Today was Rd3 of the Nutcracker XC Series @ Aske Estate, just outside Richmond. As normal the wind was blowing a near gale and red hot / sunny. Woke up early with little sleep due to the heat and constant pain in my gum/jaw area where i had my dental surgery but was ready. We rallyed up early and got a practice lap in, christ it was a hard course, the most technical i have done @ Aske but nothing i could not ride. Problem was i havent done much riding over the last few months and need to shed some weight which showed on the killer climbs. Practice lap done, signed on and ready to go. Angus was off first @ 10am in the Youth Cat doing 2 laps and i was entered in the Fun cat doing 2 laps. Got a good start and was about 12th place at the top of the first climb and clawed a few places back on the top field before the first technical descent but diaster, my bars had come loose and that was end of play for me. I did the descent and pushed it back to the carpark as i didnt have any allen keys on me & the marshall didnt have any either. Then i thought nip them up and jump back on. By the time i had done this i was well and truly in last place but started to work my way back through the back markers and cmpleted lap one. I then went onto complete my second lap again overtaking a few stragglers and completed the race. Not to worry its all part of the fun and pain! Angus said he also enjoyed the course/race and had a few battles with other riders during the laps. Sorry no photos from the races as the other half of the MBE crew was competing at the Raby Castle running race. As you can see there was some slop @ Aske but the woods were powder dry and soft going.
I have checked the weight of complete bike now with the new wheelset - 24lbs dead, not bad
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