I tell you, my flash was playing right silly buggers all day. Dunno if my remote cable's a bit shagged but I set it all up right then one photo would come out like this, and yet with no change of settings it'll nail one like:
http://www.pinkbike.com/photo/3050494/

Shame as you say as I think this would've been a nice shot. Think it's time for some fancy new wireless transmitters.

 Oh and for reference, it's a bird, lol, and she didn't get it as bad as this dude:
http://www.pinkbike.com/photo/3048970/

 oh, that sucks, that it was playing up..., yeh my mate Jonny Ashfeild, lives in Bristol, he used a wireless flash.

www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=831582579&v=feed&story_fbid=58290590898#/photo.php?pid=1161815&id=831582579

i hope that works, thats a pic of me at FoD (not race day) but it means you can get the flash were you want it, which is pretty cool