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I just don't get rigid single speed !!....i needed all the gears i had....Trek Top Fuel 9.9, Tubeless Conti Race Kings..bike preformed faultless....shame about the bloke riding it though !!
SS Ragley TD-1 with WTB Prowler 2.1SL tyres and carbon Nukeproof fork. No issues at all; I even turned down the free lube.
I feel dreadful i was the marshall telling you all that it was only a coule of miles to go and mostly downhill but that's what i'd been told!
Don't I had some people who some how didn't see the funny side when I told them " come on your nearly halfway" when coming in at 65 mile feed station. I stopped after a few but I was asked "Please tell me that sign saying 50m Check Point meant it's 50 metres to here and not the 50 mile check point" I felt kind so said "yeah well done you've made 65 miles".
Diane, if you are who I think you are you were right, it was mostly all downhill - don't sweat it. It was the 6.5 mile and the 5mile that did me in mentally. both were probably bang on, but those distances felt like a LOT more, all down to my impaired perception I guess.
I can totally understand SS, lighter, less to go wrong, no gear changes to screw up when you are mentally knackered and no more tiring when you are used to it. Rigid just sounds masochistic to me (no idea how much 29er wheels tame the bumps, but not enough I reckon)
SS Ragley TD-1 with WTB Prowler 2.1SL tyres and carbon Nukeproof fork.
Same here apart from different tyres. 🙂 As you say ss not a problem (except I struggled/gave up on those last rocky/sandy climbs in the last 5!) but rigid made it interesting. Feel fine today though and no soreness in hands/arms.
Diane, you & all your fellow marshalls were absolutly fantastic, the smiles, words of encouragement & clapping helped me forget, even for a few seconds, the pain i was in! I think you all underestimate the part you play in getting everyone round, well done.
Once again, thank you (downhill, my ar$e!!!) 😆
I think you misunderstood, when Diane said it's all downhill from here she meant the trail getting worse not descending.
TeaBoyPaul? Were you riding the santacruz? Was good to meet you. Helped chatting to you along the way
Yea, that was me! Let me know if you are planning a return next year, we seemed to be on a very similar pace.
Big congratulations to anyone who finished &
fair play to anyone who gave it a go.
An excellent route, brilliantly organised throughout(though the music at the castle was a little lame 😀 ).
I met some really cool people ,ross , mark ,bloke with a blue shirt who helped me out of Newcastleton to name a few.
Good to meet up with george again too.
I was chatting to mark about miketually's spreadsheet when a voice behind said "I did that" and lo and behold there he was, the man himself.
Very amusing...to me at least.
I think I amused a fella by swearing at the hill all the way up the Lonesome pine at 96 miles. sorry.
Definitely want to do it next year....does it get easier when you know what to expect?
Jason.
Great day on my bike (a green rock lobster, no 160) & I'll deffo be back next year but I'm dissapointed (gutted infact) because my chain snapped & went AWOL on one decents just after the 57 mile checkpoint & I was feeling quite well considering. ARGH!!
I'm confident I'd of got to the 80 mile point but after that I just dont know...
Diane, you & all your fellow marshalls were absolutly fantastic
My favourite was the marshal we caught having a piss. He just looked over his shoulder, grinned and pointed in the right direction.
I was chatting to mark about miketually's spreadsheet when a voice behind said "I did that" and lo and behold there he was, the man himself.
Very amusing...to me at least.
Amused me too 🙂
I was riding behind two guys who were chatting when one said "I've even seen some nutters riding this on singlespeeds", so I rode past and agreed that it was a stupid idea 🙂
Who's Daddy - As I was coming off the singletrack section to start the loop where the track was split into 2, just before checkpoint one, the young cadet marshall was shouting '160 cut the course' into his walkie talkie as a rider came whizzing down the fire road having missed out the little singletrack loop. What gives?
..blue shirt who helped me out of Newcastleton to name a few.
/wave
Thanks it was a pleasure I thoroughly enjoyed myself although I'll be happy never lubing a chain again.
Was Heather in a white jersey, from Newcastle? I think I was riding with her for a while but she was much more efficient at the Newcastleton stop than I was.Spoke to you and Ewan on Friday at sign-on but didn't see you after the race.
Heather was riding a pink hardtail SS 29er with those weird bars (forget the name!)
