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"The Mission" Me,Graham & Ben will try to convince the Judge's(in this case a stop watch) and the general public that we are ....................downhill racers:w00t:
"The venue" is Hopton Castle nr Ludlow,Shropshire and we've just three weeks(Jan21/22) to get our errrrm unfit(exclude Ben) arse's into shape :hmm: we will be riding under the RATZ TEAM banner,so obviously we're gonna take this seriously as club honour is at stake etc etc :devil:
those of you with the right bike,transport and money click here (http://www.pearcecycles.co.uk/Racing/SWS06_ENTRY_FORM.pdf) but get your ass into gear as places are limited to 250,we're not sure that we've got places yet.
i'll keep y'all posted on progress/nervous condition as the 22nd approach's :D
Bring it on :ymachine:
Carldeenio
03-01-06, 23:18
Sounds kewl:rez:. Just wanna be the first to wish 'Team Ratz' the best of luck.
Go Ratz Go!!!
(Any chance of bagging a place as a spectator to cheer u guys on:verb:, if theres room)...
now, transport, i have a problem with that one lol.
so, in that case, i wish team ratz the best luck and following winds. (yes, eat beans)
Grrrrrr maybe to soon whats the course like?
You lot going for the full weekend and camping in the field? Dis-Dirt will be there :thumb:
ben
True Saxon
04-01-06, 08:52
im very tempted, whats the deal on transport? (sunday is no prob, but my girl needs the car on saturday for work).
the deal with transport is, i have none. muha
good luck lads maybe i@ll have the bike (SKILL) to come with you
1 day .
messed that one up
I wil race for you if you truthely think i am up for it and if my dad is off. Do you think i will be up for it?
Sorry James, I'm working the weekend.
Anyway, until you can beat me, I'm not taking you anywhere ...and then when you do beat me I'm gonna stop taking you anywhere!!!!!
Good luck to the lads racing.
Oh well yeh good luck to you guys who ar going :thumb:
Originally posted by kenny B:
Anyway, until you can beat me, I'm not taking you anywhere ...and then when you do beat me I'm gonna stop taking you anywhere!!!!!
glad to see a bit of healthy father son rivalry, wish my dad rode!
True Saxon
05-01-06, 20:38
well, i dont think i will be doing this one, as i cant make it on saturday have a wedding to go to :( (although i am trying hard to get out of it) ;)
I am however thinking of driving over there on sunday to do a bit of filming, if anyone fancies comming along and chipping in with the petrol?
But that all depends on how good the day/night before are.
yes please si count me in can supply another cam more angles etc if needed
also able to drive people with hangovers :O)
Carldeenio
05-01-06, 20:58
if theres room Si, i'd be up for going too, please...:thumb:
on the entry form it asks for club name is it ratz or ? swift reply please going to bed soon up at 3.15
i put RATZ (rasen area trailblazerz) in brackets
Good riding on sunday all be it a little bit slippy. North shore was good but a bit hard to stay on the bike. Start ramp is now up which was a good addition since last time i went. Finally a good place to ride other than the usual flights of stairs in Lincoln.
Mr Fish, did steve get hold of you about the big wooden platform?
breaking news just seen the confermation for the race come on number 334 :O)
Good look to you lot who are racing. Get the club known. Have you got ratz race jerseys?
ye good luck.......... show em the way home RATZ.:rez: :rez:
Shouldn't that be Ass? I think Will could do with the spell check more than Baker;)
By the way, Good Luck
:rtfm: :rtfm: :yeah: :yeah: :yeah: 514 :D
Originally posted by dave_mawe
Shouldn't that be Ass? I think Will could do with the spell check more than Baker;)
By the way, Good Luck
All right calm down its not like you have never made a mistake before is it.
you tell him!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Was it hard to get in cos by fish sayin ltd places?
ooooooohhhhhhhyyyyyyyeeeeeeesssssssssyou can't beat a bit of anticipation for winding up a good buzzzzzzzzz altho reasonably calm, i do keep getting the occasional BIG WORMY THING TWISTING AROUND IN THE PIT OF MY STOMACH :devil: which i really love, because its getting me focused on the job in hand :warning: :hammer: :warning:
bring it on :cgun: :bana: :cgun:
sort of takin it easy then :OP
True Saxon
20-01-06, 08:38
Well the best of luck to you three, oh four, including Graham.
