I am now looking forward to racing next weekend and catching up with a few old faces before the first national of the year. I was very happy to take the top spot after having a few spills throughout the day by a healthy 20 seconds. More please!”Īfter completing the loop, from the look on everyone’s face and comparing timing receipts, it seemed like everyone had a great days racing. Proper tracks – steep, fresh cut, tech, roots, drops, loam but still keeping a mid stage sprint or two.
“After all the trail centre Enduros these days it’s great to have an antidote to them with the Mondraker/Red Kite series. I spoke to James Scott who I was riding the loop with on Sunday: A mix of trail centre and fire road which you could easily reach speeds up to 35mph! The fire roads led into super drifty corners which you had to take a handful of back brake, stick your foot out, slide into the corner and hope you come out the other side!Ī familiar riding club, MB Swindon, were riding this race once again. After completing the top section a short fire road sprint took you into another fresh cut section into the finish. Stage 1 was the shortest stage of the loop only lasting for 1 min 18 seconds.Īs the day went on the trails got better and better, the stages got longer, steeper and much harder! Stage 4 was everyone’s favourite stage, a completely fresh cut top section was super steep with stupidly tight switch backs which you had to try and navigate yourself around. Stage 1 was a completely new stage for everyone consisting of awkward tree stumps which were placed in direct line to you hitting your front wheel and going over the bars. So in total we had to complete 7 stages over a 15 mile loop. On Sunday we had to complete the 4 stages that we raced the previous day, another 2 new stages and stage 4 twice. This was a huge boost but I had to keep my cool as closely followed behind me was Craig Perk. Once we had compared times with fellow riders I found out that I was in 1st place after day one of racing. So after completing the 4 timed stages we rode down to the cafe, scanned our timing chips in and instantly printed on a receipt were our times.
This meant you could socialise with people from other categories! Also when you did get to the top you could go whenever you wanted and you didn’t need to leave a gap between the rider in front so you could ride down the stages in a train with your riding buddies. You could turn up at the top of any stage when ever you want and with who ever you want. The event used a timing system that I haven’t used before. Steep, fresh cut loam what’s not to like?”Īfter having some lunch we made our way up to 4 timed Stages. The trails, weather and atmosphere all weekend were brilliant though. I put in some fast times but in the end but had too many stupid little crashes which cost me a lot of time and any chance of a podium finish. The timing system worked well, the trails were mint and it was certainly more “downhill” than I expected.”Īs well as seeing many new faces this event saw a lot of familiar faces including Peter Lloyd from the Whyte Enduro Team. It was a bit strange not having times to follow but that meant a lot less stress.
Red kite racing crack#
“The general opinion was that it’s a good crack with a relaxed atmosphere. Simon Nash a familiar face in 4X decided to give enduro a go: The trails have a great mix of different terrain but as the racing format is so relaxed you can take your time going up to the next stage. The Red Kite Enduro is a great race if you wanted to get into Enduro racing. The trails were very natural with off camber roots, stump jumps and lush loamy steep corners. After practicing Stages 2,3 & 4 it was apparent that it was going to be an awesome weekend of racing. We rolled up on Saturday morning to take a look at the trails and see what the Red Kite Enduro had to offer. I really enjoyed this format as not knowing what was coming up kept you on your toes and you had to ride really smart to get a decent time. I have never raced a stage blind before so this was a new experience for me. On the Saturday you got to practice 3 stages and then in the afternoon you raced those 3 stages and another blind! The format of racing for this race was very different to other races I have previously entered. The weather over the weekend was amazing, this made the trails dry, loose and very dusty.
Red kite racing series#
Ollie Hooper reports from Round 2 of the Red Kite Mondraker Enduro series at Coed Trallwm (which he won!)Īfter being told about the Red Kite Gravity Enduro by a friend, I made the journey to Coed Trallwm Trail Centre to race the second round of the series.
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