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Who did SITS this weekend...
How did you get on what did you think of it ?
Myself...away to bed now!
Me!
Not daring to sleep yet, need food!!
finding it very hard to walk up stairs my have to sleep on sofa lots of strange looks and shakiing head from the mrs
me, strangely not hungry or tired (that 5 minutes when i fell asleep into my bacon buttie in the cafe must be all i need!) but i will need a winch to get me out of this chair.
I did too,slept in car on way home, got a good wife!!Great weekend, the old plums are suffering from being battered around on the hard ground, but better then being wet, just dust off the bike!
Wife just made me a huge dinner of steak pie, cabbage, peas carrots mash and roasties, really didn't want it but couldn't bring myself to say anything! Left a few peas and carrots!!
Enjoyed it so much more than mayhem!
Wife just made me a huge dinner of steak pie, cabbage, peas carrots mash and roasties, really didn't want it but couldn't bring myself to say anything! Left a few peas and carrots!!
Enjoyed it so much more than mayhem!
(SITS not my tea!)
Did it solo(22 laps), great course(alot of singletrack) and the most unlike Catton conditions. Bone dry and dusty. Did it on a hardtail which has left me very sore, lots of rock hard ruts and bumps. Think its the best in the 5 years I've been doing it !
22!! Well done! 15 here, was my target after 11 last yr. Very pleased I did it.
Started off in pairs, but my mate pulled his knee so had to go solo; managed 15 on my own for a grand total of 20 laps in the category :(. It was a good course with some good singletrack sections and the weather was perfect.
Did it in a mixed team(dottys crew)11th,done it a few times and this year has been the best.Most dust I have ever seen on a course.Me and the wife are both a bit sleeepyyyy now.Great weekend
Sounds good, think I will do it next year (rain clouds gather at my mere thought).
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showerman - Memberfinding it very hard to walk up stairs my have to sleep on sofa lots of strange looks and shakiing head from the mrs
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That must be due to going to be for 5 hours last night!!
Loved it! Very happy with our result as well. Men's pair - 32 laps 5th 😀
117 miles each.
I'm off to bed, bye!
3rd in Vet team but did not get on the podium!!(gutted) they had 1st and 2nd but not 3rd very strange but there was an almighty cock up in teams being in the right Cat but it took Derby Mercian 18 hrs of competion to tell the organisers 😐
Well done Manchester Wheelers(2nd)
Rich
2 Englishmen and a Scot and a dodgy Irishman
Great course well done Ag and Pat
Rich your team finished 5 above mine in that category 🙂
How many laps did you do? (as a team)
I think it was 35 finished @ 14.30!
good effort - saw sascha and your littlun (not so little now 🙂
Didn't see a beardie postie tho 🙁
Beardless had to shave off my big tash or she was going to leave me 😕
Not racing but I did get in a couple of laps, thought the course was fantastic. LOADS of singletrack, a fast dusty course and great weather.
Some bits of single track were stupid - the silly bit (like a VERY TIGHT s bend and where they left a couple of saplings in the main drag)
Only proper gripe - the braking bumps!!
daveells - Member
Did it in a mixed team(dottys crew)11t
Manchester Mountain Bikers mixed team here...10th spot 😛
did well considering one of our lot injured himself & couldn't ride, so there were 4 of us + a mate who knocked a few laps out just so we could have a few extra moments rest.
good course, really enjoyed bouncing off trees towards the end!
Did someone rip that ****ing whiplash sapling out in the end ?
Great event much more chilled than Mayhem.
Fell asleep at the bars at 3am in the first singletrack section 😳
Good times.
Postie much faster without facial fluff 😆
i thought the course was very good actually, some of the singletrack was infact fun!
33 laps and 3rd in pairs for me.
Good course, bit different from my usual 24's though...Scotland!
[i]Some bits of single track were stupid - the silly bit (like a VERY TIGHT s bend and where they left a couple of saplings in the main drag)
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sounds alright to me, don't anyone moan about "sanitised" xc race courses!
Nowt wrong with the course IMO.
Excellent event, great weekend, amazing weather and a very good and enjoyable circuit.
The only people who moan about courses are those who are poor at riding!
Ciao
First time solo for me 16 laps all on a hard tail, no going back to the team events now!
