Big thanks to Carl for putting on an event which many organisers would have cancelled due to the low entries. The riders that had entered were either hardcore regulars that knew what they were letting themselves in for, or other new riders who had heard word of mouth of the potential of the track and [...]
It’s hard to write about a new book, which was written by someone whom you’ve shared the back of a cattle truck, getting uplift at Scottish DH races with for so many years but that’s exactly what I’m doing. Who’d have thought that, the young lad from Temple near Edinburgh would one day be an [...]
Round 4 of the SDA was held at Ae Forest near Dumfries at the weekend in the beautiful sunshine, yeah I said sunshine. It’s been a few years since I’d been at a race down here and it hadn’t rained but hey when the suns out it’s a great place to be. The track this [...]
What a downhill final here in Val Di Sole today, hot weather and a surprise in the men’s final. The women kicked off the day with Emmeline Ragot taking the win, 2 weeks in a row. Marc Beaumont threw the cat amongst the pigeons and helped out Greg Minnaar who scored a second behind Marc. [...]
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Saturday at Val Di Sole brought us a little practice session for the downhill boys and the 4X finals. With a gap of around 5 hours, a few Brits headed downstream in the river which runs through the valley to cool off. Meanwhile the cross country guys and gals diced it out on their tech [...]
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At last the sun came out and dried the downhill riders out. After yesterdays downpour the forecasters promised good weather and they delivered. The course was still a little damp in places but by mid morning the dust was back and the riders seemed happy with the conditions. Roots are polished and the thread like [...]
