Dawn Raid! Ard Rock Tickets On Sale Tomorrow!

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Ard Rock tickets will go on sale tomorrow morning at the rather anti-social time of 6.30am. This is your warning to set your alarm if you’re hoping to be there, as this is an event which regularly sells out. You’ll also need a certain amount of information to hand to complete the entry process, to whichever of the five events you might want to ride. Get yourself ready…

Ard Rock Enduro Intro

23rd July. The Intro is an inclusive event and a perfect introduction to the full Ard Rock, the Intro is a 30km loop with 4 timed Ard Rock stages that get progressively more technical. £66 + £4 booking fee.

Ard Rock Epic

21st July. A mountain bike challenge event on the Ard Rock Enduro course taking in all the timed downhill stages. You’ll get a time for the stages and the full lap. £68 + £4 booking fee.

Ard Rock Enduro Sport

23rd July. The same course and timed stages as the Ard Rock Enduro, BUT, the Enduro Sport takes place on Sunday for riders who care more about completing the challenge and the adventure rather than every tenth of a second. £76 + £4 booking fee.

Ard Rock Enduro Sprint

22nd July with practice on 21st July. 30km with around 2000 metres of combined climbing and descending. The sprint takes in 3 of the most technical Ard Rock special stages and has a junior category (15-17 year-olds). £80 + £5 booking fee.

Ard Rock Enduro

22nd July with practice on 21st July. 45km loop with 7 timed stages on specially made trails. This event is for the more experienced riders competing for top positions. £90 + £5 booking fee.

Additional Info

All race tickets include parking, entry to the festival, and access to ‘open and demo rides’ on all three days.
Tickets for the demo loops for “non-racers” will be available later if capacity allows.
Camping tickets are £10 per person per night or £25 for a flexible pass that covers Thu-Sun nights. Racers and their supporters can book camping tickets via a link in their confirmation email. In February, camping tickets will move to tier-two pricing.

Entering

One person can enter up to 6 participants. Select the type of tickets and amount you want and click ‘confirm tickets’. When you receive your confirmation email, click the Download Tickets button to submit the entry details for each participant. 

You will need all of the below information for each participant. 

  1. First Name
  2. Last name 
  3. Email
  4. Gender
  5. Age category your age on the day of the event. If you are riding an Ebike, please click Ebike.
    15-17 Junior (sprint event only)
    18-29 Senior
    30-39 Master
    40-49 Veteran
    50+Grand Veteran
  1. Ebike (yes/no)
  2. Team Name – as you would like it to appear on the results page and for the team prize (this is who you ride for, not who you want to ride with).
  3. Group Name – Please enter the same ‘group name’ as the riders you wish to start with. Your group name can be any combination of letters or numbers and must be the same as the riders you want to be grouped with. 
  4. Expert rider: If you would like to be considered for the first wave, please write your best result of 2022. This may separate you from your group. Do not write anything if you don’t want to be seeded. 
  5. Ability level – Please rate your ability 1. Usually in the top 10% / 2. Faster than average / 3. Mid pack rider / 4. Steady away / 5. Hoping to make it round 
  6. Emergency contact name and number 
  7. What brand of bike are you riding 

Get your alarm set and ready, and head to the Ard Rock website to get booking.

https://singletrackworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/buyers-guide-to-the-best-mountain-bike-flat-pedals/

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  • thegeneralist
    Free Member

    30km with around 2000 metres of combined climbing and descending.

    Can you confirm what you mean by this?

    Is it just ugly/ overcomplicated phrasing or is it really 1000m up and 1000m down?

    SirHC
    Full Member

    Full loop last year was 25 miles and 5200ft climbing.

    weeksy
    Full Member

    As much as i love the idea…£95 for a ride… That’s a bit strong for me… That’s putting it to £200 for me and the boy without any parking, camping, transport… jeepers.

    stwhannah
    Full Member

    @thegeneralist I’ve had it confirmed: 1000 up, 1000 down

    v7fmp
    Full Member

    Me and two buddies will be doing a three prong attach to try and secure tickets!


