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Summer Mountain Bike Racing: MSG Series & Summer Enduro

Thursday, 05 April 2012 19:13 |

Written by Paul Barry |

For those wishing to continue racing off-road the excellent Mud, Sweat & Gears series is well underway.

Future events are:

Sunday 29th April, Hylands Park, Chelmsford, Essex
Sunday 13th May, Thetford Forest - Incorporating Regional Championships, Norfolk
Sunday 3rd June, Codham Park, Braintree, Essex
Sunday 17th June, Ickworth House, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk

One innovative feature of the MSG series is the Under 12s – Go-ride Racing. The race entry fee (10, if registered in advance) includes a 1.5 hour coaching season with qualified British Cycling coaches followed by a 20 minute race.

For those preferring a longer event (6, 8 or 10 hours!), there is also the Summer Thunder Enduro at Thetford Forest to be held on Saturday 30th June.

For full details see the series website: www.mudsweatgears.co.uk

Mud sweat and gears round 1

Monday, 02 April 2012 17:35 |

Written by David Young |

Malcom Borg on Sunday raced in the Mud Sweat and Gears 1st round at Tunstall Forest near Ipswich. For those who have never ridden there the trials are flat and fast but very bumpy. The sun was out and having eaten I was fuelled up and ready to go for the 2 0 clock start but not before helping one rider set up his gears after his bike fell of his roof rack on the way to the race. We all lined up and listened to the obligatories from the head marshal and then it started. Given I ride a single speed nearly everyone flew past me down the fire road and for the next 2hrs6mins I cranked away until I had completed 5 laps or 25 miles. In the Masters category I was the fastest single speed rider but came 15^th out of 15 as there is no single speed category but it was a good ride and next time I'll put a taller ratio on.

A well organised race

Last Updated (Saturday, 11 August 2012 16:14)

Mountain Bike Racing: Winter Series Round 4

Sunday, 26 February 2012 22:19 |

Written by P Barry/J Waterson |

There were several members of WSW & Tri club in action today at Thetford Forest contesting the final round of the Whyte Winter Series. A pleasantly warming sun gave almost perfect racing conditions. The atmosphere was superb. With each lap only being about 6 miles long it was a short but technically challenging course. The top guys managed to complete 6 laps in the 2 hour race. Member’s results:

2 Hour race: Jeremy Waterson 42^nd (5 laps), Matthew Soame 70^th (4 laps).

2 Hours Vets: Richard Emmerson (WSW/Team flow) 31^st, James Bidewell 103^rd.

Male 4 hour Vets: Richard Muchmore (Revel Outdoors) must have either had a major problem on his second lap or there was a issue with the timings because it was recorded as having taken more than three hours. [Update 1: We have since discovered that it was the latter and there must have been a problem with Richard's timing chip and he, in fact, finished "8th or 9th". Update 29/2/12: We are pleased to report that Richard's official time has been corrected and it is confirmed that he completed 9 laps in 4 hours 7 minutes and finished 9th.]

With the Winter Series now over, the next challenge is the Mud, Sweat and Gears series, watch this space......

Last Updated (Friday, 16 March 2012 13:02)

Forthcoming Thetford Forest Mountain Bike Races

Wednesday, 22 February 2012 21:51 |

Written by Paul Barry |

Note for your diary! Hopefully, we’ll see a growing WSW & Tri representation at these events.

Mud Sweat & Gears 13^th May 2012

Chain Reaction Cycles Summer Enduro June 30^th 2012

Dusk til Dawn (High Lodge) October 6-7^th 2012 (entry goes live March 5th )

Winter Enduro#1 November 4^th 2012

Winter Enduro #2 December 2^nd 2012

Winter Enduro #3 January 27^th 2013

Winter Enduro #4 February 24^th 2013

Members Performances: Winter Series Round 3 Brandon Fire Road 6, 29 January 2012

Friday, 03 February 2012 21:15 |

Written by Jeremy Waterson |

Three members of the WSW & TC were in action at the Winter Series Round 3. The 7.5 mile course was dry and fast in some places, slow and sticky in others – in other words varied. It was bitterly cold morning – zero degrees as competitors lined up on the start line.

Jeremy Waterson recorded his best result finishing 40th out of 135 riders in the 2 hour race completing 4 laps. Matthew Eaglen came in 79th in the same category but could have finished higher had he not started 10 minutes late due to driving back home to fetch forgotten SPD shoes! In the 40+ category, Paul Barry finished 78th from 138 riders. In the 4 hour event, second claim member, Richard Muchmore finished in an excellent 11^th place.

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Friday, 02 December 2011 12:22 |

We are planning to run two off-road club rides on 11^th December. The will be the Regular ride and a ‘lite’ version.

The regular club run starts at 9.00 and runs through to around 12.00 with an optional stop for coffee and cake at one of the cafés afterwards. The terrain will be mainly off-piste and will be technically challenging in places. The pace will be reasonable.

There will also be a ‘lite’ version of the off-road club run starting at 11.00 to 12.30 where the pace will be gentler with a focus of developing bike handling skills and also an introduction into mountain biking. We may use the Red route. There will also be an optional stop coffee and cake afterwards.

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Summer Mountain Bike Racing: MSG Series & Summer Enduro

Mud sweat and gears round 1

Mountain Bike Racing: Winter Series Round 4

Forthcoming Thetford Forest Mountain Bike Races

Members Performances: Winter Series Round 3 Brandon Fire Road 6, 29 January 2012

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