British National XC MTB Series RD 4 – Woody’s Bike Park

Round 4 of the British National MTB XC Race series saw us take on the brutal course at, Woody’s Bike Park down in Cornwall.

Being a bike park this course really did have everything, with some brutal climbs, rock gardens and big drops; it was definitely the most challenging course of the season!

The super hot conditions made for a seriously physical and mental test, as well as the course bring super dry and fast. Unfortunately, it wasn’t a good race for me, with a puncture early in the race, which put an end to a good result for me… but on to the next one!

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We are back racing and we’re at round four of the national Point series Mountain Bike XC Point series the Rockets got her new lucky my lucky hat on and she’s also wearing a checkered shirt and the Sun is absolutely beaming down she’s got bad sunburn stay safe kids put your sun cream on

Woody’s bike park today I’ve just done a practice like hence why I’m still kicked up I’m gonna have to go back on the course in a bit because it is full on there’s drops there’s Rock Gardens there’s a bit of everything so but there’s some killer climbs as well so

I’m just preparing myself to do that again you probably can’t see over there we’re trying to get down to the rock garden they’re absolutely sending it down there now but we will hopefully get over there show you how it’s done because the sport race is on at the moment can we just go

Down here this is how territoris were these bike park is I’ve got a escort my lady down this run to get to the Rock Garden it’s an absolute nightmare stretch it’s about teamwork oh oh we’ve made it baby foreign [Applause] I’ve got right up that hill probably six times oh here he is beanies on he’s ready to go ready for action what are your thoughts on the course dad I’m not pointing the camera at you yeah what you thought I thought it’s good course yeah cool

Good course it’s not one for you is it that climbing the climbing knob I do like The Descent yes I wish I could go around but maybe we can go around on um Monday oh yeah you probably can yeah that will set a fastest lap on Monday yeah good Drew pop

Is a wheelie oh boom so Cameron goes around in what 14 minutes I’ll probably do a sub 14 or something easy easy yes good job oh Dell boys not racing the elites otherwise it’d be an easy it’d be a walk over to be honest for the man I am flying at the minute

He survived Tuesday night Fred he is flying look who’s here now who’s here now I asked him to pop me a wheelie he didn’t down he’s meant to be a skilled Rider how was it drew terrible five five laps the sport race done was it was five on that five laps

And he said it was horrible he also got a gel off Dad before so I’m not even sure if that was in date yeah he checked the day otherwise you’d be shooting off to the portal parties in a minute but it’s it’s a climber’s course is it absolutely yeah 200 meters of elevation

A lap hang on for dear life the climber’s course and he’s built like a climber I am but I’m not very good at it any words of wisdom that’s it as hard as you can go as hot yeah that’s one thing Drew does do at the start of the race

He’s always first to the first Corner that’s his expertise then after that blow up pretty quick blow up straight away right I’m gonna go and do more practice because I need it Thank you Thank you All right Luke how can I go faster on the burns Foreign [Laughter] day for a race Day Rocket it might be might be too hot it is well it’s probably too hot for me but done all the manly things last night I was on barbecue Duty when I proper man how was your night in the camper we did

Camper seasoned camper but the vet boys are just warming up well that’s Grand vets super vets so we’re gonna see the start of that this one needs a coffee because it is hard work standing in a camper apparently it’s just a very hard mattress so oh my God someone wake up at

4 57. I needed a way I need to wait all night as soon as you shut that door in a camper van you need to win scared to wake everyone there we go we might get a smile now from underneath her lucky cat that’s my that’s the lucky cap in there

We’ve got a coffee the vet boys are about to start this is going to be like one of the most important bits of the race getting up into this corner first because then it goes into like single track all the way down round and you probably won’t be able to overtake but

It’s not uphill start into the corner full full gas we’ll see how they do it they’ve got like three minutes till they start happy now lady she’s absolutely Sun creamed up for this weather aren’t you we are factor 15 up ready to race come on Alan they are flying [Applause]

Yeah you’ve got to be into that corner first thank you Sarah I don’t I’m gridded quite a long way back again because I’ve only done one race in the expert in this series so watch Nick Craig man’s an animal wouldn’t he oh look at these boys they’re not that 50s these are Elites

Look go on [Applause] see that’s where it’s all gonna bottleneck now down through there so you’ve gotta You Gotta Give it the berries didn’t you what could you put that 50. right breakfast time there’s the entertainment for the day we’re gonna go on a little Adventure aren’t we

Rock it to check out the rock garden see how the seasoned veterans do it and see how I’m gonna be sending it down there later the rocket said she’s not filming me from there because it’s too much effort to get there top camera lady thank you unless you can find

Way to get that without potentially killing myself by falling over you’re a thoroughbred athlete get down there camera lady the people want to see me send it off a jump they want to see my wheels leave the floor for once which will only be on that one section

