Ah. Hampshire ks a little to far to patch the race after one lap due to hangover.
Ah. Hampshire ks a little to far to patch the race after one lap due to hangover
Don't worry about that there will be Beer, Heckling and Bike perving to keep you busy!
@pictonroad If he was talking about the hill in QE park I think he was, then, bloody hell.
'tis but a mere pimple in the South
DrP AKA Titney Gears
? I was enjoying your duet with Elvis sometime around the Diggers on lap 3*.
*you were probably on a higher number
I'm looking forward to it already.
I've done some climbing-v-distance analysis difficulty analysis of previous events - ranked hardest to easiest:
1. 2024 Quantocks
2. 2022 Llandegla
3. 2021 Yorkshire
4. 2017 Lake District
5. 2023 Llandegla
6. 2018 Isle of Wight
7. 2016 Coventry
2025 currently sits mid range....but will it stay there?
Great job everyone.
I made mistakes, apparently still carrying a bit of man flu, 33:17 not the magic number, suspension fork would of been nicer and don't stupidly blow yourself up on the practice lap.
Enough excuses, still a great weekend, looking forward to QECP next year.
Practise lap?!? Things have changed.
Practise lap?!? Things have changed.
More like a sociable bimble lap with a drink.
I’ve done some climbing-v-distance analysis difficulty analysis of previous events – ranked hardest to easiest:
1. 2024 Quantocks
2. 2022 Llandegla
3. 2021 Yorkshire
4. 2017 Lake District
5. 2023 Llandegla
6. 2018 Isle of Wight
7. 2016 Coventry
How is the IOW not last? There can barely have been 5m between the bottom corner and the top of the loose sand, even with it being a short lap?
'22 Llandega felt worse than it was because it was in multiple big hills (and no nice descents)
'21 Yorkshire felt worse than it was because a lot of the climb was on that off camber in the long grass!
'19 Comrie I feel like it might have had more climbing because there was no flat? But maybe it was just less steep and therefore felt like more climbing done on the bike?
But yea, this year was brutal, even with a few flat fields to link the beer stop back to the campsite it didn't feel like there was any respite between brutally steep climbing, the steep singletrack, the flat out bit through the meadow and then back up again.
2025 currently sits mid range….but will it stay there?
Do you have any info on the course, because QECP has some impressive contour lines ..........
How is the IOW not last? There can barely have been 5m between the bottom corner and the top of the loose sand, even with it being a short lap?
Must of included the ride out to the beer stop on top of the hill before heading back down to the beach.
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It was an epic spot for a beer stop! Plus the trip to the pub the night before. IoW and the Lake District were definitely the best SSUK I've been to for the social riding.
[edit - I meant harder than the numbers suggested, I'm not suggesting they were harder than last weekend!]
Loved Keith's IOW Seaside special
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Haha, I'd bike packed there on something silly like 32-14 which turned out to be great for the racing as I could fly down the hardpacked sand with the tailwind and get round the marker but 2.1" were far too skinny for the top half of the course.
Ranking purely based on climbing-v-distance, for the events I have GPS track for - did make it to Comrie, hence being missing.
How is the IOW not last? There can barely have been 5m between the bottom corner and the top of the loose sand, even with it being a short lap?
IoW included the beer stop ride.
Do you have any info on the course, because QECP has some impressive contour lines ……….
Where's the fun in giving that away?
IoW and the Lake District were definitely the best SSUK I’ve been to for the social riding.
Don't forget the 2013 Lost in Dorset edition...
That was 2 days of beer and social riding + a random hill climb race. So. Much. Beer.
I was still in my singlespeeding infancy at that point and wasn't aware that there were more than a few wierdos doing it! I think I may have been aware that SSUK/SSEC/SSWC were a thing, but assumed they were a race rather than a rolling pub crawl
Not on here much but thanks for coming to 2024 everyone! Sorry (not sorry) for the climb. I was going to cut it short but wanted to include those top switchbacks!
@DrP - is there any chance of the original res of your video, so I can include it in the highlights video please? Ideally to singlespeedmtb.uk@gmail.com
See you all in Hampshire in 2025!
Photo for attention. Cheers, John
John.. will email the file across in the morning chap... It's on the other device!
DrP
@littlerob I think I may have your son’s 2016 T-shirt after it was discarded for the frame swim…
@oxym0r0n he's denying any knowledge of that, and says he has all of his clothes (He'd have only been 16 in 2016!).
@littlerob my mistake! 😆 I’m not sure whose that is then! Only bit of lost property apart from a bottle, so did pretty well…
SSUK2025 has a website..... www.singlespeeduk2025.co.uk
