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10:35 for me, well happy with that!
Didn't make any big mistakes, just a few silly ones that didn't cost me too much time.
I so didn't crash which was the main thing!
A disappointed 13.01 for me, should easily have taken twenty to thirty seconds off if that. Lovely ride, nice stages but I just couldn't hold any speed and the peadly bits where I absolutely should have chased my riding buddy down I felt like I was riding through treacle.
That being said though it was a great weekend, I thoroughly enjoyed it and hope to be back next year. Probably with an air can on the back 😂
First time going (and first Enduro) for me, excellent event! Ran really well, shame the bogs got emptied around 8am on race day causing pretty big queue.
Really good loop and the 5 stages were all ace fun, I did actually train for the event (only from beginning of March mind!) as an incentive to get fitter so happy to reach goal of finishing in top half of U40, picked up a quad strain in the week leading up to event meant I got cramp on practise day which meant whenever I sprinted on race day the cramp was coming in again, frustrating! But that's life.
Went on my own as everyone I knew missed the tickets. Sat in the back of my van eating tea and nice lad from MTB outlaws asks if I’d like to come over and sit with there lot, which was really great rode with them Sunday and had a great time. Don’t know if it was the times I set off but seemed very quiet which worked out well for me as hardtails are hard work at speed no match for a FS. hope to be back next year.
Great weekend. Nice to be on the same tracks as last year and in similar (awesome) weather to see how times had changed. Felt like the upper limits of numbers were pushed, but didn't really get held up much with an early start. Practice was hairy with people stopped on track on stage 2. Stage 3 and 5 were my weakest - soft berm after the rock thing and lost the front on 5, stalled in another soft bit on 3... there's a theme here...
11.34 for me, for some reason I was dead nervous on Stage 1, seemed to sap me of any strength.
1st time for me and absolutely loved it! Loads of long waits on the stages but made for a nice chilled day.
11.23 for me on the new stead, with only a 45 min ride on friday to check suspension and seat height felt ok,
it felt great in practise and then the race, definately slacker and oversteered a few corners, a silly tumble on stage 5 into what felt like quick sand put a stop to a top 1/3rd finish.
cracking social atmosphere at boltby, a far larger event than when seeing guy martin's instagram acct in 2017 and setting a reminder to book tickets that november
and far easier than the wet in 2021, the long s4 chute felt good, last time i slid down the 2/3 of the length on my bum with my feet still on the pedals a quick flip up at the bottom to pedal on..
pmba next week, bricking it...
@jonba this should be perfect: https://nrbevents.co.uk/races-and-events/fryup-mash-up/
Having done previous NRB events it'll be fun, not too technical. The birsdall events were easier than Boltby but the terrain at Fryupdale should be more interesting.
Ard Rock is great, I found Ard Moors a fair bit harder than Boltby.
We had a big crowd, camped together, rode together. Excellent weekend and will be back.
12.24 for me which is 20 seconds or so slower than last year, but I couldnt care less TBH. Awesome riding/weather/company. Weekends like that are what its all about for me.
Some really good times in the results, would have thought the ebike times might have been a bit quicker and less spread generally as there was a lot of time to be made with some hefty pedaling on most of the stages, although there looked to be a lot more ebikes than results suggest. (maybe I just noticed them more).
I see an Amanda Wishart, I assume of single track fame, in the ladies results too.
Well done to everyone who raced and thanks to those who organised it
Great event. Poor time, 13.16. But I broke out of the bottom 10% from last year, finishing in the bottom 15%! At this rate of improvement, I'll be close to the top 10% by the time I'm 70!
I found stages 4 & 5 more tricky this year, maybe I was trying a bit too hard, maybe it was a bit greasier over the rocks & roots in the woods, plus also just being more fatigued by then. But, a brilliant weekend!
`Always an enjoyable event, a few PRs but not troubling the top half of the table yet, I don't feel quick but riding everything confidently which at my age is more important. My race is with my kids or at least it used to be my lad was in the low 11s and I was over a minute behind I can't see me making that up but he's 17 now and allowed to be quicker than his old man. Daughter made big improvement too about a minute faster than last year, first time she hit all the jumps which was a big mental block for her going so big on the stage 3 ramp the crowd cheered! She did the B line at the end of stage 4 having crashed in the wet last year so she didn't want to do the A, and finished just 1 second behind me overall so she's already talking about doing the A and beating me next time.
