Anyone going this year?
Any news on the route/facilities/entertainment!
aye... me and t'missus will be there 🙂
Dave (RM blizzard) and Lou (SC Juliana)
I'm going! Can't decide between my on one or my Trek FS, heard the trails are techy so may take the FS.
techy-ish in places - mostly slippery, with occasional hellish dark/wooded steep descent with no grip. there is also a large slick rock section with 3 foot deep plunge pools that can be fun 🙂 on the whole though it is pretty standard bridleways and fireroads.
the weather is the biggest variable - last year was the first time I've ever seen the sun on the wobble; normally it is bloody freezing with sleet or heavy rain / drizzle.
Can't wait!
Dave
I'll be there on a totaly inapropriate bike.
i will be there on my knarlcorelite bike
I will be attending (dependant on my flaky m8's) and am a wobble virgin... will 6inches be enough? 😉
will 6inches be enough?
Depends how drunk you get.
O Yes!
'Dangerous Dave' will no doubt be playing a few classics - again. Bring back the stair diving!
Marko - Pissed as a fart and camping in the mud. Bliss
Bring back the stair diving!
there was a bit of a clamp down on that last year... probably for the best - watching the cream (no pun intended) of welsh manhood diving naked down the dirty stairs in the neuadd is a sight I have tried hard to forget!
Dave
I'm there too, just blagged a bed in a mate's campervan as well. Which is very nice.
Meeting up with Tonyplym in the Neuadd on Friday night.
[Note to self- don't forget to pack paracetamol]
I'm really looking forward to a quiet evening to recover after the ride:
thats my footage !!
its a bit wobbly cos we were stod on the tables pissed!!
ill be there again
Hey good footage, captures 'the moment' well!! 😀
Sadly not me, got to work that weekend..
Erotica @ Olympia
Oh well, s'pose there is worse jobs.....
10 of us heading up
Done it many times but have missed the last 2 years due to broken collar bone and then a business trip
Awesome weekend. Beer, biking, mosh pit. Great fun 🙂 Journey home to Bristol can be pretty grim though 🙁
Usually do it on a HT but my lower back is giving me a bit of grief so may take the full suss. I would say a HT or short travel FS would be the best options.
z1ppy - No real technical challenges though some good all round winter tyres can help in the typically very wet and slippy singletrack
It will be slippy as a greased up ell swimming in castor oil. Trust me on this. It always is, even last year, on the new 'sunny' route.
'nother virgin here. Just got pink slip from Mrs S for saturday/sunday. Will also have a wholly inappropriate SS with me.
what's the score on camper vans - is it OK to park at the Neuadd?
If you call into the Neuadd they'll direct you to the camp site and relieve you of £8.
great.
Anyone need a lift over from Worcestershireland (wok?) on the saturday?
will a 29gnar bike be too much?
Just do what i did, leave the bike at home 😀
actually, thinking I might head over on friday night.
Friday's where it's at.
You [b]need[/b] to start the ride with a hangover.
Stalking's where it's at for the RAW. You don't need a bike, just a fixed, unfocused stare... 😯
will see you there Stuy - and reacquaint you with your forks too 🙂
is tollah going?
is tollah going?
It's his birthday treat, wild horses won't keep him away
Will you be attending psling?
Hoping to Stu. I'm working up to Saturday noon so probably just for Sat night / Sunday 🙁
Be good to catch up with you again.
Is Gordon still there?
Is Gordon still there?
saw him riding last year on the saturday.
he hasnt owned the Nuedd for years now . i think he still runs the some of green events stuff but not the wobble as far as I know
It's not the same without the gordon briefing in the square
It's all,professional and safe now,, but still a Great weekend
can't wait
If anyone is after dry and warm accommodation pls see my thread [url= http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/real-ale-wobble-accommodation ]Lasswade[/url]
We're heading over first thing tomorrow morning to ride before the rest of the attentionwhores arrive.
