[Closed] Bristol Bikefest roll call

Moi, Las Vegas Institute of Sport 'Caesars'

YO!

Mixed Pairs.....
🙂

Tunnel Hill Trolls, Peter & Kirsty Atkin...

Yup! Woo, can't wait! Dreaming Tyres (Oxford MTB)

I'm with Beyond925 in male pairs (one of three male pairs from us i think). Plus we have a girls quad and 2 male quads, and a solo or two.

Yep wheelie wyre weirdos

Might stop by the beer tent after a LW/50 acre pootle. There is a beer tent, right?

Might stop by the beer tent after a LW/50 acre pootle. There is a beer tent, right?

Not normally set up until after the race.

Yep,
team of two.
J.

I think they'll be beer drinking from around lunchtime.
Last time i went there was a band on later on.

Should be there in a team of 4, but it's still TBC. It's all getting a bit tight for my liking... 😐

The pairs 6 hours on sunday...anyone know if you can just turn up on the day? EOL?

Will be there, riding very slowly in a team of 4 🙂

Just broken my leg, so I'm out.

solo 12hr

I'll be there in the KoN singlespeeddrinkingbeerandnotridingverymuch team of four.
We've also got a female pair and a female singlspeed solo who will be representing the tryhards in the KoN.

Don't suppose you're bringing the Gryphon are you Stu?

If those are our race numbers on the [url= http://www.bike-fest.com/bristol/rider_list_2010.xls ]rider list[/url], I'm 576, riding 12 hour old git solo on on Saturday.
Once again, if you see a big fat beardy bloke wearing Vegan Cyclists kit on a banana coloured 29er Rohloff, say hello.

Sadly I have had to drop out. Have a good time all.

12 hour solo, look for a castle and say hello.

pedalhead - Member

Don't suppose you're bringing the Gryphon are you Stu?

I was thinking about it. 😉

I'll keep my eyes open for you then, would be very interested in a closer look as it's on my shortlist!

You can do a lap for me if you want a test ride. 8)

Oh and for anyone not sure, if you have a light full susser take it.
Only time I ever race my slightly dodgy full susser, loads of fun when it is dry.

J.

You can do a lap for me if you want a test ride.

Now you're talking...though watch your race position plummet fast! 😀

Is it possible to plummet from last position? 8)

I've seen your Nant y Arian vid...slow I think not! 😆

But you're not accounting for the fact that we have wokboy tollah on our team to make sure we finish last.

Team of 4 - Bristol Uni Bike Club. Looking forward to it and weather looks to be much better than last year!

i'm 12 solo.

I'll be there in the KoN singlespeeddrinkingbeerandnotridingverymuch team of four.

adh: shit no? what happened?

Anyone doing the 12 Saturday and the 6 on Sunday ?
Every time I've raced at Bristol or Cheddar, I've done the long Saturday race and said I'll enter the shorter Sunday race the next morning if I feel like it.
I never do. 😳
This year, Mrs Militant is racing solo on Sunday, so I'll either support her from the sidelines or enter and ride with her.
Or just have a lie in.

LVIS Pirates

ADH - seriously? 😯

YEs there i'll be there with Pedalhead although no idea on teams! Originally I was in a girlie 4 but that's fallen apart and it's just me! Guessing we'll decide over beers on Friday night.

Yup - team of 4, hopefully not slowing down the other 3 too much

Yeah, Oldgits pairs. Looking forward to having a blast!

Matt

LVIS Pirates

ADH - seriously?

Yep, he fell down a mineshaft.

I'm doing 12 hour solo on Saturday and have also entered 6 hour solo Sunday - for a laugh, and to see how I do on Sunday! All good practice for Mayhem's solo effort this year 🙂

wonny j - Member

Who's in?

I can't wait, plus forecast looks good.

Me & Tim 😛

I'll be there.
Last minute replacement, as someone had to drop out.

Yep, LVIS Pirates.

I'll be in LVIS kit wobbling slowly around on my Blue Pig... :-/

yup 12 hr open male team , in bright green Mule Bar kit !

weather looks good !!!

Gonna be soloing it on Saturday, in a can't be arsed beer hand-up stylee. Actually, no, scratch that, I'm aiming for 24 laps. 🙂

Just broken my leg, so I'm out.

Shee-it! Text me your ward number and I'll bring you a copy of "Grumpy Shropshireman Monthly" and some grapes.

Yep, he fell down a mineshaft.

You're just going to have to do all my laps for me KINGTUT. I knew you'd be pleased.

I'll be racing 12 hour pairs with someone a lot faster than me, Team Over It.
So what's the deal alluded to above: full suss better than hardtail then?? Is the course a tad bumpy?

XC full sus would be my choice. Sadly i've just broken mine so hardtail
it is...