Hope all goes well and you have a damn good day;)
Good luck to all 4 of you!!!
:wooot:thats it then just about to set off :wooot:
lets av it :bana:
So how did you lot get on. Was it a nice track. when is the next race date
... And whats this about a few incidents in the practice run and in the race????
full report coming up tommorow,right now i'm totally fcuked,but un injured ;o)
sounds like you guys did us proud. are any ratz members allowed to enter events providing we can get there?
Race report:cool:
After an early start on sat morning, the day nearly went wrong near Nottingham when a Mitsubishi pick up attempted a high speed inside over taking manuver on me and Fraser, unfortunately I didn??t see him till last second and ??.errrrr :rolleyes: accidentally:rolleyes: ??errr nearly ran him off the road:rolleyes: ! I heard his tyres really screech.:rolleyes:
Still, arrived safe and early.
Hopton castle sure is a very picturesque area, as in very hilly. After signing in getting changed etc meeting up with Disfunktional crew we jumped on the shuttle (tractor & trailer) and went to the start, the weather had been kind in the previous week, but it looked like the hill held on to its moisture think it certainly made the ??team? a little nervous,:eek:
The course starts off with a out in the open straight medium gradient into dark pines fast left berm into a tricky little jump tight in the tree??s (was to be my 2nd run downfall:( ) into a few flat turns with some roots and small kickers with very rooty landings alternative lines all over the place then over a small lane and back into the tree??s for more of the same but slightly more open turns, then the first really serious root section like big fat fingers interlocked across the trail:eek: then past this section your still in the woods, you hit some more open turns then suddenly your out in the open and recently clear felled section this was about as steep as the trespass trail but twice as long and just a big mat of roots stumps thick mud and some rocks and some jumps:wooot: as this section ended you went back into big more open tree??s and into some big flat switch backs all covered in roots and stumps which got less and less you could get a good rhythm going thro here :D this got steeper, then into a tight turn with a diagonal 1m drop off (tricky:wow: ) across a small lane and into thick small trees?? with flowing bermed and very muddy turns with drops out of this into a short more open and dry section, then a tight turn between two big tree??s and across the main uplift road and into a steep chute and the final section of about six fast left and right open turns some bermed, then a big high speed step down jump:eek: which you could roll or fly into a big right hand berm with massive breaking bumps on the entry then a cut across a steep hillside section on a very narrow off camber and slippery path into a big left hand downward turn over a nice take off bearing right and on to the last table top jump 8m and then the 50m flat sprint to the finish line:D .
Practice was very entertaining to say it was muddy would be an understatement, it was really fluffed up with all the riders tyres but not that wet and tyres wouldn??t clear very well and just trying to stay on till the finish was an achievement in its self I can??t say for the others but I only ??cleaned? the course once, which felt excellent:D . People gorming off looking at lines became quite an issue:mad: , I myself mowing down some bloke (nobber):ahol: who didn??t heed my shout, this aside the practice went really well and the day was top fun:cool: .
The travel lodge was a good move as the temp dropped to about ??2 and getting all our kit dried etc, however I can??t recommend the local pub ??Salway Arms? bad service, a long wait for the food, which tasted good but unfortunately we all had the ??shits? next morning, to a lesser or greater degree (I??ll let Fragy tell us about the lay-by portaloo ??incident?:devil: ).
Race day see??s the ground frozen hard and thick fog and its very cold:( , practice was suppose to start at 8 nobody was in a hurry, least of all us. By about 8.30 the shuttle was running, so despite feeling a little anxious about the conditions we bit the bullet and went up, the ice wasn??t an issue, however the extra moisture made the course have a bit less grip:\ and the fog was causing some bad steaming problems (it was too dark under the tree??s for the mighty smith turbo goggles).
