Thinking of doing the Midlands race here, can anyone tell about the course?
Does it still have the old landmarks in it?
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Anyone?
Posted 1 year ago # -
Jim
if you know ER from old then you'll know theres multiple options for routes.
The last XC race there about 2 years ago can up with a monster course which split people about 50/50, some loved it some hated it.
On xcracer they make reference to back by popular demand, so it might be a techy /hard route.
But as ever with ER you will be either going up or down, it ain't Thetford!Posted 1 year ago # -
There's a lot of trail building gone on there over the past few years with some great new downhills and, more recently, some nice bits of singletrack joining them up. A lot of it is work in progress but the "Eastridge Trail Partnership" have regular dig days. The old tracks are still there, except for where felling has trashed them. I think the waymarked brown route follows a lot of the old Nationals course.
I love the place but don't ride there as often as I could/should. Heading there tonight actually - it's great in the dark too
As speshpaul says, it's a tough place to ride, never mind race. Especially given the relatively small height gain. You're always cllimbing or descending with very little let up.
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Heading there tonight actually - it's great in the dark too
I'll be about tonight as well, but then i'm already here:-)
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Speshpaul - are you local then? Have you done any of the trail building days? I keep trying to make them but work silly hours and haven't managed it yet.
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Yeap, very local.
I've done a fair bitn over the years i guess you've ridden some of handy work.
I haven't got anything to say about ETP, i guess we have different views:-)Posted 1 year ago # -
Ah ok. I guess maybe we should leave it at that then
.I sort of re-discovered Eastridge recently, having mucked about on it a bit around 10 years ago. A few of the guys I ride with have done a lot of work up there (Nick S, etc) and it seems to be a fun, under-rated place to ride. V nice if it's your back yard
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