Three Peaks Cyclocross

Yes, a cracking day ( despite seeing Rob getting pipped by 15 seconds ). Seeing them descend the single track off P-y-G, before joining the top of Horton Scar Lane, was awesome! Both had their wheels on the track, leaning into one another's shoulders, travelling at 20+ mph over a blind brow!!! Fortunately no-one was ascending.:eek:
Good to get re-acquainted with Bob ( hope the arm mends soon ), plus meeting up with Derby Tup and Ady-in-Accy.
As I was trotting down Horton Scar Lane, I spotted AntiSocial ( with a huge rope of snot hanging from his nose, which did nothing to improve his looks ) and gave him an encouraging shout. He told me to, "Sod Off!!" Much to the amusement of a passing lady walker.:rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by idler

No Triathlon or Idler to be seen..............?

You can't have waited around long enough :)

4:44 - happy with that. Suffered a bit on the roads bizarrely - no speed. Cramped a bit. Not enough to eat. Blah blah. What an experience.

'C'est nes pas sport. c'est la guerre!'

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Well done mate, back next year for more?

Absolutely fantastic - victory for Pennine Fell-runners!!

Well done Nick, that's one hell of a result.

Well, I am still exhausted after yesterdays efforts!

I found it really really really tough, the hardest thing I have ever done...

Not sure if I want to do it again, but I suppose I will, as I feel I can do and should do better...

Managed to stay in one piece, having thought about more or less everything that could go wrong with the bike. Stupidly, I never envisaged loosing the use of one shoe :eek: My left cleat came loose coming off Whernside... Spent about 10 mnutes f-ing and blinding on the track side trying to get it to either fix back on on one screw/bolt whatever you call these things, then trying to take it off alltogether but failed. Problem was, the half loose cleat would clip in but not unclip :eek: Was stuck on the bike without being able to get off, bit awkward!!! So could not put that foot on the pedal at all while descending Whernside. Was just about ok on the road but my left foot was completely dead by the time I turned off the road for Pen-y-ghent. Then I found I could not ride up the track because I could not clip my left foot in.

That was why I looked so grim when you spotted me Merry! I was pissed off by the lack of cleat and how it was setting me back and making it really hard while I was already quite knackered... I should have been ridng up there, which would have been easier and faster than pushing the bike :mad:

In the end I descended Pen-y-ghent in anger, especially as the woman that was ahead then behind me all the time going up and down got a tow off a clubmate that came up to find her!!!

This pissed me off, so I sat on her wheel tanking down then shouted I was going to do them for drafting... so he dropped back behind me...

Got cramp in my right calf on the descent on the bridlepath though, as I had been powering and controlling the bike with my right leg only since I'd lost my cleat... so had to jump off and run a bit, which is where I lost that woman... she finished a minute ahead of me... but I did manage to overtake a few people on the descent so I wasn't quite last, phew!

Managed to max out the bike on the road section clocking a maximum speed of 57 km/hr as per my Garmin:cool:

Not quite sure why I was that slow, as I was averageing a decent 20 mph on the road sections... Must have been my lack of carrying power and lack of technical skills descending. Certainly, by the time I was coming off Pen-y-ghent they had improved dramatically. Also, once there you don't worry so much about bike breakages and bursting tyres anymore, so I was less cautious...

I do seem to have developed a right bicep over night as well...

It was great meeting so many forumites... Maybe we should enter a team next year?

Just realised that my previous post was the longest I have ever written on this forum... I must go and have a lie down now :D

H you did great, well done :cool: Oh, and you'll be doing it next year ;)

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Originally Posted by Derby Tup

H you did great, well done :cool: Oh, and you'll be doing it next year ;)

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I thought I had instructed you and Ady to stop me if I'd threaten to enter again next year? ;)

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Originally Posted by Hanneke

Well, I am still exhausted after yesterdays efforts!

I found it really really really tough, the hardest thing I have ever done...

Not sure if I want to do it again, but I suppose I will, as I feel I can do and should do better...

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for most of us it is really really tough, even without a bad persistant mechanical problem....first year I almost packed in on simon fell and went home....same again this year

the race evolves with ups and downs in so many ways as you progress through it

most seem to reduce their time considerably each go

still as tough...but in an addictive way

Did you see the guy ride over the line on a borrowed shopper bike...his own cx athwart his shoulder with forks snapped at the cantis ? most would of abandoned...it's the spirit of the race that is epic, aswell as the topography:)

Lots of pics here,

http://new.britishcycling.org.uk/cyc...o-Cross-2009-0

including one of the snapped forks!

Loads of good pics appearing on the web. Dave Haygarth's site has lots of links http://3pcx.blogspot.com/

This fella seems to have aged 10 years and lost all dress sense...
From http://www.flickr.com/photos/eddieal...57622346982373

This bloke looks like he's not enjoying himself, but he is really, he's looking for discarded Guinness tokens on the floor;)

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Originally Posted by Tea & cake

Well done everyone. Great race. 2nd year of spectating. If I can stay in one piece long enough to get any training done I might be tempted to give it a go next year. God knows how you get down the descents on those happy shopper bikes though, I'm used to a bit more bounce for my buck :D

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You said you were enjoying yourself, well i was enjoying myself more, good luck with staying in one piece, hope you have a bash next year, thanks for the words of support, really works when you see someone you know when your flagging:cool:

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Originally Posted by trilathon

4.06 :(:mad::):cool:

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Bugger get you next time, not sure if am upset about this or more upset that I finished less than half an hour in front of Merry - however it still means Derby lost his shirt with his smart betting!