Is the course a tad bumpy?

In parts, yes. It's about 1/3 metalled road, 1/3 rooty rocky singletrack, 1/3 fairly smooth singletrack. I did it in an SS pair with no bouncers last year, it was OK.

I'll be there, cheering everyone on whilst drinking ale 😀

The course is fun on any bike (I regularly ride it rigid) but if you want speed then a HT or lightweight full sus will be the best bet. I've decided to ride a 100mm HT this year as opposed to a 140mm full sus as there is always a load of traffic on the rocky/rooty singletrack so it's hard to pass anyway, whilst the HT flies around most of it.

I'm aiming for 24 laps

Seriously? Good luck with that, although you have the weather on your side.

Yep, LVIS Pirates.

I'll be in LVIS kit wobbling slowly around on my Blue Pig... :-/

Heh, your bars will prevent people from overtaking..

Surely the 5 would be better?

Oh I can't wait!

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Small Block 8s fitted!

Maxxis Aspen FTW! As long as I don't ride over sharp pointy rocks.

Small Block 8s fitted!

Shutupshutupshutup! 😉

Shutupshutupshutup!

Heheheee! 8)

I've kept quiet about the weather after last year (We were Ok on Saturday though) but I'm now confident enough in my own forcast to predict -

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If it rains, you can all blame me, OK? 😯

hmm, i was considering taking my small block 8s off after last nights ride round the course and leigh woods! i'm sure it will dry out well by the weekend though.

The classic bike fest template is shite conditions until a day before the race, then it dries out miraculously overnight.

Here's a pic from our Dig and Pig two years ago - it had all dried up (or been drained by the volunteers!) a week later when the race rolled round.

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Been looking at the camping. Is it on the other side of the road again if your team isnt on the list on the website?

hmm, i was considering taking my small block 8s off after last nights ride round the course and leigh woods! i'm sure it will dry out well by the weekend though.

Eh? I rode it with semi slicks on Monday, it was as dry as, we must have had some serious rain overnight.

Avoiding it - hopefully the serious, head-down, barging antisocial, lycra-clad mardy riders will get whatever it is out of their systems and the area will be full of happy cyclists next weekend.

Avoiding it - hopefully the serious, head-down, barging antisocial, lycra-clad mardy riders will get whatever it is out of their systems

No no, I'm there most weekends.. 😉

hmm, i was considering taking my small block 8s off after last nights ride round the course and leigh woods! i'm sure it will dry out well by the weekend though.

Im there 3 blokes - the team with no name

Odd thing to say tootall. It's because the bbf isn't like that that it's so popular.

I'm just hoping the bbf is the reason there are so many stony-faced runts battering around Ashton Court at the moment and they will be sated by it.

I'm just hoping the bbf is the reason there are so many stony-faced runts battering around Ashton Court at the moment and they will be sated by it.

No it's like that quite a lot, mind you I'm too busy barging slow newbies with half ton camelbacks and knee length flappy shorts into hedges to notice.

I have to walk the dog on Saturday.. I'm guessing it won't matter if I bring the dog along? No I'm not riding! 😉

KINGTUT - Member
Eh? I rode it with semi slicks on Monday, it was as dry as, we must have had some serious rain overnight.

It poured down all day Tuesday!

KINGTUT - Member
mind you I'm too busy barging slow newbies with half ton camelbacks and knee length flappy shorts into hedges to notice.

You sound like a BMW driver from the North Bristol slums.

How very dare you.

KINGTUT - Member

Yep, LVIS Pirates.

I'll be in LVIS kit wobbling slowly around on my Blue Pig... :-/

Heh, your bars will prevent people from overtaking..

Surely the 5 would be better?

Damn right! 😉

Yes it would, but it's in bits and I can't be arsed to rebuild it again at the mo (used most of the bits off it for the Pig).

God I really hope this torrential storm doesn't trash the course 😯

was going to EOL on the sunday but had a bit of a funny turn with a heart moment on tuesday and now Mrs C has banned the bikes for a while

God I really hope this torrential storm doesn't trash the course

😆

You won't be laughing if it's as soaked as my garden is right now 😈

I'll be there in the KoN singlespeeddrinkingbeerandnotridingverymuch team of four.

me too

Me too too

clubber - Member

You won't be laughing if it's as soaked as my garden is right now

Mine is bone dry. Those kerazy micro-climates huh?? 😉

Shhh. I can see it heading your way 😉

TooTall - Member

Avoiding it - hopefully the serious, head-down, barging antisocial, lycra-clad mardy riders will get whatever it is out of their systems and the area will be full of happy cyclists next weekend.

You sound way mardier than any of the peakless lycra blokes that were sessioning the course at the weekend. 😉