At risk of sounding controversial, really wanted to ride it solo this year, with no other goal than “competing” against myself and putting a few miles on my “trail” ( hell, that’s such a crap term.) bike.
Having tried on and off all day, to get the site to even partially open, I’ve really lost all interest, so I’ll have a weekend in the Dales or Lakes instead.

I wouldn’t give up, there are probably solo spots left. Why not give it another go this evening.

MOKL ! Cheers for the kick in the arse, probably what I needed. Rode it last year in a a team, first ever mtb event for me, and did what many do I guess and said never again for the first week after, then figured that without all the team politics, just as a personal challenge I’d do it again.

Have you signed up then? I did it in 2010 solo as my first ever mtb event. If you are the kind who likes a personal challenge and to only have themself to answer to, then I highly recommend it. The crowd support for solo was fantastic too.

loads of places left (unless they have made a cock up), what was the rush all about, 🙄