From Bedgebury insomnia this year

(It’s a photo of a photo which makes my 26er look like a 29er)

Raced road, MTB and cross all year.

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2012 24hr World Championship http://andrewhowett.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/24hr-world-champs-2012.html

2013 24hr World Championship http://www.andrewhowett.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/i-need-other-rear-wheel-and-piece-of.html

2013 Manx 100 http://www.andrewhowett.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/the-manx-100-and-bit.html

Isle of Man End2End. I don’t see it as racing though, it’s the taking part that counts 😆

The last one, an Action Asia CX race a few weekends ago, not easy against people half my weight on 29ers (thats what I tell myself anyway).

Two wheel drifting in to a corner at Pearce Series Round 2 2010 at Bringewood. The main track was too muddy and treacherous even for the elites to get down the first 100m! So the main man, legend and all round nice guy that is Dave Pearce taped in a ‘new’ top section down the side of the hill and the riders kicked the leaves and logs out the way and rode it in on practice day until there was a track. Loose and loamy and wet doesn’t even nearly cover it

Classic ‘cross race face:

Marathon face:

This thread is like seeing pictures of the actors from The Archers.

90% of the people I’m looking at bear no resemblance to the mental images that I have of them when reading their posts.

Victoria Cross this summer. I’m on the SS

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Cloud 9 fell race

I’m not competitive because I’m crap (I even lost the tag-along race on page 1!). But the QECP Enduro back in the summer was fab and I liked this pic the official photo fella took, so I bought it.

Got my framed

Nice Pic DezB

La Marmotte 2013: more surviving than racing, tbh.

The first MacAvalanche – I’m the one at the back.

Transwales 2010? (the last one)

Special Stage start on IronBike 2013

First win on the road this year

A few years back, before the pot hunters took over….

And St Eval Sprint about 10yrs ago

not really racing

Sod it, have another one. Hillclimbing and losing out on a trophy by one second.

I’m in blue, 2nd wheel back on the attack 🙂

And in my old club kit attacking uphill again. With a freaky arm muscle too 😕

Some pretty cool shots on here and impressive to see so many people DO actually go out and race. More interesting to finally put names to faces (or bikes) !

Muc off 8 hour, 2010

Bedgebury Insomnia this year

and in a victory of stubbornness over fitness i managed third in age group

Done a lot of archery competitions, but only ever one real race. FoD mini-enduro at the start of this month, so here’s a shot of me mincing around on a hardtail.

Before running preventing injury… 🙁

Question to schmiken, njee and the others who have raced the Olympics course, what are those rock sections like in the wet?

I’ve only ever seen near perfect conditions in photo’s and wondered if they are special rain replant rocks or normal ones that turn into ice skating rinks at the slightest sign of precipitation?

(fun race with tequila)

what is this ‘racing’ you speak of?

ah..its been a while!

Question to schmiken, njee and the others who have raced the Olympics course, what are those rock sections like in the wet?

No idea, every time I’ve ridden it, it was bone dry. Sorry!

I hadn’t even been drinking…

Old skool:

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Winning SS solo 10 @ Cheddar a few years ago:

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