‘Aving it ‘Ard! The ‘Ard Rock Enduro ‘As It Large.

August 22, 2015
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Around 1600 riders and racers all turned up for the 2015 ‘Ard Rock Enduro, making it probably the biggest participation event of 2015 (though you’re welcome to prove us wrong…)
In between the shiny, shiny bikes and the knee pads were some of the cheeriest and happiest racers we’ve seen for a goodly while. The weather helped, with a large amount of sunshine on the Saturday and cooler, but dry weather on the Sunday.

The sizeable tent village and unofficial VW T5 show…

 

Stage One was loose and slidey – a real wake-up

The event sold out in minutes this year, cementing its place as one of the must-do events of the season and so it’ll only get more popular as years go by – especially if the combination of great course, good food and entertainment and wonderful scenery continues.

Many people tried the sheep. Few succeeded

 

Luckily most of the scrabbly climbing was on the transitions, leaving the stages pure downhill-ish

Before you get carried away, here’s the official video.
https://vimeo.com/136224553

 

 

 

Banana pants

 

There was a bit of this…

 

…and a lot of pro elbows going on

 

 

 

Everyone loves a winner

 

 

 

 

 

Plenty of this on Saturday

 

 

And a bit of this

 

 

 

 

And who doesn’t love a rock covers band?

 

The MBUK boys fix a puncture using sheer numbers

 

It wasn’t all downhill though… this on the way to Stage 2

 

I recognise that faraway look…

 

‘By-eck, lad’ or something.

 

Team Kesteven won the awesomeness competition

 

 

 

It’s safe to assume that all this lot will want to come back next year, so keep your eyes open on the entries next spring.

 

Mr. Chipps Chippendale

Singletrackworld's ex-Editor At Large

With 25 years as Editor of Singletrack World Magazine, Chipps holds the record for the longest-running mountain bike magazine editor in the world. He started in the bike trade in 1990 and became a full time mountain bike journalist at the start of 1994. Chipps stepped down as Editor in April 2026 after 25 years at the helm. He's now wondering what to do next, while riding his bike in the French Pyrenees, where he also runs some gites.

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2 thoughts on “‘Aving it ‘Ard! The ‘Ard Rock Enduro ‘As It Large.”

  1. It was a really great event, I enjoyed it much more than last year.

    I can confirm that a rear tyre with some grip enhances the overall experience and makes you about 5 minutes quicker over the timed bits (even though the course was approx. 2.5 mins longer)

    I cant wait for next year!

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