Any other riders do solo on a singlespeed? Saw a couple of guys on singlespeeds but don't know if they were solo.
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Any word on 10@Kirroughtree results?
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Pics are on no fuss website now. I'm rider number 35 - couple of good pics of the filth and one of me going sicker than Wade Simmons
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I'm number 17, **** know what I was thinking giving the thumbs up. Not a good look, I'll use exhaustion as an excuse.
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number 992 is me - like the one with the scotland top on aggression !
seems to like taking photos of me at the start - 4 or 5 of them are of me standing at the start as my tire deflates
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well here's another thumbs up for the guys and gals that organised and ran the event... bloody fantastic! best race course I've ridden in years... possibly the best. really enjoyed every lap... even the one where I kept being over taken and then overtaking some tw&t who pronounced himself as "race leader... move over" to every rider he came across... he really was an obnoxious idiot ... but made me smile every time I passed him down the slimy rooty sections
where he rode it like a virgin. anyway I enjoyed every pedal revolution....
pity my bike didn't.... I stripped it down last night to find pedals (old candy 4ti) knackered, gore sealed cables solid, BB sodden and gritty, front bearings knackered... and best of all one rear pad that disintegrated 2 laps from the end and sounding awful had worn through the metal backing of the pad too and thus the rather effective rear brake on the last lap was due to a naked piston actuating on the rotor.. so I now have a nicely worn ceramic piston... oops!
worth every penny though.
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He tried that with me too. Not exactly in the spirit of the event so I made him wait. I don't mind moving over and did it a few times before being asked but I refuse to move over when there's loads of obstacles waiting for me.
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"race leader... move over"
agreed, he did it to me a couple of times, and i couldn't help think " ****t"
If you're on here, I don't really care, many many more people managed to pass me either through me looking out for them, or them politely asking ... everytime followed by a nice thank you. I couldn't give a stuff if its the lead or not ... be polite.
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Hmmm, he must have gone past me at some stage but I can't recall him saying that. Probably because my ears were full of mud......
The vast majority of people were great, either if they were passing me or I was passing them - what you'd expect really from a no fuss event.
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Rider 138
1st lap - clean
2nd lap - absolutely manky
Photos courtesy of 21Cphotos Ltd
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some tw&t who pronounced himself as "race leader... move over" to every rider he came across... he really was an obnoxious idiot ... but made me smile every time I passed him down the slimy rooty sections where he rode it like a virgin.
Phew, that wasn't me saying that. I said 'rider coming through when you get a sec' . I was very polite, even to the guy who i asked 4 times the same thing although there was plenty of places to politely move over a touch without losing too much speed for himself
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most of the photos i took that turned out reasonable haha
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radoggair
Phew, that wasn't me saying that
indeed, you seem like far to nice a chap... nope, this guy was on a Whyte 19 carbon decked out with full XX kit (that he kept swearing at as it missed changed) and wearing a scott skin suit.
what realy made me smile was listening to him grumbling cussing and swearing and his latest highest tech bike, the trail, the slippy sections, other riders etc.. and thus knowing he wasn't enjoying himself one bit. yet there I was all giddy and enjoying myself.
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Funny, I never came across or saw this guy at all... Everyone I met was friendly, although not necessarily all enjoying it!
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I suspect this is the same guy who screamed abuse at my female teammate for not pulling over instantly. "F***ing move over you selfish bitch" isn't really in the spirit of these things.
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he sounds like a complete tool. Name and shame!
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I always ask politely, does get a bit frustrating at times though. As you know that you are travelling a good 5-10mph faster than some folk. But always ask a few times before getting annoyed and usually just a bit of forceful up the outside and cutting in does the trick, then a polite "cheers"! But most folk are spot on, some people take it to the extremes by jumping off their bike!
Some may say that is being a tw&t but don't see what odds it has, I hate having riders close on my tail!
Would never come out with the "race leader" quoute though. Having been a race leader at the weekend it was not that important to shout and holler at folk! If you are a good anough racer you can get by at teh slightest opportunity. "On your right here" as you nip past works well and doesnt slow people that much.
But you do get the folk that sit there regardless and believe that its everyones race so doesn't have to move over. Compare them to middle lane / outside lane hoggers!!
Whyte 19 and scott skin suit -- obvo a classy rider then!!!!
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Hey Trailrat, your pic CIMGO208.jpg (guy on a Malt 4 in all the body armour) is my mate Andy, any chance I could get a copy of that in the original resolution?
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Was a proper good race! I spent a lot of it being overtaken and everyone bar "race-leader-man" was polite and cheerful. My brand new Hope hub did have the slight disadvantage that people would pull over for me while I was still a good way back.
Quality singletrack and props to NoFuss for switching out the doom drop/doom climb, although I'll confess to being VERY confused on the first lap they did it on.
Did anyone else get confused by hearing the music from the saddlespan early on in the lap (1/3rd distance?) and putting the hammer down?
Respect to the solo riders! I wound up riding the same way after team-mate supermanned into a tree on lap 2 (dislocated shoulder 6wks off...) a dude on a maxlight (no 90?) gave me very good advice and I managed to keep rolling until they ended the race.
Good chat & banter out on the trails, I like the atmosphere of these races!
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Would never come out with the "race leader" quoute though
Guy in pairs(?)was spouting this on occasions. I heard him and there was 3/4 riders behind me/infront of him.But you do get the folk that sit there regardless and believe that its everyones race so doesn't have to move over. Compare them to middle lane / outside lane hoggers!!
Some people just do not have the skill to move over blindly into/onto the grassy verges. The Kirry trail is generally quite narrow and I would not be putting my personal safety at risk for some numpty "race leader"
Or should the 10 events now be considered as "races" rather than the fun events that they set out to be and those of us just out for the "challenge" not bother.
Note the number of events being cancelled(or nearly)this yearPosted 1 year ago # -
Only got passed by "Race Leader" once. Thought it funny that he shouted in a pompous Captain Mainwaring style.
Thought the last section of off-piste just before the end was a bit cruel though. Just as the legs had recovered over the last section of downhill flowing track, along came the sting in the tail.
Finally got everything cleaned, but going to cost a fair bit to replace all the worn and broken bits on the bike.Posted 1 year ago # -
a quick "when you get a chance" is all thats needed - people move over quick enough without having to force them
i once got "race leadered" at an event - unfortunantly for the chap i was race leader and he was just unlapping him self after i had a puncture !
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Hey guys,
Check our report and video diary from the race on the front page of STW... even we got a glimpse of the 'race leader'
http://www.singletrackworld.com/2010/07/ten-at-kirroughtree/
Cheers
Stu
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Stu - ace video and that interview at the end is priceless!! I feel left out now that I didn't see the race leader but I'm glad I met his biggest fan!
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Brilliant interview that.
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great vid ... i really laughed at the final interview ... i guess its one of those had to be there things as my wife didn't understand it.
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Nice video. I'm sure one of my team mates mentioned he encountered the race leader. Sadly I didn't. Maybe next time. :s
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My first race of that type and I absolutely loved it. Rode it solo and slow and didn't worry for a second. Always passed folks on the steeper natural bits due in part to my uppy/downy seatpost and loved the mud and roots.
Late on, I wasn't bothered about times and tried my best to ride everything - this got a tad embarrassing when I was trying to negotiate one of the uphill rooty bits and I hear a very loud "RIDER" being shouted - being the Gent I moved aside as some whippet sprints past with his steed over his shoulder! "Rider my ass" I shout while falling over laughing
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