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Looking forward to it.
Ive got the 5010 as a backup. tbh its really really good bike and poss suits me better than the 29er stumpy but its too big for me and weighs a ton. Ive also knackered my left knee some how which isnt good. They are building up the stumpy this week. Tbh the guys at cyclegear have been ace and are swapping it for an sworks frame so thats good. But its not blue which is a bit gutting 🙁 might have to get it sprayed.
with thegards to the water its the same at ard rock. I cant believe they are putting an event on like this without a water supply. Its ridiculous.
weather. It would be nice if it was like this but its predicted rain.
Met Office now showing max 20% chance of rain either day.
its going to be a washout....
Good news about the weather then!
Woody, email from the Boltby organisers suggested 20miles and 1000m climbing? Sounds reasonable but not killer?!? Hoping I and they are right. Looks like a 3 hour ride at a steady pace? Just need to chill out on the practice day I guess.
interesting that stage 5 is blind this year.
those ramps will be fun in the wet!!
Bit gutted that stage 5 is blind, its an easy pedal from the campsite so was easy to practice.
Is it blind, blind or can you ride up alongside it or walk the trail do you know?
Thanks for that.
Stage 5 is closed due to livestock still on it, stage2 was my least favourite last year and only ran it in practise so need to work out how to get around that big mound ;0)
I've just emailed them to clarify as their website still says Stage 3 is blind.
I wonder whether this years Stage 5 is last years Stage 3? Has the route changed???
Tyres - Shorty FR, Minion DHR on the back.
Shorty bites well on the grassy bits.
I'm riding flats this year, other than that my bike is exactly the same so I'm interested to see how I compare.
EDIT - got a quick replay from them. Exactly same route, stages and order as last year.
I seem to remember lots of people falling off on Stage 5 in practice last year. Not far from the end and running in the opposite direction to the final ramp was a high line that had a small natural gtrassy drop off. I think folks were landing, grabbing too much brake and spinning out due to the lack of camber. Should be interesting if its damp.
so i now have a new bike courtesy of the fine lads at cyclegear in halifax.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/taNDQvDwGvJrnbgF9
hopefully it may survive the weekend but im not betting on it 🙁
i remember someone walking down with a pringled wheel from stage 5. If its wet the whole thing will be interesting. some of those offcamber roots on stage 2 will be ace 🙂
i can not start looking forward to it.
Bikes looking good Andy.
My mate pringled his front wheel on stage 5 practice, drove home for another wheel and 'competed' the next day. He's signed up again so hopefully he'll have more luck/skill this weekend.
Looks like drizzle on Saturday now. Going to make the grassy sections challenging I’m sure. Fitted new Mary 2.6 yesterday with Rimpact. The grip is insane. Looking forward to the event. Packing my kit together tonight. Hopefully going to be the start of a great summer of riding
All packed (I think...), ready for leaving straight from work tomorrow. Looking forward to it. First race since 'Ard Rock 2017.
Only the small matter of a days work before I hit the road. If its not in the van now its not going.... Bike, beer and helmet.
Oh and my photo ID.
tempted to fit a mary rear now or stick with the slippery butcher.
I have a Boltby enduro entry for sale if anyone is interested, £50.00.
As far as I know I can easily transfer the name of entrant on my sie entries account.
Black t4 top left corner if any one wants a brew
Haha what a legendary thing to do! Did many take you up on it?
Just finished the practice, wow it was fun!! Hard work though....
also the photos, will that be rootsandrain do you think? Can’t wait to see the photos....do they usually take a while to upload before we can see them?
No one...
Still sat waiting...
Enjoyed practice.
Couldn't make practice due to work, anything I need to know about? I seem to remember finding Stage 2 hard in practice but didn't get to race it on the day due to some poor soul hurting themselves.
Stage 2 is fine, some bits which will be blown out and difficult tomorrow I guess. Given a couple of bits were literally deteriorating in front of us as we watched it will have changed since practice by the time we start. Great course all round not sure what the ramped jumps are all about. Had a great day riding, hope the band quit soon. Whilst they are great, I’m more of a child out over a brew kinda guy nowadays. Weather tomorrow looks great so on for a loamy epic I think.
I think it was stage 2 that had a section into a wood, a corner and then there was a steep left hand corner with a rock after it, there’s two lines, the left is over a rock and a tight line, the right is loose and loamy....speed isn’t your friend with that one... the track is exactly the same as last year too
Just heading over to spectate. Anyone got a course map they can share please?