I??ll let the others make their own comments about practice, as for myself I didn??t get a clear run either because I crashed or someone else had in front of me, I did however have a good session and was pleased to be dropping the tricky drop back wheel first:cool: .
And then from 11 the racing starts with me Graham, Fraser and Ben all starting within 10 mins of each other, we had discussed a strategy the previous day ands that was to pedal like crazy thro the easy bits;) and then slow down for the really gnarly shit :rolleyes: stay on and get a time, then really go for it 2nd run:D , turned out to be a good plan as all 4 of us made it down without crashing, that??s not to say there weren??t some issue??s tho, Fraser really getting crossed up on the tabletop being one of them, me and graham clipping tree??s and loosing your feet off the pedals etc.
I??ll let the others comment on their own runs, my second ??go for it? run started really well twice the speed thro the first berm, then just clipped a tree with my left shoulder the with right (think pin ball) hit the jump no footed and over the bars I went at quite a pace, I had told myself to get up and get back on if I had a crash and worry about injury and mechanicals once rolling again, I got a big cheer as I got back on and found my chain jammed:cry: . A quick stamp on the pedals and it snapped, not to be discouraged I pumped and paddled my way down much to the amusement of the spectors who gave great encouragement when they saw I had no chain on. Spurred me on somewhat:devil: , I make it down to the finish in 4.54 just to nearly pump past Graham on the finish line who had just got the biggest applause of the day for getting straight back on after his massive stack on the table top:devil: and got a time of 5.17(he straighten his bars first:rolleyes: ).
All in all a great experience, meeting up with old and new friends (be sure to check out the disfunktional dirt site) and I for one can??t wait for the next round Feb. 18/19th at Bringewood in the same area.
BRING IT ON :tune: :bana:
A top weekend no doubt, if anyone ever says racing can be addictive believe it, or even better try it out, super.
really go for it 2nd run:D , turned out to be a good plan as all 4 of us made it down without crashing, that’s not to say there weren’t some issue’s tho,
my second run was a disaster, on the bling 3ft step down i pulled up way to early and landed with my rear wheel still on the top sending me stumbling, by the time i regained my bike i heard the whistle nearest the drop indicating a rider who flew past delaying my set off even more, anyway second run was poor 3.59 i think as opposed to my 3.49 which i am confident i could easily better, gutted. The rent'a'bike was good, one of ironhorses low range freeride rigs 6" up front and 7" on the rear, although next time at bringewood Jim Walker has promised me the sunday tested in dirt to ride if the frame didnt arrive. :)
does this series have a hardtail category by any chance?
A very nice report there Mr Fish....tempted to copy and paste it for the Dis-Dirt site with a few mods, cos it looks like non of us can get round to it (soon sort that though).
Good to see you guys down there and a top weekend throughout....looking forward to the next round and fingers crossed no mechanicals this time !!
ben
Please could someone give me a link to an entry form for the race in may. It looks like me and my dad are entireng that one.
True Saxon
30-01-06, 21:15
I rang them today, tried everything i could, but the race is full up and they said they dont take anymore entrys(entries) :(
best book now for the round 3 in march.
*.........;)
Do you have a likk(link) for an entry form please
*........:rtfm:
True Saxon
30-01-06, 21:36
/me looks around for mr dictionary
http://www.trailblazerz.net/forums/showthread.php?t=1992
As Sime found out the second round is full and the third filling up fast! i would hurry! i am going to pay at the second round providing there are still places, highly recomended weekend laugh.
Me and my dad have the entry forms now all we need to do is send them off and hope to get in. Who else is racing?
alllright.....i just started packing for the next round and i got butterflies already :rolleyes: ....great.....bring it on :D the course is apparently a lot steeper and less pedally..........thank god :rolleyes:
Good Luck to everyones whos racing!!!!
Yeah, Good Luck every one. The weather is looking hopefully dry most of the weekend so it should be good riding!!!
