So according to the SiEntries website the enduro this weekend is nearly fully booked.

So who is going, who am I competing with for last place 😉

You’ll be competing for last place against me! Travelling up on Saturday from Yorkshire with a few mates.

Aye! Looking forward to this!

I’m in, going for a wee snoop up the hill this afternoon to see what I can see.

Looking forward to it.

i’ll be there. No idea what to expect, should be good fun though. For me I think it will be more about the taking part than the competing!

I’m in, going for a wee snoop up the hill this afternoon to see what I can see.

Looking forward to it.

I was there on Sunday. I noticed what looked like some new singletrack just off to the left near post 6, might be one of the stages

I’ll be there inc pre-riding on Saturday.

I’m there. I have been told that one of the stages is a completely new cut track, so that could be the one seen?

I like the ‘relaxed’ overall time period, no rush to get up the hill between stages like a normal enduro, I can have a brew at the bottom between each stage 😀

Going by my usual race performance last place will be mine 😀

I’m up for it and will be working hard on coming last too 😮

should be a good and pretty chiiled out event.

Aye, I was up there on Sat too and noticed that one. Also noticed the one at the rock step ups on the climb which also looked fresh. Will keep my eyes open for any other stuff today.

I’m in. No idea at all what to expect. What bike are people taking, out of curiosity? Any more hardtailists?

I’ll be on me Prophet.

I’ll be there too on a bright orange Wolf Ridge. Say hello.

I seem to have entered on Saturday night whilst drunk. Mmm not very auspicious start. Ah well…green Fuel EX9…probably with a surly expression at all times…it’s only on the surface though. I’ll be smiling on the inside really…

Me, going quite slowly on a black and white Hemlock most likely. Sould be down on saturday as well to see what devilment they’ve planned for us.

Marin Wolfridge here, had a spin round this afternoon, conditions are excellent just now so fingers crossed we don’t get any more heavy frosts!

Orange 5 is my weapon of choice 😀

Inners MTB racing facebook page

I sensibly entered and then looked at the course profiles. I’m now more scared about the amount of climing than the race sections… eek.

5″ trail thrasher for me.

I’ve been wondering about sticking dh tyres on… Looking at the amount of height change I think I’ll stick to normal ones

Yip, I was wondering about dual plys but now having seen how much climbing there is they are out! Given all the talk about loamy conditions I think Swamp Things may be the order of the day…

Hardtail with SIDs and 2.1 tyres. I may make the concession of dropping the saddle a little.

Singletrack below post 6 was created for the national XC champs in 2009. The singletrack above post 6 was the old red before it was re-routed to avoid the downhills.

I’m doing it but sort of confused as to what it is tbh. Are all the timed stages DH, and you just need to get up the hill to start them by a certain time (as per the profiles)? Cos I’ll take me gemini if that’s the case, it’s a pig bike but I can soft pedal it uphill no problem.
Or are the stages a mix of climbing and DH? In which case it’ll be the rush.

Find out on Sat either way I guess.

Only DH is timed.

You can start a stage any time after 0830, and you must finish the final stage by 1530.

Full explanation and schedule: http://www.innerleithenmtbracing.com/2010/11/enduro-race-series-round-1-30th-january.html

That facebook page is quite interesting,

I’ll be there on my black BLT

weather forecast is looking good, fingers crossed 🙂

so 22m racing time (benchmark) and presumably 900m climbing (…easily done in say 2 hrs max).

Looking good…I’ll be on a Purple Heckler, please heckle me.

Myself and Rick will be there on Cube Stereo Race’s……

We can’t make it up till late Sat though (21:30) because our shop is open till 6pm 🙁

Anyone taking a camera for some footage on Saturday? And if you do, and upload it, post it on the thread so we can preview the trails please 🙂
Be nice to see the trails before blatting down at warp speed…..

See you all Sunday!!

Matt

Was just down at innerleithen today and disappointingly didn’t see anything taped or marked up that we could use to get a completely unfair pre-ride

trackmaxi, if I can make the time to ride it on saturday I’ll be running the camera, so I might be able to get it uploaded in time (I video everything, I’m an addict). See what I can do

i’ll be there with the yorkshire crew, not sure what i’m riding yet but looking forward to the crack

Shadow: Yorkshire crew from Rippon way? My mate at Moonglu said a few guys were making the trip up!

Northwind: That would be amazing!!! Even if it’s just to see any sections that could catch us out….. it’s been a long time since I rode up in them thar hills…..

Can someone summarise it for me:
Is it ride out from carpark to the very top of the hill and then have mostly downhill being timed in a few spots

OR

Is it ride up a bit and ride down a timed section, then ride up a bit more and be timed then ride up a bit more and ride down and be timed…….

GKW, its ride up a lot, down a bit, up a bit, down a lot, up a lot and down a lot again. Where only the down bits are timed.

Innerleithen MTB racing site a has a course profile for the whole event and its going to be around 900 m of climb/descent in total. Sounds like all the timed stages will start at Plora Rig which is the start of all the normal DH tracks – quite far away from Minch Moor where the descent of the XC trail starts.

Here’s the profile: Jemima is spot on!

http://www.innerleithenmtbracing.com/search/label/propermtb?max-result=100

Details up on the site

trackmaxi – Member
Shadow: Yorkshire crew from Rippon way? My mate at Moonglu said a few guys were making the trip up!

Yeah from Harrogate and Leeds way, who do know from moonglu ?

Shadow, I know Neil and Mike. Neil helped me a lot when I was setting up our shop! And I’ve known Mike forever…

Any feedback on the course guys?? We are stuck in the shop…. 🙁

Did a recce yesterday,first time on MTB since November. Three words: Hard as ****. Loads of steep, techy bits(stage 2 esp), fair bit of mud in places but this was crisping up asit got cooler. Stage 3 is just a mixture of some of the older DH tracks – Gold and Cresta Runs etc.

Gonna a goody I think. Incidently I took a brand new Countour helmet cam to show some pals the course layout, but the videos arE unwatchable, quality is poor, jumping and jerking all over the shop. When i went to upload to Youtube it estimated 340 mins upload time. So I didnae bother…

Good luck to all that enter, see you down there…

I did a spin of the stages this avo. Stage 1 is very pedaly, no steep bits or difficult features – easy to ride but probably hard to ride fast.

Stage 2 takes in the black bit of plora craig on the XC route. It then hits a steep and loamy bit through the trees – I came off here and found it the toughest part of the course.

Stage 3 was the best I thought, seemed to be made up of the various DH tracks like MussEd says. Tough for a XC rider like me but hardly overwhelming, reckon most folk will be comfortable with it.

Overall great – the event makes sense to me now. I’d thought it sounded like push-up DH x3, but the stages are a lot different to that.

Managed round fine on a race hardtail, only the luge section stage 2 is a bit iffy due to brake pump on 160/140 rotors.

Cracking fun, really like the format.