The first race of the Scottish Series is over and as a weekend on a whole it was a great success. Sure by the time the second race run had come the social enjoyment of the push up had worn off, even the fittest were tired after being in the sun for half an hour pushing their bike up a hill.
So the track. It started on an open hill with a line cut through the heather. Pedal for about twenty seconds+ with a few corners in there till you got to the slab, lunch this half way down then rail the next long right then back on the pedals till you get to the woods where you meet the boulder step down. Hit this and take the ruff straight line after or cut it to the left and take the line to the left with a right hander. Your line was absolutely crucial for the step down or cut line because this is where all your speed was generated for the next straight, corner, rock section, corner. Get through this clean then you had a nice section to get ready for the lower half.
Come out a left hand berm and get your front wheel over a beast of a boulder, if you could get this quick you were quick! Next straight down a rock section were most people just pointed the front wheel to wards the exit then into another left hander. After this you were faced with four flat rock gardens on the trot and if you got out of line in one then you were absolutely cookered! hardest place of the whole track to carry speed.
Finally the last small sections of flat pedally straights with some jumps into berms thrown in to give you amazing exit speed if you were off the brakes then a open right hander to the finishing jump and your done.
How did the Ae Bike Shop/Solway Insulation Services team get on?
In senior myself Ryan Chambers finished 17/81 Time- 2:47:276
My fellow senior Lewis Cochran finished 35/81 Time- 2:52:311
In junior Callum McCubbing finished 14/52 Time- 2:46:357
Not a bad start to the series, we all enjoyed it and it leaves us plenty room to improve which iv got no doubt we will.
Keep it pinned.
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