Hit the North photos (No56k)

[snotrag]

The grimmest, longest, toughest 8 mile lap ever conceived. A superb course, but sooo much rain and 200 riders an hour made it at least 3 miles hike-a-bike.

Superb event. Need a new drivetrain now. All of it. And a car valet. And a new washing machine.

[Son of a Stig]

Was a great w/end

I think i must of spent a good 10-15mins trying to climb out of that bomb hole with my bike, if it wasnt for one of the marshalls im pretty sure i would still be stuck down there!

Was a brilliant course tho and the weather made it the challange it needed to be i think. Hope they put it back on next year, but wont be entering solo again as the cramp is still lurking in my leg!





Nice cold can of relentless

Dont think my mate was expecting me to bunny hope as i went past...

All in all, even tho i probably came close to last, i enjoyed it immensely

[pastrana72]

Wow that looked like fun.

[prand]

The joys of British summer eh? I'm really clad the South Downs ride I did was dry!

[vwsurfbum]

pardon my ignorance, where is it it looks great fun! how far is etc?

[snotrag]

12 hours of pain enduro, held just in a semi-rural area just north of Manchester.

It works just like Le mans for instance - hooter goes at 10am, whoever does the most laps by 10pm wins. You can go Solo, or in Relay teams of 2 or 4.

Me and 3 mates did it in 2 pairs, my original partner dropped out at 6pm Friday so I rode with a mate who has ridden MTB once before - he did me very proud and put in a sterling effort.

[vwsurfbum]

sounds great, might look into it next year?

[Parrot of Doom]

Excellent stuff! Me and my mate want to do this next year. We ride the area all the time, any chance you could do me a favour?

Load up Google Earth, and create a path of the route. Save the file, and email it to me via PM? Would be much appreciated.