It is a great run event and very good value for money too...
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Posted 1 year ago #
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damn and double damn.. got up late again this morning and was too late for HONC it appears
Even faster selling out this year
bugger
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Last year it took 25 hours.
This year it took 5 hours.
Next year 1 hour!!
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Tbh you can just turn up and ride on the day, just follow the signs/other riders..But that would be completely irresponsible and against the true nature of paying to ride on public bridleways and roads
i'll be the one without a race number then, or the one riding the empty trails at home as you lot queue for a gate
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I will riding without a number too!
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To all those planning on riding the event without officially entering;
As I understand it, this event is not a commercial venture like the Merida/CRC Marathons or Kona Mash Up. It is not put on to earn a profit for the sponsors.
It is put on by volunteers to raise money for charity.
If you want to ride the course without entering, it would be nice if you made a voluntary independent donation to one of the charities.
If you make use of the food stops without paying an entry fee, that's theft.Posted 1 year ago # -
i won't make use of the food stops if i haven't paid, give me some credit
and as i understand it the "course" you mention is already waymarked bridleways isn't it?
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Not you. A bit further up the page.
Posted 1 year ago # -
"If you want to ride the course without entering, it would be nice if you made a voluntary independent donation to one of the charities."
+1
Posted 1 year ago # -
So, my lash up SS cross bike ought to be fine, right?
Posted 1 year ago # -
What happenened to make the event suddenly take off?
It's cheap to enter and easy to ride. With a great cake-stop.
Posted 1 year ago # -
We'll be riding a varient of the course which misses out lots of the road and adds in some local knowledge cheek
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Doh, I checked at 8am and then got side-tracked so missed the 10am start and by the time I'd remembered to check again it was full. Enjoyed it the last couple of years so tempted to do it unofficially + donation this time around but I guess if too many started doing that the event would be in trouble due to the numbers permitted (although who sets the 1200 limit, council, police, organising club based on a risk-assessment, insurance provider?)
Posted 1 year ago # -
oldgit - Member
Well there was a snowstorm the time I did it.
2006. Horrible - white-out across the tops.
I'm in again this year, no. 447. Can't believe how quickly it filled.
Posted 1 year ago # -
The strange thing is, a 50 or 100km signposted route using lanes and bridleways can sell out 1200 places in less than two hours, yet if it was a challenge to independently plan a route and navigate to 30 locations over 100 square km using the same lanes and bridleways, 50 people would enter and 1000 would say they don't want to do it because it's boring.
Posted 1 year ago # -
TQ isn't sociable in the same way though...
Plus everyone has beards and rides Marins
Posted 1 year ago # -
I really can't think of anything more dull to do on a bike than a trail quest.
But then I can't navigate for shit.
Posted 1 year ago # -
Yeah, I guess riding off in to the distance hoping you might just stumble across one of the control point markers wouldn't be much of a day out.
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