ChriSE
I saw you blocking the road with your sheep. I'm not convinced it was that clever, I was marshalling just up the road.
Personally I don't think you should be able to change kit that you are not able to carry on you. It basically means bike skill becomes less important.
Its nothing like a cyclocross race apart from the bikes being the same.
Actually you didn't see me. I was round about at home doing jobs til I got my bike out at 2pm and had a good fast ride around including Long Lane , Old Ing and Penyghent. C
4.09 for me, first go at it, riding my SS, no support. Loved every demented minute of it. Started waaaay too far back, but had no clue about what sort of time I could do. I'll be faster next year.
Marshalls, spectators and other riders were all top class, wonderful event.
Everyone knows they have a sheep-blocking rota round Crummackdale way. 🙂
ChrisE apologies if it wasn't you, but there was a farmer moving sheep from one field to the next one along 😆
Should be a time penalty for tech support. It was nice getting shouts of encouragement but for those of us who don't have multiple Cx bikes and people willing to stand/drive around all day it means we are are at a disadvantage as we need to ensure our bikes and tyres survive the race 😉
Yeah, I've said before that tech support (especially spare bikes) should be banned. Difficult to enforce but it'd level the playing field and also stop a good deal of the insane driving you get as support crews rush around loading and unloading bikes.
Handing up food, drink, spare wheels. Fair enough. New bikes every section is not in the spirit of the event.
After a no hassle 1st time last year but unremarkable time of 5h09, this year... well this year I had an epic and my name is Dan. Rear mech mangled between Simonside and Ingleborough (slipped on Simonside which might have bent it), front puncture just after the control on Ingleborough, by then I was way back. Flat rear on Whernside summit. Wasted time just pumping up. had to change it lower down, then punctured again. No tubes. ROde on the rim 5km to Ribblehead, met mate and his lovely hard wheels, then carried on and no more problems. 5h40. Which I guess is not too shabby given the epic. Ride time acc. to computer was 4h30. Completley hooked. Got to do it again next year!
