[Closed] Steel City DH

Marshalling again this year after too many months of not riding very much. Good luck to Abigale - did she have a bit of an off last year?

Yes there is a video of it somewhere. Rear shock blew on the second run and lost all the air. Just glad she didn't jump the last drop on the second run as it could have been expensive. Shock was replaced very quickly under warranty.

Aye I thought so - I think it was by the marshal post above me, but I'm not sure.

Trying to get in but out that night. Hmm

I'll be trying to enter

Awesome just to go and watch. Food, drink, laying about heckling and not doing much 😀

Should be up there with Project enduro will see if I can get an entry too although a bit rusty.

Yeah I'm hoping to get entered 🙂

Not entering, but its on my birthday this year, so I'll be drinking, watching and enjoying the atmosphere, after a few laps of whancliffe in the morning. 🙂

I will definitely be wandering up the hill to watch if I can't get a place.

Been out riding in Wharncliffe every weekend since I moved in, didn't even know the place I was buying was close to the woods.

What a stroke of luck... although I haven't found a particularly great pub to frequent yet.

Hope the numpties riding the track while it's been closed haven't done too much damage before it's bedded in.

Hey grenosteve, saw you drive past my place the other day, quite the recognisable vehicle that T4.

I've got my entry so will be racing.

Better start riding a bike again I guess

matthew_h - Member
I've got my entry so will be racing.

Better start riding a bike again I guess

How?? entries not live until Friday evening!

Think it may have to do with sponsoring the event

I marshalled last year so am guaranteed a place.

Oh, and we sponsor the event too

If you have two can we have one please

I want to race this year. Last year there was the glitch/poised/ready which was then put back- ready again and it crashed on my phone. When up again all my spaces were taken 🙁

My whole lifes focus is geared towards coming last in a Vets race. I need to fulfil this destiny.

I blame that bloke who pops up with yet another different 'racevan' purchase every other week 😉

Tracey, t'other Matt's got the other space so unfortunately not. I'm sure that Abigale will get in though.

I'll be trying to get entries for both my lads if I can. I'm not planning on racing as I don't want the kids showing me up.

Thanks anyway. it will be my fault if she isn't in. Cant be as bad as last year when we were in the Crucible trying to get a place when the sites went down. Hope my pots off in time to hobble down the course.

Fingers crossed

1 minute 🙂

Anybody managed to get in yet? Been refreshing the BC site since 19.00 and it's still saying "coming soon"!

click on the 'try new webpage' link at the very bottom. The new website seems to be taking antries. I thought entrant numbers weren't changing much!

Well hora I'm not entering this year after crashing out last year and busting my collarbone.
So last place in the vets is all yours...

Yep, try the new website, it worked for me. Good luck

Got an email saying confirmation of application and receipt of payment for Abigale but site says there are still no entrants and all the places available for her category. Hope its not going the same way as last years registrations

I'm in. Just had my confirmation emailed through.... I promise not to crash right at the end (or anywhere in fact) this time.

Not long now. Anyone have any idea what time races will start? I tweeted them about it but got nothing back.

Last year practice started at 9 and race runs at 12 I think, I imagine it will be similar.

Awesome, then I can feasibly ride there and have a few beers.

EDIT: Spectator here so not worried about the practises, just need the beer and burger tents to be open 🙂

I was just wondering the exact same thing, the say be arriving 8.30 iirc.

Well, one of my lads got an entry and his big brother didn't. So were all going up to support. Aiming to go and walk the track on Friday evening just to give him an idea of what to expect on Saturday morning.

Looking forward to it, to say my lad is excited is a bit of an understatement!

http://www.steelcitydh.com/race-day/

Race runs start 11.30.

They decided red or black yet?

I'm sure all this shit weather will make it more interesting! I might go watch now 😆

I think they're deciding on Friday based on track conditions. Has there been much rain up that way? Couple of mates were out in the Peak yesterday and it was bone dry.

Oh 🙁 so if its still rained uptil then they might bin it completely or postpone to another weekend?

I was there on Sunday and the track was riding incredibly, little bit tacky after the rain but rock solid and really, really fast.

Had a good downpour last night down at the bottom of the hill but I reckon it should hold up okay. The surface has bedded in nicely. We are forecast more rain on Thursday and a bit on Saturday afternoon but I hope the prediction is as accurate as the previous weekend! Was bloody lovely in the peak, even the top of foulstone road was dry.

No Hora, the race is definitely on barring weathergeddon - the organisers are deciding whether to use the red or black option near the bottom of the track on Friday, as far as I know.

Abigale is going up there tonight if the weather holds so will get some feedback from her on the condition.

Suppose to piss it down proper Sheffield way rest of week, them tracks will be completely different to how they were riding last weekend...Will be hard going pedalling through the gloopey sticky clay! Can't understand why they don't do it wharncliffe side at least it's gravity fed on that hillside and actually is 'Downhill'!

As the money all goes to grenoside. And wharncliffe side could be too tech for some riders.