Who Is the STTA?

The South Texas Trials Association is one of six trials clubs across the state who regularly organize local events in their area for both modern and vintage bikes.  In addition, the clubs put on cooperative events such as "The Summer Series", "The Fall Classic", "The Novice Cup", "The President's Cup", and "The Texas State Series of Observed Trials".

The STTA has a core group of members that actively keep the club going, and ride together regularly.  Most weekends you will typically find us practicing out at Rio Bravo, in Northeast Houston.  There will be a posting on the Texas-Trials Yahoo Group stating the time and date, so feel free to come out and join us anytime.

    Quick Links

• Nice Collection of Trials Bike Photos. Wide variety of brands and years.
• Tony Down's "Black Cat Vintage Trials" site
• Beautiful Hodaka 250 Trials Bike (Pic1)(Pic2)(Pic3)
• Source for OHV Stickers - Needed for some rounds this year.
• BBC KickStart Trials Competition from 1983
• Interesting Site full of old bike photos, ads & articles

    Event Schedules and Results

    Directions to Riding Areas and Local Info

• Austin, Texas - City Park (Emma Long Metropolitan Park)
• Bridgeport, Texas - Twin Hills Recreation Area (Ranch)
• Houston, Texas - Green's Bayou (Rio Bravo Motorcycle Park)
• Muenster, Texas - Red River Motorcycle Park
• Tulia, Texas - Lake Mackenzie
• Papa Wolf's - Private Property
• Somerville, Texas - Lake Somerville, Yegua Creek OHV Area
• TrialsTasia - Private Property
• Joe Miller's - Private Property
• Don Brenemen's - Private Property

    Photo Archive

• Practice Day at Rio Bravo - March 2008 - Photos by Simon Leighfield's Father-In-Law
• STTA Member Photo Gallery

    Foxit PDF Document Reader

Most of the documents you find on the Texas Trials Website, and others on the Internet, are stored in Adobe's PDF (Portable Document Format) file format.  For those who do not own Adobe's Acrobat PDF creation software, there has always been the free Adobe Reader tool, but it is a huge 27 Mb download.  Not only does this take up space on your computer, but for those still on a dial-up internet connection, the download time is extensive.

The good news is that there is a great alternative from Foxit Software.  Their FREE Foxit Reader software is just slightly less than a 1Mb download. After first hearing of the tool in a PCWORLD Magazine article, I have been using it at home, and work.  The small file size means that it loads up quick, and you don't have to endure Adobe's splash screen every time you start up your reader!

(07/09/06 Darrell Shannon)