"would love to tag along and have a bit of fun on the bike for a change but i am traveling up to selkirk to do the UK marathon champs this weekend. Training has been a bit full on lately as i have set myself high objectives this XC & Marathon…"
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kielder 100 entry for sale £35.
Started this discussion. Last reply by brian harrison Aug 5, 2011. 5 Replies 0 Likes
XC NATIONALS at Richmond this weekend.
Started this discussion. Last reply by Rich Rothwell Jul 15, 2011. 2 Replies 0 Likes
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Nutcracker 3 - Chopwell Woods
June 24, 2012 from 9am to 4pm – Chopwell Woods, Gateshead
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Stingray. replied to Glen H's discussion Xc tyres"Hi glen, As you are aware i have been racing XC for a few years now and have had a nightmare with tyre choice. I have raced racing ralph, nobby nicks, panaracer fire XC pros, continental speed & mountain kings tubed & tubeless…"
Simon J. Rhodes left a comment for Stingray."I forgot to ask when I saw you at the Nutcracker on Sunday. Are you doing the MTB marathon at Selkirk on Sunday?"
Elliot Gowland left a comment for Stingray."Hey Ray Sorry I buggered off without saying C Ya! Hope the soup was nice I went back to the car for more recovery drink to have with mine then after talking to Ian I decided to head for home. I needed to get back sharpish to get our kit ready for…"
Ben Dobson left a comment for Stingray."Yep - That'll be me. You normally see me around trying to calm the storm I've created. Organising events & coaching, etc"
Stingray. is attending Ben Dobson's eventNutcracker 3 - Chopwell Woods at Chopwell Woods, Gateshead
June 24, 2012 from 9am to 4pm
On Sunday 24 June, the Nutcracker teams up with Cycle Development North East in order to bring the new venue of Chopwell Wood in Gateshead on stream.This is a forestry venue – the only one on the Nutcracker calendar, and so provides a little bit of something special for those trail centre bashers amongst you!Final course details are still to be confirmed, but without doubt this will be a singletrack-tastic event, promising oodles of technical and exhilarating terrain! Don’t miss it!See More
Stingray. is attending Ben Dobson's eventXCO Northern Champs @ Aske at Aske, Richmond
May 13, 2012 from 8am to 4pm
The course is that used in the 2011 Dare2B British National MTB XC Championships and was subject to a significant investment in 2011 to increase its technicality in order to make it worthy of a National Championship! Referred to as the "best UK course outside of Dalby's World Cup Course" by British MTB Coach Phil Dixon, Aske certainly proved its worth in 2011 and returns for more of the same.This event doubles up as the North of England Regional Championships, boosting the classification to…See More
Stingray. replied to Chunky 1's discussion KIELDER: BORDER RAID, 5 MAY, FREE ENTRY UP FOR GRABS"Cheers chunky, Will gladly make a generous donation to the air ambulance great charity. Only snag is i need to race under my own name as i am leading the vets and want to try and win the series so all races need to be in my own name. If you…"
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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?
- Giant Anthem X4 (for racing only).
giant xtc 1 (training & racing).
specialised tricross comp. (road & cyclocross).
- Tell us a bit about yourself
- Hi call me ray. I race xc as much as the wife allows. I also race cx through the winter. I am an X BMX north east champ dont get excited it was 24yrs ago. I have only been back riding bikes 3 yrs . As i had a 21yr rest and decided to get fit again after running and football was getting boring. Married with two kids age 18 & 10. won my first mtb race this year and hoping to better that in 2010 love all kinds of racing from short and fast cx racing to 24 hour enduros what ever pops in the calendar and i dont have plans i will be there. I work at TRW in peterlee as a lead op.
- Where do you live?
- chester le street
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hamsterly 1-2-1
Posted on September 5, 2011 at 17:15 34 Comments 1 Like
What a crazy weekend,
It really was a weekend of two halfs. Saturday left me on cloud 9 buzzing & Sunday i felt like a wounded soldier,
Saturday was my day XC day so it was crucial that i put in a result to take some of the pressure off on Sunday DH day. Saturday started great got to hamsterly with plenty of time for a practice lap & the course had dried out just perfect so it was going to be a fast race.My practice lap was 23mins only. As i love XC…
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- At 16:47 on May 14, 2012, Simon J. Rhodes said…
- I forgot to ask when I saw you at the Nutcracker on Sunday. Are you doing the MTB marathon at Selkirk on Sunday?
- At 18:27 on May 5, 2012, Elliot Gowland said…
- Hey Ray Sorry I buggered off without saying C Ya! Hope the soup was nice I went back to the car for more recovery drink to have with mine then after talking to Ian I decided to head for home. I needed to get back sharpish to get our kit ready for tomorrow's race (25mile TT). Once again well done for today's result mate... Nice one :0)
- At 15:02 on May 2, 2012, Ben Dobson said…
Yep - That'll be me. You normally see me around trying to calm the storm I've created. Organising events & coaching, etc
- At 17:48 on April 24, 2012,
Chunky 1 said… Hi Ray, If Ian will allow you to change the name, (Tony Robbins), would you like to make a donation to Air Ambulance Emergency Support type of service, I would be happy at that.
- At 17:53 on September 25, 2011, Simon J. Rhodes said…
- Hi Ray, what cyclocross tyres do you recommend? I'm thinking of entering CXNE Round 3 at Preston Park next Sunday. I am thinking of Maxxis Raze or Continental Speed King Cyclocross.
- At 23:22 on November 28, 2010, Simon J. Rhodes said…
- Great pics. Those are some brave little kids. Well done on riding and your result, it looked like cold, tough conditions. I decided to go for a gentle run instead, I still have a slight cold. I didn't really fancy riding in the snow and don't like getting the car out unecessarily in this sort of weather. The Dalton Park round sounds very good, I'll try my best to be there. I am off to Ambleside this coming weekend for 3 days of mountainbiking.
- At 15:41 on November 25, 2010, Simon J. Rhodes said…
- Hi Ray. I may be at the CX race on Sunday, I will decide on Saturday when I see the weather forecast. I've also got a bit of a cold. It's not too bad as I've just been on a snowy 5K trail run. I'll call or text you if I do make it.
- At 17:03 on May 11, 2010,
MARK said… - Possibly mate,Ill let you know.
- At 20:07 on May 3, 2010, Simon J. Rhodes said…
- Hi Ray,
I have been up to Kielder this weekend and I did my own personal Border Raid on the Saturday. You start off on Bloody Bush Trail then use the Cross Border Trail to Newcastleton, I then did all of Newcastleton red, returned on the Cross Border Trail and completed Bloody Bush. The total distance is 64km. I just thought I'd let you know that conditions were extremely good, so as long as the weather stays dry this week you should have a very good Border Raid race this Saturday.
- At 20:41 on March 31, 2010,
Crispy said… - I've added a group for you XC boys - join it and I'll add you as the admin for the group. You can then invite riders who race etc to it and use it as a forum to get some racing discussion etc going. It all still shows on the latest activity feed on the main page, but means members of the group can subscribe to get emails / rss updates to new posts etc in the group.
You've got me thinking about other things we could do to bring a bit of friendly light hearted competition to the site as well, I'll update when I have more time to think about it / do something about it (snowed with work at the mo).
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