You get a cable car lift up the mountain for dinner at the top, followed by 10+ hours riding one of the best events there is, with some music and japery thrown in. Comes with free rain and/or midges.

Your money is going nowhere seeing as you obviously have an axe to grind against no fuss events and wont be entering it.

buy one with the £45 you’ve saved

if you think it is a bit on the expensive side then don`t enter, but you will never know if it as any good. A free t shirt is that really what you want from a cycle event????

I refer you to boxelder’s post and the video he’s embedded.

Great event and IMO good value for a very full day of MTB racing.

If that’s not your bag then fine, spend your money on something else.

Went to a local duathlon – cost nothing, marshall at every junction,
Red cross standby, soup/sandwiches,cakes (all free). 10/10

10under the ben – £45, ride a track that I could ride and time myself any day of the week? 2/10

Caledonian etape – £50, closed roads, free feed stations, given to charity, bag of goodies. 10/10

You pays yer money, you takes your choice. nouseevents, do you know that some people spend thousands of pounds on a bicycle when you can get one in Tescos for less than £100? Rip off Britain eh? etc, yadda yadda…

Interesting forum history for the two anti No Fuss guys on this thread. Oh wait, they have none…

Heard a rumour that there’s also a weekend event called T in the Park. Think they charge you £150.For that you get shitty toilets, overpriced food, a probable stabbing and potential weekend of rain….oohh and some people singing that you probably dont like anyway.

may as well buy a CD and listen to it them at home

I understand what you are saying but these things cost a lot of money to set up. Yes you do get a T shirt. Creating a user name like that just for the post seems very odd.

o.k. nouseevents,

For your cash you get.

Pasta party night before
time chipped event
party after race if you stick around
Goodies which are gifted out after the event ( helmets, water bottle etc)
Normally a skillz show by the clan
Day full of great ( to be decided ) music
A great course
fantastic atmosphere
Free burger at the end ( or pasta )
A great memory

Sure, its a high price but Etape Caledonia costs way more for a 4 hour ride, closed roads but thats it
Other events are similiar priced around the country, merida , kielder etc.

Its a choice thing and if you dont fancy it you dont have to enter it but at the end of the day whats £45 nowadays, an XT cassette. It could be classed as a lot of money but then a family for 4 to the cinema costs about the same time you get snacks and all that in

Its up to you

HTH ( and is logical )

£45 x 1000 riders. Wet pasta, ghetto blaster, public trail, Free? burger
o.k! chipped timing. You do the maths.