Buy A Waterproof Trail Map With Route Directions & Tips .. .. .. 'You'll Not Get Lost Again !' Homepage The Wold Challenge Cycling Areas Trail Sample How To Order Order A Trail Find A Trail Team Adventures A 2 Z Of Cycling Beginners Buy A Used Bike Buy A New Bike Stuff Explained Fix Your Bicycle Predict Weather MTB Sunspots Race Ready Marathon Tips Aches & Pains Trailside First-Aid Your Body Cycling Events Top Tips Web Links Snap Shots Competition Box Up A Bicycle Contact Us Epic MTB Trails C 2 C 1999 C 2 C 2003 LakeLand Loop Pit-stop Index Trans Pennine Trail Yorkshire Moor Epic Isle Of Skye Romp Bicyclemania Riders Built by Chiefy The info: There was an Enduro style mountain bike race at Builth Wells, Mid Wales, the Merida Marathon Series.   ~ Bicyclemania Ride ~ " It was every man for himself " From the mass start in the arena, hundreds of mountain bikers head out and flood the small town of Builth Wells as the mass throngs head off on the tarmac lanes for about 7km's into the Welch hills. The weather was fantastic, just right for cycling, warm sun-shine with scatter white clouds. ~Exciting Course~ Riding along the country lanes was quite challenging, with hundreds of bikers all trying to be in the same spot but once out into the open terrain you had room to move about. The 50km route followed black on yellow sign to the split where you picked up black on red signs. The feed stations were well stocked and were placed in intervals of about 17km's and 36km's. With the dry conditions we had the course was nice and fast with very little water or mud (Not the norm) The water splash very near the end of the course seem to be catching lots of people out, (Or they just wanted to cool off) Chiefy had no miss-haps and rode one of the best races he has done for some time. Thumbnailed picture   RIDER CATEGORY NUMBER FIELD RANKED TIME Chiefy Vet's 50km 1105 290 28th 03:34:35 Bicyclemania.co.uk  * g r a s s   r o o t   t r a i l   &   m o u n t a i n   b i k e   r i d i n g *