Hit The North (Again)

Hit the North. July 17th 2010.

Subject to confirmation from the men in suits, Hit the North will be back on July 17th for an 8 hour festival of bicycle based suffering, comedy and carnage.

The track has the usual mix of cyclo-cross, mountain bike and hideous carrying sections with a couple of stream crossings, lots of cobbles and an angry farmer’s dog to further liven things up.

Some details in brief…

Any sort of bike as long as it has two wheels and one rider.
11:00 – 19:00hrs
6.5 mile laps.
Solo, pairs and teams of three.
Camping on Saturday night.
Beer tent.
Entertainment.
Fancy timing that gives instant updates on-line and via a wireless network at the campsite.

Price to be confirmed, but it won’t break the bank.

More details when we have them on www.hitthenorth.net and on Twitter @hit_the_north

Can’t get enough of bike events in the North West? You wanna check out the Singletrack Classic Weekender you do. 😉

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 (16)

miketuallymiketually March 25, 2010 at 10:23 am

Already in my diary

harry_the_spiderharry_the_spider March 25, 2010 at 10:35 am

The men in suits have not objected… so we are on!

harry_the_spiderharry_the_spider March 25, 2010 at 10:38 am

Do the Singletrack Classic Weekender and Hit the North.

Everybody should to experience a punishing double header at some point.

terrahawkterrahawk March 25, 2010 at 11:21 am

it’ll make your eyes water.

You filthy swine.

miketuallymiketually March 25, 2010 at 12:10 pm

Won’t be able to get to the ST Weekender, but my mate Diggler is organising a double header in Hamsterley in September.

tthewtthew March 25, 2010 at 12:44 pm

Any word on when will entries be available please?

kunoichikunoichi March 25, 2010 at 12:46 pm

Will BTCV be one of the charities you’re donating to again this year?

derek_starshipderek_starship March 25, 2010 at 1:12 pm

I might ride this one instead of pissing at marshall point 3.

terrahawkterrahawk March 25, 2010 at 1:13 pm

tthew – soon.
kunoichi – yes.

harry_the_spiderharry_the_spider March 25, 2010 at 1:18 pm

We are actually doing our best to give BTCV some money from the last race but it isn’t easy!

yeti guyyeti guy March 26, 2010 at 7:08 am

will i be mad to do this on my full sus?

Dont have an uberlight XC bike?

tthewtthew March 26, 2010 at 8:20 am

Plenty did the shorter races on FS bikes, jump bikes and all flavours of machines, the most appropriate it seemed were cyclocrossers, (though perhaps they are just more dedicated to training!)

If you’ve only got a full sus, then better to ride that than to not bother at all IMHO.

harry_the_spiderharry_the_spider March 26, 2010 at 8:36 am

Do it on whatever you want. There is a downhill where a full susser will be a huge benefit but you will be cursing it on the carry sections.

harry_the_spiderharry_the_spider March 26, 2010 at 8:42 am

…as tthew pointed out, the crossers have done well at the last two events. However, I think this is down to the riders not the bikes.

I did the recce laps on my full susser and it wasn’t bad. My crosser would have been quicker but, because i’m not very good on it, I would have scared myself to death in a couple of places.

Also, if the work is finished, we may have some berms and jumps.

kunoichikunoichi April 8, 2010 at 2:05 pm

harry_the_spider, how come? I might be able to help… drop me a line.

edhornbyedhornby May 2, 2010 at 9:11 pm

Me and thew (we are brothers… believe it or not.. one is faster on a bike and it ain’t me !) are debating whether to ride duo or solo or rope in a 3rd… could we pay/enter separately and then form a team after?

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