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Mountain Mayhem 2009 (well that came around quick)

June 17, 2009 – 9:42 pm

Just 2 days to go until Mountain Mayhem (and the weather forecast is dry(!?) mmm… we’ll see…). Took the ‘race’ bike (geared Voodoo) out last night, as its not been used since Enduro 6 and had vague memories of it sounding quite unhealthy during the race. Confirmed at the top of the first climb to [...]

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Enduro 6, A guide on how not to race an enduro

April 27, 2009 – 9:36 pm

After a very cold (frosty!) night (wrapped in two sleeping bags)
The weather continued to blatantly flaunt Metcheck’s mid-week predictions and looked set for another glorious day (yep, dry & dusty at Catton Park!).

We’d arrived mid-afternoon on Saturday and after erecting tents and gazebo, scuttled off excitedly to do a practice lap - the course really [...]

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Upcoming events

March 4, 2009 – 11:46 pm

Lots of entry forms been filled in at the moment…
“Thank you for entering the 2009 Original Source Mountain Mayhem.
This is to confirm registration of your team in the SPORT MEN Category.
Further event information will be sent to team captains nearer the event date.
See you there!!
Patrick, Jill and the Mayhem Team”
Received confirmation for our team entry [...]

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Hit The North 1.5 - race report

February 8, 2009 – 7:55 pm

Go!
In short Hit the North was a lot of fun the course was excellent (much improved over the original HTN course in my opinion). I was really glad I chose to ride the singlespeed (and scwhable mud shark 1.5 tyres), the 32:18 ratio proving to suit the climbs and the flat bits weren’t as [...]

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Hit the North 1.5

February 6, 2009 – 9:29 pm

First race if the year tomorrow - Hit the North 1.5
I say race it, I imagine it will be more of a pottle in my case.
Excuses I have so far are:-

Had a virus thing last week and not been on a bike for two weeks.

Doing it on a singlespeed with a 32:18 ratio [...]

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