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Originally Posted by Antisocial

more upset that I finished less than half an hour in front of Merry

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Not right bothered where you finished mate, as long as you finished in one piece;)
Only in competition with myself and my suspected stress fracture, docs on wednesday, if it as suspected, did the Good Shepherd with it and the cyclocross, means i'm either hard or stupid, prefer stupid, you get to smile more:D

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Originally Posted by merrylegs

Not right bothered where you finished mate, as long as you finished in one piece;)
Only in competition with myself and my suspected stress fracture, docs on wednesday, if it as suspected, did the Good Shepherd with it and the cyclocross, means i'm either hard or stupid, prefer stupid, you get to smile more:D

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why are you biting then ;)

was too knackered to do good shepherd, is one of my faves though, that last ascent when you cross the road is a killer.

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Originally Posted by Antisocial

why are you biting then ;)

was too knackered to do good shepherd, is one of my faves though, that last ascent when you cross the road is a killer.

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It seems you wouldn't know a bite if it bit you:rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by merrylegs

It seems you wouldn't know a bite if it bit you:rolleyes:

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now its denial, have you thought about getting help?

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Originally Posted by Antisocial

now its denial, have you thought about getting help?

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLS89uA8xiU
This dog don't bite:p:D

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Originally Posted by merrylegs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLS89uA8xiU
:p:D

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Can't see this am using wifi on train home from london and it won't let me use video streaming - so just in case, you b*****d I will get you back for that.

Yes I know I broke the forum code but I was provoked your honour:D

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Originally Posted by Antisocial

Can't see this am using wifi on train home from london and it won't let me use video streaming - so just in case, you b*****d I will get you back for that.

Yes I know I broke the forum code but I was provoked your honour:D

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I'm smiling cos Antisally is agonising over the youtube clip he can't view:D

on a different note while merry deals with his "fractured" ego - did Al come and spectate?

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Originally Posted by Hanneke

I do seem to have developed a right bicep over night as well...

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I did that (though it was my left bicep) happened the evening I saw debbie harry on top of the pops for the first time.

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Originally Posted by Antisocial

on a different note while merry deals with his "fractured" ego - did Al come and spectate?

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No sign of the milky bar kid on them thar hills:confused:

Some more excellent pictures on Flickr...

Recognise this fella'?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sflemin...7622340758629/

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Originally Posted by dominion

Some more excellent pictures on Flickr...

Recognise this fella'?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sflemin...7622340758629/

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Tricky, this one, but this man is a dam sight prettier than Antisally:D

I must be quite unfotogenic (certainly wasn't going too fast) as I seemed to have avoided the camera men.

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Originally Posted by Ady In Accy

I must be quite unfotogenic (certainly wasn't going too fast) as I seemed to have avoided the camera men.

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Ady, while vainly browsing around to find pictures of myself, I did come accross a few good ones of you!

I will see if I can remember where and post a link...

In the meantime, this is the favourite of myself:

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Originally Posted by Hanneke

Ady, while vainly browsing around to find pictures of myself, I did come accross a few good ones of you!

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Have you been browsing redtube again Hann? :eek:

The 1st 10 on the page by this guy are probably some of the best sports pics I have seen. The lens angle and effect he has added are fantastic. How good a prize would that be for the winners blown up and framed?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sfleming/

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Originally Posted by dominion

Some more excellent pictures on Flickr...

Recognise this fella'?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sflemin...7622340758629/

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Judging by the angle of the photo, that old guy did well to drag his large gut around the course.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3270/...932416ac_b.jpg

Here is our hero :cool:

Ooops, bit large :)

Let's see how this one comes out:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3424/...11a5e5c625.jpg

Why are you beating the cr*p out of your bike in the first one?

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Originally Posted by Antisocial

Why are you beating the cr*p out of your bike in the first one?

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Because it threw me off on the finishing mat.

Great pics of Ady, you look over the moon mate, feels good crossing that finish line:cool:

Fab photos looks great!! Well done all. Can i ask a really stupid question........? What sort of bikes do you use for that sort of thing?

Am ok with Mountain bikes but don't know owt about anything else!

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Originally Posted by vburke

Fab photos looks great!! Well done all. Can i ask a really stupid question........? What sort of bikes do you use for that sort of thing?

Am ok with Mountain bikes but don't know owt about anything else!

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Your CR1 would be no good Vic! Specific cross bike with larger clearences. the suspension is your arms and shoulders and the canti brakes are supplemented with wishfull thinking.

I get that the road bikes would be pretty poor but what about standard full sus mountain bike?? Why would that not be good?

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Originally Posted by vburke

what about standard full sus mountain bike?? Why would that not be good?

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Not allowed - it's a cross race not MTB

Right got ya.....