di rt riding goodies for Mo t o·Cross and Enduros. Send $ 7.00 to day for your ca talog and receive a free Hi-Point I'~ -' .:; - Lan e Leavitt cleans "The Stumps" in Section 4 . Lan e and Steve we re tied at 14 poin ts, To find th e w inne r, th ey add up th e n umber of cleans. Lane 23, Dick 22. Whe n they found o ut the results, they just grinned. This art of being able to concentrate fu lly on what one is doing, blocking out everything but mind and reflexes makes this phase of biking not only neat to watch but persuadingly tempting to try. When one does try it, he may find that he has a long way to go to obtain that special high . st op, ge t his ca rd punched , take off again without p utting h is feet down an d smile whil e he looks back. That's why he was ou t there, to smile a while. Lane Leavitt was there only to find th at even a f ter an oversea's tour with th e -best , Steve Darrow showed that this phase of b ikes h as co mp e titio n. After three sets of lo ops, and a Leavitt flat tire, the ou tco me w as close. Steve put his fo ot d own once in the second loop which m ad e a very imp ressive sigh t on hi s punch card . A t the end of the day , HOT DOGl - - He a r of the hot tip? * Accessories * 1352 Cen n ne ta, W. L os A nge les Co r ner o f Sant a M on ica B lv d. & Centinela O pe n 9 am t o 6 p m Mon . th ru Sa t. NOW AVAILABLE HOT HATS ' Cal Compe tition Pr oducts 7233 Deering A ve., Canoga Park, CA 91303 (213) 348-6571 ALLNEW! 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