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10 at Kirroughtree and 10 Yn Llandegla cancelled :(
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hungrymonkeyFree MemberPosted 12 years ago
what a shame! article on homepage now
great events, sad news that bookings are down so much this year. wonder why? 10@KT is an awesome event, which i’d have loved to go to again had i had the money.
bugger 🙁
wwaswasFull MemberPosted 12 years agohad i had the money
maybe there’s a lot of this going around?
hungrymonkeyFree MemberPosted 12 years agoguess so. am going to be at 10 under the ben (not sure about racing yet…), and i know a lot of ppl racing there.
always been popular events though, so a 70% drop in bookings sounds strange
stumpynya12Free MemberPosted 12 years agoI blame the rush to enter SSUK 2012, with all those beer stops and parties and cheese and FUN to be had whilst racing hard.
richmtbFull MemberPosted 12 years ago10UTB is the same day as the Glentress Enduro. That won’t help with their entries either
legendFree MemberPosted 12 years ago10UTB is the same day as the Glentress Enduro. That won’t help with their entries either
and the Hamsterley Gravity Enduro, good planning guys 🙄 (actually it was the Glentress race that came along last just to really **** things up)
sas78Full MemberPosted 12 years agoShame, but you can’t really blame the No Fuss guys, I heard them saying last year that it’s squeaky bum time close to the event because so many participants wait to see what the weather’s like the week of the event before they book a place. This makes planning tricky, and if there’s a low turnout forecast this early it’s better to bail now. It’s a real shame though as it’s the best of their three tens in my opinion: a superb trail and a nice number of riders. I quite enjoyed Moray too… Will be at 10UTB this year though.
NorthwindFull MemberPosted 12 years agoI’d signed up for the Allrounder this year, still waiting to hear what happens with that… Not sure I want to do 10UTB again tbh but I was really looking forward to Kirroughtree 🙁
Just as long as the endurance dh goes ahead I shall be happy- they’re a third full for that so hopefully OK.
hungrymonkeyFree MemberPosted 12 years ago10UTB is the same day as the Glentress Enduro. That won’t help with their entries either
and the Hamsterley Gravity Enduro, good planning guys (actually it was the Glentress race that came along last just to really **** things up)
still enough people to run 10UTB though…
and FUN to be had whilst racing hard.
always had fun at no fuss events, even the wet ones – SSUK ’08 was a laugh, but the course wasn’t half as good as no fuss course.
KitFree MemberPosted 12 years agoI’m on holiday when 10 @ Kirroughtree is on, otherwise I’d probably have gone this year. Shame that they have had to cancel, as it always gets raved about!
Fortunateson09Free MemberPosted 12 years agoThat is a real shame. I made it to all the No Fuss bike events last year and they were all flipping excellent.
I can be guilty of not entering until the last minute, which must make me one of the awkward customers.Still looking forward to Macavalanche, 10 Under, endurance DH and Tour De Ben Nevis…
trail_ratFree MemberPosted 12 years agoKirroughtrees the best of the 3 just so damned out the way
I cant commit in advance to these things due to work 🙁
munrobikerFree MemberPosted 12 years agoI’d geared my entire racing year around these three :(. Can’t do relentless sadly.
I don’t think other races of an entirely different style like the massively overpriced Gravity Enduro have anything to do with it.
And, having done 2 SSUKs, I’d say all the No Fuss events I did were more fun.
singletrackbikes.co.ukFree MemberPosted 12 years ago10UTB is the same day as the Glentress Enduro. That won’t help with their entries either
10UTB is on Saturday and the Glentress Enduro is on the Sunday. Quite tough to do both on the same weekend though. I’m going to give both a bash anyway!
mintimperialFull MemberPosted 12 years agoI was planning on doing at least one of these, probably the Llandegla one as it would have been nearest. Having a family I need to balance commitments and I can’t just book stuff months in advance as the negotiations are delicate and the diplomatic landscape can change at a moment’s notice. Definitely can’t make it up to Fort William though. Shame. 🙁
cardoFull MemberPosted 12 years agoGutted we were just discussing this tonight for the Llandegla event… 😥
banginonFull MemberPosted 11 years agowould anybody be up for an 8 at Drumlanrig
8 mile lap 8 hour race, lo-fi grass roots event
Maybe a ceilidh
7th July 2012
let me know
hungrymonkeyFree MemberPosted 11 years agoquite like the sound of that… will be based in bristol though, so might not actually be able to make it 🙁
postierichFree MemberPosted 11 years agoPrehaps charge cheap for early birds then £10 extra on their price for the last minute guys/gals
StuFull MemberPosted 11 years agoRik – that sounds pretty good. I’d be up for it and know a few others that would be keen!
