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Wow - fantastic. Now that's what you call friendship.
I had nothing to gain, she had everything to gain, so made sense. Just did what most other people would do for any of their friends too I reckon...
if it was so bad why does everyone appear to be smiling here?
Cos as this thread points out, judging by those that have posted so far, most of the miserable buggers who can't ride in the mud went home early... Everyone else stayed and enjoyed it! The mud is a great leveller to an extent, cos when you're pushing up a climb next to a Hope team rider, having a chat with him, when his team are in the lead, but he can't physically get up the climb either cos there's no traction! You meet a lot of people you otherwise might not that way. I know from past experience, all the climbs are doable for me on a single 32T ring up front, but when you just can't get any traction even with a skinny mud tyre, everyone is in the same boat having to walk up most of the climbs, and the descents become even more fun than normal!
I was certainly grinning whilst I was out on the bike each time anyway. Being cold and wet waiting around for handovers, not so great...
Some smiling riders:
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I think I cycled past you just as he offered, you didn't seem to keen at first!
I thought that I didn't like liquorice, but turns out they're pretty good on a rainy hill after a few hours of riding! 😀
if it was so bad why does everyone appear to be smiling here?
It reaches that point of being so bad that's it's beyond parody. You're there, you're in the same boat as everyone else so there's really no point in kicking off about it.
By and large, everyone looks out for everyone else, everyone has the same sense of "aren't we mad?!" so having actually gone there, you just get on with it.
Having said that, I've done most of the MM's but am I glad I gave this year a miss!
Anyone know what the results were this year? Interested to know what hardened riders were out there 😉
Mate Luke finished 4th in the male solo, and he's a bit mental.
Me at 11:50 this morning.
2 hrs and 15minutes for a lap !!!!
Bloody grim is about the best way to describe it
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Anyone know what the results were this year?
I've been told Mark Spratt won the solo with Dan le 5th* in second.
*Now re branded as Dan the 2nd. 😀
Well done lads outstanding effort from both of you.
Conditions not too bad for riding. 4:30 this morning was better than 6:30 last night as my bike didn't gain weight and I knew where the course went. Lefty was a good choice as less to catch the clag. I'm FUBAR tonight with sore legs. Probably not the best year to do my first race & my first endurance event. I'm 50 this year so I thought I'd give it a go.
A month off the bike was not the best prep on reflection. Any pics of 2192 out there?
We did 10 laps between the 5 of us for the full distance for the TROG C team. I had fun too.
Re the comments about Eastnor only allowing natural trails, will the course actually recover before next year? I think there might be a few deer getting trench foot!
the trail will recover in less than a month or so normally, depending on weather.
The trail is rerouted each year, re-using maybe 60% each year.
That was a good workout 😆 Never ridden in mud like that, quite thankful for the rain from 11pm till around 3am and think I put in my quickest lap then, soon as it dried out on my last it wasn't fun! Having said that I did enjoy the event.
Not a great start, and my first two laps I snapped two rear mechs! Fixed and went back out again, funnily enough, despite running half a lap both time, I didn't loose that much time, which I think says alot about the mud!
Great effort from all riders who rode through!
Interesting to see the results, last time we checked we were 7th in teams. 16 laps in total (4 each)
Nice shots RD, thanks for the snaps (247)
A few snaps...
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Up there with 2004...
My comments at end of lap 1 - "3 parts torture, 3 parts hilarity"
There were some genuinely fun sections. Many singletrack sections were raceable. The track on the back side of the obelisk was like a river bed during the night time rainstorm. The downhill to the arena was more like motoX. Pity about the sections in the campsite - they were shite and pointless.
Came back wrecked but grinning from every lap.
Muddy but fun and so glad I didnt spend money on mud tyres - it made little to no difference surely?
Muddy, wet, windy and bonkers - loved it
As you can tell here;
http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/mayhem-a-first-timer-says-thanks
lol
The trail is rerouted each year, re-using maybe 60% each year.
No it wasn't, was yard for yard the same as last year!
