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  • Enduro World series Tweed valley – which trails?
  • fergal
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    It’s not exactly mountainous or gnarly, where do you reckon they will ride?

    Northwind
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    Not gnarly? Some of the stages they’ve come up with in the past have been bloomin terrifying! Think we struggle for altitude mind but not challenge.

    legend
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    You assuming Innerleithen then NW?

    The trails at Inners would certainly be better/harder, but I don’t know if the EWS would want the facilities that Glentress offers?

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    GHill
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    Didn’t Tracy Moseley comment that one of the recent Tweed enduros had more challenging stages than she’d seen at the EWS?

    BoardinBob
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    Both, with plenty to link them up, like Gypsy Glen

    flyingmonkeycorps
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    Stage 4 from Tweedlove last year (in Cademuir) certainly wasn’t easy!

    legend
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    Gypsy Glen descent is far from a challenge though, it’s just a flat out (grin inducing) blast

    Northwind
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    @Legend- I reckon stage 4 at Cademuir last year was nastier than the inners stuff… But who really knows? It’s a long way away and the Tweedlove guys don’t go for half measures, if they can’t find the trails they want they’ll make ’em 😉

    legend
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    Sounds interesting! I was down at the UKGE at Hamsterley instead where the going was…….. well it was a bit tame really

    t-p26
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    You planning some secret practice then smoking the pros?… Its not going to happen 😉

    KingofBiscuits
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    S4 this year was very difficult and a little beyond my skill level and confidence to ride quickly. More death grip braking 🙂 Think Alpine switchbacks but with the trees only a DH bar width apart.

    Gary Forest, the eventually winner blitzed through S4 pretty quickly and he’s not in the top 10 of EWS (as far as I know).

    I hope there will still be plenty of places for numpties like me to ride the event next year. Will there be separate Pro and Amateur groups? From what I remember a lot of the sponsored pro rideers went early this year i.e 9am start. Maybe earlier.

    kimbers
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    hopefully UKGE wont clash with tweedlove and the EWS next year, but I think Parr is a bit annoyed

    id certainly like to ride both

    Taz
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    There is heaps of very challenging stuff in the area. Some of the trails on Caberston, which I think is where Moseley passed comment on, would challenge most riders to ride flat out, especially if wet (it’s Scotland!!). Lot of variety as well.

    Throw in a couple of mid stage climbs / traverses and it will be plenty long enough.

    My guess would be if you found last years event technically tough this year will be a step up again (total speculation on my part)

    richmtb
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    at one of the Enduro events in Inners recently a guy podiumed on a V-10.

    So plenty of challenging stuff available especially in the wet

    mikewsmith
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    Spooky Wood, Caddon Bank, the bit back to the car park at Glentress and maybe a loop through the skills park – should sort them all out 🙂 Failing that make them ride the road in between not that would be gnarly

    glupton1976
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    There are hunners of potential lines in and around GT that will challenge the pros. If you haven’t found the steeper parts of the forest then you haven’t been looking very far.

    legend
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    Steep at Gt isn’t as steep at Inners/Cademuir unless there are super secret trails that I haven’t seen

    Northwind
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    T-Mo would probably have been referring to the UKGE round at innerleithen btw.

    legend
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    EWS on Pro Spacker? Should be the right level for them…..

    athgray
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    Does anyone know if they are planning 2 enduros during Tweedlove? Is King/Queen of the Hill going to take place seperately?

    phatstanley
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    Steep at Gt isn’t as steep at Inners/Cademuir unless there are super secret trails that I haven’t seen

    there’s bits n’ bobs that remain that are fairly steep…
    e.g. if you turn right on the forest road after the b!tch, there’s a couple that dip into the trees on the left (one a remnant of an older longer trail, before the last bit of logging…)

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