UXC round 3 - Davagh Forest

[manuel6b]

The next race in the Ulster off-road season is at Davagh Forest outside of Cookstown. (A great venue!!).

Pre-registration closes this Friday at 6 pm. See www.ulsterxc.com for details of the race.

Hope to see lots of DCC riders there.

[manuel6b]

Pre-entry for this race closes today at 6 pm

Get registered to help the organisers speed up the admin on the day.




You can still sign up on the day

[bryce]

Anyone have any experience of Davagh race course that they would like to share? Ive never been so not sure what to expect.

[Zako]

Its a sweet course, good start area with a small loop to split the pack before entering entering the main forest section. Has a few jumps, fast singlerack and a water splash as well. Love it!!

[bigpeter151]

Good luck to all the Dromara guys in the race @ Davagh today.
Wish I could be there...

[barryvankellett]

Great race, in a sick sort of way.
Excellent course for the most part. Unfortunately one long section which was soft in practise from all the rain last week, turned into something resembling trench warefare once the S4 men and U16's had went through it twice like a herd of cattle.

Suited Shanksie down to the ground, except he had left his wellies in the motor.

Had a decent race, probably my best so far this season. Had a great start mixing it with the big guns for a good half a lap before a couple of self inflicted chain drops lost me ground. Those boys are hard to maintain contact with when you are there with them never mind playing catch up.

Beat a couple of Big name S2 Legends who put me under a lot of pressure, but I just kept thinking about how bad Davy Chambers felt after Gary Bailie beat him on thursday night at Annahilit and I kept telling myself... "That's not gonna be me... That's not gonna be me..."

No black eyes this round.

All round success

[bryce]

Well done BK, great result, dropping a chain is a nightmare in a race! Well done to BW, altho competing below his level, he put in a good show and got the result (pending investigation naturally.)... Shanksy also put in a good effort and seems to be setting himself up well for the rigours of Dunmore. Nathan finished in the 20s as well, looked to be going well when I saw him. A bent derailleur and a good dose of cramp put paid to any decent finish I was aiming for! Poor prep and lack of fitness on my part. Could do better

[barryvankellett]

Don't worry Bryce. I am sure the UCI will be looking into any instances of riders dropping down a category.
They will take a dim view on that sort of thing.

It was unfortunate for you. Horsing those couple of big gears that you did have wouldn't have helped stave off any cramps.

You'll just have to return with a vengance on saturday.

[garybailie]

well done Barry, and all the other guys too!! Glad there were no black eyes this time , was out with Davy yesterday and I have to say he still hasn't forgiven me, might take a while................ ;P

[Zako]

Class race, so much better in S3. 1st S3 junior semi skinny dipping at the end was mental. Brilliant course roll on Dunmore ;D

[manuel6b]

Tough course. I started quite close to the back of the field but made up ground on the fireroad climb.

Through the schloop I was berating myself for not doing a practice lap. Felt slow and sluggish on the first lap. Got into it on the second. Did more running each lap.

Glad I brought my mud tires Barry

Would love to ride the same course in the dry.

[barryvankellett]

Jun 26, 2012 13:31:45 GMT 1 manuel6b said:

Glad I brought my mud tires Barry

Did they help that much on the running sections?!

[bryce]

Ah the old tyre debate rumbles on...