betarick Posted March 30, 2007 Report Share Posted March 30, 2007 (edited) Anyone riding the ilkley grand national tomorrow! I have never rode this event before so what should i expect! Edited March 30, 2007 by betarick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shercojohnny Posted March 30, 2007 Report Share Posted March 30, 2007 Anyone riding the ilkley grand national tomorrow! I have never rode this event before so what should i expect! Lots of mud! Its a little simular to the Scott Trial only a hell of a lot shorter. Good luck John. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
betarick Posted March 30, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2007 Cheers john going to need all the luck i can get i think! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
totalshell Posted March 30, 2007 Report Share Posted March 30, 2007 (edited) Middleton Moor is a big old place with beamsley beacon in the centre . The trial starts on the Ikley side of the moor and is effectively 3 laps of the moor as fast as you can and for some thats very fast (hare and hounds pace!) to add in to the mix there are about 15 sections per lap normally fairly wide but nothing that would trouble a competant clubman (if you were't riding as fast as you could) and then theres the moors.. most of the moor is sandstone/peat and is actually quite firm , a good part at least a third of each lap is wet and has the potential to become impassable and is criss crossed by gullies streams and hides big rocks. be very prepared to be lifting your bike out of bogs and take a spare can of fuel because you''ll use loads trying to 'burn' a route through to the firm ground your bike will look like its done national service in the somme after just one lap so I hope you've not just fitted new plastics.. beware of the old yorkshire adage''' Keep to the path'' because it aint always true.. Edited March 30, 2007 by totalshell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
betarick Posted April 1, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 1, 2007 THANKS for advice it was hard work pulling bike out of bogs managed to do 2 laps but nearly quit after 1st lap i was that knackered! But that yorkshire grit got me through. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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