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well done..i am doing the c2c this weekend doing whitehaven to allenhaeds on saturday then the rest on sunday,also doing this for cancer research
Well done to the 2 of you, it means a lot to me cancer research, good on you. whether i'd like to take my wife riding is another debate entirely!
Well done joanne.
Well done Joanne,some canny hills in among there,good luck for the future events.
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What type of riding do you do?
XC, All Mountain
At which of the following locations do you ride?
Hamsterley, Chopwell, Dalby
When do you ride?
Weekday Morning, Weekday Afternoon, Weekday Evening, Saturday Morning, Saturday Afternoon, Saturday Evening, Sunday Morning, Sunday Afternoon, Sunday Evening
What intensity do you ride at?
All Paces - Depends on the group
What bike/s do you ride?
giat xtc c frame. custom built worth over £2,000.
2nd bike boardman pro.
Tell us a bit about yourself
Hi call me ray. I race xc as much as i can. kielder marathon series. merida marathons. 6 hour enduros, mountain mayhem this year hopefully. I love doing c2c & other fun events allenheads to roker, durham big ride, etc etc. married with 2 kids. work at trw peterlee as a lead op.
Where do you live?
chester le street

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At 5:27pm on 12 June 2009, monkeywhore said…
Hello Ray,

As it happens I'm away to Kielder this weekend to try out the Deadwater Trail. If the weather's reasonable I'm planning on camping out and making a weekend of it, try out a few of the other routes in the area.

I'm just having a look at the Kielder Marathon Series now and it looks promising although I'm not sure at the moment whether I'll be able to make the July round because of other commitments; October should be fine though, I just need to find my cheque book.

Regards,

Ben.
At 9:45am on 19 May 2009, Crispy said…
updated - thanks for the heads up.
At 5:11am on 12 May 2009, Dicka said…
Hi Ray,
It's Ian from work. I've been told you want to speak to me. I'm on night shift this week, you should have my mobile number, if not you can get it off Corrine in reception, don't want to put it on this website in case some nutter gets a hold of it.
Regards
Ian
At 4:59pm on 11 May 2009, Crispy said…
btw I think Mark & Si Rhodes are planning on doing all the Marathon series.
At 4:59pm on 11 May 2009, Crispy said…
Great result Ray, glad you enjoyed it. Was it on the new course they have built for the XC champs?

I was going to be leading the Hamsterley ride, but I've just realised it clashes with the jumping for Dummies day so I've asked if someone else can lead this one, and I'll do one of the ones later in the year.
At 9:00pm on 9 May 2009, Crispy said…
HI Ray, I was never planning to do them - when you set up an event it adds you as attending automatically and I'd forgotten to change it on those ones. Not really my scene racing - to fat & unfit, It's alright for you whippets but hauling 18 stone and a 35lbish bike around a race would kill me!
At 3:43pm on 31 March 2009, Simon J. Rhodes said…
I found some pics of the course and put them on this thread http://www.hamsterley-trailblazers.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=698
At 5:28pm on 30 March 2009, Simon J. Rhodes said…
Yes I got on pretty well. I was reckoning on completeing in 3hrs (average 10mph) but it took me 5hrs 8mins. My legs still felt pretty strong at the end though, I rode all the way up that last nasty fire road climb. My Camelbak was almost empty though and I'd run out of food. I've no idea what place I finished in, but we started about mid pack so I doubt it was very high although I reckon alot of riders didn't complete the full distance. I was disappointed I didn't have chunkier tyres on. I thought with it being a trail centre it would be dry with good grip. The rock they use on the trails was very slippy. I used Continental Speed Kings at Conti's recommended pressure of 50psi. After my first hard fall I was very wary on the singletrack. On the second lap I fell hard again and decided to let some air out of the tyres. This gave me some confidence back but I wished I'd had my Panaracer Cinder's on.
 
 

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