OMG that was hard but what an excellent event again. My legs had totaly given up the ghost by the last climb, might have had something to do with the blood loss from my nose on every climb. Not sure what that was all about I looked like I had been in a fight by the time I had finished . Hope my legs have recoveed my tomorrow as for the rest of the week I am teaching GCSE mountain biking in and north wales.Mental note to self must train more for the next time
GCSE Mountain biking?
You're 'aving a laugh!!??
Yep, it was Adam that helped out with the gloves. I just brought the "look at me!" bike.
I guess that would have been you on the Jones, then SSStu. It's always nice to get a dose of the Midlands 🙂
The Dyfi is a great event. I've been riding there since the first one and it is a fixture every year. From my first time where I had to push the fire-roads, to the year my knees were just about to be operated on, to last year and my attempt to storm it, the dyfi has always been fun. Scary descents and a carnival atmosphere... unmissable.
So thanks to the people who make it happen: monkeys, brass-bands, cheer-leaders, flap-jack hander-outers, and everyone behind the scenes.
GCSE cycling is part of the PE sylybus I just have to make some adaptations its great for those who are not into the so called regular sports football, rugby etc I can teach in a weeks riding time what a school PE teacher teaches in almost a year most PE students only get 2 hours a week.
numbnuts, I can only hope there are more teachers out there pushing this.
Not everyone thinks spear chucking and jogging / foot and ball are interesting.
I've just never heard of it, despite knowing a few teachers.
top draw indeed!
jt
GCSE cycling well done chap.g have got first batch of pics on dyfi enduro facebook page now. shinsplints,go to bed without any super!
Anyone know the total climbing on the route for the non-whippets?
My memory map converted garmin data said about 1500m, which isn't bad...
cxi - my GPS (barometric altimeter) reckoned around 1900m. It normally under-estimates so I reckon it was probably a little bit more.
Either way it was loads 🙂
Dr_UpGrade - beat me to it 🙂
I'd be suprised if it was only 1500m though - was that just the off road section or the whole thing?
slight difference there! but yes, 'loads' covers it!
that was the whole thing from start to finish...
I tell a lie, that no' was from what sporttracks converted the data from what the garmin thought it was, so it my easily be an underestimate (garmin's not the best for calculating elevation). I'll check tonite what memmap thought it was unless someone else has a no' for you..
I'd like to add I have asked my legs & they have indeed confirmed that it was "s**t loads" 😆
My Garmin 205 (GPS calculated) altimeter recorded 2300m of climbing (including the road to and from the campsite).
My (altimeter based) computer recorded 1730m of ascent from the start to the finish in the woods, including the loop.
only bad bit for me was the very very muddy bit through the woods, I could just see it eating through my drivechain, and it was lot of height loss for very little gain.
Its the only bit I don't like, on the course really.
Also whats with people walking the descents (and singletrack rocky climb) and not moving out of the way for people riding it? I ended up following 3 blokes down 1 descent and they would not move out of the way regardless of how many times they were asked. If someone is riding get out of the way
Very frustrating.
I'll take the 2300m figure!
Cheers,
Chris.
@richc - agreed re the walking with bikes.People were all over the place on the trail.On that singletrack rocky climb you are on about it was v difficult to get going again once you had come behind someone who was walking.If you could keep the pedals spinning it wasnt that difficult to ride.Must say though,regarding passing on descents there were many riders who would just be hollering "rider coming through" which doesnt actually help without knowing which side they are on.On highlight for me was on the rocky climb where this very thing happened,the rider was shouting "coming through" to those of us already spinning up the climb.He did barge past us eventually,only for us to round the corner to the dip to find him lying in the side of the trail. 😆 I didn't laugh though,obviously....
I agree they were more muppet descenders this year than I've seen before, if there are a line of riders going down a hill with someone nervously picking there way down, why not wait with everyone else for a safe place to pass rather than screaming 'coming through' and try and barge past everyone.
Stupid thing was some of these muppets weren't even quick as I got stuck behind someone who barged there way through, I waited to overtake someone at a safe point and ended up freewheeling behind the overtaking muppet who couldn't ride for shit. I did laugh at him at the bottom waiting for my missus to catch up when he was bragging to his mates how he 'totaled owned that descent' when I've seen my 2 year old cousin ride with more control/flow.
That muddy descent was great fun - snow boarding on a MTB :). To be honest, that's a great thing about the Dyfi - every descent brings something different and challenging.
And yes the walkers/totterers on the descents were a bit of a pain (that's why I went over the bars on the really steep rocky descent) but all part of the fun of the Dyfi. There's a real buzz from getting past the slower riders safely. And before anyone criticises, I was waiting for openings, shouting clear "on your left/right" and got acknowledgements from nearly all the riders as I over took (all very friendly too). it does seem a shame to spend all that effort climbing up the hills to walk back down again 🙂
I did have to laugh at the top of the last singletrack descent when a lad came screaming past us, skidded round into the singletrack grinning and set off in front of us. I couldn't resist - following behind him with a couple of mates. We caught him by the first corner heckling him with "come on pedal", only for him to wash out. Apparently he got mud in his eye so couldn't take the corner full speed. I think he saw the funny side of it though and admitted he couldn't catch us again 🙂
All good.
this was my first enduro and i'm still not sure if i enjoyed it or not 😕
i usually enjoy the challenge of a climb but these were stupidly long and boring...only one technical climb??
the downs were fun but having to fight my way passed the excessive brakers and being forced into lines that i usually wouldnt choose put a bit of a damper on things.
clocked just over 4 hrs for the full loop and quite happy with that. but wont do it on a 36lbs FR light bike next year!
