NPS Final - Fort William
The final round of the NPS took us up the long road to Fort William. After a week of daily rain, we had a fantastic day of riding on Saturday, so warm and pleasant you would barely believe it was September.
The track has roughed up considerably since the World Cup in May, with many more rocks and brake bumps showing. The wear the track has suffered this summer meant that the Nevis Range people didn't want the wood sections used, so the track went round the fire road way instead. Apart from that it was the same version of the track as at the World Cup, but much faster after a summer of drying out and hardening up.
Seeding on Saturday afternoon had me crashing a couple of times to qualify 4th overall. I felt pretty good about the riding inbetween times and hoped to improve my time the next day.
Sunday morning practice was nice and dry but shortly after the heavens opened and stayed open. Many people did their race runs in the rain, through a thick blanket of fog as cloud after cloud rolled its way across the face of the hill. Fortunately for Elite men and women it momentarily cleared up.
I set off fairly well but taking a smooth line and then thinking "oh now that's the wrong line for that berm, I might crash", meant that I did indeed crash! Doh! Anyway, I got third, which was good, and ended up 3rd overall in the National Points Series, so not too bad at all.
The track has roughed up considerably since the World Cup in May, with many more rocks and brake bumps showing. The wear the track has suffered this summer meant that the Nevis Range people didn't want the wood sections used, so the track went round the fire road way instead. Apart from that it was the same version of the track as at the World Cup, but much faster after a summer of drying out and hardening up.
Seeding on Saturday afternoon had me crashing a couple of times to qualify 4th overall. I felt pretty good about the riding inbetween times and hoped to improve my time the next day.
Sunday morning practice was nice and dry but shortly after the heavens opened and stayed open. Many people did their race runs in the rain, through a thick blanket of fog as cloud after cloud rolled its way across the face of the hill. Fortunately for Elite men and women it momentarily cleared up.
I set off fairly well but taking a smooth line and then thinking "oh now that's the wrong line for that berm, I might crash", meant that I did indeed crash! Doh! Anyway, I got third, which was good, and ended up 3rd overall in the National Points Series, so not too bad at all.
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