its a great event absolutely love it, i prefer the riding to ardrock.
I’ve done the last 3, cant make it this weekend ;0(
if its wet it’ll be slippy, stage 1 and 6 are the toughest with 250m elevation drops, with steep gripless chutes..
the transition 1 to 2 has nice moorland singletrack.
water stop between 3 and 4,
stage 3 is lumpy, care for your tyres
the transition upto 4 is horrendous hike a bike 150-200m up a stone staircase.
if you have an ebike, cheat and go back to lordstones and take the track back upto top of 6 and then over the moor to s4 (route as per practise day)
the transition at the end of stage 6 back to base is horrible, especially if wet..
strava 36km 1369m, 3hr49 moving time.