[Closed] The Bikefest Photo Thread

looks good
i should have done the 12hr

well it has been pissing it down all week - untill today 😀

have they made it even harder to overtake by lining the course edge with rocks!?

cool photos 🙂

the rocks have been there a couple of months now (ithink there was a thread on this a while back)- overtakes seemed very courteous this year, with most people (99%) asking politely - i only heard one shouting match where one of the Torq guys (in the lead of the solo 12hr) overtook a very guy in a 4 hour team at some speed, 4 hour guy didnt like this and tried to chase him for 200yrds or so shouting his guts out....

almost there - just another [s]100 or so[/s] 137 to upload.....
stupid slow internet... 🙄

Jeez, not even started to upload mine...
will post the link when I have 🙂

[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/dylbic/sets/72157630028348533/ ]first batch[/url]
now just have to sort though the 1,500 other photos 😕

Did he shout 'Strava'?

Finaly mangaed to get the final few uploaded - (its alot quicker on a sunday am)

Thanks for posting the photos. Did you get one of the bus that ran me over, or is that just how I'm feeling this morning? 😉

Did anyone get photos of the jump near the finish line?

Do the jump! Do the jump! Do the jump!

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Video here, the rider in the LVIS jersey at 1.00 minute in is most handsome. 😉

Thanks for postinng those - a couple of good ones of me there!

Loved the event - 8th in Male Pairs in the end after breaking a chain on the first lap, switching to the spare and having to stop 4 or 5 times every lap to put the chain back on (1x9 with no chainguide - D'Oh!).

Good video!

I saw you every time I went out I think Kingtut!

i only heard one shouting match where one of the Torq guys (in the lead of the solo 12hr) overtook a very guy in a 4 hour team at some speed, 4 hour guy didnt like this and tried to chase him for 200yrds or so shouting his guts out....

4 hour? Did I miss something? When was that? Solo was won by a Wiggle rider too, who was leading the whole time.

The only 'issue' I had overtaking was thanking someone 'good man', who curtly replied "WOMAN!" 😳

Also nearly t-boning Kingtut coming out of the bombhole!

The only 'issue' I had overtaking was thanking someone 'good man', who curtly replied "WOMAN!"

Heh, same here I wonder if it was the same woman, poor lass is going to have a complex now.

Thanks monkeyboyjc - Do you mind if I post a couple of your photos on my blog?

Despite some doom-sayers before the event, I found people very courteous on the course (on both sides of the overtaking).

Thanks monkeyboyjc - Do you mind if I post a couple of your photos on my blog?

4 hour? Did I miss something? When was that? Solo was won by a Wiggle rider too, who was leading the whole time.

I took a few photos at the top of the gravel climb during the last hour
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my bad - was it 6 hrs on saturday? i think the Torq guys were leading the team event - seriously fast though 6 laps in the first two hours 5 mins...

Just the 12 wasn't it?! Torq won the teams, thought you meant a leading Torq soloist.

Fairly irrelevant, only one overtaking based issue all day isn't bad! I found everyone very courteous. I think because it's acknowledged as an issue people are more aware of it than on a more open course.

Overtaking was good. Lots of "when you're ready" rather than tyre banging or barging.

I only got someone try to squeeze past and just rode into my bars thoughtfully. Still way better than "normal" racing

Still not found any pics of me, but I had a great time out and enjoyed the atmosphere.

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Nice one hopster I can always rely on you to get a pic of me, proper breathing out my arse this time.

Some really good photos in there, monkeyboyjc, cheers_dave and grahamh. Top work. I hope you had as much fun photographing the race as we did taking part in it.

would rather have taken part... 😥

hopster - any chance of downloading a couple of your pics?

monkeyboyjc, could I use a few of your pics (of me) on my personal blog please?

yep sure - no problem

thanks!

monkeyboyjc, could I use the 3 photos you took of me attempting a berm on a very small bike please? Macmillan are interested in some for their website. Thanks 🙂

yep no problem - any one wants to use any of the bikefest photos i took of themselves, please feel free.

Thanks 😀

cool pics

Finally.. finished uploading mine 😕
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Oof, that's not gonna end well!

The folk who'd crashed were easy to spot - the ones covered in massive white bandages!

It's me!

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Not a bad gurn! Good set of photos, well done.

Njee, how did you link that photo?

Went into the 'media' tab of page info IIRC (on my phone now).

Edit: that was on Firefox

Nice one thanks.

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