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Haldon Enduro entered. Cannot wait
Does anyone know when tickets for the Sothern Enduro Series Round 1 at QECP are going on sale?
I thought tickets for individual rounds went on sale 2 months ahead of the event, which would be today, or so I thought.....
@scottfitZ...
Cheers
Blimey, only 2 months until the opening round of the Southern Enduro. I need to start riding my bike a bit more!
Will do some of the SW races too, as the hills are a bit bigger than the Southerns. Need to decide if I want to do any of the nationals really.
Aaaaannnd I'm in!
Signed up for Pedalhounds round 2 - Land of Nod and Southern Enduro Series Round 1 - QECP.
Even though I take part more for the camaraderie and the chance to ride somewhere different, it's time to add some intervals to the training regime. Less than 5 weeks to first race day...
It still amazes me how quickly QECP sells out, by far our fastest selling race ever year.
Right so the first round of South West Enduro series kicks off in 2 weeks. Winter has been kind to the trails at Haldon for the most part so lets see how Spring treats them. What do we know? Parking at the Race course and use of Off Piste trails so hopefully this will mean the Cafe side trails will be pulled in. Big question though; Will the Fajita man be there? Exciting times. Who else is entered?
Yarp, I'm doing Haldon. Only ridden there a couple of times before so a new venue for me.
Not ridden a huge amount this year for one reason or another but made the most of the summer this week and rode Mon, Tues and Wed so feeling more racey with each ride. Grogley was prime on Wednesday!
Reminder that the Ex enduro online entry opens tomorrow. Only 80 places and you had to preregister so if you have done that then this is your chance. I shall be ready on the dot:)
um, I've been offered a place on Trans Provence. Should i take it?
howsyourdad1
What kind of question is that? Good trails, good organisation, good food, good company, good racing....
Where are the negatives?
Only one answer to that. Go for it
It’s a lot of cash and my wife will hate me 😁
Buy her a nice bike for Finale
Excellent answer
Right - details for welsh series round 1 at Foel Gasnach are out. 4 stages, 2 of which are ridden twice making 6 in total. Trickier than previous events it says 😳
Yeah, I don’t think they’ve run Stage 2 at Foel Gasnach in the WES before. Although I wouldn’t be surprised if the number of stages gets cut down as in previous years if this weather continues.
Thinking of doing the Triscombe round of the Southern Enduro Series. Anyone else looking to do it?
JP
Trans Provence signed up. Drinking french red to celebrate. Probably my last bottle for a while!
You'll be fine. Plenty of time yet 😁. We left Abigale at the airport this morning. One bike bag and and hand luggage for 3 weeks and 2 races. Was just going over Woodhead when we realized the spare brake pads were on the garage floor with the gas canisters we had taken out. Just won't need to brake as much.
nice where is she racing?
EWS in New Zealand and then Tasmania. First year with the big girls.
Good luck to her! Will keep an eye on the results!
Naughty Northumbrian for me. Needed to put something in the calendar as a motivator. Oh heck
So who is racing this weekend? Opening round of the South West Enduro at a very windy Haldon for me on Sunday. A few sneak peaks of the course on Instagram getting me excited to go racing.
Yep, SW race for me too. Looks like it's gonna be cold...current forecast says a hint of snow Sunday morning! 😬
Just entered all rounds of the Scottish enduro series (Grand Vets) with the Ski-An-Duro and Macavalanche thrown in for early season injury potential.
I’ve entered:
All Scottish Enduro Series
Ski an duro
Dunkeld Enduro
Macavalanche
Ballo Enduro
K&QOTH
Fair City Enduro
And will enter all the Aberdeenshire Enduro Series once entries open.
Plus all the mates races too.
Can’t wait till it all kicks off in 2 weeks time.
vallelujah , Dunkeld , Koth , PMBA kirro and fair city for me along with muckmedden 6 hour and glentress 7 .
might do the one day transcend depending on a few things .
Really looking forward to next weekend , got a new bike and the forecast is pretty good , what could be better 🙂
whats the betting that the forcast for next weekend changes. not so sure how i'll go for vallelujah, not feeling fit enough.
I am jealous of some of the Scottish and Northern events as they look like proper days out. They are just to far from the South West sadly. 🙁
Sw Enduro at Haldon today. My first enduro, painfully slow and dabbed so many times on all four stages. But a great laugh and really chilled atmosphere. Freezing cold in the wind and baking when that stopped. Top day. Hats off to the organisers, all 4 sections were varied and mixed it up really well.
First time are Haldon. Stages were great fun and good atmosphere. Weather was a nice surprise too.
Does anyone know if the BEMBA thing is still going ahead?
Since the press announcement in November there has been very little in way of publicity.
The BEMBA website also doesn't seem to list the 2019 races and it could be easy to miss that the six races throughout the season are linked when deciding which races to enter.
Yep the BEMBA National Enduro Series all going ahead. Myself and the rest of the Southern Enduro Team are signed up for Rd1 at Afan, we can wait Charlie always puts on a good show.
Our round at Mindhead/Exmoor on 25th & 26th May is sold out with 650 racers and 70 people on the reserve list, madness!
We still got 60 odd entries for the Champs Lite on the Saturday of the weekend.
Really pleased how round one of the SWKE went at Haldon. Stages held up great through the day and the marshals did a great job.
Yeah that was a fun day out and the SWKE. Cracking stages with a really nice mix of styles . Another mid pack finish (three guys all within a second!) and a solid performance so super happy, specially on the rooty drop/roller on Stage 3. Riding that blind in practice focused the mind! As other have said thanks to everyone involved especially the Marshall on the bridge between the woods who had to sit in a hail/snow storm with no shelter for our safety!
@scottfitz, it was odd to see you on a bike. So used to seeing you looking tense with a mic in your hand!
@Scottfitz Thanks.
I'm entered in all the races, and very much looking forward to them. Round 1 in Afan should be a great start!
It was/is a big commitment to enter the whole BEMBA series instead of a more local regional/national one, so hopefully it continues to gather momentum as the season progresses.
Aye, SWKE was fun, thanks again to you Scott and Ed etc for a fun day out!
22nd in Masters for me. Dropped my chain part way down Stage 2 so tried to do a poor man's Aaron Gwinn to salvage some lost time. I wasn't as successful as he was though!
SWKE Rd1 was great, a good mix of stages that all rode well, so well done to Scott/Ed and team. Can i move to hardtail again for that round @Scottfitz 😉
Pedalhounds round 2 this weekend. I'm looking forward to it.
Any other STW forumites attending?
I've got an entry to Dunkeld that I can't use and organiser said ok to sell on, cost me £45, does anyone want it for £25? Thanks
i'm doing the pedalhounds round 2 this weekend too. Did a couple las year and enjoyed them 🙂
Yeah I'm trying Pedalhounds this weekend - first time racing in that series, so I'm interested to see how it goes.
We're pretty spoiled in the south east now, with Southern Enduro, Pedalhounds and now Gorrick gravity enduro type events to choose from. Not that I have enough time to take advantage of that, though!
Hey @OwenP you around for Southern RD1 @ QECP? We should be down again this year. 🙂