2 more RAW virgins here , both of use will be on barnum and bailey style attention machines 😀
any news of the route for this year?
breaking news.
some fire road
some singletrack
some muddy bits
some road
some double track
some really muddy bits
and a shed load of mincing
😉
You forgot to mention The Bog Of Doom that you need a fatbike to get through without sinking up to your neck. 😉
You forgot to mention The Bog Of Doom that you need a fatbike to get through without sinking up to your neck.
Or let a fatbike go through first in order to rid the hole of water 😉
Only one more sleep to go 🙂
A great w/e awaits.
Tend to do the ride then drink. Think most of my group will be drinking on route. Just makes me feel utter crap the times I have done that. Each year I need to remind myself of that. Better being home, dry with pint in hand
I'm going along with some mates but haven't registered for the ride. Are there likely to be spaces free if I register there tomorrow or does it normally fill up?
Always been able to register on the day in previous years so I guess it should be the same this year
Good stuff, thanks for the reply. I'm really looking forward to this. Even the weather looks like it won't be too bad.
Bikes ready.
Bags packed.
Time to start on the beer. 😀
Bikes ready.
Bags packed.
Time to start on the beer.
Same here but got to shift this hangover* before I start the beer.
* Not had a drink for weeks but I have a pre wobble hangover today??
Best way to shift a hangover.
Beer. Lots of it.
Best way to shift a hangover.Beer. Lots of it.
Thats the plan after the ride tomorrow!
After?
You ****ing lightweight. 😉
Bugger, need to get something for the hipflask..............
This weekend i shall be mostly ............ DRINKING BEER! (and perry... and whisky..... omg 😯 )
Another awesome weekend
Definitely roughest I have felt on the actual ride. Did seem to lift a bit up the first climb.
The 'long' ride was pretty short this year. Even in a hungover state it was a 2.5 hour ride, certainly not the claimed 35 miles (35km's maybe ?). Enjoyed it but did feel like I was a bit short changed in terms of ride time (I know actual riding is almost incidental)
Top night both Friday & Saturday. Stone Croft mosh pit was class on Saturday 😀
my first wobble and have to say it wasnt bad
I probably would go with my trail centre bike next time rather than my freeride bike and would definitely leave my armour at home, the trails hadnt been prepared very well as it was really muddy in places and some of the singletrack could have done with some hardcore in places as it was very slippery.
some people seemed to be there more for the beer than the riding which I found a bit odd too, but each to there own
might try and get some friends to go next time as it was a bit boring standing in the pub trying to join into with other peoples conversations as some were quite antisocial
Hey TheVedge, that was you in the Nueadd last night in red sticking really badly and dance very anti social like?
the trails hadnt been prepared very well as it was really muddy in places
LOL
some people seemed to be there more for the beer than the riding which I found a bit odd too
LMFAO.
Loving your irony work...
might try and get some friends to go next time as it was a bit boring standing in the pub trying to join into with other peoples conversations as some were quite antisocial
lol
I last went about 4 years ago and haven't recovered from using the rugby club "toilet" when suffering from the combined effects of a lot of beer and a curry the night before, I still have nightmares about it.
Have to say the clientele in in the Nueadd were very friendly though, especially the two chaps from the Kinder Edge brewery and some american chap called Gordon who was riding a folding brompton like bike.
Had a good time, might be ready to return next year.
Well there was that bit of red brick that had been laid down on a bit of singletrack about 2/3 of the way round. I'll be waiting for the north shore to avoid the bedrock puddle-fest lane. I've heard they've got planning permission for that ready for 2012 when it'll be part of the pre-Olympic warm-up. Next year there will only be Science In Sport Go on tap and it'll be taken seriously by all. On the plus side there won't be any fatbikes in sight.
A fab weekend, with a good but shortish route (I measured it at around 22 miles or so). A very entertaining Saturday night, pants man in the mosh pit was awesome.
Nick - I'd make sure you bring your own toilet facilities then... 4 years of entry and camping fees have not been allocated to the 'Diamond Jubilee pavilion' fund. If only Her Majesty knew.