Great event to do with the kids fooman. My lad is nearly 15 and I was thinking he would love to try something like Boltby - be a step up from what we usually ride but a great introduction to enduro.
Would also be a good excuse to buy an enduro bike, as he is now the same height as me...
so big on the stage 3 ramp
I had a very near disaster on the penultimate one on practice, wasn't carrying the speed and hadn't seen it until I was already out of the corner and front wheel on (glad they moved it back a few metres for race day!).
It'll be fine I thought, both the ones up top had back slopes on them, I'll just pump that and pick up a bit of speed...
https://www.rootsandrain.com/photos/10416290?y=277
Was it anyone here that managed to go through the entire off camber rooty/rocky bit at the top of stage 2 on their front wheel, in front of the baying crowds? This was early afternoon on the Sat.
He was on a red Trek, right? That was properly VitalRaw worthy!!!
was it me or were the trails alot more worn out, stage 4 and 5 felt really brake bumped by midday sunday,
i guess thats what 1,050 bikes x2 days including ebikes does to a course.
oh and talking about jumps i think that first one on s4 was a higher degree than i expected :0)
Yeah it was very dusty, I majorly locked up at the end of the fireroad on stage 5, swapped to Shorty for the race run which helped in the dust and loam.
He was on a red Trek, right? That was properly VitalRaw worthy!!!
Didn't see the bike! I was stood at the chute/corner just before so only saw from the back. Impressive save. 10.21 here, 45" up on last year which I pleased with, particularly with the mistakes.
Some good times on here! People on a bike forum can actually ride bikes whodathunkit.
Daft question - anyone know of you can see the stage breakdowns? The results I saw all just gave an overall.
Quite like to know how much my inability to pedal cost me on 3 and 4 especially
On Roots and Rain click on "show additional columns" for stage results.
Ah, that's much more obvious with now you mention it's there 😂
@willjones I saw that too, brilliant save. I actually changed my line on that bit for Sunday and went high/to the left of the top tree and dropped down, was quite smooth. Some slippy sniper rocks/roots in the woods on 4/5!
My second year going. Great event, shall go next year. Pleased with my time at 12:02. I went on my own and managed to socialize somewhat despite my introversion. I've purchased a lot of the photos on RnR.
Hopefully the event keeps running, i heard there have been issues with the landowner(s).
Hopefully the event keeps running, i heard there have been issues with the landowner(s).
We had a very strange interaction riding through the village on sat - single file, very much behaving 'said good morning' to a lady walking her dog and she smiled and said 'It's not, we don't want you here'. I guess some people like their little Boltby bubble.
We had a very strange interaction riding through the village on sat – single file, very much behaving ‘said good morning’ to a lady walking her dog and she smiled and said ‘It’s not, we don’t want you here’. I guess some people like their little Boltby bubble.
For 2 days out of the year of minor inconvenience and they see fit to be a pain in the arse! Ffs
Unfortunately I think there is quite a lot of that small minded little England mentality around there
(sheltered, rich, whiter than white Country/Brexity/anti-immigration types. Or sorry are they oppressed?).
Last year we were riding across the top track above stage one and some right fat c**t young farmer type with another much slenderer young farmer type insisted walking right in the way on purpose just to be difficult.
Horrible people (the worst)
Photographed the Gralloch UCI gravel race on Saturday and was at the Boltby Bash for Sunday. Great conditions on stage 1.
My images are here - https://www.rootsandrain.com/event11523/2023-may-21-boltby-bash-boltby-bash-enduro-boltby/photos/filters/photogs2589/
lady walking her dog and she smiled and said ‘It’s not, we don’t want you here’. I guess some people like their little Boltby bubble.
Don’t overlook the fact that these horrid ****s are unwelcome visitors elsewhere. They’re just too naive to realise it.
**** em.
As for the sheltered rich comment, in case you were wondering about the massive gaff on the hill below the S3 ascent - https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/45639889#