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Ground still baked hard here despite the rain...been dry for a month gonna suck up a lot of rain......saying that some bits of the Dyfi are like the somme!
The more I hear about this fabled World Cup Decent, the more my sphincter tightens!
Hey I've done that descent but didn't know it was (in)famous and had a name! Anyway, yes, if that's on the route then carnage awaits. Just thinking about the last exposed steep bit sends shivers down the spine!
Muddy tyres + slippery slate + general wetness = me wondering whether to wear knee pads (just in case like) 😕
Alternatively, a can of MTFU might be more appropriate!
I think knee pads at the Dyfi would be quite appropriate. I'm sure dreednya would agree. I'll certainly be wearing mine.
I came off in 08' on that descent and removed most of the skin off my knee and ruptured my cruciate as I was blowingoutmyarse and knackered 🙂
Crikey, you lot are making it sound like some kind of War of Attrition! Will anyone actually make it to the end?!
Surely it CAN'T be any worse than much of the other riding in that part of Wales?
Not its not 🙂 I was only adding that in for effect - just an awkward fall when I was tired 😉 I did compete the race with a kneckered knee (extra 30Km ) just couldn't move it much after that 🙂
Phew! I've convinced a friend of mine to sign up for this and it will be his first enduro type event (or event of any kind).. I don't want to have to take him back in too many pieces or he might not want to play anymore!
World cup descent is ace, glad theyre putting it in!!
Its gonna be carnage!! 😀
Umm it is tough...main issue is volume of bikes...turn some sections into slip slidy quagmires...fell off laughing too much in some places last year...overtook a nun...as you do 😆
Sure its technical but more so when your super tired 🙂
Just got an email from the organisers...
Camping: Open from Fri PM. All dogs must be on a lead. [b]Sorry, but the farmer has asked for no BBQ’s[/b], please do not jeopardize future use of the field. Showers are available up to 6.00PM at the leisure centre for £1.00. Please take all rubbish and recycling to the skip by the field entrance.
No BBQ's. WTF? A bit late to tell us now.
How about a gas fired stove with a grid on it?
Crikey, you lot are making it sound like some kind of War of Attrition!
Don't worry, there nothing that isn't perfectly do-able for your average weekender. Having said that though, the descents are more dangerous and technical than other enduro-type events I've done like the roughride, Grizedale and Whinlatter, especially when you add in mud, water, loose slate, lots of other riders and plenty of adrenaline!
+1 dazh 🙂
Just been to see it and It's all doable. There are some STEEP sections but they are short lived and rollable. Biggest problem will be traffic.
Does it use any of the Climachx?
I've done that loads of times but never done any of the 'off piste' stuff in the Dyfi Forest.
Turnercraig - They used "better late than never" in reverse 2 years ago, and some of the fire road links. As a rule the organisers don't use much of the Climach-x course though..
Biggest problem will be traffic.
By the time we get there, there'll be no problem with traffic Dan... 😉
I havn't done the Dyfi before but I can imagine that if the descents are quite technical there will be a lot of walkers??
All good fun though
Woop woop I'm driving up after work tomorrow just finished packing hopefully be there by 8 so ifyou see a hood rat style vectra come for a cider oh I'm running a high roller and a ardent.
Sorry, but the farmer has asked for no BBQ’s
Are we talking about disposable BBQs that burn the grass or any BBQ? I'm assuming its any type of BBQ
I would imagine he means no setting light to any thing arn muy laaand.
I've done what I think is called the World Cup Descent, but when it was nice and dry and there was no one around. I can't imagine doing it when it's wet and muddy and covered in bikes.
Although I don't imagine they'll be many bikes around by the time I get there at least.
[url= http://www.metcheck.com/V40/UK/FREE/today.asp?zipcode=Machynlleth ]nice and warm...[/url]
Sunday looks ok. Metcheck has been wildly wrong for the last few months.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/weather/forecast/20?&search=machynlleth&itemsPerPage=10®ion=world&area=Machynlleth
It's dry in Aberystwyth right now but it started raining in the Dyfi Forest last night just as I was leaving. Trails will be dampened down a little but not badly I'd imagine. Depends what tonight's scheduled rain does though. Only a couple of millimeters forecast
Tomorrow looks better but as for today and tonight.......
Today:
A mainly dry start but it won't be long before showers develop, becoming widespread and often heavy by lunchtime, with thunder likely. These are expected to continue through the afternoon then, perhaps becoming most concentrated across central Wales by dusk. Maximum temperature 13 °C.
Tonight:
Heavy showers continuing for many places at first, gradually become confined to southeast Wales later in the night and clearing most places by dawn. Clear spells developing away from showers.