Lots of ‘helpful feedback’ yesterday, so I cracked another one off..
[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6G5IcTz1KVs[/video]

not entered yet? IDIOT

so I cracked another one off..

And still found enough time for a bit of videoing…..badoomchffff.

it was fun – I might do it more often 😉

Just trying to get my bearings on this having never done HtN (I might nip over today and see what the route’s like, if it’s easy enough to follow – who knows, I might even enter – for a giggle) Is that Tarmac stretch at the beginning somewhere along the road down to Phillips Park Hall? Where is the turn off onto the first bit of single track?

Ta very much.

it’s mostly within Philips Park.

course conditions look perfect – can we have the race now? Or book this weather for Feb??

The weather in Feb has always been kind to us. The Manchester monsoons are always in July.

The World just wasn’t ready for “Tall Screen”. In 5 years time they will be showing the original cut at Cornerhouse and people will rub their beards in awe.

However, as advertising it was gold! The break even target was hit after 3 weeks and we are now only a few away from sell out – a double 3 Peaks winner signed up yesterday!. Pretty soon we’ll have to hit the “Increased Capacity Contingency” button.

Sign up now. It’ll all be gone soon!

That looks unseasonably dry! Bregante – get your bloody entry in fella! I’m doing it, so you know there will definitely be someone slower 😉

it might look dry, but it’s as slippery as ****.

I’m in already and this will be my last ride before I leave for Oz! So I’ll be riding with the for sale sign on my bike! Are mud x good for the track? looks like it’ll cut up badly after a few hundred riders. (I want some new tires anyway) Also what sort of distance is a lap?

A point regarding the video, when you’re running up the steps I almost barfed up my breakfast!

Ps the world will never be ready for tall screen.

Keep the video’s coming!

2hottie.

Mud X will be spot on, assuming the going is ‘soft’. it could be frozen solid.
There’s at least half of the course that’s hardpack or gravel.

It’s about 3 – 3.5 miles per lap.

But, of course, the one thing the vid doesn’t show, is the legend that is…
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[/url] HitTheNorth_CX_056 by Ed Rollason Photography, on Flickr[/img]

We will enhance the MTFU Hill experience this time around in a Brazilian carnival style.

Why arent they riding?

they’re broken.

I think people need to be more sparing with pictures of the Field of Despair and MTFU Hill. It can upset us more sensitive types.

I’m scared!

We will enhance the MTFU Hill experience this time around in a Brazilian carnival style.

…and with explosives.

That photo doesn’t do MTFU hill justice. I could hardly stand up whilst spray painting the motivational message, such is the steepness.

This is a better indication.

TBH I don’t know why we bother with a course at all. I’m sure that we could get away with charging you perverts twenty quid, tying you up in a muddy trench and kicking you to the sound of brass band music whilst somebody throws crap over your bikes and steals your brake pads.

It actually uses less energy ( Edit : and can be quicker) to “run/crawl” across the field and up that hill than it does riding it.

It makes me chuckle when people see the pics and video and say it looks easy. Ride round it for 2 hours and if you feel the same come back and ask “why they aren’t riding”. 🙂

Oh… Perhaps this would be a good time to mention that the 2012 course has a new hill in addition to MTFU. It is a bit longer, a bit steeper and a lot muddier.

After struggling for several seconds to come up with a name for it we settled on “Bastard”. Hope you like it. 😉

I rode the field bit every lap (then took my place in the stumbling queue to grovel up MTFU hill like every other fool who’d entered). My average speed, according to the computer whenever I looked at it, was around 3.5mph

Flat out.

Can’t wait to do it all again 😀

Who’s been gifted the brake pad franchise this year? I hear it’s fought over like oil drilling rights in the middle east? Have either of you pair been taking ‘favours’?

We’ve contacted a pad manufacturer for sponsorship now you come to mention it. Not heard ‘owt from them yet.

A well known supplier of bike cleaing products will be donating prizes though. Thoughtful or what?