Had no internet up there or I'd have called in for a brew.
Another great weekend, jockey wheel fell off transitioning to from stage 1 to 2, walked back and found, the bolt was still in the mech, dropped chain on stage 2 and jammed the crank, dropped chain again stage 5 and had to try roll/pump the last part.
Same time next year!
Had a cracking weekend.
Massive thanks to the boys at Wheelbase (Darlington) for keeping me rolling by going way above and beyond after my shitbox E13 cassette lunched itself.
Absolutely superb service.
The band totally rocked.
All marshalling was spot on.
Very well organised event.
Looking forward to next year already.
Had an amazing weekend, great trails. Ride was about the perfect length. Stage 5 blind was an absolute hoot. Band sounded good but too loud for me and my dodgy ears I’m afraid. Some quick boys and girls out, but I didn’t get overtaken all day so self regulated gaps seem to work a treat. Will deffo be back next year. Oh and it was bloody freezing in the tent!
@jaylittle think I maybe saw you pumping your way down stage 5 with dropped chain, or someone else with same problem.
Everyone seemed to be having a great time. Only got to see the lower half of stage 5 but there was some really good riding going on. That off camber bit just after the little drop near the bottom of stage 5 caught a few people out.
I bloody loved it!
Pushed way out of my comfort zone but stayed upright all day. Possibly more luck than talent.
Super friendly event from the marshals the rescue guys everyone on the course and the guys in the same accom as us a few miles away.
Spectators were a hoot too!
Hope to be back next year.
Hope everyone had as much fun as I did!!
#97
Loved it. Better riding and vibe than 'Ard Rock IMO.
Didn't love dumping my chain twice (half way down 2 and then about a third of the way down 5). First time I've lost a chain in two years.
Thanks to the marshall/photographer who picked up my Fabric Keg full of tools on Stage 1.
Will be back next year. Unfinished business with those two stages...
Jordan if it was near the bottom, last bend and over the jump it was probably me. Still had great fun.
My mate built a ramp which we had outside the beer tent sat night for an hour, great fun to watch people on but it got a bit lively/daring so it had to be put away.
Top weekend. Top people. Top riding
Best weekend on the bike this year
Great day today. Once again a proper chilled out event. Props to all those in charge and especially all those who volunteer 🙂
@jaylittle just before there acually, a little further up the hill. I was next to the small drop followed by the off camber bit before the last right hander to the jump.
It wasn't really a drop and most people rolled it but some got air off it. I saw one guy get a truly spectacular launch off it(got a hell of a cheer) but he lost it on the off camber landing and went straight through the tapes and plumetted down the steep bank to the right. Didn't even bother going through the finish gates just went straight on.
Absolutely superb again - last year we said 'we'll never get weather like this again' !
We rode later in the day this year, THAT section on stage 2 was really blown out and as I cam over the crest looked totally different, had a half spin and OTB which stuffed my overall time up.
Its making me really want to consider getting a longer travel bike. Orange Stage 4 to... Stage 5?
I also burped my front tyre twice, same corner, Saturday and Sunday - never done that before but I'm putting it down to absolutely nailing the corner so hard!
Loads of photos appearing on Roots and Rain already if you haven't looked yet.
Stage 5 was great to watch!
I also had my first burp on the sat, just after that nasty rooty section.
Get yourself a 2.6 Mary with Rimpact inserts. Grip and tyre stability was insane. Agree stage 5 was fun, carried far too much speed at times as completely blind. Gutted with overall time, but results were tight. So a couple of better line choices and pedal strokes would’ve made a big difference. Ironically stage 2 is probably the most similar to my home riding in FOD and was the stage I made the most mistakes in ha ha. Kept rubber side down all day so can’t really complain. Water stop was perfect and meant I only needed to carry 1 bottle all day. Probably best event I have done in a long while. I saw that there had been a load of photos but it seems I managed to avoid most of the 21,000 shots.
Great weekend, nice mixture of trails to suit a lot of abilities. Rode with my other half all weekend and everyone was relaxed enough for me to leave a big gap between us so I didn’t catch her, she ended up 7th in female U40 which was a great result for her. Can’t believe how much the trails got blown out over the weekend.
How did everyone get on?
Not quite...
And one of the little rippers...
ha ha some great pics, i'll foward him the link to this thread he'll be well chuffed.yes 4 was the limit and time was called! those 2 kids certainly weren't short of any talent either!