Thanks to all the riders and spectators for their support, it was quite ovewhelming at times
Best SiTS course ever. Well done everyone.
Well that was my first 24 hour event and not done any other major events in mtb.....but....
I loved it, got a real buzz from it all. I thought the course was very good and most of the singletrack was great! Well done to the organisers, great job!
Having the right team mate makes a big difference.....I even kept my sense of humour throughout the 24 hours!! 😉
Highlight of the weekend for me.....going to bed at 2am, then waking up and riding through the darkness turning into light, with the misty and calm atmosphere... roll on next year!
I didn't race (I am injured) but popped up to have a look. I was surprised to see the spaces in the camping field as it's usually rammed.
I was a very jealous having competed the last 4 years.
MS - Member
33 laps and 3rd in pairs for me.Good course, bit different from my usual 24's though...Scotland!
Very impressive mate! We were trying to catch you but in the end just couldn;t get another lap in! Only 4 mins of 4th and just couldn't seem to get that back either.
Great, mixed team 3 guys 2 gals dottys crew came 11th.
Course was fun, weather was perfect.
I was surprised to see the spaces in the camping field as it's usually rammed.
yeah it was definitely much quieter than usual. the top field had no-one in and i've had to pitch up there the past couple of years.
not my first 24hr but first solo and managed 16 laps which beat my target by 1 so very happy this morning although a little sore!!! The course was GREAT and better that last year. Will be back in 2011 😀
I did it solo on my singlespeed, managed 14 laps. I was hoping for 15 but realized at 1:30am I'd lost 2 chainring bolts so had to faff looking for some replacments (friend sacrificed his for me). I then lost the motivation for it so went to bed for a few hours.
Everyone was really nice and friendly on the course, no 'warrior' types trying to get past at ridiculous moments. Loads of people gave me encouragement (and commented that I must be mental).
Great dry and fun course. Did it as a pair this year which was different, 22 laps. Definitely better in the dry, great banter around the course - brilliant event.
I went. I didn't actually 'do it', well, I did for a bit, but then I didn't.
I think I had more fun once I'd dropped out and could sit around drinking beer 🙂
like a VERY TIGHT s bend and where they left a couple of saplings in the main drag
Nowt wrong with the occasional sharp turn, unless it spoilts the flow of an otherwise great bit of trail. Which it didn't, 'cos most of the singletrack's looking very tired now...I remember making a lot of those ruts and holes in the tight, twisty bits a few years back!
13laps Solo, Fixed, rigid, could have maybe done 14 like last year, but couldn't be arsed 🙂
Results out anywhere yet? Can't seem to find them?
Crikey, give 'em chance to have a rest 😉
I did it, last minute joined mol grips in flying donkeys, really enjoyed it, riding rigid(ish).
Course was good, but I wanted some rain or the braking bumps to go away, there were lots of braking bumps where braking wasn't necessary in my view 🙂 I definitely took a battering.
Great to meet some people off the forum and put a face to names, Postierich and a few others introduced themselves.
I think I even managed to show a few people that Jones's aren't only good for shopping.
Shame there were no prizes for biggest tyre, I think that was my only chance of worrying a podium 😀
Finally thanks to my team good effort under the circumstances.
I literally rode 'til I puked. DNF at 28 and a half laps.
After a troubled start I went for it during the night and got from 6th or up to 2nd. From the info I was getting I was only 10 minutes behind Roy Davies so I had a pop at bringing the gap down.
That was my undoing and after a few laps of pushing and clawing a few minutes my body didn't want to know anymore and packed up. By the last few hours I was crawling round trying to hang on to second and then I found a nice secluded spot to be very, very ill.
Big thanks to the Ragley Boys; Jason, Wayne and Dave for helping with pit support after they'd retired. Shame you guys had to call it a day but you've an awesome season, I think you deserved a beer!
[i] will - Member
Loved it! Very happy with our result as well. Men's pair - 32 laps 5th
117 miles each.
I'm off to bed, bye! [/i]
You might have ridden up a section with me at one point, some chap said him and his mate were in 5th in the pairs. He had a blueish kit IIRC, I had "TEAM CAKE" on my jersey and was riding a Heckler.