The goal for 2012!

Brighton Big Dog 2011

Damian Sell, 6th - 6hr solo

I have competed in all 3 Brighton Big dogs! yeah! It's the best event of the year. After last years mud fest this year the sun was out and the trails were perfect. The course has a lot of ups which means you are rewarded with some amazing downs. With the dry conditions it was like a high speed slalom between trees - awesome! Doing it solo is always a pacing game and it becomes a master class of hitting your braking points, holding speed and putting in the smoothest lap possible. I had a proper lean 2 laps in the middle where my body just felt dead, the dappled sun through the trees was acting like a strobe making my head spin. A big dose of liquid and gels and jelly babies seemed to sort me out and my last lap was as quick as my first! Check out the Garmin stats! http://connect.garmin.com/activity/108185271 2,363m of climbing! Thanks to all the organisers - esp Nigel Fosket and Rory Hitchens. Even better than last year!

Are You Touch Enough 6hrs Enduro

©Guy Swarbrick http://www.flickr.com/photos/swarbrick/

 

Another year and another AYTE! The course was tweaked a little this year to make it better than ever, good work organiser Si Panter! As usual it lived up to the are you tough enough title! Pic sequence of Damo riding to 7th in the 6hr catagory.

Erlestoke 12

 

WE GOT 2nd!!! Check out Mule adventure page

Mule Bar Strudel At The Evans Cycles Summer Catalogue Shoot

Mule Bar Strudel rider was busy Shooting for the Summer catalogue for Evans Cycles...
Check out a behind the sceens look at the shoot.....

Look out for the Catalogue in the comming months!

http://blog.evanscycles.com/mountain_biking/26-vs-29ers-catalogue-shoot-behind-the-scenes/

Thetford Forest enduro and Gorrick Spring Series round 3

A few races to catch up on. Its been two weekends in a row for me, firstly the Thetford enduro. It was my first time to Thetford forest and as we drove in it looked like a small affair, but as the left hand side of the park came into view it revealed a massive turnout. I opted for the 2hr rather than the 4 hour, a result as the sun was out for much of the race. Not so if you did the 4hr, the heavens opened with some pretty big hail which then settled to heavy rain. The 4 hour finishers looked like they'd been through a mud fest haha. The forest is pretty flat which gave the big powerful riders the advantage and I couldn't hold the pace on the open drag strips, come the single track though and they were holding me up! The course also had a large amount of single track and overtaking was at places impossible. I had a good run and managed 23rd, ok result. I was armed with new MuleBar strudel gels testing out for the first time. Result = perfect top marks, a powerful kick with nice after taste, washed down with a sip of water.

Gorrick Spring series round3.
Really one to forget for me! I had nothing, struggled on the first two laps then proceeded circulating at a snails pace for the last two. I guess this can happen sometimes, maybe a accumulation of tiredness? Over doing the booze over the last few weeks? I don't know! I felt fine before and after but I just couldn't pedal like I know I can!  This was a resurrected circuit for Gorrick and it was good tho very stop starty, largely single track and relentless. To be honest its was so relentless its all a blur of action and I can't really single out any section! Maybe because I wasn't right it was all just too hard! Its 2 weeks until the next Gorrick so fingers crossed things will come good again.