Took quite a few photos this am at Bristol Bikefest as the weather turn out nice, unfortunatly i couldnt ride as im recovering from a bout of Labyrinthitis – i took so many its taken all afternoon to upload less than half!….
Album can be found here
still uploading another 200 or so shots – so check back later and see if you can find your self! (i was the guy in the grey hoody and black back pack wandering around the course). Please excuse the quality of the photos – i’m no pro…

too many photos to put in a thread – so here are some randoms….

looks good
i should have done the 12hr

well it has been pissing it down all week – untill today 😀

have they made it even harder to overtake by lining the course edge with rocks!?

cool photos 🙂

the rocks have been there a couple of months now (ithink there was a thread on this a while back)- overtakes seemed very courteous this year, with most people (99%) asking politely – i only heard one shouting match where one of the Torq guys (in the lead of the solo 12hr) overtook a very guy in a 4 hour team at some speed, 4 hour guy didnt like this and tried to chase him for 200yrds or so shouting his guts out….

almost there – just another 100 or so 137 to upload…..
stupid slow internet… 🙄

Jeez, not even started to upload mine…
will post the link when I have 🙂

first batch
now just have to sort though the 1,500 other photos 😕

Did he shout ‘Strava’?

Finaly mangaed to get the final few uploaded – (its alot quicker on a sunday am)

Thanks for posting the photos. Did you get one of the bus that ran me over, or is that just how I’m feeling this morning? 😉

Did anyone get photos of the jump near the finish line?

Do the jump! Do the jump! Do the jump!

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Video here, the rider in the LVIS jersey at 1.00 minute in is most handsome. 😉

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMb0yhT0sfw&feature=youtu.be[/video]

Thanks for postinng those – a couple of good ones of me there!

Loved the event – 8th in Male Pairs in the end after breaking a chain on the first lap, switching to the spare and having to stop 4 or 5 times every lap to put the chain back on (1×9 with no chainguide – D’Oh!).

Good video!

I saw you every time I went out I think Kingtut!

i only heard one shouting match where one of the Torq guys (in the lead of the solo 12hr) overtook a very guy in a 4 hour team at some speed, 4 hour guy didnt like this and tried to chase him for 200yrds or so shouting his guts out….

4 hour? Did I miss something? When was that? Solo was won by a Wiggle rider too, who was leading the whole time.

The only ‘issue’ I had overtaking was thanking someone ‘good man’, who curtly replied “WOMAN!” 😳

Also nearly t-boning Kingtut coming out of the bombhole!

The only ‘issue’ I had overtaking was thanking someone ‘good man’, who curtly replied “WOMAN!”

Heh, same here I wonder if it was the same woman, poor lass is going to have a complex now.

Thanks monkeyboyjc – Do you mind if I post a couple of your photos on my blog?

Despite some doom-sayers before the event, I found people very courteous on the course (on both sides of the overtaking).

Thanks monkeyboyjc – Do you mind if I post a couple of your photos on my blog?

not at all – they are open for use across the WWW.

4 hour? Did I miss something? When was that? Solo was won by a Wiggle rider too, who was leading the whole time.

my bad – was it 6 hrs on saturday? i think the Torq guys were leading the team event – seriously fast though 6 laps in the first two hours 5 mins…

I took a few photos at the top of the gravel climb during the last hour

P1030692 by Cheers Drive, on Flickr
Help yourself if you want a copy http://www.flickr.com/photos/rjohnson76/sets/72157630094425374/show/

my bad – was it 6 hrs on saturday? i think the Torq guys were leading the team event – seriously fast though 6 laps in the first two hours 5 mins…

Just the 12 wasn’t it?! Torq won the teams, thought you meant a leading Torq soloist.

Fairly irrelevant, only one overtaking based issue all day isn’t bad! I found everyone very courteous. I think because it’s acknowledged as an issue people are more aware of it than on a more open course.

Overtaking was good. Lots of “when you’re ready” rather than tyre banging or barging.

I only got someone try to squeeze past and just rode into my bars thoughtfully. Still way better than “normal” racing

Still not found any pics of me, but I had a great time out and enjoyed the atmosphere.

More pics here

Nice one hopster I can always rely on you to get a pic of me, proper breathing out my arse this time.

Some really good photos in there, monkeyboyjc, cheers_dave and grahamh. Top work. I hope you had as much fun photographing the race as we did taking part in it.

would rather have taken part… 😥

hopster – any chance of downloading a couple of your pics?

monkeyboyjc, could I use a few of your pics (of me) on my personal blog please?

yep sure – no problem

thanks!

monkeyboyjc, could I use the 3 photos you took of me attempting a berm on a very small bike please? Macmillan are interested in some for their website. Thanks 🙂

yep no problem – any one wants to use any of the bikefest photos i took of themselves, please feel free.

Thanks 😀

cool pics

Finally.. finished uploading mine 😕

Oof, that’s not gonna end well!

The folk who’d crashed were easy to spot – the ones covered in massive white bandages!

It’s me!

Not a bad gurn! Good set of photos, well done.

Njee, how did you link that photo?

Went into the ‘media’ tab of page info IIRC (on my phone now).

Edit: that was on Firefox