i really enjoyed the descents. i thought they were all good fun. i was blasting past loads of people on downhills that had passed me on the climbs. chasing (trying to) guy martin down the final descent at midnight was real funny. the climbs just kept on going though. and going, and going. and if your moaning that it was too bumpy for your full rigid singlespeed, you were on the wrong bike.
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What's the right distance for a Mayhem lap? (No MM haters please)
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Posted 11 months ago #
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The length could have posed problems for slower teams in the night had it rained. The fastest riders would have struggled to do 1hr 20mins in really bad conditions from past experiences with time differences in laps and you can usually double that for slow teams. That's pushing light burn times.
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Oh - and I didn't think it was that hilly really compared to previous years. The downs were great once I had some good advice from Pat C-J - don't brake.
The bit thorugh the campsite was fantastic - it has to be kept in!!! The heckling was awesome.[*]
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I agree with Funkydunc's early post, the changeover was an uneccesary pain in the backside, I guess it wasn't positioned there by accident, probably to get you to pass by shops, cafes, and it should have had shelter, In the dark of night it was a miserable spot, luckily the weather held. Sort of. Course length, excellent, campsite banter, ditto. Jez's jump down by the lake? well, he's no carpenter is he!
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the climbs just kept on going though. and going, and going. and if your moaning that it was too bumpy for your full rigid singlespeed, you were on the wrong bike.
I dunno, rigid 29er here, spent most of my time hoping for more hills, took loads of people. If you found the hills too much you were on the wrong bike.
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i was on a rigid 29er singlespeed. could have done with gears at points on some climbs but on the whole absolutely loved it. it was killer on the descents.
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