#MakingUpTheNumbers Archives

Bagging points… #MakingUpTheNumbers at the HSBC National Champs 2018 – Glencoe

George Thompson has sent this picture-heavy epic report from the other weekend’s National DH champs up at Glencoe… Sit back and enjoy! “Oh, so you’re still going to Glencoe then?”...

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It’s coming home! – #MakingUpTheNumbers at Masters Worlds 2018 – Vallnord, Andorra

“It’s an honour to ride this track in these conditions!” It’s 11am on Monday morning and Mark Weightman is eulogising. Mark’s one of a kind, like a Graeme Obree of……

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Making It Out Alive – National Downhill Series Rd 3: #MakingUpTheNumbers at Rheola

“Once more unto the breach dear friends, once more” It’s not often that you hear a bit of Shakespeare in the Land Rover on the way up for race runs……

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Eating Dust With #MakingUpTheNumbers – Pearce Cycles Rd 3: Bala

They say, ‘if you want to get faster, ride with faster people’ and Lord knows I’m trying. As I sit on the start line for the first of my two……

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Bad Luck And Trouble In #MakingUpTheNumbers: Gravity Events DH Series Rd 3 – Llangollen

“Rachel” “Rachel” She can’t hear me can she? I’m locked in the bloody garage. “Oh ******* hell”. It’s 6:15 on Saturday morning. The van’s outside with the doors wide open,...

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Fort William: All the stars, plus #MakingUpTheNumbers – HSBC British Cycling DH Series Rd 2

Rather strangely, the story of Round 2 of the National Downhill Series begins roughly one week earlier, some 300 miles from Fort William on an uplift in Llangollen, Wales. “I...

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The Coronation Street Of Race Reports – Cwmcarn: #MakingUpTheNumbers

“I like Making Up The Numbers; it’s funny. It’s like a soap opera. Not like EastEnders though as there’s no arguments. It’s like Coronation Street. It’s the Corrie of race...

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MakingUpTheNumbers – Gravity Events Round 1: The Race That Didn’t Happen

George Thompson, our regular reporter of mid pack (if he’s doing well) downhill action, is back in action. Well, sort of. He’s got a new team, a new fan club...

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