Yeah have a god time and don't injure yourselves. my number for march is 718 and my dad 414. good look
Just started to get packed, looking foward to it also, hmmm steep and not as pedally, should be fun!
good luck to all who is racing. hope it goes well and no major crashes to slow you down.
hope you all do really well . Good Luck !!!!
How come your not racing this time fragy you did real good last time. Are you racing march?
How did you all do? Or are you all too tired to write a report tonight?
Or are you all too tired to write a report tonight?
that about sums it up, Ben 25th,Graham 12th out of 12,me 7th out of 12.
second race run was cancelled due to thick fog/clouds making it too dark to see :eek:under the dense pine tree's, even so it was a top weekend........more later :zzz:
I though you might be but i just wanted to see how everyone did.
Well done everyone, unlucky about the fog!!
Saturday started out looking a bit grim with low cloud and thick fog and drizzle but soon started to clear the sun eventually came out :D the course at Bringewood was excellent even with the mud :devil: it was steep enough to keep things flowing nice without having to pedal like a madman (like Hopton) the track started off with a bit of a slope into a series of rutted switch backs which seemed to have a lot of clay in them quite slippy on sat with plenty of roots thrown in this brought you to the road gap jump i rolled this as the landing had 3 inchs of fluffy clay/mud and the tranny was a mile away :( amongst some trees(Ben landed this no footed:\ i'm sure he's going to tell us about it) taking you into the next section of more very fast flowing banked turns in almost complete darkness :eek: with some sketchy off cambre roots and some very tight exits between trees leading you down to a open area with a steep (ish) very very off cambre left turn covered in fluffy mud with 30 ft of run out so if you messed it up you ended right off the fast line for the (motorway) straight and smooth but very slippery for a 100ft then back into the woods for a big (ish) double followed by a very fast fairly straight section with lots of rollers and kickers (my favorite section) and roots over another fire road and into a flatter but very rooty section with multiple line chioce followed by some more big banked turns and then down a quite rutted chute into a big bomb hole jump :D followed by a left hand hip and a right hand bermed turn down onto another fire road crossing and into the final section of more swithbacks and roots getting steeper and then into a very steep section of a gulley 2ft wide and 2ft deep going left right left right with big fat roots all over dropping you down a steep bank with a tree stump kicker a third of the way down boosting you rolling back up like a bomb hole jump for the final double with table top landing (i only saw the elites make the tranny) and the 100ft slighty off chambre flat sprint to the finish,this was very sketchy/slippery some people binned it within 20 ft of the finish line on this section.
i had a great time and really improved my performance :D the result could have been so much better but for a really stupid mistake smacking the left side of the bars into tree on the last very steep section and losing my footing and tumbled off i got back fairly quick and nailed the last section with no back brake :eek: i reckon i lost about 10 seconds even so i loved the run down, it really smoothed out as i went faster and was a bit gutted when they cancelled the second run due to low cloud/thickfog making it very difficult to see as i was up for a more focused charge down the hill to try and improve my time and 7th place out of 12 :devil: all in all tho a great weekend..........next round....bring it on !:devil:
WOW sounds awsome. Do you think they'll use the same track for the next round? Was it the track on the MBUK dvd listed nationals or something because looking at pictures they look very alike? Well done for a great run fish and shame about yours ben, hopefully nail the next round.
yes a fantastic weekend, again, posted the 3rd round entry form today :) . I landed the step down no footed on the 1st race run, hopefully there will be a pic of it somewhere floating around the internet as i recall a few flashes going off and random strangers 'egging' me on, still great fun, was a bit gutted with my result but i shall have a bike by the end of the week so practice, practice, practice!
congrats to mr fish who has proved to be well up there with the best vets in the midlands ;)
congrats to mr fish who has proved to be well up there with the best vets in the midlands ;)
do you think we should book a large airship to fly our ego's home after the next round ? :D :D :D
i've just found this on pink bike it show the last section quite well and you can see the tree stump kicker on the way in :D http://www.pinkbike.com/photo/160329/
Looks awsome can't wait till iv finished my bike then i can race the summer series.
