[Closed] This rain... (HTN content)

Wuss! 😛

It'll be refreshing...

call me a sadist but i love riding in the rain. specially this summer rain because its reasonably warm. winter rain ain't too great.

It's less the rain, more the inevitable mud.

ourmaninthenorth - Member

It's less the rain, more the inevitable mud.

Have you been on the preview rides this time round? The course is a lot better this year, far more weather resistant in general. Having said that, it's an MTB race, mud is part of MTBing. Have beer, it'll make the race more fun 🙂

I don't care. We've got your money now.

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/nw/manchester_forecast_weather.html

Tom, I am getting up at 5:00 am on Saturday so as to get my arse on a train to attend this event. This will make me fairly fanatical on the subject of people who are put off by the weather.

Although if it's a clag-fest like last time I admit I shall be full of sorrow, wrath and beer. 🙂

I rode home over near there last night, ground is still solid, and i was on slicks, nowt to worry about.

No preview rides of this course. Just one original HTN and two Winter Sprinters to ensure I know just how claggy it can be.

I shall be fitting the CX tyres to the MTB.

Jon - that is the politest MTFU one might read on here. See you on Sat. Oh, and I'll have a gazebo - come and hide out in there.

Forecast looks great for a race - its been so dry the ground will soak it up & greenery will be greener!

Tom, I am getting up at 5:00 am on Saturday so as to get my arse on a train to attend this event

So yeah, MTFU 😉
You're going to be part of something truly historic.

I still haven't done one despite it being practically on my doorstep. Hopefully if there is another.

My mates dropped out - can I turn up & do it solo?

My mates dropped out - can I turn up & do it solo?

team name?

@terrahawk - the white rose of Yorkshire.

wors - Member
I still haven't done one despite it being practically on my doorstep. Hopefully if there is another.

Too late. That's it. No more. Fin.

Perhaps you could fill in for Dickie's missing mate?

Perhaps you could fill in for Dickie's missing mate?

Miketually is travelling from Darlington

Mike's one of the reasons why I'm there - I'm going to spike his drinks with Robinsons Unicorn for a repeat of a certain central Manchester based drinking evening last year... 😀

Too late. That's it. No more. Fin.

Perhaps you could fill in for Dickie's missing mate?

The reason i didn't enter this, as well as the others is because of other commitments.

Thanks Terrahawk.

Thanks Terrahawk.

they haven't acknowledged the change yet...should be ok though.

@Tom
Oooo your bringing the zebo can I hide in there too?! (oh and MTFU) 🙂

Oooo your bringing the zebo can I hide in there too?! (oh and MTFU)

So, that's you, me, Jon (BD), Jon's bro and Kevin.

We might have to do some riding as well....

dickie - sorted. You're in as a soloist.

minimum 8 laps, remember.

Sooo. Sun shining up there yet?

I can't see there being the sleet, high winds and knee deep mud that featured in HTN1. 😆

It is in South Manchester, yes

It is in South Manchester, yes

But nobody really gives an arse about South Manchester.

Blue patches on the north side of town. I think the rain has passed.

It'll be reet. I'm REALLY looking forward to this.

dickie - sorted. You're in as a soloist.

minimum 8 laps, remember.

Or else what?

Hmmm. having ridden the CX bike home tonight I am reconsidering my theory that a CX will have a good chance in the race, now. I rode the course on SS MTB and on geared CX. The downhills were far easier on MTB, but just about rideable on CX - 28mm road(ish) tyres rather than 35mm knobblies. For the flatter sections and especially the big climb from the motorway up to the "band-aid" path (something clough?) though, the CX was far faster.

Tonight's commute home took me through some similar woody terrain and I had a couple of squeaky bum moments, mostly the trails under the trees were still dry but in places the rain had got through and the roots were like ice, I almost went a couple of times to the extent that I bottled and walked a couple of sections that I normally ride (big steps and steep slopes).

true, I'm not a proper experienced CX rider and don;t have the proper CX tyres, but I reckon that the MTBs will have a proper advantage in the singletrack given the rain leading up to the event

Ohh gawd, I hope I don;t have to step in a race and can stick to my original plan of taking photos and drinking beer. I don't wanna fall and hurt myself 😥 😆

Ohh gawd, I hope I don;t have to step in a race and can stick to my original plan of taking photos and drinking beer. I don't wanna fall and hurt myself

If you fall off and break some bones you can have a set of grips.

it's raining....in Manchester? 😯

Or else what?

it was a joke

Just been out on the course with the head marshal (who was sporting his bestest Asda bike). It rained about 2pm today and it was almost dry by the time we started at about 7pm.
(it's now raining again though)

I'm guessing the course will still be quite dry under cover of trees, also the man-made bits are going to be all weather anyway. What nbt said really.

