Did a few enduros this year as before and I’m already starting to think about what we’d like to do next year. What domestic MTB XC/enduro events would you recommend/did you enjoy and why?

Cheers,

Jez

Well Jez, I don’t know which to do but whatever you do, don’t do the, Welsh ride Thing at the end of May. It’s tedious, mile after mile over the mountains and hills of mid Wales, there’s no shops, no bike wash, no cafe, there isn’t even any people … certainly one to steer clear of 😉

Hit the north-cold and muddy.
3 peaks cx-warm and painful (tho thats anything on a cx bike in general).
Dyfi enduro-steep and bumpy.
Kielder 100-long…really long.
Any No Fuss event-scottish and stuff.

Exposure 24. The most fun event of the season. Book in and ride it to find out why….

The epic blast

SSUK if you are that way inclined.

Can agree with Stuarts assessment of WRT. Despite about 50 riders on the last day I had ridden for a couple of hours without seeing anybody. Suddenly, I went round a corner and thought I could actually see somebody. So busy looking in surprise I fell off and a couple of young ladies came to my aid…. (Also got to spend a quiet night with ianb in a bothy)

Kielder 100 – for the atmosphere, adventure and challenge
CRC Selkirk (ex Merida) Marathon because it’s 50 miles worth of riding that I’d do even if it wasn’t an event.

Bristol Bike Fest has a great atmosphere and decent rocky course. camping, bar, bands etc. early june so good warm up for MM.

Midlands XC was a great race series, Hanchurch course great wooded singletrack.

Nutcracker XC also very good for regional racing.

🙂

Tour de Ben Nevis – Biblically wet and during the brief dry spells, the midges were on a scale I have never encountered, but that didn’t detract from the superb course and scenery.

SSEC2010 was good all round (weather, event, people, course)

just did a local CX race the other weekend (London Se CX League) – you can’t beat an event you can ride to from home, race*, and ride back home again

the random trip to the Lakes with people i don’t really know was fab

*ish

may try SSEC2011 err next year

10@kirry – despite *quite* a lot of rain, was great fun

Kielder 100 – for the atmosphere, adventure and challenge midges

Be honest now – the ride was good mind

Any SS event is good; my wife and 4 year old son don’t ride the events but insist on coming for the atmosphere.

24hr Solo World Champs.
Oz in October, fantastic course, lovely people. PITA to get to and cost £silly but well worth it.

Second best was

grazedknees – Member
Exposure 24. The most fun event of the season. Book in and ride it to find out why….

Already got my 2011 entry 🙂

Enjoyed the big bike bash and will go next year if I can. Weather wasn’t great for my little uns so hopefully the sun might shine next year 🙂

Set2Rise – shame it was wet this year, the course would be even more fun in the dry.

Torq 12:12 for all the twisty singletrack

For me the best events this year were.

Dyfi.
SSEC.
Selkirk CRC Marathon.
SSUK.
KoNROTWSSC.

Set2Rise – shame it was wet this year, the course would be even more fun in the dry.

Torq 12:12 for all the twisty singletrack

Anything organised by No Fuss. By far the best events I’ve done.

Dyfi
SSUK
SSEC
KoNROTWSSC
Brizol Bikefest.

Singletrack weekender! Coming again soon to a quarry near us.

Dun run, london fields to dunwich in suffolk, left at 8.30pm got there at 4.30am, great ride.

Best events of the year for me are:

Bristol Bikefest – great course, atmosphere and generally really good fun.

HONC – not your traditional mtb event but just really enjoyable

Set2Rise
Torq 12:12
Brighton Big Dog
Are You Tough Enough

All well-organised, chilled out, and packed with singletrack.

Big Bike Bash

HONC

Dyfi

SPAM Winter Challenge

You lot are a bit serious.
Try The Hairy Coo -that’s ace 😀

Real Ale Wobble. In a class of its own.
http://www.green-events.co.uk/events.php#id19

Dean Forest was the best course.
Set2Rise was the best 6 or more hours event.

Midland Trailquests Spring Series will be the best MTB event series next year. 😉

Bontrager 24:12 is an excellent event.
Wiggle Enduro 6 is good too!