Yeah the rampage races were great – not technical I would agree, but to ride the singletrack fast and consistently needed some good focus, without many places to really get on the pedals and just power away (not that powering away was in my range of options)!
Open at the rampage was faster than open at frith hill, imho. My best at the rampage was 4th, got 1st at frith, but noticed other guys in sport who have previously raced open, and who I would freely admit have been faster than me in recent races! Hard to decide, maybe just see what cat you fancy on the day!
Can’t do the next gorrick, hope its a good one!