Mud, Sweat and Gears 2012

pilch

Oh dear.... fingers crossed that the weather gods are smiling then!

CODHAM PARK MTB

before you keep saying its gonna be crap if its wet maybe you should know where the corse will go as on the clay bit there might be grass now and you might not go where you went last year

bigdawg

tbh, I actually made up more than 10 places in the space of a minute because of that clay because I still had mud tyres on and they didnt clog 8)

at the end of the day I know from experience its going to be rideable whatever the weather throws at us...

But please can we have a hot sunny day!

VWsurfbum

CODHAM PARK MTB wrote:

before you keep saying its gonna be crap if its wet maybe you should know where the corse will go as on the clay bit there might be grass now and you might not go where you went last year

so what tyres do you suggest?

bigdawg

not slicks...

VWsurfbum

bigdawg wrote:

not slicks...

but they don't hold the mud

bigdawg

true...!

Hopefully though the forecast will change again before the weekend and Ill actually get a hot decent race this year.

VWsurfbum

Midweek ride is tomorrow, anyone want to go?

evo3ben

Raced at Beastway last night so need to save the legs for sunday as i hear its gonna be a tough one. Great they have decided to bring back the midweek blasts. Only 2 races left though

Think its going to be a wet one this sunday just to make the course that bit tougher. 2hrs of slogging it lol.

bigdawg

If the clay section isnt in the course this time this won't be anywhere near as bad as Hylands, it will all be very rideable albeit a bit slippy in places.

sdminus

nice. if its as bad as highlands i wont bother racing.

did anybody ride it tonight. i presume its going to be a muddy cyclo cross race

Monty13a

I rode last night and it’s not muddy, in fact it rode really nice.

Jason has cut the grass and rolled it again. Great job.

bigdawg

Jeez the weather forecast has taken a huge turn for the worst...! But saying that if anyone did the ride last night can confirm the clay/mud section is out then it should all be pretty rideable... The bigger problem for me will be the temperature, its forecast 11degrees!!!

VWsurfbum

i'd rather it be cooler than megga hot.

Oh and dry, did i mention dry, i want it to be dry!

bigdawg

its def not going to be dry....!

did you ride it last night??

pilch

looks like another character building round then

VWsurfbum

bigdawg wrote:

its def not going to be dry....!

did you ride it last night??

No i was on husband duties of fixing the wifes phone, aparently thats far more inportant than me playing bikes? :roll:

VWsurfbum

Maybe it could be ok :shock:

bigdawg

14mm of rain is, well I think we had 10mm of rain for Hylands!!

But theres only one part of the course that will really suffer, and from comments made previously I dont think that bits in this year...

Monty13a

Clay/mud section? Sorry but I don't know what part you are thinking of. Can't you work it out from the map on page 18.

C0LL0

after having my 2nd big off on Wednesday at the beastway , twice in 9 days I'm feeling a little bruised and pounding headache ( must learn not to land on my head) I don't think it'll matter too much to me what the weather is doing, I'm not fit enough to bust a gut this weekend.

Nicemonkey

I thought it was just me...has someone been polishing the Beastway track? It seems extremely slippery this year. I was taken out last week by a rider and bike combo T-boning me on a corner!

evo3ben

It was super slippery! Especially where the long grass had been flattened on the corners, was like ice! Going to be even worse this wednesday with the rain leading up to it and possibly rain on the day

CODHAM PARK MTB

codham park looking good
all preped and ready to go
no rain today

IhateDNS

Today's weather not like they predicted so hope they got it wrong again tomorrow.
Good luck all.

VWsurfbum

IhateDNS wrote:

Today's weather not like they predicted so hope they got it wrong again tomorrow.
Good luck all.

god I hope so

CODHAM PARK MTB

The only weather you have to think about is weather or not your gonna go for it on the first lap or save your self a little for the next lap or laps lol

VWsurfbum

Is there still a bottle neck after the start?

IhateDNS

Do like Codham, Thanks to Matt Jason & MSG Team. I followed a lady round was nice to have someone to follow like I wasn't the last one of my cat riding round. And the odd word of encouragement.

Thank

Bet track was nice for the two hour category :shock:

bigdawg

I dont know whether it was the lack ofrain but lap 1 OK'ish, lap 2 50% walking/pushing and the last time we saw anthing in the way of changing gears, lap 3 - I hardly saw anyone riding, the woods were quite literally unrideable an then you spent another 25% of hte course trying to get the mud off your tyres and then into the sandy bumps, the latter part again unrideable...

Fortunately at the end of lap three the lead rider came through - game over! Ive never actaully raced and not ridden so much in my life!! At the end my 20lb superswift xc bike weighed more than 40lb!!!! I couldnt actually lift it...

Can't blame the weather or the organisers or the course owners but got to say in nearly 20 years Ive never ever ridden anywhere or nything so bad...

Oh well 18th place, points for the first time this year and one race to go... Unfortunately the first sign of rain and im out. I don't think I can source, let alone afford more parts to replace the broken bits....