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will food be available on Sun morning, or do I need to bring sausages and a gas cooker??
scott is it near the activity centre?, was thinking of bringing the family and camping
tots near centre 2 mins walk from camping, 8+ near top of hill 5 min drive & 15 mins walk from campingscott is it near the activity centre?, was thinking of bringing the family and camping
Play areas
Let the children loose in our fantastic play areas. For children aged eight and over there is an extensive range of equipment at the Adventure Play Trail near the Juniper BBQ site. Also for children under 8 years there is a range of animal themed play equipment in the Tots Play Area close to the Visitor Centre.
Yep but beer tent will be closed by then 😈will food be available on Sun morning, or do I need to bring sausages and a gas cooker??
So I need the toolbox too 8)
So I need the toolbox too
Oops - should be coolbox!!
Are any places available?
All sold out dantsw13
Conditions up there are cracking - just run a lap of the red trail after work & it's nice & grippy out. It's not dusty either
My mate Mr Perry would like to sell his ticket on if that's possible? He might already have been in contact (with the organisers)
Davosaurusrex - if he is interested, get him to email me (in profile).
Scott/Mork - can my mate sell his ticket on direct or does it need to go through your good selves?
100% though me for insurance reasons. Need names to be swaped and DOB's please
Cheers Dave
Scott I will pm you with dob. Gutted I can't come. 2 daughters with the same birthday and I didn't make the connection with the race date.... Doh!
Scott - have you already got a standby list?
dantsw13 - MemberScott - have you already got a standby list?
No Stand by list. Mirage and dantsw13 sort out the money between you guy and dantsw13 email me you Full name and DOB.
Details emailed Scott - many thanks.
Mirage - emailed you his details to sort payment.
@scottfitz - Is there any way to get mates starting at the same sort of time? Should I just mail you the names? There's 3 of us racing for the first time in the fun category....
@scottfitz - Is there any way to get mates starting at the same sort of time? Should I just mail you the names? There's 3 of us racing for the first time in the fun category....
sorry to late now. email me anyway I see if I can get you a bit closer together but not promising anything as I have already emailed out the start times.
Or
I can stick you at the end of the Sport Cat but you will be setting off last and back last. You will have to be in sport as the timing system can't handle splitting the cat's. There is not difference between fun and sport apart from skill level/fitness of riders but you will be setting of after everyone so its not a big deal.
Dan ygm re ticket
tor5- I am shutting down my PC in 15 mins and won't be back on it till after the event. So if you want to do what I sujested you have about 10 mins. I will be on site taping track on Friday and sat morning.
See you all on Sat.
P.S I have some very good news about the beer tent that I can say till the day but its well worth camping 🙂
What a quality event, just superb. Awesome trails, perfectly run, now drinking the free beer. Massive congrats and thanks to the collective, top job fellas!
^ as above, great idea doing an Enduro in the dark. Great atmosphere and lots of smiley faces from all those who finished. Unfortunately I crashed out on stage 1 and smashed my shoulder up. Nothing broken but now home and showered its ceased up and even trying to pull up boxers is a mission...ho hum serves me right. Thanks to the two guys who picked me up and got me out of the way of the others 🙂
But from practice, there was a proper mix of trails. Dont personally like the off camber rooty stuff on some stages but it goes with the territory at QECP, but overall good fun. Transitions between stage 1-2 and 2-3 were easily done in time (eg many with 10mins to spare). Transition from 3-4 almost caught out a lot of people, so perhaps some tweaking for next year.
Free beer and lots of friendly people from all different walks of life was great. Amazing mix of bikes and big kudos to No. 49 on his on-one fatty....went REALLY well....infact I reckon it would be my weapon of choice for next year if Brant can sort out a carbon one for me 😉
Next up, someone needs to arrange one at Swinley....would be great fun in the dark!
Just got home. What a brilliant event! Well done to everyone that helped organise it, especially whoever was in charge of the weather.
Great event!
First race ever and loved it to bits!
For sure coming to the next one!
Well done!
Michal
We'll done you lot, I popped over to watch some of the event and all I saw were smiling knackered faces.
Idiots you lot 😆
Great event! Nice trails and friendly riders. Good to see a good few hardtails racing!
Well done to all involved.
Stage 1 was very challenging for me, after that really got into it and enjoyed the other trails - great event!
Any links to photos welcome.
Stage 1 was very challenging for me, after that really got into it and enjoyed the other trails - great event!
Likewise. When it said "steep" they're weren't exaggerating!
Great event as always Scott
Enjoyed marshalling / heckling on the drop in on stage 1 and the funnier crashes
Enjoyed marshalling / heckling on the drop in on stage 1 and the funnier crashes
I'm not quite sure what I did there but I recall dropping in just fine and then my tyres trying to head off in a variety of novel directions instead of around the turn - I think you might have shouted some congratulations on me not binning it!
