So ends the 3 weeks off of racing for myself and its back to Wales for round 4 of the NPS at Caersws. The hill seems small to look at but they make very good use of it. There’s a handful of ways from top to bottom but with half the hill having been harvested, a lot of the tracks lay in ruin. A short uplift to the top of the hill around 5-10 minutes long thanks to tractor and trailer was more than efficient all weekend. The weather was a mix up all weekend but didn’t provide any major problems apart from the field at the bottom that was like black ice in the wet!
The track was a short one with the big guns going sub 1.45 easy. From the start you pedal off the line and that’s about as much as you will for the whole track. Hit the first jump or go around the side-equally as fast thanks to the wind-down into a left catch berm, down again into a left catch, stick it high through the stumps then any line you please, wild as my hair, till the 180 corner, tight as Cubs arse (if possible! only dogs hear the squeak when this guy walks). Try and keep it high till you come to a short steep chute into a left, right.
After this you twisted your way through trees, treated to a few little jumps, berms and roots before you hit a right hander and down a chute to the final stretch before the finish field. Jump after jump, drop down to the left, right berm, jump, drop left, right berm the speed here was crazy but fun as hell to take you down to the finish. One big tabletop, one big double and one big step down to bring you into the field loose as Lewis’ boxers, you just couldn’t keep them up I mean the bike. Two big kickers to sprint to finish.
It was just myself representing the Ae Bike Shop/Solway Insulation Services team and here’s how I got on.
Myself in senior 2.05.211 36/38
Yip, I crashed. On such a short track it was do or die and I bit the bullet! Anyways, can’t wait for next weekend, brand new track for everyone so should be wide open!
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