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Well, that was emotional.
First time racing on the singlespeed and got the gearing slightly wrong but hey ho.
Nice to meet a few other SSers: Tazzy, Charlie.
Lovely day for it.
Who else was there?
Thom (baby blue 853 inbred 26er)
Gutted I had to miss it.
Not been ill for a very long time ... today of all days!
I was on the green and yellow 907 fatbike 🙂
Riding along the beach solo on the third lap was far from ideal. Thoroughly enjoyable overall.
The speed of the lead pack was rather impressive as the passed me at the end of the second beach leg.
Will hopefully be back next year.
Felt for everyone single speeding today. Had a 25mph maximum on the beach first lap, the boys at the front must have got upto 30 mph :O great event, probably one of the best I've done 🙂
Holy cow that's impressive.
I wasn't there but my bike was.
Who won?
I did stu. Cracking day today will be back next year. 🙂
If i'd known you'd entered i'd not have asked. 😆
It was brill. No headwind, so wrong gear, a lot of spinning followed. And no pool of almost certain death. Great day...
Purple Pugsley SS......
I think we all won.... with the perfect weather and great atmosphere
What an amazing race and a wonderful event with loads of people and good demos available.
Had a frustrating time in the race really; having sat comfortably at the front for the entire beach I got swallowed up by about 30 riders as everyone took me by surprise and attacked for the tarmac exit. I spent the rest of lap 1 overtaking everyone and was making ground only to get lost on the start of lap 2 as some local idiot had moved an arrow. Lost a couple of mins, but to be fair the biggest loss was getting off the beach. Lots learnt for next year in terms of positioning and expecting the fast exit. We were over 30mph down the beach at times, but it did go in waves of twiddling at 20-25 odd then going nuts and spinning out in the 34/11.
I think I ended up about 10th.
Loved it ....apart from some slight cramping on the last lap ...better than last year and a lot dryer
Purple Stooge ss
Really enjoyed myself. The bottleneck at the first section of singletrack was a bit annoying but it was juts about having fun for me.
SS El Mariachi, only my fourth ride on this bike and the 20t rear cog was too spinny on the beach. Topped out at 16mph on the flats
Great weather, great event - thanks Matt and team. Was running 40:16 on my ss. Overall fine except a bit spinny on the flat and a bit meaty for some of those short climbs - had to dismount about 3 times per lap which made for lots of chasing in order to avoid a lonely ride along the beach!
Loved it, I think it might be my favourite event 🙂
Richellicott were you the one who had beers and sex last night???
Black STEEL 29 with Kinesis forks.
Great event as always, must remember not to pull my handlebars off next time.
Great event. Thanks to Matt and the team.
36:17 was a bit spinny on the beach but about right on the singletrack sections.
The group I was with also got caught out at the end of lap with a missing marker, but so did a few people so these things all balance out.
I'd like to see a video of the start. It seemed carnage (in a funny wacky races way) from within the pack.
If the weather can be guaranteed I'll definitely be back next year
Loved it, excellent day for it. We camped overnight and nearly froze to death!
Was on Trek Farley Fat Bike - Godiva Trailrider top...
singlecrack - Member
Loved it ....apart from some slight cramping on the last lap ...better than last year and a lot dryer
Purple Stooge ss
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common as shit those stooges 🙂
Very nice atmosphere and some great chaingangs on the beach. Not a clue how I did but the beach gave me a new 5minute power figure. Also got lost on second lap.
Brilliant ride today. Spinning like mad on the beach (33-19), felt more at home once off the beach. Some cracking bits of singletrack. Definitely back next year.
Black genesis fortitude ss.
Are the results posted anywhere??
Results here [url= http://www.battleonthebeach.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Provisional-BOTB-Race-Results.pdf ]Results[/url]
Well done everyone! I was there with my kids supporting and we all had a great weekend. Stunning venue, well supported kids races, perfect weather and an amazing main race to watch.
A big thanks to Matt and his team!
Cheers;
Horay; 321st overall. 38th in catagory. Get in........................
Here's the start.
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Shedbrewed, do you have a ginger beard, I was the hopelessly under geared oddball S/S fat bike.
Happy with 275th as the field had disappeared into the distance.
Yea, I based 32 X 19 on the Fatbike after last year's headwind, swamps and lakes. Twas a tad spinny. Then after the first beach just stood around waiting and admiring Tazzy's customising..........
109th overall and 8th in grand vets. Some practice needed on fast starting to avoid first lap bottlenecks.
adsh did a little bit better than me! 😳 238th overall, 26th in Grand Vets. Great day and I'm happy 😀
alexdudley - MemberShedbrewed, do you have a ginger beard, I was the hopelessly under geared oddball S/S fat bike.
Happy with 275th as the field had disappeared into the distance.
Yarp. Guilty as charged. Apologies if I was extra sweary near you on the last lap.
34/18 was spin city. Ah well it was still good fun. That fist lap there was a small barricade of ss'ers spinning along the beach as the line of bikes disappeared off into the distance.
"fist lap"
** s****s **
Gah.
After the cut too.
Where's my dialing wand?
120th and a bit of a blog http://johnclimber.com/2015/03/23/its-all-about-the-bike/
Our weekend was fun, great laugh roller racing on Saturday night, thanks for the fireball Whisky Taz!!!
Here's a video of the start!
I had a shocking race due to a complete lack of fitness which is my own fault. But to be honest I didn't really enjoy it that much. Its a long way from scotland to travel to hammer up the beach then push my bike in a long cue of people as soon as i got to the single track. Then spend the second lap dodging out of ghe way of all thd fast riders! Third lap would have been fun if i wasn't so broken!
As a weekend and event it was good fun but zero opportunity to do my best which admittedly isnt very good!
Southcoastsprints- just be thankful I was on my bestest behaviour and only had whiskey rather than sone of my home distilled firewater 😀 paraboot roller racing...it'll catch on one day !
not bad for big boots taz! maybe your home made juice wuld have made the tent warmer!!
That might explain why I saw you riding round for what I assumed was your 4th lap then!
Anyone know any other photogs that were there apart from Pease?
Yes that was a 4th lap, decided it was such a nice day we'd go round again.
GB
Official event video:
Morning all! Just been looking for info on SS ratios for BoTB and found this thread.
Entered fat SS. Seems if there was ever a race ideally suited to SS, it's not this one!
Thought originally I might nick the wonkey 35/17 bits off the 26er, but maybe that's too low. Got a 38 on the crosser, there's probably a 16S rear in the parts bucket, too.
Guess it will depend on the wind on the day too. Almost like a whole cassette might be handy!