Three Peaks Cross Race??
10-08-02, 03:17 PM
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Three Peaks Cross Race??
Anybody Game for Next Year?
https://www.cyclocrossworld.com/inter...eaks_diary.htm
Looks hard as hell.
https://www.cyclocrossworld.com/inter...eaks_diary.htm
Looks hard as hell.
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10-09-02, 03:02 PM
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I'm game, let's go Alan. As much as I crash, I'd probably end up killing myself.
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10-10-02, 05:08 AM
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I was hoping to have a crack at the 3 peaks this year, but just never got around to doing it.
They cancelled it last year due to foot and mouth, but it does look like a pig of a race!!!
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They cancelled it last year due to foot and mouth, but it does look like a pig of a race!!!
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I'm in...
I'll bring the beer [for the after-race libations]...
I'll bring the beer [for the after-race libations]...
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10-14-02, 04:36 AM
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No problems guys...just remember the Krispy Kremes eh! 
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10-15-02, 04:39 AM
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Rode this year (& most years). Really is a great race to ride, most riders I know, who have done it, either ride it once, vowing never to return, or, like myself (and brother) become serial 3 peakers! Great atmosphere, the main abilities required are to be able to walk very fast up steep slopes (running would be nice but not essential/possible), and to be able to put your brain in your back pocket when the downhill beckons.
Come on over and stay in a Youth Hostel.
The site below (isn't mine) has pics & QT's of this years
https://www.fridgeproductions.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/
Ps, don't worry about bringing beer, the race finishes in the pub's garden - 'Black Sheep' bitter all round
Come on over and stay in a Youth Hostel.
The site below (isn't mine) has pics & QT's of this years
https://www.fridgeproductions.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/
Ps, don't worry about bringing beer, the race finishes in the pub's garden - 'Black Sheep' bitter all round
10-15-02, 09:49 AM
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Looks like the weather was nice this year, those trails look like perfect cross fodder.
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10-15-02, 10:00 AM
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Very dusty, lots of punctures, luckily no mishaps myself. The winner (Robb Jebb) broke the course record. (I finished around 60th having broken my own time) I thought that I was going pretty fast on the descents, until at one point I was overtaken by a guy on two flat tyres!
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Hey Dan,
Welcome to the forums I noticed there are lots of Cross bikes in the pictures and video...did you notice many MTB's competing?
60th sounds fantastic....I'd be pleased to place in the top 100!
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I noticed there are lots of Cross bikes in the pictures and video...did you notice many MTB's competing?60th sounds fantastic....I'd be pleased to place in the top 100!
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10-16-02, 06:38 AM
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No mtbs, not allowed for various reasons, one being that it's a UK cat A race so follows UCI rulings (you know, no bar-ends, no tyres over 35mm, no pushing at the back, that sort of thing). I must admit to being a bit dissapointed at first (61st), which is probably a good thing, next year, along with you lot?, I shall do better.
10-17-02, 12:33 PM
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That's a shame, I got rid of my Alan Top Cross a few months back...hmmm, maybe I could cunningly disguise my MTB with drop bars...hmmm, maybe not....it's been done before!!
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