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You can do all events as a series, getting 1 free... or just pick any of them.
We'll be there for all.
Looks fun... I think my son and his mates are there. Young tearaways 🙂
Yeah they're usually good little tracks, although a few have been fairly long at 2 mins. My lad really enjoyed last years ones, i only did 1-2 of them i think. I'm not sure how many i'll do myself, but he's booked in for them all.
Me and my son are booked in for all of them, although life seems to be managing to get in the way already..
Last year we did 2 or 3, and got the transition from me beating him to him just beating me in the last one. This year I'm going to get absolutely whooped!
As you'd expect, i don't even exist in the boys world, he's at the top end of the grown-up class, i'll be impressed if i wasn't last 🙂 . We only do them for fun and to see the coach and mates as much as for anything to do with the racing side of things. It's just a fine laugh really. Sometimes though it gets all crazy with World Cup racers like Tom Elsmore and Billy Pugh rocking up for a laugh.... so if you're at the sharp end with those boys, you're FLYING... which of course i won't be 😀
This looks really good, it's a shame we can't get to them.
Looks like the terrain will be a bit damp, but the rain should have gone away by 1pm. So we're both looking forward to the evening. I'm not doing the 'race' as such, but will be in the forest, i like to leave that to him and Katy to bond 🙂 so i'll be off doing my own thing.
Was great weather, hot and sunny last week and the race was on Twisted Sister, although only from the fire-road so a little on the short side, but apparently lots of fun anyway. It was incredibly close in the over 16 class with 4 people finishing within 1s.
Weather is looking to start tomorrow a bit damp but should only be enough to sightly wet the ground, it's apparently on a 'new' trail this week.
Might head over after work tomorrow and watch some/ride. Doubt I'd enter though as I don't think I can get there in time (and don't really race). Should be a good evening for it
It's another FOD Thursday and this week is "wormhole", that's a techie little thing that runs down the side near the start of Launchpad. Bit of a pedally bit in the middle ish, but in truth i didn't know it existed so i've never ridden it. I can't see it being the boys favourite though as i think he'd prefer higher speed.
But it's an evening out in the sunshine and fun.
Looks like I'll be there with Reeksy1 to race Boneyards this Thursday. Rode it yesterday and it's a fun track, fairly tight with a nice mix of tech and flow...taping will actually help clarify lines a lot.
Anything less than first place I will blame on riding one of Weeksy's bikes. Anything better than last place will solely be down to riding one of Weeksy's bikes 😂
Well it's not 100% on that track, a few have voted Twisted Sister which we also ride yesterday and a couple/some have voted Enduro hill, which is something we didn't ride. However, we wil know before Thurs morning and if it's on something random we can shoot over there when we meet up.
All 4 bikes were cleaned and sorted this morning at 7am so they're all good to go. I need to check the pads/bleed on the rear of yours/boys bike as the lever is a little soft, but i'll get to that tomorrow.
Other than that, the only issue is getting to the top of the runs without an uplift all day and then in the evening.
Reeksy1 can start riding the track before us with the other Juniors. Based upon yesterday, he'll do OK 🙂
Aha. I didn't realise the track wasn't set.
You do an epic job of maintaining those bikes! Brakes felt superb and I don't normally like sram 👊
Might need a few uplifts to keep us fresh then.