[Closed] Test Valley Tour Hot Mountain Bike Challenge

Just got back from it. Had a great time. Managed to get my mum to give me a lift up there, and didnt want to leave her hanging around for ages, so only did the 50km route, but still great.

Mustve been the only place in the south of england where it didnt rain (we had blue skies!) although it started up after I finished.

Really good trails, and pretty well sign posted (never had to get the map out) but the sign posting could have been better, there were one or two times when it wasnt so obvious.

Very good, long and hard climbs, almost melted on the first big one (so hot - bloody sun!) and nice quick, smooth descents.

Woods section was fantastic, even though it was quite muddy (not as bad as last year though) and really made up for the kinda long road sections. Shout out to the guy I met who had snapped his derailleur on his cove (I think). Hope he made it back ok.

Also hope the guy with race number 666 who fell off is alright. Just lucky us mountain bikers arent a superstitious bunch!

Did the 50km route in about 3 hours, which is a pretty good time for me.. Glad I got out and rode.