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 Lightwater Valley Family Theme Park,
North Stainley,
Ripon,
North Yorkshire. |
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The info:
The Lightwater Laike M.T.B. Trial
 is organised by the
Rotary club of Ripon Rowels and is open to all over 8 years
and to all riders from novice to expert categories.
The main
charitable beneficiaries this year will be;
The Ripon & Harrogate branch of the Alzheimer's
Society
and Other Rotary Charities:
Last
year we introduced the successful online registration
process, which we think was, in its first year, a
considerable improvement in the administration of the race.
If
you have any comments on the process, we would like to hear
about it so we can listen and improve - email us at
laikeadmin@rowelsrotary.co.uk
or telephone us on either; |
Lightwater Laike
M.T.B.
Trial Info
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~ Bicyclemania Ride ~
For a change the weather was good to us in early November,
no rain and plenty of sunshine. The
 Bicyclemania
team riders were up to there usual habits of calling each
other on the start line, with comments like 'you'll have
a mechanical break down' or 'your crap at riding'.
From the start Rammstein and Treehugger got ahead of Chiefy
with a (not a very sports-man-like elbow jab) just before
the single-track section through the woods. Chiefy maintains
that those two unfriendly conducts cost him his place and he
was playing catch up for the rest of the race. All three
team riders had no mechanical miss-haps and managed to stay
on the bikes too. The grass field at the start was
tough going because your wheels were sinking into the soft ground, On the far side of the
course the track was flattish but a head wind cut you
back and made for hard pedalling. Then came the quarry
section with its short sharp climbs mixed with short flat
bits, after than bit you hit a small section of road just
enough for the tyres to speed up.
 On you went
into the theme parks far side and in and out of the big
dippers massive steel works, here there were some tricky
sections in and out of the woods. Once you had cleared the
dipper you had chance to blast it down a section to another
grassy-sapping bit, once again it made for hard
crank-turning. After that you were into the main theme park
area, unique to Lightwater Laike with its train-lines and
lake side tracks taking you in and out of the parks rides.
Lap 1 bagged, and as warm sunshine was starting to heat you
up.
The things we
mountain bikers do on any given Sunday!. This event is well
organized and good fun, so you don't mind the discomfort
when its going to help a charity and you get a buzz for the
days event, plus two days to dry out. |
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RIDER |
CATEGORY |
NUMBER |
FIELD |
RANKED |
TIME |
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Rammstein |
Veterans |
821 |
83 |
28th |
01:29:28 |
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Treehugger |
Veterans |
818 |
83 |
57th |
01:44:30 |
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Chiefy |
Veterans |
873 |
83 |
59th |
01:45:09 |
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