whatnobeerFree MemberPosted 11 years agoWould be keen, but i dont think my scaphoid will be fixed by then 🙁
davebFree MemberPosted 11 years agoI was entered for 10@KT and peeved that its been cancelled. Also doing 10UTB so something to look forward to.
An event like this at Drumlanrig would be brilliant, definitely interested in that if it goes ahead.
euainFull MemberPosted 11 years agoIt leaves the way clear for Strathpuffer Lite as well. I was conflicted about which one to do this year – now it’s decided (though I really wanted to do both!).
See: Puffer Lite
bigdugsbawsFree MemberPosted 11 years agowould anybody be up for an 8 at Drumlanrig
8 mile lap 8 hour race, lo-fi grass roots event
Maybe a ceilidh
7th July 2012
let me know
Hell yeah 😀
NobeerinthefridgeFree MemberPosted 11 years ago8 at the Drum would be cracking!. Be an excuse for you to divert riders through unridden sections to get some new singletrack, Rik!.
NobeerinthefridgeFree MemberPosted 11 years agoI remember a few years back, A young member of our club, who is now a top 10 DH’er in Scotland, was riding 10 under the ben, and finished very highly, he was only 15 at the time iirc. Someone approached Frazer Coupland, asking if he could mention the young lad, or even stretch to a prize.
His response was no, fair enough, tha’s his call. It was his reasoning that was disgusting. He didn’t want to encourage youngsters, as they got cheap entry, but still took up a space. He wanted full price entries only.
I’m not making that up, the boy and his father will back it up.
banginonFull MemberPosted 11 years agoI’ll get on it then…
It’ll be a simple count the laps and time that you stop ‘None o all this technology nonsense’ kinda event.
I’ll try and stretch to a T or mug or something and a BYOB party after.
And, should be a good bit cheaper than the 10 was..
banginonFull MemberPosted 11 years agoI’ll get on it then…
It’ll be a simple count the laps and time that you stop ‘None o all this technology nonsense’ kinda event.
I’ll try and stretch to a T or mug or something and a BYOB party after.
And, should be a good bit cheaper than the 10 was going to be..
steve_b77Free MemberPosted 11 years agoAw bugger, you mean I can’t pay to race round a trail centre, oh well
MSFree MemberPosted 11 years agoNobeerinthefridge – Member
I remember a few years back, A young member of our club, who is now a top 10 DH’er in Scotland, was riding 10 under the ben, and finished very highly, he was only 15 at the time iirc. Someone approached Frazer Coupland, asking if he could mention the young lad, or even stretch to a prize.His response was no, fair enough, tha’s his call. It was his reasoning that was disgusting. He didn’t want to encourage youngsters, as they got cheap entry, but still took up a space. He wanted full price entries only.
I’m not making that up, the boy and his father will back it up.
Never had a problem with Frazer so very hard to believe! Having kids himself it’s very unlikely he said that!
cows_in_carsFree MemberPosted 11 years agoSecond the above, although of course it’s hard to say what’s been said or not (and the tone of the reply).
But in my experience Frazer has always been fantastic, like the year I entered Ten Under the Ben but was too ill (chest infection that, I kept hoping would go but wouldn’t) to take part. I emailed him just to let him know that I wouldn’t be there and he offered to transfer my entry to Kirroughtree for nothing (which I took him up on). There is no reason why he had to do that and I said I was going to enter Kirroughtree anyway, so he could have got two entry fee’s out of me. Hardly the most money grabbing man!
I don’t want to get into who said what or want to put words into someone’s mouth, but can’t help wondering if it might have something more to do with the minimum age for the event being 16, unless cleared with the organiser. Plus can’t ever remember there ever being different entry fee’s on an age based system.
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