HONC 2023
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Russell those tyres look positively frightening for today's course or at least for those last two descents.
Great weather and course again and the usual well organised event that it's always been. Great also to catch up with my Mayhem teammate AMC again too and we had a good natter alomg the way. That cold lager was rather excellent at the end too.
Looking forward to next year especially as they're now talking about doing the ride on a Saturday instead of the usual Sunday with camping on the Friday and Saturday night so we can actually make a weekend of it.
Great weather and course again and the usual well organised event that it's always been. Great also to catch up with my Mayhem teammate AMC again too and we had a good natter alomg the way. That cold lager was rather excellent at the end too.
Looking forward to next year especially as they're now talking about doing the ride on a Saturday instead of the usual Sunday with camping on the Friday and Saturday night so we can actually make a weekend of it.
Yep, that was an absolute pleasure. A brilliant ride thanks to @player and some cracking weather.
We did the 75k and had I been better prepared with water and snacks, then 100k is defo on the cards next year. The course is interesting. On paper I'd raise my eyebrows and wonder if it'd be any good. In practice, it's great. Nothing technical, good climbs but nothing massively steep or too long, and some insane decents (we must have exceeded 50mph in spots). It's about 50:50 road/off-road so you motor around at a healthy pace.
The star of the show is the scenery. It's chocolate box material with some epic views of the Malverns near the end. As @player says, if they switch to a Saturday and have some entertainment in the evening, then a full weekend sounds great.
Start as you mean to go on...
Done in 4:20 (VAPENATION!), the first 2 hours flew by - sign of a good ride!
Plenty of scope to make this a mini-festival should they desire.
Spot on and brewed just a few miles down the road
We did the 75k and had I been better prepared with water and snacks, then 100k is defo on the cards next year. The course is interesting. On paper I'd raise my eyebrows and wonder if it'd be any good. In practice, it's great. Nothing technical, good climbs but nothing massively steep or too long, and some insane decents (we must have exceeded 50mph in spots). It's about 50:50 road/off-road so you motor around at a healthy pace.
The star of the show is the scenery. It's chocolate box material with some epic views of the Malverns near the end. As @player says, if they switch to a Saturday and have some entertainment in the evening, then a full weekend sounds great.
Start as you mean to go on...
Done in 4:20 (VAPENATION!), the first 2 hours flew by - sign of a good ride!
Plenty of scope to make this a mini-festival should they desire.
Spot on and brewed just a few miles down the road
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