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@anotherdeadhero - I quite enjoyed the fireroad descent. Little bit of a jump halfway down. Followed by a test of late breaking to get round the corner carrying as much speed as possible onto the next bit, which was just nice and flowy and fast.
You'd still get that, but you also get a bit of warp speed singletrack added into the bargin. I never mind horrendous climbs out provided there is a reason to be doing them ...
They tried to sort the transition out with those cones, so it worked better, but I agree the transition needs to be bigger and the crossing kept as a crossing.
I thought the bridge was fine this year, works much better in that setup.
I thought the pink gimp suit was a charity thing - breast cancer - because the guy's wife had had it. Well, that's what the commentator said.
No?
Will pass on the compliments to the marshalls: Brislington 2146 ATC,
(Air Cadets). Cheers, Sam
Was a great event as always.
I was initailly disappointed at the cuts to the course but on the day I think it worked very well indeed.
The bridge exit does need some work. First time I pedalled accross the top and did not touch the brakes through the exit. Cue fork bottom out and near crash. It was fine at slower speeds though or if you manualled at the bottom.
Paul has mentioned on fb that there will be 24hr security and a bike movement curfew next year. Shame it's come to that.
The bridge exit does need some work. First time I pedalled accross the top and did not touch the brakes through the exit. Cue fork bottom out and near crash. It was fine at slower speeds though or if you manualled at the bottom
That was my mistake first time - didn't touch the brakes and my forks rebounded making the front end go light as I was making the turn and me hitting the deck. No major harm done but as I was picking myself up I they were calling a ambulance for someone who wasn't so lucky.
FuzzyWuzzy - Your suggestion is as the course used to be before the bridge and TBH without the bit they missed out this year there isn't much point having a the bridge.