Thursday, May 14, 2009

Lotts Wood Round 1 to Singular
Summit MTB, a club local to us, puts on a series of races over the summer every third Wednesday evening. Last night saw the running of the first in that series. They make excellent use of a small piece of forestry comission land with a tight and winding course which gets more technical the faster you ride it. Steve Webb rode it at a fearsome pace and in doing so became the first singlespeed rider ever to take the overall win in these races. Incredibly the next two places were also on singlespeeds, Phil Moore and Dean Taylor of Velo Club Moulin. The boys were really flying at the front, though Steve ultimately put nearly two minutes into Phil over the course of the 55 minute race. I was sitting in fourth when one of the local flinty rocks made its way through my sidewall ending my day. We'll certainly be there for the rest of this great little series, if you want to make it along and perhaps even borrow a bike for a spin just drop us a line.

4 comments:

  1. Anonymous6:13 pm

    what gearing were the ss guys using?

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  2. Steve was on 34-18, I was on 34-19. Might go a little bigger for the next one, also some meatier tyres...

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  4. I tend to use 32/18 at the mo. It's fine for the short, sharp climbs at Lott's Wood (although nothing short of an engine would help me keep up with Steve!).

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