How about a start list?
Here we go…

Timothy Adlington
Dean Aggett Manchester Mountain Bikers
Phil Alcock
Richard Allen
John Askew Lancaster CC
Chris Auld Start Cycles
Mark Austin
Lee Baker
Michael Bakewell
Richard Ballantine Craven Energy
Rick Banks Manchester Mountain Bikers
Paul Barnett
Neil Bedforth
Karl Booth
Jamie Brady Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service CC
William Brady
Alex Brett
Tom Brookes Lichfield City CC
Nicholas Budworth St.Helens Woollybacks
Dan Bullock
Andrew Burgess Team JMC
Geoff Burgess
Sally Burgess Team JMC
Phil Chaplow
Chipps Chippendale Singletrack Magazine
Adil Chowdhary
N Clark
Nigel Clark Alf Jones Cycles
Robert Clarke
John Clayton Bogtrotters MTB Club
Mark Colebourn Cheshire Chunky Monkeys
andrew collins
Steve Cooper
Anthony Coughlan
Mike Counsell Witton Weavers
matthew cox u/a
Pete Crawforth Pedal Pursuits
Katherine Crompton
Chris Cullen
neil curtis
mark dawson
Andrew Devine Crosstrax
Phil Dilkes Stockport Clarion CC
gavin dolman
Alan Dorrington Here Come The Belgians
Paul Downton
Peter Dukes
David Eastham
Lee Eaton Team JMC
Richard Edge http://www.phase9clothing.com
Steve Edler
Oliver Elsworth
Mick Ely Northwest Riders
Neil Evans Manchester Whlrs Club
Wayne Farrell Team JMC
Tom Ferguson
Gareth Flavell Born To Bike
Colin Flinn Manchester Mountain Bikers
Simon Forster Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service CC
Chris Foster
Will Fox Darwen Dashers
Pete Gamble Team JustGoRide
Richard Gaskill
steve gibbons Northwest riders
Harsharn Gill Keep Pedalling Manchester
Andrew Gillies The Woollybacks MTB Club
Ron Gilmour Manchester Mountain Bikers
Mike Gradwell Saddleworth Clarion
Martin Gray
Julie Greengrass The Kinesis Morvelo Project
Steven Greenwood Witton weavers
Craig Hall Witton Weavers
Clinton Halsall Woollybacks Mountain Bike Club
Nick Hamilton ThisiSheffield.co.uk
Fraser Hardie Front Room Racing
Rob Harper Manchester Triathlon Club
Paul Harrison St Helens (Woollyback) MBC
Chris Harrop Sheffield Tri Club
Neil Harwood
adam hatton
adrian hatton
Dave Haygarth Planet X/On-One
Mike Hayward Born To Bike/Bridgtown Cycles
Craig Heywood
Jason Hill
Tom Hill Velocake/Herecomethebelgians
Graham Hollier H2hoes
Glyn Hopkins
Jenn Hopkins Singletrack Magazine
Ed Hornby Prestwich Dynamos
Matthew Hornby Weaver Valley CC
david horrocks Team Aldi
Matthew Horton #3Counties
Ben Houldworth
Simon Hourihan
David Howard
Peter Hughes
John Hunter Team Aldi
warren jackson Northwest riders
David Jaquin
Phil Jevons #3Counties
Nathan Judge naffriding.com
Christopher Kay Alf Jones Cycles
Paul Kelsall New Mills Massif
David Kent St Helens (Woollyback) MBC
Joe Kowaltschuk Northwest Riders
David Lamb
David Langridge
Adrian Lawrence
Chris Lawson
Simon Lay
Adam Leadbetter
Justin Lindsey-Noble
Paul Livsey Darwen Dashers
Gavin Long
Chris Lord
Stefan Macina
steve makin Cheeky Trails/Velo Cake
Chris Maloney
Anthony Malpass
Gregory May Here Come The Belgians
Anthony Mayer
Matthew Mckenna H2hoes
Duncan McLaren
andrew mcmullen
Maggie McPhillips Stockport Clarion CC
Mark McPhillips
James Meek
Louis Mehr
Jason Miles Team JMC/Titus/On-One
Gareth Minton
Paul Monis
John Moore The Woollybacks
Alun Morley Barnesbury CC
Sam Morley
Richard Munro Ride the Lakes
Richard Naylar Keep Pedalling Manchester
Ben Newton Manchester Mountain Bikers
Iain Nicholson
Jemma Nurse Here Come The Belgians
Simon Nurse
Richard Oldfield
Adrian Ormerod Peaks Pootlers
Darren O’Toole Manchester Mountain Bikers
John Parkinson
Simon Pateman
Andrew Peace
Emma Peasland Blackpool Clarion CC
Graham Piccavey
ian pidgeon Soft Southern Shandy Drinkers
Martin Pigott Stockport Clarion CC
Nicholas Popham
Andy Porter Dukinfield CC
Chris Powell Dukinfield CC
Dave Powell Team JMC/Titus/On-One
Vicky Probyn Dukinfield CC
mark pryal
Jason Ragg Manchester Whlrs Club
Lee Ramwell
Spencer Renyard
Tony Richmond Antric Electrical
stuart rider yorkshirebiking.com
A Ringer Singletrack Magazine
Adam Rowlinson
Dave Rushton
Robert Satherley
Arno Schlabertz
Andy Schubert #3counties
Scott Shaw
Warwick Shaw Park The Custard
Michael Silver Team JMC
Jacqui Simcock Team JMC
Phil Simcock Team JMC
Mark Spittlehouse n/a
Jane Squires
Peter Squires
IAN SUTCLIFFE
Dean Taylor VC Moulin/Singletrack Minceurs
Ian Taylor
Kevin Taylor Manchester Mountain Bikers
Chris Terry Team JustGoRide
Chris Thomas
George Thompson Manchester Mountain Bikers
Mark Turner
Eleanor Underhill Weaver Valley CC
Kevan Underhill Weaver Valley CC
Greg Vallance Manchester Mountain Bikers
Nick Waggett
Nick Wallis #3counties
Alex Walsh Born To Bike
Andy Watson Team JMC
Tim Watts http://www.bikedoctorleeds.co.uk
Mike Welburn Lichfield City CC
ewan wentworth
Andrew Wheeler Stockport Clarion CC
Paul Whittaker Stockport Clarion CC
James Willetts Congleton CC
simon williams Team Aldi
ANDY WOODWARD GUCC