There were some right knobs there tbh - won't mention what club jerseys they were wearing..... 😕
Ace event as ever.
Regarding the overtaking.
If there was space I would pass and shout which side I was passing.
If there wasn't space I'll happily sit behind. It's not a race after all.
Has to be said, I did not see anyone get held up by anyone pushing a bike.
Was proper muddy though... 😉
Cafe seren whilst not cheap, the Curry on the Sunday night was very nice indeed.
Well I have to say that all of the riders who passed me on the descents gave absolutely no clue as to which direction they were coming from or were going to pass on. You just had to stick to your line and hope that they had a way around you. I was right at the back of the event all day so if they wanted to go faster they should have gone up the bloody hills faster and kept ahead of me. It wasn't a big issue anyway. People ride at different speeds and ability levels, That's half the fun of the events I guess. Just deal with it.
There were some right knobs there tbh - won't mention what club jerseys they were wearing....
care to elaborate? what exactly were they doing that earned them the title "knob"?
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There were some right knobs there tbh - won't mention what club jerseys they were wearing....
indeed, please do elaborate.
ide be interested to know if it was us, so that it can be taken into consideration in future!
I was a courteous and careful as i could be with my passing (lots of "passing on your right/left"s at appropriate spaces, none of this "RIDER!" crap, which is as good as useless and REALLY gets on my tits.
cant speak for the sharp end of our riders though (they were miles away from the 'fat and slow' team)
Yep, great event, but my worst effort- bit out of practice so not the best for fitness or descending really.
Olly most of the Aber MTB and Ystwyth lot I saw were great. I limped into the finish with a bunch of them demanding that each of their riders DO A WHEELIE at the finish line :D.
While quite a few riders flew past on the descents without warning the only one I remember was in a green t-shirt and y ddraig goch pisspot helmet. I only remember as it was distinctive.
Over £7.00 for a photo, that's gone up a bit (nearly doubled) since last year.
It's a bloody credit crunch how can people justify such a hike in price ? 🙁
Great event as always Fraz and co, well done to the whole team, all the marshalls, and helpers and the local folk who came out to clap us off and back in.... it's a great touch and the locals should be very proud that they host one of the best events in European MTB'ing in my experience.
Single speed matt convinced me to do it single speed and whilst i am perversley happy i did it, i'm pretty goosed now! Unfortunately i had to pass on keeping him company, shredding cli-machx on monday i was down the skinners keeping dry!
Great to see Fraz Jr as well! I've missed her the last couple of years 😥
Just converted the track to route on memory map and got 2695m ascent Slightly different to the 1500m the garmin recorded!
martyntr,
The main difference with the photos this year is that I am only doing 2 sizes - regular and hi-res, rather than small, medium and large. This is due to a change in the photo sales software I use, not my choice.
The hi-res corresponds to last year's large and costs the same - £7.45
The regular corresponds to last year's medium. As there is no small version available I have actually REDUCED the price of that pic to £4.45 from £4.95 to compensate a bit.
Mates GPS came in at about 9000 feet so 2,700 meters seems ok. Near as damn it killed me anyway, nearly 6 hours it took! Loved the downs, can't ride back up though.
Do the times get published at all?
My Garmin 305 measured 62.10km and 1924m of ascent.
I've no idea if I did the longer or shorter course (I did the loop from and back to the feed station)
Wide variations in measurements...
Great event again.
PS This includes from and back to the campsite.
While quite a few riders flew past on the descents without warning the only one I remember was in a green t-shirt and y ddraig goch pisspot helmet. I only remember as it was distinctive.
I'm sorry if I surprised you. I shouted "on your left/right" when approaching everyone I passed however understand that it can sometimes be missheard or not heard at all so also waited for a passing place that riders only had to hold their line on rather than move out of the way.
LOL I should have figured they would be an STW'er. As I said, I only remembered due to the helmet. I wasn't that fussed but others might have been. I probably couldn't hear you over my squealing brakes which hide the sounds of my own girlish screaming 😉
twas very excellent! 🙂 i just love those dh's
i was gobsmacked when the lad on the snowmobile sped past me on the tarmac, how much tyre drag? and he finished in 3.5hrs - amazing
only gripe i had was the d!ckhead on the yeti shouting "BEEP" at people, not "rider" or "rider on the right, cheers" - just BEEP!
what a XwXX! i really really had a strong urge to stop, turn around and deck him....
Re my comments about knobs in club jerseys don't worry Aber lads...it was supposed to be a dig at the Swinno's boys from Cannock !
*waves at Rich Harris* 😆
more pics up on facebook site now.
2nd that guy on yeti=****!
Shinsplints which lad were you, i was riding with Rich Harris .....i say riding... he was eating my dust.... he's my Cocky uncle on his new s-works haha seems to be working for him though.
alfonzo - Don't know if I met you mate - I was on a black & silver trance,Dysynni CC club shirt.I was with another Swinnos lad on a Lapierre hardtail towards the top of the first climb,then Rich passed us just after the moorland section when we stopped to help one of the younger club lads with his flat.Rich mentioned you had a good ride though,ripped his legs of didn't you ? GOOD WORK ! 😆 - was it you that broke the cleat off your shoe & rode the last few km's with one foot ? ! LOL....That S Works doesn't weigh much does it ?
Anything to add to the above comments Rich ? young pretenders eh.....when I were a lad etc etc..... 😉
Is there a list of finishing times on line yet???