Well done lads! how did Graham get on? there's been no mention, didn't he go or something?
The Baker boys are up for round 3. I'm a bit worried about all this talk of darkness, what with my black helmet, black trousers and new bike that's blacker than a black thing that's been sprayed extra black, then dipped in crude oil and polished with coal dust. Will anyone actually know I'm there?
i just realised i forgot to mention about Graham(sorry G) he had a few spills in practice and didn't get a clean run on sat(a bloke from leisure lakes set up his forks for him lucky lad).
sunday practice didn't go to well for him either with a collision with a tree etc and bashed his hand up a bit,however his race run was fairly clean with no offs altho he looked a bit sketch over the last double :eek: the comentator gave us a big laugh for those of you who remember the "Bionic Man" with his comment "in 12th place Graham Austin...........a man barely alive" :D :D :D
and compared to round 1 we both pulled the leader in :devil:
Well done fellas! Maybe one dat I'll ride my bike again, in which case I'll join you for a round or some such
whats the next round people have entered that i'd be able to get an entry form sent off in time for? 12th march @ bringewood? guessin that will be full already so does that make it 2nd april @ Radnor in the super series?
jay
contact pearce cycles you might be in luck for the 12 march ;)
50 odd places left apparently. mine will be in the post 1st thing tomorrow!
Nice one, even more people entering. Have you raced before?
50 odd places left apparently. mine will be in the post 1st thing tomorrow!
don't forget to put RATZ as your team ;)
I've been looking round and cant find a picture of you landing no footed Ben. But there is a pic of Fish and Graeme. There is a link on descent-world. Also there's a video on http://www.foelgasnach.co.uk/
:( thats both races without a single pic, i wouldnt know where to look, there were a few flashes from down the track so someone, some where should have one,.. hopefully
I've been looking round and cant find a picture of you landing no footed Ben. But there is a pic of Fish and Graeme. There is a link on descent-world. Also there's a video on http://www.foelgasnach.co.uk/
stick the links for the pics please ;)
I will try. I can't tel if one's you ben theres about 30 different pics with Sunday's
huh, i know there was quite a lot of sundays floating around :( b*ll*cks to that i have a 66 :)
i wasnt riding a sunday anyway, i was riding a 7.3 number 514
There's a few links:
http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/web/site/BC/mtb/EventReports2006/20060219_specialized_downhill_r2.asp
http://www.joolzedymond.com/
there are pics on both them links.
P.S page 7 bottom left
I see what you guys mean by foggy, you can't really see a thing at some points.
I thought you rode a Sunday at Round 2???? and the pics i've found are of Round 2.
Ben your on Page 8 i've found you now.
http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/gallery/2005/phil/spec/gallery2/large_1_99/36.jpg
http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/gallery/2005/phil/spec/gallery2/large_1_99/37.jpg
http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/gallery/2005/phil/spec/gallery2/large_1_99/41.jpg
spoke too soon :)
So, whats the sleeping/acomidation arrangements for saturday? i have worked out you can get two seporate beds out of the sofa's they have there, it will be 4 in one room 3 in the other, people going are :-
Fish
Grayham
Ken
James
Jay
Grayham Mckay
and myself
if you want to have a lye in then i would recomend not being in my room ;)
For the 3 man room it will cost £15 each
the 4 man £11.25 each
traveling, Fish has said that he will kindly take Grayhams Jays and my bikes, Grayham has a 1 litre punto, i dont know what you have Jay, either way grayham has said he will take the driving in turns if your OK with that and obvoiusly petrol money shall be split equally and accordingly
so any suggestions
LOL i heard of Ben's excitable antics, up at 5:30 in the morning packing his sleeping bag away:woot: :woot:
dont know if anyones done it yet, but could someone go on pearce cycles www and download the confirmed entry list. havent got excel so cant open it and check i got my entry in intime. im good to do what ever as regards to traveling/sleeping. my cars slightly bigger then a punto, if you want to go in that, i dont mind driving us.
let us know what the plans are.
cheers
Jay.
