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Any thoughts/advice on where the best place is to stand? Near the rockgarden? It's the first XC race I've been to....
Any thoughts/advice on where the best place is to stand? Near the rockgarden? It's the first XC race I've been to....
Walk around and see what you think.
There's one section with 3 lines that should be good, plus there's at least one drop that can't be rolled, potential for some carnage if that's your thing!
Have any locals got thoughts on parking? I looked at the Park and Ride option earlier, £12 seemed fair but it said to allow 90 mins to get from Park and Ride location to venue! Seems a bit OTT for a few miles. What are the chances of parking locally on the street?
Just got back from Hadleigh and the course has changed slightly and is looking good. Should be a good 2 days next weekend.
On behalf of the collective I asked a few questions relating to:
Are the £45 tickets for the 3000 seated grandstand?
there is no seating for the Public
So what are the differences between the 20 and 45 quid tickets?
Both ticket prices get you the same access
didn't get any tickets in the first round, and have managed to miss them everytime (inc earlier today) since.
Seriously want a pair of tickets to either day.. ;o(
Never mind the ticket prices !!! Competing looks easier than getting there !
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No difference between £45 ticket and £20 ticket!!!? Except £25...
As an afterthought, our £45 tickets came with travel cards to the venue, might be the reason for the extra £££
That could be it sputnik, the bloke I spoke to was a little vague on the subject
Whole family heading to the mens paid 45
Has anyone got travel cards with their £20 quid tickets as will be annoyed if that is the reason for price gap??
think you get a travelcard with all Limpix tickets, if you booked them early enough.
We were lucky enough to get tickets when the first became available through the lottery system. So yes , booked them early, no £20 ones available then. Just £45 ones and kids ticket@£1 per year of their age , so my son' s ticket for example was £12.
4 of us inc TheGingerOne going to the Women's 🙂 (£45 ones)
There today with Irish Al and from Tuesday to Sunday!
Has anyone got a spare?
Mail in profile or (myusername) AT gmail dot com.
🙂
I'm going for the men's MTB with Darkcyan, can't wait 8)
Got four tickets for the mens race on Sunday, taking the wife, mum and a friend... so do £45 tickets get you a better place to view - how do we find out....?
We'll see when we get there I imagine. Maybe you get access to the medal ceremony or sommat. Not worth more than the race, but if there's no seats I'm struggling to see what it'll be! Oh well, sure it'll be great!
when you all arrive you should get a little map of the course. I would suggest the [b]collective[/b] head to positions [b]35, 37 snake hill [/b] you should see pretty much everything around 80% of the course from here. Also check positions [b]74 and 75[/b] these are on the higher ground overlooking pretty much all of it, this is on the left hand side of the course as you stand with the start/finish line behind you 🙂
Whats the weather been like down there?
Is it gonna be like a festival mudfest for the spectators? 😉
Two for the mens's on Sunday - looking forward to it!
Yep, getting excited now....!
Predictions -
Weather?
Winners?
Blazing sun
Nino - Absalon - Kulhavy
Blazing sun
I like the cut of your job, sir! Have been debating what lens to wear for the day!
Nino - Absalon - Kulhavy
Always tough to call against Absalon, but I suppose that difference in wheel diameter is what's going to win it, isn't it? 😉
Contenders, and their bikes, here - http://www.mbr.co.uk/news/olympic-preview-the-contenders-men/
http://www.mbr.co.uk/news/olympic-preview-the-contenders-women/
Be interesting to see! In 08 Absalon appeared to be struggling, then smashed it in the Olympics, but with Schurter 4 years older and wiser I reckon he could do it. Killeen for a shock top 10 too.
Definitely gonna be a Black Iridium day, can feel it 🙂
Brighton Big Dog last weekend - olympic mens this weekend - not bad eh!!!!
Have a sneaky feeling Killeen to do something this time round - Liam just stay on your bike please no silly mistakes - routing for you big time.