Let’s see how the Vets are doing it though I’ll tell you what rocket these these vet boys are absolute senders ain’t they they are Rockets like are you gonna be going that fast probably not here he is he’s got to put his toes away you’ve got to pay for that content that’s on only fans yeah

How are we feeling dad’s just dad’s just giving him a rub down Dad I’ll have one please and he brought me have you got your climbing legs today no no minor here I hope we’ll find out when I got the first Hill rocket got your climbing legs

No it’s a bit too hot for me I’m not gonna lie Bloody flying oh hopefully I can go that fast here we go we’re gonna get to see the master at work I think this is Nick Craig now National Grand vet champion absolute flying down here it’s gonna be Dusty big day in the pits for Del boy he’s he’s fueling up what

Have we got he’s got enough gels just for the afternoon and the pits performance there that performance [Applause] how many you got he said to me I need growana for the last lap what’s that marijuana [Applause] marijuana oh look he’s stocked up we’ve finally got some in there look oh hey defense okay

That’s not messing about in pits today so we’ve got the master and The Apprentice he’s just our team talk that’s team Scot team boss apart from that go faster hat how is Nick Craig still so fast that’s what we need to know and wait what we do need to know is

Any tips for today’s race what bike are you riding I was just gonna say something about that I might go to the full sex might go to the full sauce oh yeah good good um any tips I have you checked out those little line from the first descent you know the jump

How are you making that corner out there on the foot that’s you know when you go over the two the two rollers and then you go over the table Yeah cut really far to the tape on the left yeah and then just use the berms and go high on

Them yeah and you know the first Corner yeah you know the very the very exit of it though feels really interestingly and you just feel like you’re riding into the sign the case and the Marshall that’s what I felt like so don’t use the big berm on the last one

Um as you approach into it come in and turn sharp down into the car inside yeah and then come down the left and swing it around that corner oh that grass corner right at the bottom yeah oh I’m getting tactics off team Scott here not this

Gonna help me I’ll have a lot of traffic in front of me slowing me down I’m not your mind you mean it’s really awkward isn’t it it’s like uh that tight one onto the grass and it’s slicky it’s enough to make a good bike ride and feel

Useless you know like what’s wrong with me like you know really not good around this corn it just doesn’t feel right because that track’s not designed to go sharp yeah they had your own and then back up here um where were you taking bottles top

Pits or down the bottom I didn’t take a single bottle what I did was I just I wrote yeah keep the sponsors happy I have a bottle on there a little mouthful in it um I just took a swig from my wife in the feed every lap and the Swig is I’ve

Got really soft bottles so I can squeeze it and get probably half a bottle in one mouthful so these old boys are odd nuts it’s like Dad like camels they don’t need water they just crack on no no I do I’m I I’m a sweater I do need water but I half a

Bottle every 15 minutes is all your body could absorb anyway realistically there we go maybe I don’t need to take my bottles now with the ditch in the bottle to get some weight down you don’t need to carry water do you you know what yeah that’s true

Literal water the kilos all right yeah yes science Everybody Put my chest away first no one wants to see I don’t want to see that horrible chest hair shave that extra that’d be a weight saving I reckon but it is go time now we’ve had the the top tips from the master that is Nick Craig and I am just gonna ride it

Like a stole it I’ve accepted that I’m probably gonna lose some time on the descents but hopefully I can hopefully my legs are going well today I’m super nervous because of after my good result at Southern XC I feel like I’ve put like a lot of pressure on myself to do well

Again uh so I’m absolutely brilliant on the face Things Thank you Foreign [Applause] Thank you [Applause] [Applause] Foreign [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] Thank you Foreign Foreign [Applause] [Applause] [Laughter] what’s the donut place yeah you always go to before yeah [Laughter] few moments later just a couple of athletes on our way home from a miserable race drowning our sorrows with Ronald oh I am miserable honestly I made a terrible call when I was out on

The course it’s In the Heat of the Moment I should have honestly I’m not gonna blame Dad Eve but I didn’t realize he actually had a spare wheel he was telling me something before or the other week about the rotors being different on my S Works to my hard towel or something

Like that so I didn’t realize he actually had a spare wheel so I just thought just Grizz it out it won’t make that much of a difference but honestly it was a terrible terrible idea I just felt like I was riding through treacle and now I’ve gone from like the

Absolute high of winning at Southern XC to the low of can absolutely destroyed round there and honestly I wish I had a power meter on because sometimes up them climbs I felt like I was putting out some power and I’ll just like wasn’t moving it was ridiculous but

Roanoke saved the day I said I’m gonna cry to the wife I’m gonna I don’t know I don’t think I’ll ever get over this I’m quitting Sarah I’m going back to golf that’s it I’m gonna wrap it up here because I do not want to talk about it I

Hate them rubbish and that’s just the way it is