If your names James Dobson then your in.
It says your only for the downhill though not for the uplift. Everyone else has downhill and uplift.
buggeration, will give peace cycles a ring tomoz see if i can sort it out
Today i think we worked out that me ben graham and jay are in one room and fish kenny b and the other graham are in the other, is that right? Sounds fun being up at 5:30 riding in the car park hahaha. Aren't you knackred in the morning after practice ben?
Today i think we worked out that me ben graham and jay are in one room and fish kenny b and the other graham are in the other, is that right? Sounds fun being up at 5:30 riding in the car park hahaha. Aren't you knackred in the morning after practice ben?
super that sounds good, i generally fall asleep very early last time i think being 7.30 8 o'clock time :? i am sure there will be space on the saturday uplift Jay :cool:
just emailed pearce so should hopefully find out some time today! fingers crossed.
just spoke to pearce and managed get into the uplift day on saterday! ben, drop me a pm with your mobile number so we can sort ou traveling down.
Jay.
So is it around 7.10 (like round 1) at grayham austins house? to get the bikes packed up and be on our way, Cant wait :) well looking foward to the weekend
we need to be at Graham's for 6.50 am and meet up with Ken & James at Newark for 7.15 ;) i'm going to cook for the veteran team members on sat night, under 40's will have to use the "Little Thief" or the pub sorry but i'm not cooking for seven on a camp stove in the room ;) the weathers looking a bit shite but i'm not that bothered really i just want to hear those bip bip bip beeep..........................gogogogogo.....kin rush or what :eek:
fish if i cook up somthin for us young uns, is there any chance of pinchin the stove?
you'll have to ask Graham,but i'm sure i've got one somwhere as well i'll look :D
http://www.pearcecycles.co.uk/Racing/racing.html
round one of the midlands super series is at hopton :) anyone going?
It is only like threeish days now and im gettin well excited this is gonna be awsome even if the weather is crap!
Does anyone know of any uplift days abit closer to home like hamsterley. I've never really done much downhill before and really want to start doing more.
I am not sure but i think that if you ring hamsterly you can book an uplift day if you gather a big enough group, is that right anyone?
Not long now, weather is supposed to be light rain Saturday and heavy rain Sunday, still with Bringewood there will be super boggy slidy sections and other sections that i bet will be bone dry under very dense pine trees, parking is halfway up agian on Saturday, cant wait :)
it looks like we're in for a dose of snow on sat morning :eek:
http://www.metcheck.com/V40/UK/FREE/7days.asp
and the temp's looking like 12c on sunday so the snow will have gone leaving it uberwetasfcuk:D
dug out a set of old gazza spikes (tasteful baby blue). looks like its goin to be a wet one!
see everyone at daft oclock on saterday!
Yea it will still be an awsome first race for me and my dad. Have you raced before jay? Blue gazzas, didn't know you can get them, sound sweet! Yeah i'll see yall nice n early saturday!
Good luck everyone (again)
Good luck for tommorow guys. race your hearts out.
cheers Dan,i'm really looking forward to it :bana:
Good luck to all 6. Do everyone proud and lets see if Fish can get in the topp 5 this time
Good luck to all 6. Do everyone proud and lets see if Fish can get in the topp 5 this time
7 ;) ta very much, all packed and ready to go
Hope the sun comes out and makes it a super fast weekend for you all, GOOD LUCK !!!
It was an awesome weekend. Practice was cloudy but the weather held out all day for us. No one didn't crash but none of us came out with more than a couple of bruises and scratches. The track was really gnarly with one hell of a lot of roots. The top section was losing people nearly every time but the bottom section was really fats and quite flowing with some nifty jumps that get you over chunky polished off roots! Woke up this morning though and Ben took a look out the window and all there was to see was a great big white blur! Went down to breakfast and the woman at reception told us the race was cancelled!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HEAVY BUMBER!!!!!!! It didn't ruin it much really though because we had such a great day Saturday. Hopefully they will reschedule.
