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Couldn't make practice today but still gonna go tomorrow .
What's the worst that can happen?!
Sounds positive. Twitter seems to confirm that it's a bog...
Did practice today...top of 4 was pretty hard going...more or less unrideable...but the bottom half was cool...and 5 and 1 were really was loads of fun...lots of sideways sliding and really quite terrifying...but so much fun. I can see it wont be for everyone and the transitions were really hard work...but really looking forward to tomorrow....should be a crack.
the event isn't called the easy moors. Just sayin.
I rode practice yesterday. Stage 4 was mud soup and closed shortly after I got through. Top of stage 5 was ok, bottom was rideable but the number of riders falling and crashing meant it was basically a walk! There was so much much that both wheels stopped going round. That made pushing and riding tough!
It then peed down last night so I came home. I cannot see how they can race there today with the number of riders involved. That's not a criticism at all as the track would be brilliant in the dry but it not dry and ruined!
Stage 4 cancelled. Plenty of folk not riding today. Going to go out but doubt i'll finish.
Jaylittle- how was the weather overnight? I packed up in the dark at about 8.30 in a monsoon.
That's a real shame, enjoy your day anyway whoever is still riding.
Came back last night. I was last down S4 and it was soup.
S5 was rideable IF you could get up to speed but too many people stood on the trails, which wont be an issue today I guess.
The transition after S5 was really bad, trying to push up an off camber steep muddy hill with a bike that weighed twice as much.
Two of my mates decided to give it a go today as they couldn't get out of the field anyway.
Good luck to all.
Also binned it off last night.
Enjoyed about half of each practice stage with the top half of 1 my fav. With more rain and rider churn even those parts will be hard going.
Transition out of 5 is going to be nigh on impossible if they haven't rerouted.
Glad to be out the car park, gonna be a long night of towing.
Real shame as they would have been superb if a bit drier or totally washed out. Looking forward to the photos though 😀
Mud spikes and no mud guard to clog recommended.
Hope all the rain last night has thinned it out for those that decide to ride.
Does anyone know the name of the company who were displaying their clever little bike stands at the event.
I talked to the guy got a flyer then lost it. They attached to the BB and were about £30. They looked pretty practical.
Missed that but might be Andy stand or OdPod.
If neither of those, I'd be interested in knowing what it was.
Sounds like andystand
Ah could have got one on the cheap.
Just finished the Sprint ... so we did stages 5 then 1 and 2 , S5 was better today as there was literally a river river down it so the tyres weren't getting badly clagged up, S1 was mental and S2 was good fun.
Heading home soon, thanks to the marshals .. Its Enduro ! so you can't book the nice weather... it was great fun regardless
OdPod is in the £30 region, [url= http://www.od-designs.co.uk/products/odpod ]http://www.od-designs.co.uk/products/odpod[/url]
Good to hear Beano. How was the transition out of 5?
Thanks bud, still the same but a lot less muck on the bikes due to the amount of water running down S5 ... still cheeky tho
Weather was poor overnight, lots of heavy rain. Managed the 4 stages but pretty sure i was rock bottom, final stage nearly finished me off, the hike back to camp did finish me off!
Practiced on 5 and 1 on saturday (4 was closed). Drank beer, came home this morning.
27.5+ tyres and wattle-and-daub trail conditions do not mix.
Spent more time cleaning kit than I did actually riding....
Top of 5 was great, bottom bit too slow to clear mud from the tyres so slid all over the place. Transition was hellish- did they still use it today?
Yes still used 5. Had to stop part way to clear mud from back wheel. Transition back was awful.
Pictures....
listening to the rain hammering on the van most of the night was putting me of riding but glad i did.the rain had turned it from a sticky claggy mess to a wet sloppy one. we were on 4 on saturday when they decided to close it and there was loads of people we passed just pushing down it.
it was an entertaining fun day for me, once your wet and covered in mud you forget the conditions. climb out of 5 was tough especially as both my legs started to cramp up so had to stop for a couple of minutes.
we were finished by 12.30 and couldn't belive how many people had gone but it meant we had an easy clear run out of the field.
got round in just over 20 minutes and only slid of once so happy enough with that
cleanup when i got home wasn't fun though
Interesting but great weekend but standing all day for 2 days is incredibley tiring so slept for the last 12 hours .
A big high five for the heros who stayed and braved the swamps I saw you all twice once clean and them a tad muddy While I played some toons and a little dad dancing on the road .
all the guys who sacked it off I can understand but you missed a cracking day
99% of the guys n Gals had huge grins behing the mud face packs your skin will be so soft this morning Ha Ha .
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Big respect to everyone who rode on either day, looked like a real test of mettle.
I'm afraid that I looked at the reports on Sunday morning and decided it didn't look worth the drive or the use of a precious day pass so went in search of some better drained trails instead. Clearly not 'ard enough.
Wonder what the organisers will do next year, after last years dry and dusty event it looks like the course is pretty vulnerable to the rain, even if it was exceptional.
Trout - was that you at the bottom of the trail upto stages 1&2? Good effort by all the event staff.
yep that was me having an easier days marshaling after being made redundant from start of 4
Think i was enjoying your tunes trout on Sat.
Suspected broken thumb after binning it on Sat practise so sacked Sunday off, could barely hold a bacon butty. Real shame but won't put me off trying again next year.
Why did the band finish so early Sat night?
We got a full lap of the practice on Saturday before they shut S4, then completed the enduro yesterday. Agree with others, the rain overnight Saturday made things better on S1 and S5 as it diluted the claggy clay!
it was still like riding around a 30k tough mudder course though!
trout, your tunes gave me a real boost too, trying to get up the hill towards S2 as quick as possible, to get out of earshot of you playing right said fred's 'don't talk just kiss' lol!
trout - Member
Interesting but great weekend but standing all day for 2 days is incredibley tiring so slept for the last 12 hours .A big high five for the heros who stayed and braved the swamps I saw you all twice once clean and them a tad muddy While I played some toons and a little dad dancing on the road .
all the guys who sacked it off I can understand but you missed a cracking day
99% of the guys n Gals had huge grins behing the mud face packs your skin will be so soft this morning Ha Ha .
I'm sure you helped many through it. Nice idea!
We were a tad apprehensive sunday morning but what else were we going to do? Could always bail mid race if it was too horrid. Once down S1 it was all ok.
Thank **** there was a feed station as the early start meant I forgot to eat most of my breakfast. totally bonking before. That hike a bike up the stony hill to the last stage was a stuggle.
Overall a good sense of achievement and everything was rideable. And to anyone who went home. You missed out!
RootsandRain made it look quite pleasant on saturday:
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^^ Whats all the fuss about ^^
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just a little bit of water
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don't talk just kiss' lol!
Ha ha Yes I did cringe when it came on
I don't think this has been linked yet, apologies if a repeat. Sums up the day beautifully. Never upright or pointing in the same direction of travel, good humored trackside banter...mud. NSFW language:
https://www.pinkbike.com/news/ard-moors-enduro-raw-carnage-video-2017.html
Great video. Doesn't do it justice or it might just have been me that was really bad on stages 1 and 5!