Julie was in the white top.
Myself and Ewan had a shower then decided to hit the road (+5hrs journey home). Glad we did as I woke up in my own bed Sunday and had the whole day to relax and eat 🙂
FBJ - Was that the 57 mile check point? If so thats where my chain snapped & i had you push and scoot down the red to the finish. Otherwise i have no idea where you mean.
No, well before that - just before the first checkpoint we had to use the dibber things.
FBJ - Where you get stopped on the singletrack for the people coming down the hill (near the cattle grid / water stop), then you cross the track & keep right & do a 10 mile loop or so, then head back down the hill, over the cattle grid & then turn left???...
Glad we did as I woke up in my own bed Sunday and had the whole day to relax and eat
And meant you missed the free beer which was more for me. 😀
..blue shirt who helped me out of Newcastleton to name a few.
/wave
"Thanks it was a pleasure "
nice one.
J.
Yes W-D, sounds like we're in the same place; down the fire road, turn left round a singletrack loop, left out onto the fireroad again, right up the hill around the loop and back to the same fire road again.
Was you cheetin or wot innit?
No I didn't. Do you mean where the trail was just 2 tyre tracks with some nice puddles in it, then more fireroad then you turn right & climb so more the you are back on to the fire road. I you can see from my description, I deffo rode it. Please don't call me a cheat. 👿
Pics are being uploaded:
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Loads more to come from Mr.Joolze & Steve M.....
Sweet nice one Joolz.
Oh and I suppose Steve.
Some top photos there Joolz and loving Famous Dave's B+W shots.
You know I think I'm starting to get the hang of photography then I see a Pros work and realise I have a long way to go.
Proof that I made it to the podium, if only for being NFL: http://joolzedymond.com/photocart/index.php?do=photocart&viewImage=113838
Somebody passed me in the opposite direction shortly after the first visit to the crazy cadet's water station. I presumed he had completed that section and then accidentally been redirected round it again, and had to double back.
Everyone had their work cut out at that station, they had to manage the trails crossing and it all got quite difficult because there seemed to be riders arriving from all directions in a bit of a blind panic which made it difficult for the marshals.
I was listening to a Shuffle for a lot of the race which worked well. Unfortunately it let me down by producing "A Whiter Shade of Pale" when I was buckled over my bars struggling to stay upright on the last climb. 😆
And look the midgies weren't that bad.
http://joolzedymond.com/photocart/index.php?do=photocart&viewImage=113531 😯
Does anyone know if a list of the SS riders will be published?
Great pics Joolze, cheers and apologies to no 54.I forgot there was no passing on the boardwalk.....tut tut:)
Does anyone know if a list of the SS riders will be published?
I think I must have missed signing on as ss 😳 presume it was at registration?
I think I must have missed signing on as ss presume it was at registration?
There was a [i]SS?[/i] column on the sign in sheet. If you contact the results people, they might be able to modify it?
I finished in 12-13 for 224th. Had a really bad patch between 30 and about 45miles then got going again, loved the boardwalk (after that orrible climb) and the Newcastleton s/track until I face planted!
struggled badly last 15 miles but got there in one piece, not bad for an old gimmer 😛
I'm on holiday in motorhome for a week now so only just got to a spot with signal for laptop, hence delay. Great, well organised event with excellent marshalls (including my Mrs). Off to look at some pics now.
PS Legs not too bad, had a saunter around blue at Glentress today and plan a ride around red in the morning.
Well i finished my first off road 100. Not in style thou. 😐 Got round in 13.03. A big shout out to all that helped, esp all the marshalls who fibbed about the distance left or course profile 😯 Midges were too savage for me so i didn't hang around for the free beer or food 😉 more for you lot who stopped over. and just on the off chance i was wondering if there is any proviso for lost property. i know its a long shot but i lost my glasses about mile 25 i think. just after a steep decent then over a narrow ditch plank. specialized chicane in black. fingers are crossed.
Diane - Member
I feel dreadful i was the marshall telling you all that it was only a coule of miles to go and mostly downhill but that's what i'd been told!If i'd have known i was to be last marshall i'd have ridden it to let you know as i know how important that info can be.