saturday was mint, the track was fairly fast and flowed really nice and shared a big section from the previous course,which was also my favourite bit as well,so first run down i felt fairly well dialled in,this made me feel i had the time to section some of the more challenging sections,however the greater speed lead to some very hairy moments and a very big handstand over the bars and a face plant into graham's giant chain device,(i now love full face helmets even more) and also gave myself an even bigger right hand :(
i had mixed feelings when i looked out the window and saw the heavy snow fall,on one hand i felt gutted the race was cancelled and on the other i really didn't fancy the track covered in snow with the added freezing conditions :eek: however saturday makes up for it :devil:
Unlucky, are they planning on rescheduling.
I sure do hope they do because i found that one of my favorite tracks! Or a refund to enter the midland series coming up!
must need your lucky mascot fish 2 days and 2 runs with me (must beg the other half more in future) joking apart shame about today but sounds like you all had a really good day yesterday just a shame its so far to go back for a re-run
Baker how did the stem hold out?
It was awesome thanks! I felt even more in control of my bike and in some of the tech DH sections i felt great thanks!
Saturday was brill. I couldn't believe some of the stuff I was managing. Then on later runs was doing it even faster. I was really looking forward to the buzz of entering the finish "Arena" with a big jump, it looked the business.Sunday morning was a real dissapointment, even though it looked absolutely beautiful.
The weekend wasn't a total loss though....... I OVERTOOK Ben!!!!!!!! Yes, it was a cool, calm, clinically performed move. The only thing Ben did wrong was that he wasn't pedalling fast enough at the time. I told him " just because your'e sat on your bum in the mud having crashed doesn't mean you can stop pedalling"
HAHAHA nice one, a great contrast in mascilinity there Kenny the hardcore biker act and saying it was beautiful but i know what u mean the snow can look nice, untill it turns yellow hehe :rolleyes: sorry i went off on one there, glad you all had a good time.
Don't get me on to yellow snow again and dog muck ....I'll be ranting all night.
Rang Pearce cycles today and they said there are two things they can do about the money. 1-Give a full refund of the race entry and 2-carry the entry over to the first round of the midlands super series. I also asked if my dad didn't want to race if they would be able to just give a £10 refund and enter me in the uplift and race although I think my dad will be up for the whole thing again. So hopefully we'll be in the mss!
flic of fish spotted on disdirt website and also ben me and graham in the openin shot of the vid on you tube. lovin the rooty carnage
http://www.disfunktional-dirt.org.uk/bringewood1/index.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEcgeuY-6JM
What's it to be then, refund or round 1 of summer series?
Are amateurs like me still welcome at the summer series?
Is Hopton Castle any harder than Bringewood because I was just about on my limit there?
What are the other RATZ team planning to do?
im up for going in for the next round on 2nd April. summer series is open to everyone kenny i wouldnt worry about it. if you made it down bringewood you should make it down anything. what with the snow etc if forgot that tenner, up at the hill this weekend?
i'm not sure what to do,i don't really fancy the hopton round as the track there is lot more physical(read flatter:( ) and for me not near as much fun as Bringewood ;) i might just get a refund and enter a later round ;)
Jay - no rush for the tenner, see you when I see you. James is really nagging to do April. If it had been Bringewood and definitely dry I'd be there like a shot! but not so sure about another new track - just lack of confidence I suppose. That's why I want to gauge interest for the April round to see if a "Team" will be up for it. Any way, if we count you and James as IN, me half and Fish sounded like about a quarter.... thats two and three quarters..nearly a team!!!
I think i am up for anything i wouldn't mind trying out the hopton track. Anyone else's thoughts on what to do?
sounds like everyone had a really good day on sat. id love to have a go. just trying to persuade the misses to let me go away for the whole weekend. the track looked dry on that video, shame it snowed. what is the date of the next race people are entering?
Well the next race date is 1st and 2nd of april but we aren't sure whos actually entering yet but we have the ok from my mum. I think it was a good idea taking her out for tea dad lol.
I guess your paying Baker :p
I think i am up for anything i wouldn't mind trying out the hopton track. Anyone else's thoughts on what to do?