On the plus side there won't be any fatbikes in sight.
dear god, please. Damn things kept getting in the way 🙄
On the plus side there won't be any fatbikes in sight.
shock horror, even in deepest darkest Wales people fear the fatbike and its sheer awsumness 😀
Damn things kept getting in the way
actually, either that or they were pushing all the mud out of my way 😉
On the plus side there won't be any fatbikes in sight.
Maybe you didn't see any fatbikes this time as they were way out in front of you neil. 😉
Saturday night, pants man in the mosh pit was awesome
That was pure class. As we were recounted stories over brekkie I nearly spat my coffee as that one was brought up. The thing was it just seemed to make sense at the time.
At least Mr S as he shall be known managed to keep his pants on this year. 2 years ago his boxer shorts did a few laps of the tent culminating in a 'headshot' for one unlucky gent.
As regarding the '[i]Maybe you didn't see any fatbikes this time as they were way out in front of you neil[/i]' comment Stu, I very much doubt that you were way out in front, unless you lot managed to crawl out of your pits earlier than us (we set off at around 9:30), the only things that overtook (without bypassing the special stages!) had gears and looked far too sober and perky to be serious wobblers. A cracking event and I am (believe it or not) disappointed that we did not have a decent bit of ride banter and that I could not take someone* up on the offer of a fatbike test.
*thanks to you for the offer if it was you! Frankly I can't remember everything from that night, though I do have some unusual carpet burns...
Yep it was me that offered you a shot on my bike.
I kept half an eye out for you on the way round as we've had a bit of fun with you boys out on the trails before.
We also left early* as we didn't want to get caught up in the traffic.
*9.45 though so a little behind you.
The bike did get a few "test rides" at the second beer stop though.
I love the way people just start laughing as soon as the get on it. 😀
So why don't we all catch up some time somewhere and have a ride? Fatbikes, mainstream, SS or just a bike?
A top weekend. Any news on the guy that crashed on the Saturday just before the first beer stop?
A really excellent weekend - thanks to organisers/marshalls/medics
'A top weekend. Any news on the guy that crashed on the Saturday just before the first beer stop?'
that would be gareth, a local rider who should have known better, still in hospital and due out on wednesday. really bad cut to his leg, infected. it may have been his knee cap coming out that caused the injury. get well soon mate.
gareths knee:
yowser, healing vibes to Gareth, we were passing just as the ambulance came down the road (so we didnt stop).
We had a good weekend, just a pity the event organisers didn't spend a few quid on some portaloo's for the campers...
Yeah healing vibes, he crashed just in front of Mrstollah, I was at the bottom waiting for her wondering why she took a while coming down ;-(
he was riding with a first responder so got treatment quickly.
neil
red kite events
ouch , that looks nasty.
Gareth ?
not one of the locals who rides with John lloyd and Terry etc?
Second that "ouch" comment.
Another great RAW.
I did notice that it seems to draw the local cougars out - a lot of ladies of a certain age lookin for sport 😛
According to Pants Man - he was celebrating the fact he had just got out of prison - well you would wouldn't you.
Also pleased to say my mate the stormtroppers was last seen in a befuddled heap trying to get itno the Stoney hostel, dribbling his pint and speaking in toungues.
Get well soon Gareth - I picked his bike up and cleared the way while he was being looked after. His knee looked dirtier / full of clag when I saw it.
Fair play, he rolled down the hill postman style to the road after that.
At least 2 of mates go primarily to acquaint themselves with the Cougar community 😳
Love the comment above
some people seemed to be there more for the beer than the riding which I found a bit odd too
Sent that to my group. Comic genius
great ride sat, maybe too short for some but with the sociable beer stops it made a great day out on the bike i think. as for needing hardcore etc.. its a ride in the welsh hills not a trail centre. i thought the muddy single tracks were great fun but i am a local so maybe a little bias.
i wish the chap with the knee injury a speedy recovery looked nasty.
the injured rider was local lad gareth price rides with Llanwrtyd bike club , he`s hoping to be out of hospital on wednesday .