and a reminder of what the course looks like with loads of people on it…
[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TS-As4jul_I&feature=related[/video]

Jason,

Still having trouble signing up.

Could you save me a place and I can pay you by bank transfer?

I’m desperate to get muddy again

Cheers

Plum

You’re place is secure. 😉
We can sort out the details nearer the time.

It makes me chuckle when people see the pics and video and say it looks easy. Ride round it for 2 hours and if you feel the same come back and ask “why they aren’t riding”.

OK. Just entered! Although the next pic looks a bit more daunting!

Wait until you see “Bastard”.

An estate agent would describe it as being an imposing woodland feature at the end of a demanding gravel climb[/i].

It’s a bastard.

Many thanks

Plum

‘goes to shine SS in preparation’

Is the ‘Kiddy’ race going a head? I’ve just been looking at the website and can’t see anything.

Is the ‘Kiddy’ race going a head? I’ve just been looking at the website and can’t see anything.

yes. Details to follow when I get around to it.
basically turn up with your kids and their bikes and they’ll have the chance to kick each other’s arses.

🙂

there will also be a proper, full-on, FAST, youth (13, 14, 15 year olds) race. 9 am start, shorter course, 40 mins.

Awesome.

…and a smaller kids 10 minute race to be held in the main field whilst the adult race is going on. British Cycling are looking after the kids so that we don’t break them.

we have seen your lad in action – is it free for the kids- if a parent has entered ?

Free for the little ones. The youths will have to pay (not full price) as we have to cover extra medical and insurance costs, but there will be prizes.

Here’s a video from 2010 I missed until tonight

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3ZND8nbU4s&feature=player_embedded[/video]

Terrahawk.

Could you update my entry to show my club details please. I don’t know if I forgot to put it down or not but the team prize is going to make things very interesting this year 😀

Thanks
Mark McPhillips
Stockport Clarion CC

some of the team details didn’t survive my shonky export from the entry thingy. You details are showing on your entry Mark, so all’s well.

I just somehow managed to cock it up. A bit.

What exactly is a Clarion?