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who's doing it?
Yay or nah !!!
I'm hoping the weather is better than last year
Yep I will be there, a last minute stand-in and my first team race!
Bike close to ready- hoping the weather is better than the forecast.
I'll be there again! What tyres?? I'm bringing the Racing ralphs, the nobby nics and the trailrakers just in case it ends up like last year again. I'm the slow one riding with the Manx mountain bike club lads. 😀
always racing ralphs 🙂
I'll not be there 🙁
Last year was brutal for me.
Mixed pairs, hoping my thumb lasts the whole thing.
Weather forecast looked rubbish yesterday, better today.
FTW Greig?
Top 5 hopefully, not been feeling that good this week and tonights bunch training ride was pain, pain, pain.
Looking for a good team position yourself?
riding in a trio, missed vets trio by 1 year. a little dryer than last year would be good because i'm camping. stayed at a b&b in newton stewart last year, had to leave in the middle of the night because our room was shaking with the noise from the 50th birthday party.
I'm doing in, part of a pair, but my pair has pulled out, looking like it's going to be a solo for me 😯
Going to be tough I think!
bumpety bump
Sorry Greig - won't be there to change yer brake pads, F1 stylee...
f1 had nothing on you stuey wooey 🙂
Bit slow with this reply, but yes, hoping for a decent result, but mostly some good training. Hard to do speed over a long duration on your own.
riding in an unprepared(im supposed to still be in holland) mixed pair on a singlespeed 😀
only decided yesterday as some friends are over from NZ and are going to be there 😀
That was most excellent chaps
Big up to no fuss for having the balls o run so much natural after last year wash out ( that i still loved)
Rode course today on gears and suspension (150mm) - the downhills were even mre epic - point and hold on ! ups were hell though as was sitting in a saddle 🙂
I thought he course was much better this year, all was ridable and it just got faster and faster throughout the day as the sun dried the mud.
That was a brilliant course, there was one rooty section I just couldnt get on with. First time I have been to an endurance event but really liked it!
Wasn't looking good on Friday night when we went out for a pre-course ride. A few beers were not the best choice- one broken bike and one slightly broken person. It wasn't looking good at that point! Forced to change to singlespeed after catching the shifter with my foot while bailing while the injured guy hobbled round. First 3 laps went well and then on the fourth the only person in the team who had escaped unscathed from Friday ended up in the back of the ambulance in the back/ neck brace. Thankfully nothing serious, just bruises! We eventually carried on and just missed out on the podium (I think by about 5minutes).
Cracking weekend: well organised, great weather, amazing course.
Well done No Fuss!
Aye just mind bdb wasnt nofuss fault last year 🙂
Hey Terry i take it the on one was a succesfull test flight today then.
Jordie = andy ?
Yes a very successful ride - so much i need to get my old azonic upper body armour from my parents for sure !
Excellent course. Brilliant natural downhill sections with some 'interesting' rooty bits. And good use of the existing kirro singletrack. I'd forgotten how pedaly it can be which is good as it keeps it interesting but bad for tired legs! Hope the guy who did his back in and the fellow with the suspected broken legs are ok :s
Guy with the back injury was okay, sent home after precautionary checks at hospital
great day out, mixed feelings about the course. Wasn't the biggest fan of the first half of it and dreaded starting every lap. 2nd half flowed so much better, great fast rooty sections, 2 fearsomely steep climbs and was fun. Weather drying out the course helped alot and thankfully it never rained ( was actually dare i say it pretty hot at times). Good atmosphere around and everyone was friendly and polite with no 'race leader coming through' shenanigans like last year.
Usual early puncture for me, followed by a crash as i tried to make up time ( blimming trees )
The hog roast roll was amazing at the end
The midges were as usual horrendous
You cant eat chocolate cookies when racing without drinking at the same time
Marshalls were again outstanding ( although chilling in a recliner at the side of the course sounded a good bet )
The start was again way too fast ( i even suggested that everyone take it easy till top of the climb 🙂 )
and......... many many thanks too my pit crew and great friends Doug and Iain for there invaluable support. True legends
How'd you get on, Greg?.
He won - naturally haha
Thought that whilst overall the course was good, and it contained all my fave bits there is too much doubletrack/road slipping in. Each year there seems to be a bit more. This year the road climb bit seemed pointless. Why not stick with the original trail? Why go up a road, along firetrack, and then come down to drag loads of mud onto the existing trail? As posters have said there was no issue with passing generally; i certainly let as many fast riders passed as i was freely able to pass others.
i've done this 4 years now, and love the event though i'll never bother the winners!!
