Mountain Mayhem 2014 **AFTERMATH **

[drystonepaul]

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Here is the limited quantity of photos I took over the weekend.

The Retrobike heckle tent soaks up the sunshine with some banging tunes...

...great bikes...

...great people...

...and free beer, sweets and cake for passing riders.

CaptainCosmic's steak supper.

Just some of the fine machines gleaming in the sunshine.

HarryCrumb thinks about riding even quicker than his last lap.

Blue skies and Judys.

My 1992 Saracen Traverse was faultless for five laps, but at the end of my sixth the bumpy course had rattled the top jockey wheel on the M735 rear mech loose at the very end of the lap. This dropped the chain into the spokes and left me with a run through the campsite.
A bit frustrating but not as much as the dick-head who berated me for momentarily blocking one of two available lines. He clearly lacked the humanity, patience and technical skill to simply turn right and take the clear route.

I'm still not sure whether Andy knows why he got so many people honking at him on the drive home...

I really enjoyed the sprint finish with my team mate HarryCrumb on my 31.5 pound 1988 Saracen Blizzard. He reckons he got a 39 minute final lap. My heart nearly exploded out of my chest...

One more beer then it's bedtime for me.

Really great weekend though.

 

[Fest]

Cool weekend nice to see you all again. Jo and little Evie loved it they will deffo come again. ;-)

 

[NeilM]

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Great pictures, and nice to see some cake included. :mrgreen:


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Not sure if this will work, as I've just pinched it from 'another place'.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/james_hph ... 461456496/

 

[andyz]

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Gutted that I had to pull out due to a date clash but nothing upon nothing is going to stop me attending next year, Looks like you all had a great time and were blessed with the weather

Here's what kept me away

http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/com ... 1403254319

:shock: Fair enough Nick, I can see why you couldn't pass on that one! Pretty special really, a real honour.

 

[jonXmack]

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Bunch of pics here!

http://www.ipernity.com/doc/dylbic/album/680009

 

[del]

Great Weekend fellas - thanks to everyone in the Retro bike camp for making it as much tip top fun as it was, in spite of attempts by "The Man" to silence us, and send us all to bed by 10pm

Thankfully the Retro bike spirit managed to live on in the darkness, even if it was powered by candle light and not a big whopping generator

 

[feetabix]

The BBQ......."my eeeeeeeeyes!"

 

[richpips]

Thanks for the cheers from you lot at the weekend.

I heard a couple of you trying to make out what my bike was, but my mouth was stuffed full of food.

Here's my boy who rode my Iro Mia earlier in the day at mini Mayhem.

Rich

 

[Konakid]

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Thanks to everyone for a cracking weekend, the weather was fantastic though bloody hot. It was my first Mayhem but enjoyed every minute of it and will be back for more. Was nice to put faces to names and get to know a few of the guys and be part of the event.

I'm not sure how many laps we managed to do in the end but well done to all the guys in team "lost souls", great bunch of guys all up for a laugh....what more could you ask for! (well I did miss suspension and disc brakes on some of the sections). Everyone was so friendly and welcoming which made for a superb weekend. Shame my front mech decided to die a grimm death on the first downhill section during the second lap, after a bit of fettling and bending trackside I managed to get middle and big ring which made the climbs interesting!!

Big thanks to all who were involved in organising the event and making it memorable and very enjoyable

Thanks guys!!!

 

[Gruff]

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Another racking Mayhem
Great weather and great company made for a brilliant weekend.
I managed to have 3 mechanicals before my 1st lap, my barend bolt thread had pulled and Drystonepaul was unable to re thread it so a pair bought from the jumble on Friday night were utilized. Then on a trip to the arena i discovered the saddle clamp of my USE Alien seatpost had become de-bonded :evil: and just before i decided to get some kip before my 5am lap i found i had a rear flat!
That fixed i went to bed.
My lap was fairly uneventful apart from the pain

Thanks to all my fellow "lost souls" and everyone else who helped organise a brilliant weekend.
Roll on next year