slordy, I got an email yesterday to say that if you go on the waiting list for the sunday, they use that for the saturday too. Worth registering.

Dave, gimme a ping nearer the time If you’re going, could even get a ride sorted beforehand if ye fancy it.

tooFATtoRIDE – Member
Anyone from London area going? I am thinking of going so looking for a buddy to come along with.

Did you get an entry? I’m heading up from London, riding Saturday.

I’ll be riding on the Saturday – kinda wish I’d gone for Sunday now, but hey ho. I did tell them I’m just hoping to get round.

Is anyone from London area going? I will be racing (hahhahahhha) on Sunday but to come down there on Friday. I am looking for other coming there from my end of the woods.

Funkweasel? Funkweasel??? I don’t know whether to laugh or cry

Seriously though. Grreat name, welcome to the small, furry carnivore riding community. Will be at the 16 event. Rode it this yr, some fairly technical stuff but fitness was the key factor. Few of us doing the Sunday (there for whole weekend) we’re a sociable lot and happy to mingle as long as beer is involved..

didn’t need photo ID last year even though they said you did

err I did, and everyone in the queue for registration around me had to show it too

Toofattoride – Yes I will be heading up from London. I was trying to reply to you above but somehow managed to put my whole post as a quote.
Email is in profile if you want to give me a shout

Ard Rock Sprint….. 30k loop with 4 stages and is open to riders as young as 15.

I’m tempted, but also on the waiting list for the big enduro. Hmmm…

There was another thread with a link to entry but it got deleted I think.

30k, 2000m climbing, 4+ hours, £5 camping till Monday

it’s 2000m of climbing and descending, so more like 1000m climbing.

Ah that’s better :))

New thread is still here

This is the link the poster posted in his PSA ’ardrock sprint link

Good alterative, my mate missed out on getting a place on the enduro so he could goto this and still enjoy the party with us.

Aye, I’m in. That bookends the weekend nicely, means I have a reason to go down on the Friday (maybe even the Thursday), as I’d only managed to get into the sunday enduro.

Sorted.

About 6 weeks or so to go. Hope people are more prepared than I am.

How prepared do I need to be? I’ve ridden my bike once in the past 8 weeks!!

Was saying how I really need to pull my finger out weezed round Gisburn today. On holiday for 2 weeks now tho

Broke my collarbone on Tuesday in preperation….didn’t realise it was only 6 weeks away.

What is this preperation you speak of?

Cx ing in flatest Norfolk is all that I can muster 😯

Canny wait, best event on the calendar. Bring it.

You do need a reasonable level of fitness to enjoy it. Couldn’t believe the number of folk having to push on the road sections last year. It’ll be a good 5hrs out on the hill if you don’t get some climbing practice in. 4000 ft and 27 miles isn’t easily covered after once a week sessions at cannock…

Has anyone heard from the organisers recently? All I’ve had is a confirmation email a couple of months ago…

Usually about 3 weeks before you’ll get your start time.

Really looking forward to this, it’s my first Ardrock and more doing it as a tester to see what the fuss is about. Six weeks isn’t a long time to get some big days in. Fingers crossed it’s all I’ve read about, just one problem take the Five or the hardtail……

Comes around fast, let’s hope the weather’s good. Steve doc, the five. I did the first one on a hardtail and although fun it was a much better experience the following year on a full sus.

Same here, rode the Bfe the first year, and the SB66 last year. It’s not the hardest of enduros, but I’d definitely say that the FS helps you carry speed through the rocky stuff.

And the climbings not that bad.

Cheers chaps ,best get the bugger out of moth balls then ,been riding the HT for the last few months thanks to the glorious British weather…….

Praying for good weather, my first time at Ard Rock this year. Got a Saturday ticket. No luxery of a campervan so tenting it up!

Looking forward to this one – not looking forward to another few weeks off the bike having smashed myself up. Not the ideal prep, when I was hoping/aiming for a decent result.

Oh well – it’s the week before we go on a riding holiday as well, so it’s probably not ideal to have the full red mist mentality.

I really don’t know what I’ve let myself in for… 😯

Gonna be an awesome weekend whatever tho!! 8)

bit worried myself. Got no practice in at all and my training will be attending several drinking festivals before that weekend.

No skill and no fitness, first race / enduro / event.

cant be that bad, can it?

ready/andybrad – It’s nothing to worry over, it’s not technically the hardest of riding, the climbs are fine and there’s a nice chilled atmosphere too.

It’s the one event I shall endeavour to get in the calendar every year.

As above, its pretty chilled out. There isn’t/wasn’t anything that wasn’t rollable albeit sometimmes with a bit of commitment.

Just flippin great riding…

I looked at the whole camping lark and noticed the YHA was only five minutes up the road . comfy bed ,warm shower and full English in the morning , and a bike wash ,, easy the best £25 ever spent , really looking forward to a good couple of days riding

I looked at the whole camping lark and noticed the YHA was only five minutes up the road . comfy bed ,warm shower and full English in the morning , and a bike wash ,, easy the best £25 ever spent , really looking forward to a good couple of days riding

I thought that too, but the atmosphere at the event village/campsite is wicked. All part of an awesome weekend*.

*Though I say this having a nice comfy stealth camper!.

With my average speed on recent rides I hope they give me an early start time!

ill be the one desperately trying to sober himself up on the sunday morning.

Im sure more than a few of my group will need a swift coffee break to come round on the Sunday Morning ,as were doing the sport too

ill be the one one of the few hundred desperately trying to sober himself up on the sunday morning.

FTFY. Myself included.