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I didnt know someone else from the club was even there sorry I didnt bump into ya Jimmy.
For me it wasnt really a mtb race more of a suffer contest and I loved it, in fact the worse it got the more i enjoyed it, the more people I saw give up the more energy I had to go on, the more mechanicals I saw the more I appreciated my bike still workingish.
I was down to two gears big ring at the back and granny&middle on the front. To change gear i pedaled half a rotation forward until it locked up then pedaled backwards half a rotation to clear it ...then she was good to go, brakes rubbed all the way, tyre threads were buried so I was riding/sliding slick muck balls, whole bike weighed as much as a horse. The corn field was another challenge that corn wrapped itself up into everything, jockey wheels,hubs, BB,pedals,into the brakes. There was a hose just before the corn field so you had a clean bike for 5 mins though

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I set up my marquee the night before and race day we were allowed park the cars beside our pit which was brilliant, didnt have to carry a load of stuff around or leave anything expensive unattended.I even got a small nap in..in the comfort of the car

I had 4 laps done when the 6hr started and just about pulled another 3 out of the bag after.
The weather turned for the second half into a lovely sunny day and there was a lot more smiley faces to be seen.
Last year conditions were perfect, this year it was more challenging which is what people who sign up for this are looking for.
Well done to anyone who looked out the window sat morning to see the downpour and still went to the race.
This concludes my report.

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Racing / Re: The Bull Raid 2012

« on: August 05, 2012, 09:06:47 PM »

Results:

Rk N° Rider Lap

12 Hour Solo Male

1 30 DAMIAN SIKORA 11
2 8 JON HYNES 9
3 14 PAUL CROWLEY 9
4 1 GER JACKSON 7
5 21 CAMERON BURNS 7
6 2 GREG CAHILL 7
7 3 ROBERT MCALINDEN 6
8 22 JAMES MCCANN 6
9 13 MICHAEL FOLEY 6
10 12 ROBERT HAUGHEY 6
11 23 WILLIAM BALLINTINE 5
12 29 JOHN SHARKY 4
13 19 NIALL IRWIN 4
14 20 NICHOLAS GORMLEY 4
15 7 SCOTT COYNE 4

6 Hour Solo Male
1 32 WILLIAM MULLIGAN 6
2 11 JAMES PITTAM 6
3 46 PETER MCCONVILLE 6
4 66 FRANK TAYLOR 5
5 43 RICHARD LYNCH 5
6 52 MARK KIDD 5
7 4 KEVIN DALTON 5
8 33 RICHIE BYRNE 4
9 67 JOE BERGIN 4
10 55 GRAEME ELLIOT 4
11 68 SEAN CULLETON 4
12 73 STEPHEN KERR 4
13 47 PAUL OBRIEN 4
14 41 ED DUGGAN 4
15 42 JAMES CONDON 4
16 65 SHANE GARVEY 3
17 60 GIBSON CHAMBERS 3
18 31 HUGHIE DEVANEY 3
19 56 ANDY LYLE 3
20 62 MARK ARMSTRONG 3
21 59 GARY ENNIS 2
22 36 DARREN HUGHES 2
23 57 RONAN CAMPBELL 2
24 75 CIARAN SMITH 2
25 40 OSCAR MAC ANANEY 1
26 74 PHILLIP KERR 1
27 61 JOHN SHANKS 1
28 76 RUAIDHRI STEWART 1

12 Hour Male Pairs
1 9 MBCC 14
2 27 THE CYCLE INN 13
3 17 TEAM GNARR 12
4 25 Fatboy n Slim 11
5 5 The Blackrockers 8

6 Hour Laides Pairs
1 48 THE BIG ROIDES 3

12 Hour Ladies Solo
1 24 HEATHER BALLINTINE 2

6 Hour Pairs Mixed
1 34 The Ginger Nuts 5

12 Hour Ladies Pairs
1 15 Alcoholics with a mountain bike problem 4

6 Hour Male Pairs
1 44 Team Expert Cycles 8
2 63 Should Have Been Fishing 7
3 69 The Dark Bulls 7
4 71 Toner 7
5 53 Better Than Last Year 4
6 50 Team Tom Selleck 2

6 Hour Solo Laides
1 58 Orla McClean 4
2 37 Kerryann Hughes 1

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