More importantly, I've made cake and flapjacks.

i dont care, im defo racing whatever the weather, im not prepared,im not fit, im not even 100% healed from my chump/car incident, but im not missing it again.........

GOOD LAD!!!!!

Looks like I may be riding chaps. I'll be wearing leapordskin speedos, chip faat, full pads and full face helmet

you're going to be riding chaps?

I'll have a gazebo

Pfft, I've got a teepee.

My staff will be arranging my sleeping quarters in advance

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You in with the Manchester Mountainbikers then? I understand that they are bringing a Big Top.

Pfft, I've got a teepee.

terrahawk - Member

you're going to be riding chaps?

No, he's going to be riding [b][i]in[/i][/b] chaps

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Sorry I won't be able to help out tomorrow now.

See you on Saturday

I wonder how my teepee will cope with gale forces winds...

Gale force winds over the yorkshire side of the hill - if it's the same over there, course will be dry but camping will be fun, let alone gazebos'......
Enjoy one and all - would love to have made it but, got a wedding to shoot....
C

At the first HtN a gazebo took off and landed smack into trio 25's car, causing a wee bit of damage. So make sure they are secure folks.

Right. My bike has a few gears that work, a rear brake that works and a rear hub that spins smoothly on nice, clean bearings. Things are looking up from where they were this time yesterday. 🙂

i'm so hard I'm going to ride on my bike to the event with my camping gear in a bag

grrr

(4 miles, not actually that difficult)

Waves to edhornby - we were camping next but one tent to your and yes you were (like Miketually) tented up to the hilt on your bicycle.

We had a brilliant time.
Thanks to Terrahawk (and son) and Harry the spider.

Just like to say thanks to all those involved. It was my first race/enduro event and I loved it.

Great, friendly atmosphere. Well marshalled and marked course (although I did get lost on the first lap (with 4 others costing 7-8 mins at least)
by continuing up the cobbled climb and missing the right turn into the berm section). I think this was the difference between us and the JE James pair :-S

Looking forward to doing another event now.

Does anyone know where the vids and photos are from the event?

nbt is downloading photos as I type.
There are however 473, so it's going take a bit of time 🙂

Any sign and link on those photos Bunnyhop?

I have just finished re-installing Photoshop CS3 - taken me about a dozen attempts! I will crack on with processing photos (they're all in RAW format) and have a cup of tea while the computer chugs away 🙂

I believe you got an interesting one of me on the first muddy downhill section, nbt, as I cra... I mean made an unscheduled dismount. 😀

I did get lost on the first lap (with 4 others costing 7-8 mins at least

I thought the signs were ok there, but clearly not. You must have all had your heads down, you know, hammering along 😉

8 minutes though? Did you go shopping or something?

Does anyone know where the vids and photos are from the event

Video will be up on YouTube at some point next week.

What was the deal on the first lap? Where we supposed to go up the mud-slide, then straight back down or not? When I got there, there were no marshalls/markers so we went straight on, then two chaps overtook us from the death-slide direction, clearly taking a different route to us? I'm pretty sure we had the right route as we were marshalled before meeting the two miscreants.

Video will be up on YouTube at some point next week.

will there be footage of amazing dancing?

It was rather wet and muddy but fun but used my old steel SS so less cleaning on mechs etc.

peachos - you were supposed to go straight up the slope then back down again, as per the signs (the great big yellow ones painted on the road in addition to the red arrow signs pointing up the hill that were stapled to the trees.

Presumably you didn't go straight on every lap?

No, just on the first one, we came off the top onto the far side of the road and didn't see the sign which was on the near side, there can't have been a marshal there when we got there, I was a few metres behind the leader? I wondered whether it was deliberate to avoid a bottle-neck, obviously not!

I did the same thing on the first lap I was following a couple of others, probably peachos 🙄