Sorry as much as i hated the road climb on 32.18 the resultant natural section was awesome !
Rode the old trail section today and wished id climbed the road .
Was less fire road than previous years im adamant !
Favorite section was after the rocky decent to fire road crossing to batter down the natural section - loved that natural section - brakes off and just throw the bike about !
Less kittylitter is better in the dry !
Of course thats my opinion
magic event, great weekend allround.
How'd you get on, Greg?.
As TL said, i done well. Had done a 100 miler day before so legs were tired going into the event. Still, head down and tried to stay consistent and worry about my own pace rather than everyone else's
400+ Photos of most of the riders uploading now to:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/brf/sets/72157627038937557/
What an awesome day that was, I'm still in pain today pretty much head to toe, stairs were not fun yesterday!!
Went OTB on the steeper of the natural sections on my first lap and never really got on with it after that (even took to pushing down it on my last lap as I could barely hold on :oops:).
Really enjoyed the existing sections but being on a hired 29er for the first big wheel experience I never really got hooked up over the roots. Rocky sections were a breeze though!
Was even happier when I got back to Edinburgh and found out it had been raining most of the afternoon 😈
Had an ace day racing pairs, though as a Peak rider, my relationship with roots is best described as 'fraught' - mostly we get on pretty well, but every so often it all goes horribly wrong and I have a few scrapes as evidence. Big respect to anyone soloing that course, I can imagine the first third of it would fry your brain after six hours or so.
Thought people were brilliant about passing out on the course too, none of the passive aggressive crap I've encountered at other events.
Defaultslipper, hope your mate's feeling better. I was camped next to you guys - blue tent, ti hardtail, Freeride Spain/Brixton Cycles jerseys - and we had a bit of a chat mid-race, I'd ridden past him when he was sat by the side of the trail with a neck brace on. Nice meeting you.
Anyway, to anyone southern based thinking about doing a No Fuss event in the future, I'd say go for it despite the distance - well organised, great 'just technical enough' course and a really mellow, friendly atmosphere. One of the nicest events I've done.
Really enjoyed it to - nice atmosphere and great course, well worth the round trip from Cambridge!
Anyway, to anyone southern based thinking about doing a No Fuss event in the future, I'd say go for it despite the distance
Don't forget the next '10' is at Llandegla, might be closer for some
Wish I could make it to that one, really enjoyed Saturday despite starting slow and getting slower, and constantly getting confused about how far round the lap I was...
Great course, though second half was better than first.
People where great about passing too, except for one gentleman who's bar I clipped after he fell over onto another line who then proceeded to go nuts at me. No need, luckily an exchange a few minutes later had me laughing out loud.
People where great about passing too, except for one gentleman - on a 150mm travel beast who insisted he would be much quicker down singletrack after the tarmac climb id just passed him on .....
he wasnt - then dougal passed me on the next climb 🙁
BWD- always good to put a face to a regular forum name! Cheers for the peaks route advice I will take a look at a map and find some newer trails to play on down there. Good luck for your future pairs/ solo races (i think you mentioned both?)
Was wishing I was riding my normal trail bike instead of the short travel hardtail which struggled on the big rooty sections, but snapped the shifter with my foot bailing on out pre-ride on friday night. Had the full suspension in the back if the car but with no shifter I had no choice but to run the hardtail singlespeed. The two steep climbs at the end of the lap were not fun!
Think we finished 4th overall 5 minutes off third with 9 laps. Considering everything that happened we have to be pleased with that! Those solo riders at the top were quick- 10 laps around 10 hours was impressive!
Quick little edit of the event here>>>
I was working on the Alpine stand but was able to walk the track and get some filming done 🙂
Nice vid!
quality vid and good proof for my mates that i did infact ride up the double dip climb at the end of the red route on my SS :D.
im actually on it twice - entering the trees on the final descent too
liked the guy doing the wee jump off the top of the hill about half way through.
was friendly and polite with no 'race leader coming through' shenanigans like last yearIt was you that was saying that last year 😉
Good course, i made hardwork of the first half of each lap found it hard to get any rhythm but i put that down the mighty combo of a lack of skill and repeated poor line choice.
Second half was great fun and the natural sections were a good challenge. Could not have asked for better weather and the day was completed with awesome hog roast rolls at the end.
Glad you liked the video, hog roast was goood 🙂
Had a cracing day, wasn't as fit as I should have been so struggled on the climbs, really enjoyed the natural sections tho.
Here's some of my pics from the transition area.
Brian
Great video mate. I even make a blurred back ground appearance at 2:58 😀
Are the official results available online yet? Or any photos from the numerous people snapping away round the course??