Lisa Riley, naked and on all-fours, parking for two fat bikes.

Please, please, please edit that last post. 😯

Have we got any ‘slebs’ this year?

I’m hopeful the motorbike bloke will be back. We got loads of women offering to marshal last year after that one went public.

I’m trying to register with BC but I must have done it once before, but not activated my account and now I can’t find the activation email, and idea if I can get it resent somehow?
EDIT: never mind, fixed it 🙂

hmmm…you’d have to ask them that. I assume so.

there is a link on the website – f you enter your e-mail or try and register they tell you your username – enter that then ask for your password whihc is then e-mailed to you- confusing eh

Entered 🙂

Aye up, I offered to marshal and didn’t even know who the ‘sleb’ was.
Where are all the ladies (bacon, no sausages).

there are plenty of transgender cyclists signing up, they’re kind of ladies.

Entries going at record breaking pace.

Previous best was 100 in 4 days. We’re into the 60s in 6 hours!

I’m in…

I’ve just entered!

Room for a small one at the back…?

I’m in!

… and cant wait!

I’m in!

Let the sharpening of elbows commence!

Signed up this afternoon. Planning to add a lap each year…..

ooosh.

entered :o)

The two of us are in, no I am not confused the wife’s entered again as well 😆

Adding a lap each year would be a good aim for me, going for a full 4 laps for HTN4. Admittedly I could have done another this year, but it had started snowing and I live in the hills in the Peaks so I lurked in the trees at the end.

I’m in. Any practice runs scheduled Mr Spider?

Entered! Perhaps i’ll do it on an appropriate bike rather than a 5inch full suss with 2.4 tyres.

Any chance of making the cyclocross mincers step aside while they mince down the first descent? 😉

I’m in – would also like to add another lap this year. Got overtaken by a bloke out for a jog last year (several times…) 😳

Any chance of making the mtb trail warriors step aside while they crawl up every ascent? 😉

I loves sledging….speshly in snow.

Rorschach – Member
Any chance of making the mtb trail warriors step aside while they crawl up every ascent?

He’s right you know 😉

Got overtaken by a bloke out for a jog last year (several times…)

I remember him passing me too and he was trying to chat with me, but due to me blowing out my arse I couldn’t start a conversation.

I’ve entered – what age for the youngest race? I know a lad who is about 5 or 6, too young?

Can anyone give a quick synopsis of what the race is like? Is it do as many 3.5 mile laps as you can in 2 hours? And is it as hard and awful as some of you are making out? What’s the terrain like, I only have a full susser and don’t want to be ‘over biked’

Can anyone give a quick synopsis of what the race is like?

Yes.

Is it do as many 3.5 mile laps as you can in 2 hours?

Yes.

And is it as hard and awful as some of you are making out?

It is as hard and awful as you want to make it. It depends on whether you want to turn yourself inside out and try for 6 laps and go round in the bunch and do 3 or 4. With 300 riders on the course you are never going to riding alone for any period of time.

What’s the terrain like, I only have a full susser and don’t want to be ‘over biked’

The lap consists of

Start

Field of Despair – Nasty
MTFU Hill – Nasty
Red grade trail centre berms – Not nasty
The Chin – Short techinical DH
The climb – A climb
Prepataion H – Short techinical DH
Blue grade trail centre stuff with a couple of berms – Easy
The water splash – A water splash
Viaduct Climb – A climb up and over a Victorian railway viaduct
The B@stard – Near vertical muddy carry

Finish

Repeat

A full susser will be fine. Better on some bits, worse on others. The winner will be on a CX because he will have raced all season and will take it seriously.

Then you have to factor in the brass band, the samba band, the excellent catering. the pi55 taking, the enthusiatic marshals and the banter. It will be cold. You will probably get covered in mud, or snow. You will enjoy it.

If it was that bad it wouldn’t sell out. If it was too easy it wouldn’t sell out either. The plan is to host a race where the competitors feel like they have taken part in something a bit different to their usual Saturday morning ride no matter whether they finish top 10 or bottom 10.

HTH

Don’t just take my word for it

Take my word as well

Cracking day. Sign up, you’ll have a laugh.

British Cycling’s website appears to be shagged at the moment, so nobody can enter.
I’m sure it’ll be back soon.

pffff

…and now it’s back again.
carry on!

Pauline demands chana or she will eat babies and possibly the winner.

Just sent off for my c2w certificate. Subject to it being agreed and my getting a bike. I’m in too!

Well, I’m in. I’ll bring my snow chains just in case…

40% of entries gone in first 24 hours!

Better get a wriggle on if you want to come and play.

Bloody hell that didn’t take long

Had another 23 since posting that.

So you owe me money for the bump then?