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Horses for courses, I guess.
Well thats solved where to park everyones bikes
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beer is for winners
I'd love to come along, thought the event 2 years ago was the best event I've ever done, had to do most of my drinking on the Friday night, soaking wet from a practice lap as my wife decided she didn't want to camp on the Saturday night.
Gutted I can't do it this year.
Thanks Nick.
That's the point of it. It is an event (we can't call it a race because we use bridleways and a short bit of road 😉 ) for people who don't do races, followed by a massive piss up.
As an added bonus the course is pretty good/tough, so the fast guys will have a real advantage and the drinkers will fall into the beer tent knowing that they've done something hard.
Shame I can't compete. I have to stand around in a high viz vest looking all official. I'll even have a walkie talkie to make me look extra efficient, but it won't be switched on.
[b]HTN = Bike Based Bobby Dazzlement.[/b]
The HTN course is on my doorstep and as a result, I've been riding it a lot lately. I can honestly say that it is a brilliantly varied trail with scarey bits, up the berm bits and fast, gravelly, swooping bendy bits. It is a great bit of riding. The apres-riding aspect may not be to everybody's taste but surely nobody will find a band, ace catering and a booze tent offensive?
Please guys and gals, get behind these keen, keen, keen chaps who are endeavouring to make a success of a brilliant MTB event and selflessly dishing up any profit to charity.
Again - my offer of signed photo's of my belly stands.
Oh - I am not an organiser of this event but would happily "lead" another preview ride as I did the last one due to illness/holidays.
DS
The course is brilliant. I rode it on the preview, it's proper ace. NIce tight twisty singletrack, out of the saddle fireroad sprints, massive berms, proper bo singletrack with jumps in it, tricky drops into a stream crossing where the local scallies will laugh at you (and maybe nick your bike) if you crash - what's not to like?
and as for the beer tent - how can you go wrong when the event catering isn't "tiny fatty burger and some ****-weak lager" but rather is "pie and peas with lancaster bomber on tap".
My vote goes for bitter, btw Harry
You 2 can keep nbt entertained while I snog it around the course.
Blimey Bunnyhop - have you consulted nbt about this?
I'm an easygoing kind of chap. give me a beer and I'm happy. Give me two and I'm leathered
Is the barmaid on the left the ghost of Jade Goody?
Actually, what would be ace would be a short summer series (say, three) of winter sprinter-lite races.
would you mind awfully if I told you to sod off?
Is the barmaid on the left the ghost of Jade Goody?
Haunted hooters?
would you mind awfully if I told you to sod off?
+1
and another +1 from my wife.
Haunted hooters?
like vuvuzela's are they ?
... getting closer but we still need more.
The Chunky Challenge.
As a way of spicing up this event in the absence of a veterans class, I will put up a £10 prize fund to go to the charity of choice of anyone who weighs more than me and completes more laps.
So, come on you Clydesdales, who wants to take on a 47 year old 98kg vegan ? 😛
Terms and conditions.
The total prize fund is £10. If two or more people complete more laps than me, it gets shared out.
I'll round the weight limit down to 95kg or over. I'm not taking my bathroom scales with me, I'll take your word for it.
I've broken two frames in the past two months. With that track record, there's a good chance you'll beat me simply by riding for 8 hours while I'm sat in the pits with my bike in two halves.
What bike for HtN?
It's going to maybe the CX bike for me (then again i may come on the MTB)....
I reckon the race will be won by a crosser.
It'll be won by the best rider... who will probably be on a cross bike. 😉
Have you been promoting the event on skinnytyredrophandlebarworld.com, (or whatever the equivalent CX site is called) I'm sure the almost nailed on chance of a trophy for one of those gents would bring a few more out of the woodwork.
It'll be more fun on an MTB than on a cross bike though. TONS more fun. Riding an MTB will make you beer taste better too, *FACT*
I'll be bringing one of each.
Just to be on the safe side.
I don't think the CX bike will be as much of an advantage over the longer time frame.
I wouldn't fancy the "faster than light" DH section or the jumps on a CX myself. But I do the technical stuff with all the grace of a piano falling down a lift shaft.
*whisper*
I might be rocking these at HTN
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(Unless my Ragley frame's ready by then.)
Who are you planning on pwning?
i willl be SO SO gutted if this doesn't happen, is there anything we can do ???
most importantly - what about the uncle joe's mint balls, will they be on offer again? I'm bigging you up on bikeradar again and I need something to tease the potential punters with
Mr Sparkle,
Experiencing comms issues in my holiday lair. In answer to your e-mail... go for it.
Regards,
Mr Spider
Reeto. Monday.
I'm so bored with watching England try and play football I've entered HtN as a solo rider
i'm not that bored
Last day for the big push!
*fingers crossed*
Good luck it'll be a shame if all your hard work was for nothing.
Looking at my photo again, it seems that my office wall in in a worse state than the six year old MTB forks in front of it.
FIngers crossed chaps. Looking better?
Just back from a spin or three round the course:
It's dusty, fast & fun.
New bermy bits bedded in perfectly, rocky chicanes dry and grippy - frankly, it's ace. 🙂
If you have the slightest inclination to meet nice people, ride your bike around some of the best trails in the North, drink ale and dance yer pants off, then sign up. Now.
I won't find out the numbers until the morning so I suspect I won't be getting much sleep.
Thanks to all those who have helped. Let's see what happens next.
*big fat spud covered Irish fingers crossed*
My entry has just gone in. *Fingers and legs crossed*
Andy, i can't make this year as i'll be on a ferry to France when it all kicks off. However, would it help if i entered but put off racing till next time (pehaps i might even get number board 1 at HTN 3)?
cheers
Ant
*sits on edge of seat*
Thanks for the offer but it's OK. 😀
hurrah!
Hold on there... the event isn't OK (I'll know in the morning). I don't want to take Ant's money.