NPS course update
http://imbrc.com/forum/index.php?PHPSES ... pic=1670.0
Hope y'all have the right tyres on
XC NPS 7 Slade Valley 26th June 2011
Re: XC NPS 7 Slade Valley 26th June 2011
Best of luck today lads should be great crack
Re: XC NPS 7 Slade Valley 26th June 2011
Congrats to Brian in the main event of the day 
All the hard work paid off.
Till next time
All the hard work paid off.
Till next time
Re: XC NPS 7 Slade Valley 26th June 2011
Well that was a cracker of a race.
we had the $hite talk in the car on the way up, then we went for a practice lap and faced THE bombhole of certain death, then spent an hour and a half thinking about it. And the slidderry roots and the nasty climbs....
then the gun went, the red mist descended again and off we went in the balmy summer sunshine
a fantastically enjoyable course, hats off to the IMBRC lads.
Rudolf led the way again with a crackin 6th in s2's
Ross was 16th in s3, DC 20th, me 31st, Brian 48th, Tully 51st
The crowd and the cowbells at the bombhole were the business. i thought i was in the olympics
Well done to all , great to see a sizeable 795 contingent out
heres the results: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/40769/MTB%20rac ... S_Rnd7.pdf
we had the $hite talk in the car on the way up, then we went for a practice lap and faced THE bombhole of certain death, then spent an hour and a half thinking about it. And the slidderry roots and the nasty climbs....
then the gun went, the red mist descended again and off we went in the balmy summer sunshine
a fantastically enjoyable course, hats off to the IMBRC lads.
Rudolf led the way again with a crackin 6th in s2's
Ross was 16th in s3, DC 20th, me 31st, Brian 48th, Tully 51st
The crowd and the cowbells at the bombhole were the business. i thought i was in the olympics
Well done to all , great to see a sizeable 795 contingent out
heres the results: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/40769/MTB%20rac ... S_Rnd7.pdf
Re: XC NPS 7 Slade Valley 26th June 2011
Well I'm still buzzing 2 days later. Anyone heading up to Salde for the IMBRC club race tonight?
Re: XC NPS 7 Slade Valley 26th June 2011
Two days later only now able to write a reply. still in bits. that was a great track penty of technical features. the uphill section after the bomhole was a painfull experience but managed to stay on the bike. plenty of wet roots in all the single track. best part was the second bomhole after the first one. coming out of this there was a left turn. if you didnt apply the brakes going uphill you were lauched into this offcamber left turn and hoping to find grip somewhere. great stuff!!
More XC racing to come. cant wait for " The Rock". Also the race in Castlewellan one of the best xc racing courses in the country.
More XC racing to come. cant wait for " The Rock". Also the race in Castlewellan one of the best xc racing courses in the country.
Re: XC NPS 7 Slade Valley 26th June 2011
some really good photos around - I really like this one of Brian 'In da Zone' Yeates:
http://www.imbrc.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=26303
And some post race analysis here:
http://www.imbrc.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=26685
http://www.imbrc.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=26303
And some post race analysis here:
http://www.imbrc.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=26685