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PunchesCross 18/10/15 Registration
« on: October 08, 2015, 09:45:55 PM »
PunchesCross Registration is open folks

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Re: PunchesCross 18/10/15 Registration
« Reply #1 on: October 15, 2015, 05:22:16 PM »
Anyone doing this one.? Whats the course like?

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Re: PunchesCross 18/10/15 Registration
« Reply #2 on: October 15, 2015, 07:22:16 PM »
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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Re: PunchesCross 18/10/15 Registration
« Reply #3 on: October 15, 2015, 07:27:39 PM »
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BNh53870epY


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Re: PunchesCross 18/10/15 Registration
« Reply #4 on: October 15, 2015, 07:55:46 PM »
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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Re: PunchesCross 18/10/15 Registration
« Reply #5 on: October 15, 2015, 09:10:33 PM »
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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Re: PunchesCross 18/10/15 Registration
« Reply #6 on: October 16, 2015, 06:38:44 AM »
Signed up now

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Re: PunchesCross 18/10/15 Registration
« Reply #7 on: October 16, 2015, 09:03:31 PM »
I'm signed up too :)
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Re: PunchesCross 18/10/15 Registration
« Reply #8 on: October 18, 2015, 06:50:03 PM »
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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Re: PunchesCross 18/10/15 Registration
« Reply #9 on: October 18, 2015, 07:19:12 PM »
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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Re: PunchesCross 18/10/15 Registration
« Reply #10 on: October 18, 2015, 07:47:27 PM »
Well done all

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« Reply #11 on: October 18, 2015, 07:48:07 PM »
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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Re: PunchesCross 18/10/15 Registration
« Reply #12 on: October 18, 2015, 07:55:03 PM »
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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Re: PunchesCross 18/10/15 Registration
« Reply #13 on: October 18, 2015, 07:57:54 PM »
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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Re: PunchesCross 18/10/15 Registration
« Reply #14 on: October 18, 2015, 08:00:18 PM »
Well you will be seeded for the next one in that series which should help.

I reckon you were around 12th ish