Hell of the North Cotswolds, 15th April 2007

[Russell]

Given the dry trails and amount of road work involved I'd say that you crossers are at a distinct advantage

 

[the_dark_horse]

I cant wait, looks awesome!
Say hi if you see me on my 96 pine mountain!!

 

[heathy]

Russ,

Nice one with the maps mate! Does the route split left or right as you look at the map :?:
Some of those hills look interesting :shock:

 

[gump]

should be a good day!

Shame I only have the full suss built up with gears
Say hi, will be on a Yeti for this
May fit a bottle and cage for extra fluid too.

Russ, meet up in the car park beforehand? *nudge nudge*

 

[john]

Will be there with Gump on the old litespeed me thinks.

 

[Russell]

Heathy, I think that it goes left as you look at it. The hills look worse than they are, although this is the Cotswolds, and it ain't flat

Dark Horse, PMd you my phone number, give me a shout when you get there and lets say Hi

Gump, PMd you my number aswell, call me when you get there and we'll do the deal Is there no way you can get a hardtail ruinning? You're going to feel a little over-biked on a full sus, unless its pretty short travel.

 

[gump]

hmmm, could get the Rocky going again without much effort. Will see how I feel tonight. Its an ASR-sl, so pretty short travel, and popped some 1.9 Maxxis Lopes tyres which are pretty lightweight, so may be ok :?

Good to see a map under the route too. I just see lots of white with a track on my tracklogs

Could you print off the 100k route too?
ta..

 

[Russell]

Sorry Gump, routes are only available direct from the organisers this year and I only requested the 50k.

 

[the_dark_horse]

How did you guys get on?!
I managed the 50k in 2 hours 47 mins which I was pretty pleased with as I expected 3 - 3.5 hours!

Russell - next time we will def have to meet up! lol!
I thought I saw some of you guys on a dekerf, independent fabrications and a klein so went to say hi at the start, but it wasnt anyone from here! lol!

Great day though, cant wait for the photos to be up!

 

[Russell]

How did you guys get on?!
I managed the 50k in 2 hours 47 mins which I was pretty pleased with as I expected 3 - 3.5 hours!

Russell - next time we will def have to meet up! lol!
I thought I saw some of you guys on a dekerf, independent fabrications and a klein so went to say hi at the start, but it wasnt anyone from here! lol!

Great day though, cant wait for the photos to be up!

Thats a good time Riding time acording to my computer was 2hrs 51mins but my 'certificate' is stamped at 3.31. Damn those banana stops (and cramp.. again!)

32 miles, 2779ft total climb and a lovely sunny day to enjoy it all.

Thanks Heathy for putting up with me on the climbs, and 'Dark Horse' sorry we missed you, I did find a blue Kangoo, but there was no-one there. We shoudl hook up for a ride some time anyway