2011 Real Ale Wobble @ Llanwrytd - role call - Singletrack World Magazine November 12, 2011

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2011 Real Ale Wobble @ Llanwrytd – role call
jj55
Full Member

Anyone going this year?

Any news on the route/facilities/entertainment!

Posted 12 years ago

alfabus
Free Member

aye… me and t’missus will be there 🙂

Dave (RM blizzard) and Lou (SC Juliana)

Posted 12 years ago

ssjeff
Free Member

I’m going! Can’t decide between my on one or my Trek FS, heard the trails are techy so may take the FS.

Posted 12 years ago

FGF 701 The Hydrate Or Die Edition

alfabus
Free Member

techy-ish in places – mostly slippery, with occasional hellish dark/wooded steep descent with no grip. there is also a large slick rock section with 3 foot deep plunge pools that can be fun 🙂 on the whole though it is pretty standard bridleways and fireroads.

the weather is the biggest variable – last year was the first time I’ve ever seen the sun on the wobble; normally it is bloody freezing with sleet or heavy rain / drizzle.

Can’t wait!

Dave

Posted 12 years ago

singlespeedstu
Full Member

I’ll be there on a totaly inapropriate bike.

Posted 12 years ago

sofaking
Free Member

i will be there on my knarlcorelite bike

Posted 12 years ago

z1ppy
Full Member

I will be attending (dependant on my flaky m8’s) and am a wobble virgin… will 6inches be enough? 😉

Posted 12 years ago

singlespeedstu
Full Member

will 6inches be enough?

Depends how drunk you get.

Posted 12 years ago

Marko
Full Member

O Yes!

‘Dangerous Dave’ will no doubt be playing a few classics – again. Bring back the stair diving!

Marko – Pissed as a fart and camping in the mud. Bliss

Posted 12 years ago

alfabus
Free Member

Bring back the stair diving!

there was a bit of a clamp down on that last year… probably for the best – watching the cream (no pun intended) of welsh manhood diving naked down the dirty stairs in the neuadd is a sight I have tried hard to forget!

Dave

Posted 12 years ago

Ambrose
Full Member

I’m there too, just blagged a bed in a mate’s campervan as well. Which is very nice.

Meeting up with Tonyplym in the Neuadd on Friday night.

[Note to self- don’t forget to pack paracetamol]

Posted 12 years ago

jj55
Full Member

I’m really looking forward to a quiet evening to recover after the ride:

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lISc-A0igCQ&feature=related[/video]

Posted 12 years ago

easygirl
Full Member

thats my footage !!
its a bit wobbly cos we were stod on the tables pissed!!
ill be there again

Posted 12 years ago

jj55
Full Member

Hey good footage, captures ‘the moment’ well!! 😀

Posted 12 years ago

ronjeremy
Free Member

Sadly not me, got to work that weekend..

Erotica @ Olympia

Oh well, s’pose there is worse jobs…..

Posted 12 years ago

Taz
Full Member

10 of us heading up

Done it many times but have missed the last 2 years due to broken collar bone and then a business trip

Awesome weekend. Beer, biking, mosh pit. Great fun 🙂 Journey home to Bristol can be pretty grim though 🙁

Usually do it on a HT but my lower back is giving me a bit of grief so may take the full suss. I would say a HT or short travel FS would be the best options.

z1ppy – No real technical challenges though some good all round winter tyres can help in the typically very wet and slippy singletrack

Posted 12 years ago

Ambrose
Full Member

It will be slippy as a greased up ell swimming in castor oil. Trust me on this. It always is, even last year, on the new ‘sunny’ route.

Posted 12 years ago

Stoner
Free Member

‘nother virgin here. Just got pink slip from Mrs S for saturday/sunday. Will also have a wholly inappropriate SS with me.
what’s the score on camper vans – is it OK to park at the Neuadd?

Posted 12 years ago

singlespeedstu
Full Member

If you call into the Neuadd they’ll direct you to the camp site and relieve you of £8.

Posted 12 years ago

Stoner
Free Member

great.

Anyone need a lift over from Worcestershireland (wok?) on the saturday?

Posted 12 years ago

rOcKeTdOg
Full Member

will a 29gnar bike be too much?

Posted 12 years ago

Ringo
Free Member

Just do what i did, leave the bike at home 😀

Posted 12 years ago

Stoner
Free Member

actually, thinking I might head over on friday night.

Posted 12 years ago

singlespeedstu
Full Member

Friday’s where it’s at.

You need to start the ride with a hangover.

Posted 12 years ago

psling
Free Member

Stalking’s where it’s at for the RAW. You don’t need a bike, just a fixed, unfocused stare… 😯

Posted 12 years ago

Stoner
Free Member

will see you there Stuy – and reacquaint you with your forks too 🙂
is tollah going?

Posted 12 years ago

psling
Free Member

is tollah going?

It’s his birthday treat, wild horses won’t keep him away

Posted 12 years ago

singlespeedstu
Full Member

Will you be attending psling?

Posted 12 years ago

psling
Free Member

Hoping to Stu. I’m working up to Saturday noon so probably just for Sat night / Sunday 🙁

Posted 12 years ago

singlespeedstu
Full Member

Be good to catch up with you again.

Posted 12 years ago

jj55
Full Member

Is Gordon still there?

Posted 12 years ago

sofaking
Free Member

Is Gordon still there?

saw him riding last year on the saturday.
he hasnt owned the Nuedd for years now . i think he still runs the some of green events stuff but not the wobble as far as I know

Posted 12 years ago

easygirl
Full Member

It’s not the same without the gordon briefing in the square
It’s all,professional and safe now,, but still a Great weekend
can’t wait

Posted 12 years ago

patentlywill
Free Member

If anyone is after dry and warm accommodation pls see my thread Lasswade

Posted 12 years ago

tollah
Free Member

We’re heading over first thing tomorrow morning to ride before the rest of the attentionwhores arrive.

Posted 12 years ago

CheesybeanZ
Full Member

2 more RAW virgins here , both of use will be on barnum and bailey style attention machines 😀

Posted 12 years ago

jj55
Full Member

any news of the route for this year?

Posted 12 years ago

sofaking
Free Member

breaking news.
some fire road
some singletrack
some muddy bits
some road
some double track
some really muddy bits
and a shed load of mincing
😉

Posted 12 years ago

singlespeedstu
Full Member

You forgot to mention The Bog Of Doom that you need a fatbike to get through without sinking up to your neck. 😉

Posted 12 years ago

tollah
Free Member

You forgot to mention The Bog Of Doom that you need a fatbike to get through without sinking up to your neck.

Or let a fatbike go through first in order to rid the hole of water 😉

Posted 12 years ago