well, look here then…
http://www.hitthenorth.net/preview-ride/

Mint.

Let’s see if we can use all of Costa’s carpet cleaner again.

Bums…..its chipps’s cx race ein tod 😥
And it’ll spoil the suprise….

Bums +1 was hoping to do the Tod CX race as well and then decide what to do HtN on.
Any chance of another ride out or even a preview route map of gps file???

Tod cyclocross race is on the 2nd Jan…preview ride on the 3rd…what’s the problem?

Got me dates mixed up-however,thats even worserer now!Tli Prestatyn cross race on the same day as the todmorden race…..double bums!!!!
On the plus side I can come get the carpet muddy now.

good lad. Prestatyn ‘cross sounds awful 😉

Lets be honest ALL cross ‘sounds’ awful in priciple!It all depends on the quality of the musical accompanient….and I’m a sucker for a brass band.

I’ll put in another request for a second ride or map/gpx of the route as I’m back at work that day 🙁

Also what emails/confirmations have you lot had? I’ve had a receipt a an email saying my details have been passed on, is that it?

Cheers

Are the clowns bikes and costumes compulsory?

No. You can leave teh Jones at home.

I was thinking of something even sillier 😉

If it arrives in time that is

?

Who told you……

there might be another preview ride after this one. No chance of a GPS file though, sorry!

If you’ve had an email from UK Results your payment was successful and you’re in.
Thanks for entering.

John – the snow bike will be spot-on 😉

Hi Terrahawk will we get anything else or do we just turn up on the day?

Rob

You’ll get an email nearer the time telling you where to go, where to park, etc.
You also need to turn up on the day 😉

Cheers Terra’ payed for 4 of us and they are pestering me like little kids 😀

Just need you to do another preview ride now 🙂

will have to check with the boss for a pass but should be on for it

bump

ouch

soz

‘sallright

Out of interest seeing as though i cant make the preview ride, if i went to Philips Park and had a ride around, would i get a good feel for whats in store, or does the route take in ultra secret in the know stuff, or areas not normally accessable/allowed?

re the OP – yes please, count me in.

RDL-82 you’d get a pretty good feel for the difficulty levels (it’s not completely hardCORE as the cyclocrossers do the race also) but I’ve not seen the course so there may be some little specials to look forward to on the day

find the bombhole and have a go on that 🙂

Cheers Ed will get myself down there and have a nosey some time and hope inthe meantime they announce another preview ride.

Half the course is in Philips Park (more or less the same as last February’s race), the other half is on the new FC trails in Waterdale (all the stuff near the viaduct).

Cheers Harry, I presume it’s easy then to link the two areas then, never been. Will have to get over soon.

Park is on the hill. Trails are in the valley. The route in the park isn’t obvious and uses some footpaths.

Are you local?

Not local but not a million miles away, just outside Manchester about 10 mins from Heaton Park

You should go and have a potter about then. There are only a couple of miles of trail so it isn’t worth a huge journey.

are you sure he’s local?

They look like that where I live. Nobody has spoken to me in 7 months after a told the lad from next door but one to F-off after he chucked a Becks bottle into my veg patch.

will get over soon, defo.

Found this, any good/use > http://www.mapmyride.com/ride/united-kingdom/prestwich/621271395771?video=1

some of that route is well cheeky and will definitely involve a run-in with a certain farmer’s wife.

Nowt like the HTN route, BTW.

ok nevver mind will just go and explore

cheers

it’s not completely hardCORE as the cyclocrossers do the race also

Sod off and go look at your results from the last two years. CX riders own this race 🙂

I’ll be along Jase on my cross bike, with my carbon tubs, and a hangover post Tod.

3rd time at this now…bleedin heck…do i at least get a ‘Token Irish Bloke’ prize this time?

do i at least get a ‘Token Irish Bloke’ prize this time?

Large latte on me at Costa after the preview ride 😉

Does EVERYBODY take this race event seriously?

How many go for a laugh?

Any prizes for last place?