heaven of the south roll call!!

Other than me, and a couple of big bike bash chaps (find us in a caravan village, with music!) Who’s going?

Raises hand.
I’ll be on a fatfronted ss or geared fatbike.

me too

Yup – see you all there!

Bump for the daytime stw’ers 🙂

We’re going but haven’t got entries yet , went to sign up and it was sold out – which was a surprise after the first 2 years . 😳

Yep, 3rd time for me.

Raises hand whilst pointing at sss saying Gears really 🙄

4″ tyres and 10 gears are the new singlespeed Jase. 😀

Ah yes of course how silly of Me im waiting on the 10″ tyre and 4 speed conversion 🙂

Im in, looks like a good event….

i might go 4 inch tyres and 18 gears then , will you still talk to us Jase ?

If i can keep up i will !

yeah right !!! 🙄

Lolercopters at you struggling to keep up.
You didn’t become the king by being left behind did you. 8)

I’m going for the first time. Currently deciding whether to put the mud-x tyre back on the rear. I doubt that’ll make much difference to my overall performance though…

GPX routes are now out.

Can anyone recommend a pub for lunch? 45-50km into the 75km loop would be ace 🙂

Hi Ciderinsport

At that distance, you’ll be at Hunters’ Hall in Kingscote. If you’re hungry earlier than that, the Rose & Crown in Nympsfield is only 1km off the track (near the top end of Woodchester Park) or, failing that, the Ram Inn at Woodchester is also near (at the bottom end of Woodchester Park). I’ll be marshalling the gate at the bottom of Woodchester Park, if you want any directions, stop and have a chat!

Barn

Also, thinking about it, the Britannia Inn in Nailsworth is also good for food, you’ll be riding straight past it on the route

Thanks for the info!

Looking forward to the ride 🙂

Yup. 5 of us going. Promise myself not to do the Rolla wotsit challenge (or the new for 2013 virtual surf challenge) this year after 7 pints.

Any tyre recommendations from people that have done it previously or know most of the course? How does it compare to HONC (where the off-road bits aren’t technical and are fine on a CX bike)? Can’t decide whether to run a low tread rear to help with the road sections or if that would make the off-roads a nightmare.

Didnt want to turn this into a what tyres for………………..

But most of the trails are similar to HoNC when they are bedrock but i thought about using my cross bike but its a fair bit rougher than HoNC and there is some nice descents which i think will be more fun on a (real bike)

Went out last night very close to but not on the course and the local trails by me have held up very well after the downpours this week but its been dry all yesterday afternoon until now.

So there might be some muddy bits but i certainly wouldnt run a mud tyre.

See you all Saturday i’ll be the one with the insanely skinny legs in a Fat Bike sandwich 😀

You mean you’ll be the one in front of the gaggle of three fatbikes. 😉

Tyre wise i’ll be using 4″s back and front.

Three has Amanda gone a bit podgy ?

My bike is the new niche 😉

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Steel frame, 26″ wheels, 2.25 tyres & 100mm travel! Oh and 27 gears!! 🙂

Three has Amanda gone a bit podgy ?

She’s “inhereted” my old Mukluk.

I think you will all be passing my house! Forgot about signing up this year.

What a great event again.
Nice trails, not too many people and free cider at the bottom of the last climb. 😀

Excellent organisation, friendly atmosphere and great singletrack through the woods with the bluebells and wild garlic And I won a prize in the raffle. Great day out.

superb weekend.
great trails
sweet descents
horrible climbs
great cider
good friends
looking forward to next year

Brill ride. Great organisation.
I think I worked out why there was very few Single speed, rigid bikes at about the 60k mark. Just glad it was dry….

flashes.

Were you the guy on the black Monkey that came over to chat to the fatbike trio before the start?

Superb weekend!

I made new best friends with the cider makers 🙂

Al and his team are wonderful! And all that money to charity, excellent!

Us big bike bash lot will be back next year! With our music 😉

Oh, and happy to roll home with the fat bike folk – you were epic!

With our music 😉

I asked you to turn it up twice 😀

Agree with all the above, great weekend. Loved it 8)

Glad you enjoyed the weekend, guys, always nice to see people having fun! I think that the 7 barrels of beer and two massive cider vats that got emptied had something to do with it.

We’ll be launching our autumn event, the “Southern Heartbreaker”, in a month or two – this is an end-of-season competition based in Breakheart Quarry (the place where the water stop was at around the 25km mark this year). If you’re on the HOTS mailing list you’ll get a message.

Hope to see you all again next year!

Barn

Really enjoyed the whole shebang – lovely riding with lots of variety, inc some great rolling woody singletrack, that lunar-landscape quarry section and scooting past the golf course, flapjacks, helpful marshals, beer on tap, relaxed atmosphere…
Already talking about doing the 75 next year now I know the 50 is doable 🙂
Thanks to everyone involved.

Stu,
Yes, that was me. I decided against riding my SS Pugsley and opted for a more “sensible” bike….

I think an ss fatbike round that course might be a bit too much.