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Another classic Rough Ride, thanks to the organisers!
and for once Kington on Saturday was........... entertaining!!
Great day. Beautiful weather.
Managed a spazzy crash in a bog!
Some of the climbs were just impossible, but the descents for great!
first time on the long route = tough day out! good to see the t'shirts have made a welcome return to form!
I've got a few photos - I was taking pictures at the finish. I'll post them later
the 1st and 2nd pic are my idea of hell, like being stuck on the M5/M6 juction in the rush hour,the third looks much better, but each to their own, i bet you had a great time
congestion was an issue, caused a few problems too.
There was a bit of a tangle on the bottom of the first descent - no injuries, but I heard something about a bent £500 derailleur?!
Lots of the climbs there are only two or three lines up, so mixing slow/fast, patient/impatient people led to a few abrupt stops.
After the first water stop it really thinned out a bit, and by lunch it was fine.
What's rough about that?
Well apart from the boredome. 😉
what's a bore dome?
you'll be glad you did some rad single track descents today; on your fixed, rigid and singlespeed bike, especially with that frame from a little niche manufacturer, won't you? 😉
A bore dome is a large featureless grass climb followed by a featureless smooth grass descent. 🙄 😉
No ss/fixed/rigid for me today. Been out on the freeridemaxshittingdogtothepowerofsickbike.
We did ride a small section of none singletrack in honour of the smoothride though. 😆
To be fair, the descents were all pretty good.
One was a pretty steep and rocky, down to a stream, then a technical climb out, nice.
The main draw of the event is nice scenery, relaxed atmosphere, not a race. It's a good level for people to get into long distance riding. But not too easy for more experienced types either.
I agree with rocketdog. I've just been for an early evening ride on the surrey hills and there was barely a sole around. That looks really annoying!
Last time we did it we were forced to stop and have a few herbal performance decreasers just to relieve the [b]bore dome[/b]
BTW did Graham win again?
Great day out. Crowds at the start were a pain but the climbs soon thinned things out. Quite chuffed I managed it on the ss. Hot, but not as hot as last year.
Pics now available at [url= http://www.rightplacerighttime.co.uk/ ]www.rightplacerighttime.co.uk[/url]
Sorry for the delay but here are my photos from the end of the Rough Ride
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