A real MTB adventure
Posted: Mon May 06, 2013 9:48 am
Well I've been into mountain biking for years and over the last few years I've started entering a few Enduros.
This weekend was the turn of the Dyfi Enduro, so off to Machynlleth myself and the family headed to meet up with a group of mates also doing the event. Had a great weekend, some great beers in a hippy beer tent and then a great ride on Sunday that headed out from Mach and then disappeared into the forest - if it wasn't for my GPS I wouldn't have had a clue where I'd gone!
The event was fantastic. A hell of a lot of forest track climbs (too many!), but the descents well and truly made up for it. Some fast and sweeping, some rollercoastered through muddy pools and one, well it's the first time MTBing that I've ever thought this is stupid. Well they did take us down a descent used on a World Cup Downhill race!! By heck it was steep!
The event is a great laugh. Along the way we met a DJ playing tunes, a steel band and weirdly, Willy Wonka and his Oompah Loompahs!!
Eventually after about 37 miles I crossed the finish line, no idea what position yet but it was great fun all the same.
As for the route, check out the following link but look at that profile!!!
http://adventures.garmin.com/en-US/by/b ... YdtGOCUdUQ
I'll post a couple of photos later.
This weekend was the turn of the Dyfi Enduro, so off to Machynlleth myself and the family headed to meet up with a group of mates also doing the event. Had a great weekend, some great beers in a hippy beer tent and then a great ride on Sunday that headed out from Mach and then disappeared into the forest - if it wasn't for my GPS I wouldn't have had a clue where I'd gone!
The event was fantastic. A hell of a lot of forest track climbs (too many!), but the descents well and truly made up for it. Some fast and sweeping, some rollercoastered through muddy pools and one, well it's the first time MTBing that I've ever thought this is stupid. Well they did take us down a descent used on a World Cup Downhill race!! By heck it was steep!
The event is a great laugh. Along the way we met a DJ playing tunes, a steel band and weirdly, Willy Wonka and his Oompah Loompahs!!
Eventually after about 37 miles I crossed the finish line, no idea what position yet but it was great fun all the same.
As for the route, check out the following link but look at that profile!!!
http://adventures.garmin.com/en-US/by/b ... YdtGOCUdUQ
I'll post a couple of photos later.