    @weeksy
    – its much more than just that. Festival atmosphere, crowds, music, food, drink, entertainment, demo rides, loads of things to touch, buy, see.

    I would almost go as far as saying its the Glastonbury of the MTB world.

    But i guess if thats not what someone is into, £95 for a day on the bike is about double what Southern Enduro charge to ride at Millan or QE.

    weeksy
    Full Member

    its much more than just that. Festival atmosphere, crowds, music, food, drink, entertainment, demo rides, loads of things to touch, buy, see

    Ah right, i understand… yeah that’s not really for me. But i can now appreciate why it’s more. We had the same discussion with the Malvern Classic thing, which again if you just want to race, was crazy money… but as an event, is usually seen as good value.

    But music, camping, stuff like that, just not really my scene.

    JohnnyPanic
    Full Member

    Epic course

    A mountain bike challenge event on the Ard Rock Enduro course taking in all the timed downhill stages

    Does this mean it’s identical to the Enduro course, but on the Friday and with no time to practice?

    droplinked
    Full Member

    Epic, Enduro, and sport are all the same course. All stages are timed, and you get an overall time for all of them too. They’re just slightly different flavours of the same thing.

    -Epic (Friday) – Stage times, and overall times. No practice. Supposed to be a ‘MTB marathon’
    -Enduro (Saturday) – Stage times only, and you get a few practice stages on Friday. Supposed to be the ‘proper enduro race’.
    -Sport (Sunday) – Stage times only. No practice. Supposed to be an enduro race for punters.

    You get a mix of abilities and ambitions in all of them.

    andybrad
    Full Member

    i wonder what the 2 tier camping pricing will be?

    mashr
    Full Member

    weeksy
    Full Member
    As much as i love the idea…£95 for a ride… That’s a bit strong for me… That’s putting it to £200 for me and the boy without any parking, camping, transport… jeepers.

    Given that the boy has 100% DH bikes, there’s £100 saved there. Agree it is very spendy, but I bet it sells out in minutes as they seem to have the hype going in their favour at the moment

    tops5
    Free Member

    Every year the price goes up but the overall experience diminishes slightly (Entertainment, loos etc). I’m still going though!

    DrP
    Full Member

    hmmm…i’m torn on this..
    it’s a great race and event, but SOOOO far away, and i’m not convinced it’s more fun that a few days away with teh ‘boyz boyz boyz’ on a self planned trip, tbh

    DrP

    weeksy
    Full Member

    Given that the boy has 100% DH bikes

    That’s not exactly true 😃

    But that’s a whole other topic

    thegeneralist
    Free Member

    @thegeneralist I’ve had it confirmed: 1000 up, 1000 down

    Ta.
    That is a very weird way of expressing it though. Adding them together…

    Gribs
    Full Member

    Does this mean it’s identical to the Enduro course, but on the Friday and with no time to practice?

    It does but it’s slightly more relaxed and the course is in better condition. I rode it last year and walked up to spectate on stages one and two on the Saturday and they were in far worse condition. With all the rain, videos of Sundays stages looked a mess.

    I’m not sure where they get the climbing data from. I recorded 41km and 1500m of climbing and certainly felt it.

    lapierrelady
    Full Member

    Anyone know how long you have to confirm rider details if you secure tickets? One of our riders is unhelpfully still in the bay of biscay!

    scuttler
    Full Member

    Last year it WASN’T at the time of purchase, but ultimately I wasn’t the buyer so wasn’t responsible for putting our details in. Previous years you did need to submit at the time of purchase.

