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Experience of the Weekender 09?
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Third Ta to everyone for turning up, and to Ben for organising it.
Heckling has never been s much fun ;o)Posted 2 years ago # -
Spotted that earlier on Ben, cheers though. Seems I was the quickest of the 1:45s which is cool. How close between the other 3 though? Sheesh!
Just need to lose about 2 stone and get a whole load fitter for next year's event now. Might not run the full DH tyres again either although they certainly helped prevent pinch punctures.
Fantastic weekend and a big thank you to all who were involved in the running and organising. Great stuff.
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I was one of those other 3 Chris Harrop - couldn't believe how close I'd just managed to avoid a penalty by! Didn't realise others were so close!
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Nice one Chris.
I was rather happy that my mate Dave flatted on the rock garden. He got a chance to have a run later on in his very own "special" category and beat the top time by just over 3 seconds which would have pushed you and me down into the next (not clean) group. Phew.
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This looked brilliant!
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I've been getting loads of pinch punctures recently, so gave tubeless a go on the rear for the first time at this event. Burped air out on my 1st dh practice, so tried more pressure and it ran sweet from then on - despite smacking the rim a couple of times.
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bit late to the party (no work time STW access!)...
more thanks from me and Kirsty, just a lovely, smashing, fun weekend. great format- come xc race day you 'know' the people you are riding against, you know? great banter on the trials and DH, both practice and doing it 'for real', talking lines and encouraging each other... lovely heckling from a slightly tipsy matt on the first trials section, and yes, giving the microphone to brant and dave turned out to be as inspired as it was dangerous!
proper hard xc race course, kind of as it should be, but agree, there were a few relieved and decidedly wobbly people come the end of lap 4!
so yeah, massive thanks to all the STW crew for working so hard on this, and to all the Council guys, the rangers, the marshalls and the Police CSO's falling off their bikes and looking after ours! and thanks to the riders and spectators for making it such a nice atmosphere... more please
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great fun. well done and thanks to those that made it happen.
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Sounds like a great time was had by all
I'll love to do a race/event with this format but going that far oop north ain't gonna happen. How about one in Wales eg Afan? would be perfect I reckon.
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I crossed the line a couple of seconds after someone but it looks like i finished 20 seconds after the nearest person? Must be something about the staggered start I guess....
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A brilliant event and I still can't believe I won, I am now officially the 'best' Jack of all trades and Master of none.
It was also nice talking to a wide range and style of mountain bikers. Including the young lad with the downhill bike who told me he had done his practice downhill run in 1min 15seconds! It was only after the official results came out that I realised he must have been exagerating slightly.
Thanks to any riders who kindly moved aside as I gasped out that I was coming through. I was desperately trying to hold of Joe Bedingfield who kindly gave me a packet of fig rolls on the podium (shame I don't like them).
A big thankyou to the organisers for putting on a great event (i've now found something I'm good at in mountain biking, it has only taken me 21 years) I'll definitely be back next year.
By the way that pole/lap dance before the prize giving was just wrong but strangely addictive.
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pahhhhhh.......................
ditch the XC and bring bakc slalom racing!
I didnt go because theres no way my knees up tp XC raceing, even at a pooteling level.
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Ju - yep and/or they may have been on their 3rd lap and you were finishing your 4th?
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managed to take a couple of snaps on the DH course and was just getting my eye in when the camera packed up
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Thanks Ben (I'm not the sharpest brick in the pack) - yes, it was rider # 11, Mr STEINMETZ. He was finishing his 3rd lap and I my 4th so i don't feel so bad now! I just didn't have any lungs left and he was able to hold me off taking him, grrrr...
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Mark, that'll have been the young lad who blitzed the DH in 3+ minutes during his 'actual' race run whilst holding up a VERY annoyed looking guy on a Cannondale Gemini. I'd be seething...
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who told me he had done his practice downhill run in 1min 15seconds!
After watching the taster vids prior to the event, I think that would've been possible as it implied the DH finished where the the jump line and singletrack line meet up again. As it was it finished just before the track crossing before the woody singletrack adding quite a bit more on.
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I don't think the final bit after the jumps took more than 1min 45secs to do, so the lad's seeding time was slightly optimistic!
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It wasn't the young lad who held up the Cannondale Gemini rider.
The Cannondale rider by the way amazingly stopped and let the young lad carry on riding ahead before restarting himself. I'm glad it never happened to me because I don't know what I would have done. Having said that I got bullied by a young 15 year old at our clubs track champs a few years ago he was ramming me up against the barriers despite the size difference.Posted 2 years ago # -
A great event with a nice chilled vibe. Big thank's to the singletrack crew for a fantastic weekend.
Hi to ed80 and daveyboywonder, nice to meet you guys, we will have to hook up for a ride in the not too distant.
Fond regards from luton
Phil
White Commencal 5.5, number 33PS - Hi Rob
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[quote]Hope the scars are healing Ant.[quote]
cheers brant, I'm holding up, had a massage afer the XC and that a freed the hip up a bit. hope i'm fit for 10 at kirroughtree on saturday
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For me, the atmosphere and friendliness of everyone involved was fantastic -- didn't feel overly competitive at all. Seemed to capture the spirit of riding, to have fun with likeminded folks, regardless of bike or ability.
I loved the commentary and inspirational words from Matt on the 1st Trials section ("C'mon you BAR END FREAK!").
A quick hello to the Valiant Cycles chaps who were camped next to us!
In conclusion: ouch, my frickin knees.
Looking forward to next year!
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Thanks Brant, your cry that someone was going to take me on the last run through the site really got me off my ass!
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Phil Hi, Fancy seeing you here. How's Luton? bet you loved the heart warming site of the Tower blocks by the Toddington services - Icons of a beautiful town!
Loved Dave's reference to Luton in his post!
Also, looks like there was only one place between us on the downhill (in our class) - Gutted
The less said about the cross country the better. I wasn't sure if it was my gearing, tyre choice, seat height or the 7 cans of Becks the night before that led to my poor performance but in the end I put down to a complete and utter lack of fitness! 4 weekends riding a year isn't enough for a cross country racer...
Retirement beckons (again)
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After double pinch flatting on his race run and therefore getting a DNF. My boy Nial had another run on the DH (just to see) and he got a 1.48.
He just wanted you all to know
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Never seen a fire as big as the one on Saturday night! It's the best type of entertainment when camping. Thanks
I knew my idol childhood days would pay off eventually.
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I'm still having flashbacks to Nial nosediving that jump on Saturday afternoon! Photos are nearly there... come on my old PC, you can do it. You can upload 50mb of photos to flickr surely!
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would like to see some pics of the DH, have looked on flickr but nowt on.....
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Ooh look it's me being crap on the DH.
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DaveyBoyWonder - Member
I'm still having flashbacks to Nial nosediving that jump on Saturday afternoon!
I soooo thought he was over the bars on that one! well saved!
cant wait to have a play on that jump myself next sunday! possibly with painful consequences!
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I soooo thought he was over the bars on that one! well saved!
teh skillz.
calderdale dads live our lives through him
go nial!
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Bloody brilliant as it meant the trails of SW Lakeland were deserted all weekend.
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