Nick - you were slacking, I saw you miss at least one pedal stroke on your way past the pits - and only 4 laps!
Us old men did 6 laps - in 6.5 hours...
Top course, and top event - thanks guys.
Sorry Nick,I got past you on the 3rd lap I was on a sworks HT.I see you made 4 laps as well,I was recovering from having to pump my tyre up twice after flating on the first lap(Bloody Flyweights)It was a cracking course but i can feel it now though.
I didn't see any of you guys but think I may have seen DezB on the 456 at the top of the bomb hole
Taff, i think i was stood next to you when the 4 hr race started, i was on a Kiknesis XC Pro3 with an Army top on, should have checked this thread earlier.
Did 6 hour pairs, thoroughly enjoyed the route, had a massive blow out on my last lap but still managed a slightly above average time 🙂
Just wondering what i'm going to do next now.
You were indeed! I did eye up a few other maxlights
Does anyone have the email of the bloke taking photos? Had a flyer but can't find it now
Sorry Nick,I got past you on the 3rd lap I was on a sworks HT.I see you made 4 laps as well
That explains why you were flying when you came past me, no way was I gonna get on your wheel! I saw your bike before, Maxxlite 310s wasn't it!? I rode the course on Tuesday and a Furious Fred on the back was rather slidey! You must've been having fun in the loam!
I am slightly biased but I thought it was a great event. We finished 2nd in the 6hrs Mixed pairs race, after a very close fought competition from the start. I don't think 1st to 4th was ever separated by more than 10 mins. The last lap was pretty tough and cramp was starting to set in big style, very pleased to get around in 42 mins for that one.
Taff, it was Peterpoddy of this forum taking pics. The flyer just said to email him on poddypix@gmail.com with your race number.
Very enjoyable event. Think I had that "Stirling Moss" look at the end - face covered in dust apart from the white eyes which were kept clean by the glasses. Only managed 7 laps but found the last three laps were much more fun than the others !!!! Not sure why that was as I was rather tired by then.
Hey Taff, it was Peter Poddy taking pics. I'm sure he'll post something up here tomorrow.
I was on my 575, not a 456, Wrong number 🙂
Glad you all enjoyed it and thanks for making it a great event by turning up 🙂
Now relaxing at last with a beer, I even had a tough day!!!! Lol
Cheers.
Thanks Pants, great event.
I managed 6 laps in 5hr 49min.
Punctured on thr first lap, looked like a stone cut the middle of the tyre, I pumped it with the hole at the bottom and it seemed to sealwith the latex. About 250 meters down the road it went down again so I took off the tyre and fitted a tube. This meant being massively last and riding around lost for a while, till the 4hr boys came flying past .
Good fun course , but I am simply not strong enough to be able to ride the hills, so a fair bit of pushing was required.
Alot of really fast riders today too, mostly very good overtaking etiquette.
I'm sure Peter must have a photo of me. I was coming through the singletrack at the end of the lap and was concentrating really hard on looking through the corners, using my shoulders to aim out of the turn, picking my line way ahead when suddenly 'Oh look, someone's left a rucksack in the bush there'
Said rucksack then blinds me with a flash and through the white light is the unmistakable face of Poddy and his camera.
Yeah Pete's remote flash caught me out on the first lap!
Why no drop off Pants!? That was gonna be fun, watching everyone bin it at the bottom 🙂
[i]Why no drop off [/i]
Enough people were having problems with the "drop-off"/bombhole that [i]was[/i] in the course!! The number stopped at the top of that on the first lap...
I was right behind a girl on the drop off and she definately didn't want to do it judging by the shriek! Wasn't expecting the bomb hole on the first lap, I was lookin at the chicken run wondering why it was there
Taff, it was Peterpoddy of this forum taking pics. The flyer just said to email him on poddypix@gmail.com with your race number.
Indeed it was me 🙂 And that is the correct email address for enquiries.
AFAIK I was the only one out on the course taking pics. I was acutally the official snapper on the day.... 😯
I've bee furiously downloading, uploading, processing and renaming 500+ pics since yesterday...
There's a set [url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/peter_atkin/sets/72157624421770666/ ]HERE[/url] for browsing, but please bear in mind they are small approval copies only, and full size versions should look something like this -
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Good photos Pete! I even managed to give it some elbows when I saw you coming
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I don't suppose anyone took a .GPX of the course that I can blag did they? I'm not a racer by any stretch of the imagination so I wasn't there but these courses make great rides for an evening spin out.
I did, not uploaded it to Connect yet, will do so later.
Just remembered that Pants took a track on Tuesday [url= http://connect.garmin.com/activity/38524541 ]here[/url].
There were a couple of small changes on the day, there was a small drop off that got taken out which you'll find if you follow that course excatly, otherwise you'll see the other line from the tyre tracks!
[url= http://www.areyoutoughenough.co.uk ]AYTE[/url]
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don't suppose anyone took a .GPX of the course that I can blag did they? I'm not a racer by any stretch of the imagination so I wasn't there but these courses make great rides for an evening spin out.
Twas definitely a course worth doing outside of the race environment!
[edit]Should mention, yes great pics PP 🙂
[url= http://connect.garmin.com/activity/38524541 ]AYTE 2010 Course on Garmin Connect[/url]
Cheers Pants, great course.
This is the first time that I have had the pleasure of enjoying one of your courses.
I can see what the fuss is about now!
Looking forward to next year's event already.
I put that course on about 3 posts above! Spoilt for choice now.
Us old men did 6 laps - in 6.5 hours...
Not bad as you were in the two hour race 😉
You going to be at the next Summit? I've got tyres and everything now including nappies if it rains a bit.
I HAVE A PROBLEM!
To anyone that's bought pics off me since about 4pm, I've been trying to get them out to you but my email access has suddenly gone, so I don't know who has paid and I can't send them out.
I'm very very sorry but there is simply nothing I can do. I will sort this as soon as I'm able to
Please pass this message around
My apologies again
Peter
This looks like a lot of fun.
Very very low on Cornish MTBing events. A few in Devon but that's "foreign."
Christ almighty njee you are one skinny mofo...! 😉
Cheers for those GPX's, I shall be giving the course a run very soon 🙂
og
will be, see you on the 14th
Email problems sorted and pics all sent out now. 😀
Christ almighty njee you are one skinny mofo...!
Saves carrying around excess weight, just under 67kg at the moment!
Looks great. Sad I couldn't make it this year. Hope to see you guys at the Big Bike Bash.
Pants - will it be the military precision camping again?
Just under 67kg but still lazy - try and remember to tick the 6 hour box next year 😉
Great course Pants, perhaps you can put aside some of the dust for the next Brass Monkeys series?
Just under 67kg but still lazy - try and remember to tick the 6 hour box next year
I did the 6 hour last year I'll have you know! I forgot to eat or drink anything, so it ended horribly! I just get bored, XC racing is the way forward.