Any pics of 2192 out there?
You can have a look here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/brf/sets/72157630256241270/
I'm not sure I have the stamina to add rider numbers to all 1600 of them...
No it wasn't, was yard for yard the same as last year!
fair enough. I didnt ride it this year as it seemed a bit unfair to ride on Friday whilst pristine 😉
From what I saw fo it it seemed to differ a fair bit from the last couple of times I rode it - 2010 and 2009. The woods and a couple of the climbs are usually consistent, its usually the bits though the bracken banks around the back of the obelisk that they vary.
This year they didnt use the double track climb from the deer gate to the obelisk which they did in '10 (or was it '09?) for example.
it was hard but I rode it in 2008 and I thought it was easier this year because of trail choices .
done the first lap and it was okish , second lap at 7pm and first part was brilliant , second not so good . third lap at 3am and it wa sokish again .
the rain made the mud more liquid and rideable , but it started to dry in the morning and went sticky again .
Anyone know how well the phatt bikes got on?
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Well despite some negative comments I have to say I really enjoyed it.
I went into the event knowing the conditions were likely to be muddy and prepared accordingly both mentally and bike/spares.
I enjoyed every lap, 99% of it was rideable up until the last few laps and then it became more tyre/mud clearance dependant.
I've done every Mayhem at Eastnor and the muddier ones are the more memorable. Yes they are hard, can be miserable but you dig deep and find out what you are capable of.
Well done to everyone who stuck it out to the end.
Anyone know how well the phatt bikes got on?
I did 6 laps on that bike. Was nice to have fun at one of these things for once instead of trying to get 20+ laps and ramming gels down my neck continually.
In case you're wondering, the bike was hilariously good fun. Best in really wet mud, point it downhill, hold on and giggle like a loon.
Loved it. Was sad to give it back (and I only got my hands on it 30 mins before the start of the race).
but no pay dirt terra? 😉
I did 6 laps on that bike.
Respect for doing 6 on a SS.
I thought it was a ten lap challenge? You easy lay, Brant....
I thought it was a ten lap challenge?
number of laps was not specified. six not good enough?
I actually had 10 in my mind, but my back went pop. 32:16 on that bike on that course in those conditions wasn't ideal :/
😀
Just the six? 😉
Fully respect for that Terrahawk! What was in like in the really muddy sections?
It looked a lot nicer hanging off the easyup than in your hands.
Were you running those white wall tyres, or did someone find some proper fat ones?
I followed Terra and the fat bike down the last descent about 7am this morning. It was brilliant. Left me for dead 🙂
Left me for dead
*resists urge to comment 😉 *
Hey Ben (footflaps) you got one of me. I've mailed you via Flickr. Ta.
proper fat ones. Larry on the back, Nate at the front.
the front one was my favourite.
Bloody grim is about the best way to describe it
your new Soul buried under there?
I wish that I had remembered to shave my legs...
Alex, sent you the original (10.5 Mb).
Just heard that my mates team woohar rammit won it - frickin awesome result!
Just heard that my mates team woohar rammit won it - frickin awesome result!
They beat us into 2nd place (Cambridge CC) in 2007, must be their 3rd win there at least.
Yup them fellas are fit it has to be said - and to thin I used to as fit as them once upon a time 😥
Do they still all have beards? We concluded that was their strategic advantage....
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Results up anywhere yet?
Yup they do. Stef's (guy with the hat) beard is immense now everyone else's are still fairly similar.
Footflaps, I won't be in that set as I went out after 4:20pm on the Saturday.
The Brant and Terrahawk fatbike story
Nearly there...
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Hello, bit of a long time lurker but thought I'd take the plunge and join up in order to post a few pics I took this afternoon, not great quality as just taken on the phone - no way was the fancy camera going anyway near that mud!!
I hope these guys managed to escape the quagmire and are not still stuck out there!
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"Now what the hell do we do??"
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Really felt for this guy - totally caked in mud but determined to make it to the finish line, nutter!!
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and this guy, total resignation to his fate
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