The King Goes Green | Jeremy McGrath Rejoins Kawasaki and Bell

The King Goes Green | Jeremy McGrath Rejoins Kawasaki

Off Camber XC series round 3

Having entered round 2 ( i did not race round 1) and had a lot fun i thought i would return for round 3, I don't have a 2015 Rocky Mountain Thunderbolt yet so had to make do with the TrailHead test bike. Having started at the back at the last round this time i got a mid pack start ( over 75 racers) and soon moved up just inside the top 20 as we got off the tarmac start straight and turned to hit the first climb. Well the plan went well till that turn, The rider in front washed out and took me down with him, by time i got my bike from his we were at the back, we powered up the hill passing riders before backing it down a little at the mid point not to blow up and pick off a few more riders before the top, we past more in the first single track section and soon had a clear bit of track to put the hammers down and hit the fast lines, we hunted the 2 riders in front down and by time the lap was done we had passed them and more! Lap 2 we got stuck behind a fast young rider that powered up the climbs but would slow us up on the single track, I got pasted in the end and hit the last lap with a small gap on the riders behind, At the top of the main climb the rider behind had made up some ground but i was happy that i could open that up as i was feeling fresh still,  Once in to the singletrack i was able to build a bigger gap and just had a real blast on the trail trying some new lines.

So at the end of the race we rolled in 5th! Stoked on the result but even more so on how i was riding, the track had more mud than three weeks ago and was a lot slicker making it a slower harder trail to race, yet i was able to go faster thanks to more seat time over the last few weeks on the mtb.

Thanks to the guys at Off Camber bikes for putting on a great little winter series that makes the 4 hours of driving worth while.

off camber xc series

We dropped in to the second round of the off camber cycles xc series series this weekend, It was round 2 and a line up of 56 riders in the 19+ age cat set off around a great xc loop with lots of single track and flowing berms it has to be one of the best xc tracks i have raced on ever, After my pre race loop we got to the start just before the race kicked off so we were at the back, soon down the main tarmac track i moved passed a few riders and we hit the main climb, i stomped past more riders and could now see the lead group, sadly the pack had split and i was heading the second group by time we got through the first singletrack section, By lap 2 i was feeling my early effort and with a few riders on my heals i push on, But i failed to see a tape and got back on track having lost 2 spots and another rider was on me, by the end of the lap he went passed as well, we regrouped and past all 3 by time we were up the first climb and set off to hunt more riders down but the gap was not coming down and we came in a solid 9th. A great day out at the races and a welcome return to some xc for me, i hope to do a few more later in the series.
A big thanks to all at Off Camber cycles for putting on the event.

photo update

 Down the woods!

 back at my old local

 racing on exmoor

 road racing

 trail head triple crown year 3, wales

 on the road for Revo

trying cross for the first time

HANNY - Straight to the Rhythm Ep. 5

Jens Voigt: Before the curtain drops

updates coming!

 Sorry for the lack of blog updates, we have been putting in the miles both in the dirt and on the road. All the latest will be posted in the coming weeks.