    Worst case is you could transfer your ticket for free up to five weeks before from Mickey Mouse (in Biscay) to Jonny Briggs (subsequently at home).

    jimmy748
    Full Member

    IMHO Ard Rock is worth every penny, quality trails you can’t ride any other time, whereas SE are tame trails you can ride any day of the week for free.

    mashr
    Full Member

    That’s not exactly true 😃

    But that’s a whole other topic

    Still doesn’t mean that you wouldn’t need a tow rope to get him round a 50km enduro race 😉

    fooman
    Full Member

    I’ve bought a ticket on pre-entry, once you’ve purchased you get a ‘download tickets’ link and when you click on that you enter rider details same as last year. I’ve not filled them out yet, in fact last year I didn’t until a few days before rider lists were published. BTW don’t panic if you get through the queuing system and all Enduro tickets have gone, they keep reappearing for half an hour after go live as people fail to pay during checkout.

    jimmy748
    Full Member

    Enduro ticket for Saturday purchased.

    Jordan
    Full Member

    ^^ and me

    richardkennerley
    Full Member

    Straight into the Sport for me. Upgraded myself to “steady away” instead of “just hoping to make it round” on the grounds of experience 🤣

    andybrad
    Full Member

    intro here, see you all there

    Special_ized_Jamie
    Full Member

    Argh I queued from 6:10 and went on at 06:30 and it was already sold out for the Enduro category!

    fooman
    Full Member

    Enduro and Sprint both went pretty quick this year, I think Sprint was available for hours after go live last year so must be more demand. Keep refreshing the page though tickets come back in ones and twos if you are quick.

    TheFlyingOx
    Full Member

    Sport for me and BIL, after doing the very first one back in the day. Something to aim towards fitness-wise for the next few months.

    marsbarman
    Free Member

    Got myself and a mate an Enduro ticket each. I was watching the clock on my phone like a hawk and got it. My mate was about 30s after and didn’t get in.

    pisco
    Full Member

    Got four Sprint tickets, seems like I was lucky!

    TheFlyingOx
    Full Member

    Enduro and Sprint both went pretty quick this year,

    I’m seeing everything except the Saturday Enduro available.

    fathomer
    Full Member

    It’s worth checking back as groups all put tickets on their basket and cancel when another in the group also gets them. If that makes sense!

    Anyway, me and a mate are in for the Saturday Enduro and the Mrs and 2 friends are doing the sprint.

    v7fmp
    Full Member

    got me and two buddies Enduro tickets…. well chuffed!

    beefy
    Free Member

    3 Saturday enduro tickets here. Logged on at 6 and then straight in. Think being on so early helped.

    I love the comment someone said “almost the Glastonbury of mtb”

    Totally agree, it’s awesome. I don’t like paying to ride my bike but I love Ard Rock. Proper party atmosphere all the way round.

    rockhopper70
    Full Member

    Reading this right then, it’s only the sprint that will allow a 17yo?

    fooman
    Full Member

    Reading this right then, it’s only the sprint that will allow a 17yo?

    15-17 can do Sprint only, their age in day of event counts, but it’s sold out now.

    rockhopper70
    Full Member

    Snoozed. Loozed.

    rockhopper70
    Full Member

    Why would the epic be cheaper than the sprint when it has more riding content?

    boltonjon
    Full Member

    Fired up the old Glastonbury Ticket buying machine from back in the day!

    Enduro entries sold out in 5 seconds but i managed to get 5 entriesfor the Sprint – didn’t want to risk losing those and didn’t think about hanging around for the un-sold enduro entries!

    Jordan
    Full Member

    Was the queue system working this year? I got it last year so was up at 5.30 in anticipation and kept trying the link expecting to be put in a queue. Eventually at six it told me I was in a queue at no.22, geat thinks I then a few mins later the page refreshed and told me it was my turn so I clicked the link which just took me to a not on sale yet page. Kept refreshing and at 6.15ish it did the same. So just kept occasionally refreshing the page until I did it again the second my PC said 6.30 and got straight in.

    ayjaydoubleyou
    Full Member

    Good news, I’ve decided to give it a miss this year after 2 years of poor weather (for me doing the Sunday Sport at least).

    So I have guaranteed it will be sunshine for all of you.

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