You don’t need to be a member of BC or a club, you can turn up and race, it’ll just cost you a little more (£3ish) to buy a day license.
You may wish to look at the website for your local league as some are now pre-entry only and may not admit entries on the day.

MrsP said she’ll help you pin your number on. 😉

@IdleJon, this number-pinning-on, is it an open offer?

@ferrals, the Welsh League is very relaxed and very friendly to race in.

Nope, its any time in the next 15 seconds. 5,4,3,2,1 is specifically not allowed. And one foot on the ground as well.

Haha! Some people try and track stand. But all that they do is hold up the start until they put their foot down, then it starts at that exact same time… 😉

The other fun thing that happens from the start is someone’s wheel slips on the mud and spins, then the second row gets traction and then they are both on the floor.

I quite fancy giving one a go, just to see how I’d get on as I only use my bike for commuting duties so rarely push myself. I had a brief look on the BC website for bike spec rules but couldn’t find much (top quality work intranet is bordering dial up speeds), would I get away with risers on a CX bike or are they super strict?

Also anyone in the High Peak area link me to a local race league website??? 😕

It’s been mentioned before but so long as you aren’t riding a National Trophy/National Championship or the Three Peaks, then you can ride anything you like. Some leagues ban bar ends on MTBs and you might get turned away if you try and ride on fixed wheel but beyond that, go for it.
Quite a few Notts and Derby league events are within striking distance of the High Peak, as are some Lincs, North West and Yorkshire races.

Winner cheers!

Pjt201- those mince pies were amazing. I only had 2 which probably explains why I did so badly. Looking forward to the new season and new venues in the western league. Mendip raceway is going to be interesting!

I would have thrown up for sure if I had taken one but it did make me chuckle!

Looking forward to Mendip Raceway (anyone know if it uses part of the track?) I hope to be able to make the first round next Sunday as well.

Yup, Sunday for me. Limus ON!! (well maybe I’ll just turn up with the griffo’s and see how it goes)

As is it seems my Club has now a dedicated training season setup whilst the racing season peters out, should tie in nicely with some long distance CX offroad stuff I have planned.
Already done a stint of sprint to stop, hop off/hop on, sprints for the last few weeks..

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It depends on the course. Chicanes don’t work so well if it’s damp on courses with lots of slow-in, slow-out dead-turn corners as you don’t lean enough to engage the side knobs cornering and straight line upright braking and hard accelerating is pants. However, if it is more open and fast, chicanes can work surprisingly well.

Don’t be afraid to mix and match treads, I often ride with some form of file tread on the back with a grippier tyre up front.

Not very technical if you are riding a mtb with wide knobby tyres. Very technical if you are pushing your limit aerobically on a cx bike with skinny tyres and no brakes. Even a basic corner can take you out if you aren’t paying attention.

(That’s not going to help until one day, when you are blowing out of your backside trying to get around a simple switchback without sliding out, you’ll remember this. Or not :D. )

Looking nice for Stanmer on Sunday (sorry), Griffo’s on, new disc Kite built up – just me to sort out ;o)

Thanks all, rich will take a look

Sounds very much Like Skipton 🙂 Had a great day but v tough and so glad the course wasn’t wet!

I’m not sure which was harder, 11 times up Stanmer today or the hills of Basildon yesterday! My legs are ruined now, that was a serious opening weekend.

Yup, definitely hurt on a singlespeed!