started with the plodders at the back… finished 88th. Next year i think i might promote myself to the fast guys. never elite.. those guys looked hardcore!
166th on first attempt at a mtb race, quite pleased really!I just set myself a steady pace to get round without blowing up too early. Thoroughly enjoyed the event and big thanks to all the organisers for putting it on. I’ll definately be back next year! Very pleased with the bike aswell as just got C456 and 1×9 set up and had no mechanical problems at all. Better than some poor souls i passed with broken chains etc.
I started of in the ‘bit of a plodder’ class, then was moved back to the ‘probably will die’ to make way for the elite. Finished 102 and had a great time….in a masochistic kind of way
Starting grid was interesting. Ended up getting shoved back to not very fast and managed to finish 50th. My camelbak was definitely flapping all the way round
ps can we have a tubeless kit for the gritting wheelbarrow next year, my arms are killing today 😯
Thanks again for another great event
Passed TJ and Slow old git and waved but I think you’d pulled up for a mo, if you remember a blonde on
a cx shrieking ‘hurray for tandems’, that was me. He wouldn’t let me bring ours and forced me to struggle round on
my own 😥
I’m happy with my result, 217th, on me SS my aim was not to finish last and I didn’t. Think I’d of been in the top 10 if I had a full set of gears and a two stroke engine. 😉
Well done to everyone that entered and the DNF’s too!
Passed TJ and Slow old git and waved but I think you’d pulled up for a mo, if you remember a blonde on
a cx shrieking ‘hurray for tandems’, that was me. He wouldn’t let me bring ours and forced me to struggle round on
my own
I remember that. We got a lot of encouragement from folk which was nice
How did they get up onto and over the raised wooden sided steps part, just after the steep bit eases off a bit?
Getting to that bit is doable but not over that step I reccon
Not me, had enough of a job pushing up them, but on my second to last lap one of the leaders shouted ‘rider riding!’ at the bottom of the steps and just flew up them.
Very impressive and nearly caused me to turn round, lob my 120mm skills compensator in the stream and retire.
Saw people get very close. Managed to ride out of the stream on ym 2nd and 3rd laps which I was happy enough with, only failed on the 1st lap because there was someone infront of me.