Don't worry Diane, I was the next marshal along from you at the last point and lots of riders were cursing the short climb when they came off one section of the Lonesome pine singletrack to the last section of singletrack, none of them believed me when I told them this was the last bit down to the finish! I even challenged a few to come back and tell me I was right!! 😈 none did though!
[i]Diane - Member
I feel dreadful i was the marshall telling you all that it was only a coule of miles to go and mostly downhill but that's what i'd been told!
If i'd have known i was to be last marshall i'd have ridden it to let you know as i know how important that info can be.[/i]
Don't worry. Although I was cursing you for a while, you gave me enough of a moral boost by letting me believe it was all easy to get me through it. 😉
Alek - Rider 327 is here! Big thanks to you for getting me through the last few miles. No way was it six and a half from the bridge! Pleased that they gave us the same position - that felt right.
Sorry if I was not too communicative at the end - but I was done in. I was pleased with a time of 10.38, but when I saw that we had come 100th I was well chuffed.
Brilliant event run by people who could not have been more helpful, and a great setting, but really made by the riders who were, to a (wo)man, mutually supportive. As many of the comments on here testify.
I was describing the event to somebody at work this morning (of course they did not understand) and found myself telling them about the pain and the horrible, rocky trail to the border and the midges... and then starting to talk about next time. Next time?!? If I don't mess about at the feed stops, don't dawdle at the start and get a bit fitter ten hours could be beaten. Couldn't it?
Nice one PaleAle.........feelings mutual. Well chuffed at 100= very fitting I thought to myself.
I too was drained and starving then split to get a shower. I'm usually very talkative but had nothing left 😐 looking back it was a good feeling as I knew I had given it my all and a little more.
Hopefully our paths will cross again sometime. Until then, cheers mate, couldn't have finished without ya.
Me and my brother were marshalling at the 93.5m point - bridge area/entrance to the red trail(me) in the afternoon, it was great to be able to clap you all through and see the state that a lot of you were in compared to the morning when you started, genuine respect for doing it.
I also have a lot of respect for marshalls having now done it! It's hard work (not nearly as hard as riding the K100, don't get me wrong) we were out 14 hours from 5.30am, but overall a very enjoyable time (midges very much excluded)and most of the riders were really appreciative 🙂
I thought Sarah ran the whole thing brilliantly, and Forestry guys were great.
Alek - you talked a lot of mince to me - but not on the course! 😉 You were definately a bit more efficent at the food stops too!
Happy to have finished, 10 hours 41 mins, not sure I could face it again, some of the singletrack sections could be used as a form of torture (and that was on a fuss sus!)
Annoyingly I keep thinking about how to get under 10 hours though. Will see how I feel about it in a couple of months. Have to say thanks to all the amazing marshals, particularly given the midges! As has been said the organisation was superb and a burger and a pint has to be the best way to finish a race!
Just got to recover for the Tour de Ben Nevis now! 😯
If the surface at Newcastleton is horrible raise your voice with the FC as it's a common complaint but apparently someone has their fingers in their ears and shouting la la la la.
Newcastlton seemed fine to me.
Some of the Kielder stuff away from the deadwater sections seemed pretty rough.
It just looked like they hardly get ridden.
I was up there in August and rode over to newcastleton and back. I didn't see anyone between the leaving the lakeside way and starting the Newcastleton trial.
Newcastleton was fine, apart from the few bits they had quickly repaired after logging. It was the rough, sandy, energy sapping climbs round Kielder I'm talking about. Oh and while I'm on a roll whats with the random piles of rock on the trail after the boardwalk on the bloody bush trail? I take it they are supposed to be jumps?!
May be there then told can't remember details like that but can put 100s of riders to bikes from the weekend. 😥
I know it's a bit late, but now I have recovered and going to ride the bike again tonight. Had a great day enjoyed the course surface was rough in places on some sections but it was a mountain bike race after all. Great event well organised and a big thank you to all the marshals for their supports along the way.
Hello to Senor J, enjoyed riding with you for the few miles wish i'd kept going with you after foodstop at 48 miles, the next miles to checkpoint one where slow and lonely 😕 did it though in 12:29 pleased with that as it was my second ever race, think if i'd had more experience i wouldn't have stopped for so long at each fod stop at maybe would have made it under 12hrs, but there's always next year and i will be back it was a great day out.