[Closed] Ard rock all mountain challenge tips

What is the difference between the 'Enduro' and the 'All Mountain Challenge'

the all mountain challenge is one continously timed lap of the course
(i'm only doing it because the enduro is full).

I did the enduro last year and im doing it again this year, its definitely tough, but in a good way, best thing to do would be head up there and go for a ride before hand, Fremington Edge is probably the toughest part but it was early on last year so wasnt too bad, i would imagine that it wood be on the route this year as its legendary.
I'll be heading up at some point in June if you fancy a ride out?

Bike set up wise, tough tyres, tubeless, stans liquid, because as the name suggests, there is lots of rock, and if you can train in extremely windy conditions that'll be a bonus! 😆

I wouldn't bother going out and trying to burst yourself for a fast time, enjoy it as it's such a cracking route, and don't worry about not getting in the enduro, the stages are all on strava anyway, so you can get your time from there.

Gutted I'm missing it this year.

I'm doing the enduro and am mostly drinking beer and sitting in the office in prep at the moment. Enduros are a tough day out so general fitness would be the main thing.

If it's anything like last year's circuit, there may be a lengthy (for wide sticky tyred MTBs) road liason a fair way in, and there's a lot of sharp flinty rocks in places - it was one of those events with someone fixing a puncture round every corner.

I'd go with a tyre you trust the sidewalls of, run them tubeless with a decent amount of goop at not insanely low pressure and prepare yourself for 50km's of fun. There's some big climbs, big downs and most types of surface although you'd need weeks of rain up there to get a mudbath. A dropper would probably be an advantage if you don't want to lose time adjusting your seat given that it's a timed lap of several hours (assuming you care about race times)

I did last year on a Chameleon with 36's and Panaracer Cinders. It's plenty hardtailable up there, and given the varied terrain you might even be at an advantage over bouncy bikes on one*...

(* serving suggestion only. fitness my vary.)

Really like the look of it.

Only thing I'm not great on is jumps at the moment, is the bigger stuff roll-able/avoidable

didnt think there were any 'jumps' - just big rocky downhills

The worst part about Fremington Edge is the climb to get there! If it's the BW descent it's completely rollable, with a couple of quite small unavoidable drop-offs.

Will they have one of the descents into Gunnerside Gill? - I find those slightly tougher.

I think they had permissions to have a load of off-piste stuff included last time, which is another great reason to do it.

I'm doing the Saturday one as well. SB95/Pike 150/Reverb/2x10 with 26t and 38t/Hope Hoops Flow with Magic Mary Supergravity* front and HD rear.
Currently training by riding 3 or 4 times a week with at least a 20 mile ride once a week of at least 3000ft of climbing. About to hit the gym for strength and power training.
I'm going to try and improve my power and recovery so I can go flat out up the hills, recover fast and have enough in my legs to pedal fast through rocky flatter sections and hold my ass over the rear for the steep stuff.
Is the course the same as last year? the stages seem to be on Strava along with several people's rides.

*as long as they arrive in time!

ok cool thanks for the responses. I'm riding a Cotic soul as u can probably tell have quite an aggressive set up though have been looking into ghetto tubless for a while now (any tips on that would be helpful)
i don't usually ride that far so i guess getting in some longer rides might help.

Deveron, why do you want to go flat out up the hills? All the stages are downs?

Soulbrother, your bike will be perfect for it, I rode the bfe last year, have since changed it for a soul (again!) and bought a SB66. If I was going this year, I'd be taking the soul, didn't really feel the need for the big bike.

Deveron, why do you want to go flat out up the hills? All the stages are downs?

I'm doing the 'Sportive Enduro' (All Mountain Challenge) on the Saturday. It's a one lap non-stop 'race'. So, no taking it easy on the climbs then sitting around chatting before beeping in at the start of the downhill bits. To me the enduro format should include time-limited uphill liasons otherwise it's just a collection of downhill tracks minus the motorised uplift. But each to his own...

Cool, got ya.