[Closed] Enduro Alone

A few. What event do you fancy

I've done a few of the PMBAs alone. Like you, the majority of my riding is done billy-no-mates because of work/family committments, I decide if I'm off riding at a moments notice. Its decent - most people seem pretty chatty etc.

Nothing this year I dont think with work commitments etc. But 'esk valley' and 'ard rock' are a couple I've looked at as potentials for next year

Done alone,

If you are stubborn and have a point to prove it’s all fine.

Did with not so stubborn mates who really didn’t like transitions the year after. Had to listen to moaning about lack of ski lifts for half the day then had a mechanical couldn’t fix in middle of nowhere where each of us were running different standards so no crossover grrr.

Thought I’d enjoy the company / help if things broke - Found it easier on my own 😂

I help out at plenty of enduros and always lots of riders on their own, its no biggy.

I think you'll be surprised at how many ride alone at an Enduro.

Done a couple with and without mates, equally as fun either way.

Thanks for the comments guys, looks like I'll be entering a couple in the near future then 🙂

I've almost always done them alone, I like riding with other people but i don't generally race well with others, I just like to get on with it. And it's great tbh! You'll have a lot of identical conversations with people you'll never meet again, and then if you do another race, you'll meet some of those people you'll never meet again, again, and have no idea who they are and eventually it gets really awkward, but apart from that it's grand.

If you're doing an event with timed stage starts, which I hate, then pretty much nobody is riding with their mates.

If you’re doing an event with timed stage starts, which I hate, then pretty much nobody is riding with their mates.

Of all the friends I'd do a race with, think I have only one who has the same genetalia and is in the same 10 year age category... until next year, where I move up and he doesnt.

I've met and chatted with new people on transition, and in the queue to start stages, at every race I've been to. Everyone is very friendly. You'll have great fun.

Regular solo racer . Quite a few occasions I've got chatting to another soloist at the start and ended up riding around together . Done a fair few just alone and either way is fine .

I got into it for exactly the same reasons as you say about 5 or so years ago , went to the tweedlove stuff with the wife and boy and it's turned into a bit of a tradition now and I also do a few of the 1 day events round Scotland . I'm rubbish but still get a buzz from from it and every year I promise myself I'm going to get fit in winter to really give it a good go , which never really goes to plan but it does make me try and ride and exercise through the winter which can't be a bad thing 😁 and if your an enduroist you get to treat yourself to a whole new load of specific jerseys/velcro straps/goggles etc etc all of which make you faster 😉

I rarely race with other people as most of my riding mates aren’t interested.
Actually quite nice not to have to worry about anyone else but I find waiting around for start times etc feels like forever sometimes with no one to talk crap with.

Done afew alone (PMBA Gisburn, Ard Rock, Boltby) Still a great days riding but better as group IMO. Also I need to remind myself to not hammer the transisions and save my energy for the stages

Welsh enduro series is v friendly as I’m sure are others. I think the one off events - boltby, ard rock etc lend themselves more to being down with mates. Either way there will be plenty of people in same boat to chat and get along with...

Yup, did the Naughty Northumbrian alone last year and had a great time, as said you end up picking up a group anyway. Also got some random encouragement at the end of practice in the form of squishy drumsticks, whoever you were thanks for getting me up the hill!

I'm in for the MacAvalanche and NN again [s]this[/s] next year plus whatever else I pick up along the way, get yourself into events and don't be shy.

Having marshalled a few and chaperoned youth around some, you'll never ride alone.

The races are busy, folk are happy to be out and chatty, a great atmosphere.

Besides which, with the numbers now attending some races, you'll be in a queue of 100+ for each stage.

go for it, although as most events got cancelled this year , you may struggle to get tickets for the ardrocks and boltby.
as others have said the events a friendly, and only so many are going to trouble the podium, the rest are there to have a laugh and race themselves or mates.
pmba should be good to book,

i started ardrock with 3 the other year, stopped for my mate stage 2 as he hit a tree. i completed the course on my own, really relaxed and in the moment, can chat if you want,
as regards riding with others, i tend to speed through the transitions whereas the majority take it slowly. so i ended up talking to lots of different riders

You’ll have a lot of identical conversations with people you’ll never meet again, and then if you do another race, you’ll meet some of those people you’ll never meet again, again, and have no idea who they are and eventually it gets really awkward, but apart from that it’s grand.

Ahh, the old "I don't know your name but I know you ride a green 2019 Hightower with fox 36's and a coil shock and those fancy carbon wheels and you crashed on that bend on that trail at that place last time..."

I love this about MTB's - you can meet someone for the first time, know nothing about them yet talk for 20 minutes about bikes, as you have a common interest. It's the same for motorbikes - pull up at a set of lights next to another bike and you've instantly got a connection, that lasts for the length of the red light 😀 Unless you start seeing them in the same place on the commute 😀