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Aaah, didn't realise it was Geoff Beetham!
I was annoyed not to get a timed crack at the Kenda Klimb! I suspect it was mainly teams of 10 riders getting the quickest, certainly the 8 o'clock stint was!
The quickest Kenda Klimb time for the late night session last year (3rd overall quickest) was by a soloist 😉
Where are the Kenda Klimb times? I can't find them in the folder
Agree about the range of abilities of riders. some of the pro riders and top soloists are just superhuman. I was doing my final lap and they were racing against each other unbelievable. all in all a great event really enjoyed it my fifth one I fannied about all weekend wondering whether to swap to my mud tyres but ended up just staying on the summer ones (michelin dryii) what I lost being a bit less confident in the terms on the mud I think I made up on the flatter sections and uphill sections. I agree with the people who say it's not really mountainous but that's not what it's about (so ok its misnamed but so what) there are plenty of tricky technical bits to make sure that there is a bit of a test from most people. my only constructive criticism is to have the cover tent reinstated for the waiting handover area I thought the marshals at the road crossover points were stars did a great job all hours.
With all these photo links cropping up. Isn't there a way some smart fellow can use the face recognition stuff you get with picassa etc so that if you take a pic of your race number on the bike it searches images of the same?
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Woohoo ! I was hoping for a top half finish. I ended up 32nd/169 solo men. Go Vegan. [img] 
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So that was you with "go vegan" across your shorts? Can't imagine there were many others. Great result that for a vegan 🙂
I see the results are up!!!
http://www.osmountainmayhem.co.uk/2011/06/759/
Only missed a lap off our teams effort 🙁 poor show mayhem...
anyone else had a similar experience this year? (not that it makes a lot of difference)
we've had one of our guys missed altogether! and he was wearing his transponder and says it beeped every time.
Yep our teams last riders lap is missing. Still doesnt make much difference as he was just tootling round and the extra lap only cost them about 6 places
Probably too many going through the finish gate?
Really enjoyed the Event this year again - however - i would suggest shorter laps make the team events better. We were riding 2 teams of mixed 5's and with the experience and ebility levels the bets of us only got 3 laps in - I think most of us would prefer more shorter laps. I improved each lap time- but would have liked to at least get 5 or 6 in to really go for it!
Probably too many going through the finish gate?
we have one missing from a night lap as one of the times from being just over the hour shoots to 3?? ;(
I loved it!!!
I haven't read many of the posts above (need to be quick today) but wanted to say how awesome/tiring it was!!!
I was one of the guys who had a big off on that crazy little bump thing on the final downhill, I thought I might have broken my hip in the immediate aftermath but the nice nurse/paramedic man told me to MTFU after checking I was ok 😆
In the end all I needed was a new set of wheels and I was back on the course ready to ride... 😳
Guy Martin - one of the sad idiots, if only he was more like loddrik
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iDave - you got a link to Rob Craytons gallery. Can't find it on his site...
I was about to ask the same question 🙂
I saw it on their FB page, only 60 photos up, that was one of them.
For a guy in a piss pot with a camelback, he's pretty quick!
Ah cool, I'll have a look thanks 🙂
we have one missing from a night lap as one of the times from being just over the hour shoots to 3?? ;(
Sure that wasn't Tim's 'off' lap 🙂
I got passed by a guy in baggies whilst mincing down the off camber fireroad. Got him back on the climb, but considered giving up the sport at the time 🙂
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Woohoo ! I was hoping for a top half finish. I ended up 32nd/169 solo men. Go Vegan
Just think how well you could do if you ate properly! 😉
Sure that wasn't Tim's 'off' lap
I don't think is "off" lap was quite that long lol 🙂 looking like one of georges has been missed ;-/
I got passed by a guy in baggies whilst mincing down the off camber fireroad. Got him back on the climb, but considered giving up the sport at the time
If you said something like 'nice descending' as you came back past - that was me! - trying to make up for lack of fitness with speed on the downhills...
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I was the unfortunate Salsa rider. Yes, I had a gas canister which I used at the start to re-inflate the tyre after I got back from the run and found it flat. So no, not a schoolboy error. Thanks for just tutting - most supportive. I have regularly lobbed spares to fellow racers who've flatted, even in national races. Sadly I over-inflated it and on the first hard bit of cornering it blew off the rim, showering those unfortunate riders behind me in latex. Apologies and yes, this bit was a schoolboy error. I had a second CO2 cartridge which failed. I then luckily found a track pump on the course and within the tape which was a stroke of luck. My team were wondering what the hell was going on by the time I got back to the changeover about 10mins after they were expecting me...
GB
Can anyone explain the difference between Sport and Open? In a normal XC race sport is the more serious of the two and usually entails one more lap, whereas in the MM results Open appears to be quicker than Sport?
Also, looks like someone can't spell Liam Kileen's name...
Open at Mayhem is for teams that have at least one rider with an Expert or higher racing license. Sport is for teams without such riders.
Link to Rob Crayton's photo site
http://www.robcrayton.co.uk/mountainmayhem2011.htm
Rider 1559 has just made my day, whoever you are.
"Open at Mayhem is for teams that have at least one rider with an Expert or higher racing license. Sport is for teams without such riders."
Where did it make that clear in the info? We were enetered in the open section and decidedly amateur
Guy Martin - one of the sad idiots, if only he was more like loddrik
i'd say he's alright he's just like the rest of us up for a laugh eh!
I agree the sport/open thing isn't clear. Should be open and expert (for those with an expert/elite), how it used to be.
I guess it's to elevate the expert mixed category to a higher status. Maybe Sport should be fun?
I noticed the typo on Liam's name, I also noticed his mental lap times! Never over 45 minutes!
Sarge,
that was me that said that (I think). It seemed to be the way that I passed people on the flats and climbs and got overtaken on the descents. Still, didn't crash so I justify my mincing to myself...
Just think how well you could do if you ate properly
What, you mean using cutlery ?
Off the entry form
Sport class - Open to four man and four-woman teams who would normally race in the Sport (or Fun) category of a British NPS race. That means no experts and no semi-pros sneaking in. There are prizes for both the men’s
and women’s teams. Basically a Sports team must be single sex and four strong.
Open Men -Team of four male riders, open to all abilities.
retro-tastic
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That'll be Gil M in that pic Rocketdog, a machine of a rider & one hell of a nice bloke too
Didn't take a single picture, but I did take video...
cool video...
can i suggest this?
might help steady some of the footage.
Yes, I didn't do stabilisation in post. Should have. Using a monopod for most of the shots was a mistake too... but the tripod was too much hassle. Lessons learnt for next time.
To save time in post messing around with slow-motion I just rode at half-speed. That worked a treat 🙂
Good little video that. Nice one! 🙂
That means no experts and no semi-pros sneaking in
I noticed Matt Barrett in a sport team on the results, he's still an Elite, so I guess they don't police it that carefully, not surprising as it's rather ambiguous.
Matt Barrett was in a Vets team, not Sport.
Edit - Counted for both, so yes, you're right.
Loads of pics on the front page now - http://www.singletrackworld.com/gallery/Mountain_Mayhem_2011/
They got me looking all serious and racer like. 😀
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Nice one stw, some great shots 🙂