Vintage Thing No.120 - the Reliant Rialtopless
The Rialtopless gives you fun and fresh air on three wheels If you are like me and mourn the passing of VT No. 109 the Old Spot Piglet , you may - also like me - be heartened to see that its spirit lives on in a pair of modified Reliant Rialtos (Rialtoes?). These machines competed in the 2012 Edinburgh Trial and although considerably smarter than the Old Spot Piglet - which isn't saying a lot to be frank - they may have some way to go to match it for competitiveness. Not a great picture but you get the idea. I didn't see this machine later in the day but here it is at the start of the Edinburgh trial at Tamworth, not far away from where it was made. I notice a blue tarpaulin draped over the roll bar so maybe there were some regrets about removing the roof as the intrepid crew of Bernard Pugh and Michael Stead fought there way through heavy rain to the start. I bet they didn't mind a few days later, though. The weather improved dramatically. The running gear is st...