Great event, thanks to the organisers, marshals and other racers for making it a fun and friendly place to cut my racing teeth!
Anyone got a link to photos/results?
Just to reiterate others' posts- great night out!
Trails were varied with a good mix of technical and fitness challenge, and racing in the dark was a great additional buzz. Atmosphere was great too, partly due to plenty of heckling/encouragement round the course... And beer. Free beer! Being handed one when skidding to a stop sideways at the end made it for me!
Well done Scott and team, looking forward to the summer one!
Loads of fun, well done everyone who organised.
Now, did I beat ChiefGrooveGuru?
Great night!!
Sadly, as as tubeless evangelist, I was DNF due to 2 big tubeless explosions. I ripped my rear tyre in practice on Stage 4, which meant I was late for my start time, so got to the top of transition 1 with no water, and no spares. My front tyre (Chunky Monkey) then departed the rim at the drop at the end of stage 2.
I finally got my bike rideable by fitting a 29er tube into my 26" wheel, so I could ride home. Sadly I'd lost 30 minutes and missed all my transition times, so I decided that riding stages 3/4 with a 29er tube with a knot tied in it, at race speed wasn't wise, so rolled to the finish to grab my free beer - Great touch QECP!!!
I really enjoyed watching the racing in the "Stadium" at the end of Stage 4. Kudos to the 3 guys at the start of Sport, who were racing each other 4X style round the final berms!!!
See you there next year!!
Now, did I beat ChiefGrooveGuru?
Strava thinks so! Though you still got owned by Hoops - on a hardtail... 😛
Results are in: https://www.rootsandrain.com/race2500/2014-may-17-qecp-trail-collective-day-and-night-enduro-queen-elizabeth-country-park/
Think I managed top 50% overall if I'm allowed to count all the DNFs! 😉
Im surprised I even got a stage 1 time, thought I had DNF'd the lot.
Just spent 3 hours in A&E with suspected clavical fracture, but after several puzzled faces, it ended up only an "ACJ" tear, which is basically the ligaments that join the clavical to the shoulder. Nice bone like lump at the end of the collar bone though 🙂
Well done all, some impressive times in there.
Healing vibes! Don't worry - we drank your free beer for you!! I think we finally hit the tent at 0430!
I was the one squealing like a (15 stone) girl at the top of the rock garden, lost front wheel and badly jarred an already injured upper hamstring / pelvis tendon jamming my foot down. 'Kin hurt..... and game over. Did have a couple of beers after though
excellent event though - surpringly technical, not really ridden at night before so that was fun
sorry to number 97 who I held up a bit (at least 'til I could put my part time roadie / prop forward legs to use on the flat bits) but he was waaaay under half my age....
than ks to all at QECP, especially for the rescue out of the woods
My front tyre (Chunky Monkey) then departed the rim at the drop at the end of stage 2.
My Chunky Monkey on the front rim (Superstar Tactic) also let go, but just 1:15 into stage 1, just after it got steep and loose. I managed to get a tube in (big thanks to Matt for the CO2 cylinder) and finish the stage. I got a clean run on stage 2, but felt I needed more air in the front. With plenty of time to spare waiting for the start of 3, I pumped up the tyre, but as I unscrewed the pump, the valve core came with it 🙁 I eventually got going again (thank you to the person for the lend of the non-screw-on pump), but started 3 and 4 late.
A big thanks to all the organisers, officials and marshals. That was an absolutely awesome night despite my problems. I appreciated that cold beer at the end so much! Can't wait for the summer race 🙂
I had a pretty big off on stage 2 practice that saw my bike go over the drop at the bottom without me, also spent a few hours in a&e this morning, only badly bruised ribs though. Had some pretty shonky race runs, rode much better in practice but I'm sure that's true of nearly everyone. I was one second faster than my fat ginger mate over the four stages though, bruised ribs were totally worth it!
Glad everyone had a good time! The stages were running perfectly, just enough moisture to stop then becoming too loose and dusty, but not too slippy, although going by the numerous 180+360 skids over the finish line suggested the finish area was a little slippy 🙂
Hargroves cycles did a great job supporting the race and supplying the prizes and free beer!
Gutted I didn't actually get to see any racing as I was the marshal starting you all and recording finishing times, would love to have seen the action at a few of the features.
Roll on the July enduro (although I'll be on hols). We also have the gravity project dh race in June and also a southern xc. Looking good for qecp 🙂
Big thanks to Scott for all the hard work he has been putting in, another stunner
Cheers for all the great comments guys. Will sort out the transion times for next year.
Next race will be on 27th July (in the day not night) it will go on sale next Saturday. Still got to comfirm the sign on host, will post when I know.
There are some pics on roots and rain.