Course looks easier than big dog from the photos - I reckon it will actually be much harder than it looks at the speed these guys go.
DC
If Shurter beats Absolon it won't be down to wheel size in my opinion, 650b doesn't look to me like it would offer huge advantages over 26er wheels. The fittest guy will win as the course looks punishing in terms of climbing with little recovery time between each effort. 29er wheels might make a difference for some riders but we'll see.
Darkcyan, will it be a tougher course than BigDog last weekend? I suspect it will be, the BigDog loop is pretty straightforward I think for your typical weekend even/racet rider, just made more difficult this year by weather conditions in the hours preceding the race. Although Hadleigh Farm is completely man made, I think some of those rock gardens etc probably take some nerve to ride on an XC race bike, particularly the speed those guys will be going.
Can't see Killeen having any say in the medals, he's just not good enough, a top ten finish would be a good result though. We've more chance of a medal from Annie Last on Saturday I think.
Really looking forward to it, heading down tomoz for a few days!
Weather is looking good and I have a good feeling about the race! 😉
Bring it on!!!
Course looks easier than big dog from the photos
The photos are deceptive, there's at least one drop which can't be rolled, together with a little 'gap jump'. The climbs are pretty wide for overtaking, but the technical sections are far tougher than the Big Dog!
Definitely gonna be a Black Iridium day, can feel it
I was thinking of Ruby Iridium Holbrooks or Bronze Iridium Tens.
Oh, the choices, the choices...!
I over took one of the czech riders last night whilst riding home... 😀
ok he may have been slowing waiting for his 2 teamates but we'll not dwell on that...
Ive got tickets to the mens. How is everyone getting to the venue? Saw something about a park and ride - does anyone know details or can we park closer to the venue? Anyone have an idea about what time to get there? will they be warming up in public areas like in wc races?
We are heading towards the Leigh on Sea train station, then from there a free shuttle bus according to web site.
Cant believe that no-one has mentioned Stander. 2nd in WC's this year, won Windham too. Cant see him beating Abs/Nino but definitely a chance at a medal
Is there going to be anywhere we can park in Hadleigh and then Walk to the Venue? They want more money if you go to the Park and Ride as they suggest!
We're using Park and ride and then shuttle to venue. Apparently you can cycle, which might be quicker. Anyone any idea about security for bikes?
I too read you could cycle, but Id not trust the security at all. Im going P&R, under duress given the bloody price you pay to park and the booking fee to do it. But figured the local streets will be parking permits only for the event.
I didnt choose the train because that would have meant a train into London first from Oxford, so bugger that, I will ride there on my motorbike and dodge the traffic.
Free, secure, managed cycle parking will be provided at the venue, and there are a number of off-road cycle routes to the south of the venue that provide access from the east and west. Please bring your own cycle lock.
If its anything like the Box Hill bike park I'd say its fine. well run, well managed and felt secure (not saying how/why on a public forum!)
Park and ride is £12 and neds prebooking.
HTH
TM
weve already received notification that pretty much every road surrounding the venue will be closed to parking or permit only - driving tbh would be a nightmare on a normal saturday, train and walk or train shuttle or park and ride will be best options.
Im still contemplating cycling there - there seem to be two bike parks, but no one actually has any info on them?!?!?
Going to the men's race with my Dad. He's an old roady and this will be his first MTB experience of any kind.
Fingers crossed For Liam to get a top 10.
Oh and Mens race on Sunday for us. Not sure who's more excited me or our two year old 🙂
TM
Security at the rowing site was very good. Tagged cycles with matching wristbands to exit (and they check them). I'd expect the same at Hadleigh. I also expect the bike park to fill up. It looks about 9-10 miles from either park and ride to the site, however. So the famile dj may be taking the train on Saturday followed by bus.
Sunday, I was thinking of riding the 60 miles there, but nor sure about the second ticket holder (yet to be decided who gets it!)