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General Category => Cyclocross => Topic started by: DaveyD on October 08, 2015, 09:45:55 PM
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PunchesCross Registration is open folks
HERE (https://a1registration.net/event/punchescross)
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Anyone doing this one.? Whats the course like?
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I'm not around but raced there twice last season. It's pretty bumpy and slow in the long grass, but generally downhill, then a steep muddy shoot through the trees which is important, then 2 horse jump mounds which you take sideways and look huge but are totally rideable with a little speed and will put you miles ahead of those who dismount, then a bit more bumpy grass, a short uphill fire road, then the heart if it all which is a very long and steep run up, no trick to it unfortunately. Then a little single track then a long not too steep fire road back to the start/finish. At least that's why it was and I doubt it will be a million miles from that. Generally slow and tiring. I understand there will be cold beer at the finish though!
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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BNh53870epY
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I did it a couple of years ago and I remember being battered during it. Probably a bit rougher than were used to to be honest!
Worth doing though
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From the video it looks like it will suit mtb'ers a bit more that grange castle.
Deffo rougher and dragy but looks good. Its been dry the last couple of weeks so the ground will prob nice and hard.
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Signed up now
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I'm signed up too :)
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Enjoyed that race and course today. Course was a bit more technical which i enjoyed.
Rose did well with 2nd place and Jimmy the savage enduro is now Jimmy the savage CX as he lapped me :-[
Didnt see how the A race went as i legged it to see the match
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Great venue and course today, more suited to mountain bikers than Grange Castle.
Pity the let the horses rough up the course :D
Enjoyed it despite breaking a spoke that caused the freewheel to turn into a fixer and dropping the chain on most of the technical sections.
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Well done all
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Ha hs cheers Paul but I doubt that, well done Rose and fair play. I enjoyed it alright but wouldn't be fully converted. To be honest I was heading to Wicklow on the big bike when car was giving trouble so turned around went home and stuck the CX bike in the boot instead. I figured at least if car packs in I could cycle home. I did enjoy but got a bad start on the advice of Paul who told me position wouldn't matter due to lenght of course so spent a long time catching people only to wash out and get chain jammed and was back to square one. Course was fun and I'll give another one a try some time again I'd say. Rushed off myself so didn't get to see the A race. Hard luck Get that sounded like a bad race
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I did enjoy but got a bad start on the advice of Paul who told me position wouldn't matter due to lenght of course
haha you fell for that old chestnut :D Sure its the same as mtb, if you can stay up there, get into the single track first.! ;)
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Yeah I did realise when I looked up and saw you yapping away well up the front. >:(
You live and learn ;)
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Well you will be seeded for the next one in that series which should help.
I reckon you were around 12th ish
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Well you will be seeded for the next one in that series which should help.
And Ill know not to listen to you ha ha. Any results anywhere
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Now you know, the race starts long before you line up at the start! There's some results up but looks like very dodgy times, maybe not worth doing your head in. Some nice pics though.
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Yep they seemed to have dropped the ball on the results. B results (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1oYuVC9_xbUplq9NBntfZ28FbXdrNeCdKtOP-0G13z2Y/edit#gid=0)
If not using chip timing, you need to time CX at a slow point on the course so you can see the numbers. The numbers also need to be not paper because they crease and are hard to read. I dont think they were expecting the big turnout but im sure they will be sorted for Rd2
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Yeah looking at it I think I got 10th now if only I didnt start at the back Paul ;)
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Yeah looking at it I think I got 10th now if only I didnt start at the back Paul ;)
You should be thanking me..! I saved you from promotion to the A race :)