XC Racing At New Commonwealth Games Venue (near Glasgow)

This Sunday (9th Aug) will see the first event at the venue for the 2014 Commonwealth Games MTB race. Cathkin Braes on the south side of Glasgow is a fantastic location with some great riding and amazing views across the city.

The team at SXC have done a fantastic job to create a course that is challenging and fun to race, with steep testing descents including the 4x style ‘Ski Slope’, lung busting climbs, and fast flowing singletrack, so why not come and give it a go, and be one of the first to race on the 2014 games course.

If racing isn’t your thing, but you’d like to help to make this event a big success come along and lend a hand with marshalling.

For more info check out the SXC website.

Ben Haworth

Orange Switch 6er. Stif Squatcher. Schwalbe Magic Mary Purple Addix front. Maxxis DHR II 3C MaxxTerra rear. Coil fan. Ebikes are not evil. I have been a writer for nigh on 20 years, a photographer for 25 years and a mountain biker for 30 years. I have written countless magazine and website features and route guides for the UK mountain bike press, most notably for the esteemed and highly regarded Singletrackworld. Although I am a Lancastrian, I freely admit that West Yorkshire is my favourite place to ride. Rarely a week goes by without me riding and exploring the South Pennines.

Comments (5)

SannySanny August 4, 2009 at 5:04 pm

FYI

Neil Walker of Walkers Cycling is leading a ride tomorrow night from the car park near the Golf Course leaving at 7.30pm sharp. This is an ideal opportunity to pre ride the course and to get an idea of what the Games course may look like.

Cheers

Sanny

scotjohnscotjohn August 4, 2009 at 9:36 pm

Cheers Sanny will try and catch that. Am out for a morning ride with Macca at the Whangie, so that’ll top n tail the day nicely. You going?

SannySanny August 5, 2009 at 1:38 pm

Hey Scotty John

See you there.

Cheers

Sanny

fishafisha August 5, 2009 at 11:07 pm

Lots of people there…