See what I mean, I'm trying to carefully weigh up the pros and cons and considering the expense and all james can say is "I'm up for it, I want to race, Let me race, go on please let me race ....etc" Then I find out he's surreptitiously (check that one, spelling police) bribed his mum by fooling me in to taking her out for dinner to make up for being away last weekend. Devious or what! I'm being manipulated.
Thats teenagers for you :rolleyes:
Quality....5 star effort there young Baker......live to ride and stop at nothing to achieve it.
Kenny...accept this as the way from know on, racing is in the blood and only gets more infectious.
I think I'm getting infected too. Even though we didn't actually race, the general Buzz about the place on practice day was amazing. I've been thinking for a while now that purist free-ride, although brill, isn't exactly what I want and lets face it I'm getting a bit old for the really Sick jumps - and I just can't get the hang of dirt-jump. But not having ridden a full DH track since Fort Bill last August I'd forgotten just how good pure DH is. It's so addictive, I have to have more!...... Where's those applications James?
They are filled out ready for you to sign with the envelope filled out and everything! Does this mean we're going does it does it???????!!!!!!!!!!!!!! please please please! Is any one else going for deffinite? Are you if your bike is ready will?
im def up for it james. probably be able talk ben n graham into it aswell. get abit of a convoy on again.
j
They are filled out ready for you to sign with the envelope filled out and everything! Does this mean we're going does it does it???????!!!!!!!!!!!!!! please please please! Is any one else going for deffinite? Are you if your bike is ready will?
No! unfortunately not it won't be ready for another month :D nearly there! I'm up for some in the summer time (If it's not in the way of exam's :( )
I talked to Ben today and he said he isn't sure about it yet. I think I would do some more if my dad didn't mind in the summer but like you said Will some might be in the way of exams! Maybe graham, that would be awesome and it is near craven arms where we drove through last time. It is only like 3 nearly 2 weeks away so we'll have to make quite a quick decision soon.
There is a possibility i can go, i really would like to as i enjoyed hopton last time ronnd, i will know for sure this weekend, ease the petrol load Jay ;)
nice one it'll be awesome with a convoy and real big team going(well medium)
Money transfered, uplift check in the post, looks like i am racing :) , now transport and accomidation hmmmmmm, i can always lighten the petrol load Jay if thats cool with you, (Ben thinks to himself 'what a scrounging git' )
if its just you and me ben we can get two bike and two people in the car. thats if no ones goin with a van. need to ring pearce tomorrow and sort out the whats happening with my entry.
J
It is me and my dad now!! YIPPEEEEEEEEEE first class teenage pestering is awesome!! We will book a room tonight if you want to go 4up again? Will that be ok with you guys?
Travel lodge booked, the same one as last time. Just say if you are sharing it'll be no problem. Entry forms in post tomorrow!
Thats great James, if its no problem room 16 again is fantastic, Jay, i think it is only you and myself going in your car, Grayham cant get the time off work :(
entry form sent off today. cheers for sortin out rooms again, baggy the floor! no worries about graham, dont think i could honestly fit 3 people and 3 bikes int car.
The floor is ok with me if it is ok with you n every one else lol. What we doin food wise? Don't matter if you don't want to cook because the little chef was fine for me think the price was harsh on my dad though lol.
What am I - Loaded or something? I don't think so. nine quid for brecky! any more of your cheek young fella-me-lad and we'll be camping.
no one got food poisoning so i dont mind makin dinner again. try remeber plates n forks this time though! think findin a greasy spoon in ludlow might be a better idea then takin out a mortgage and goin back to little cheff.
What am I - Loaded or something? I don't think so. nine quid for brecky! any more of your cheek young fella-me-lad and we'll be camping.
Shouldn't it be "you'll be camping, if he is spending your money shouldn't he camp and you be in the warmth of the hotel!! :devil:
I thought you were loaded... oh well, Don't give him any ideas please will or i'll have to hold you responsible for not been able to ride due to a frozen off behind!
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