On your marks, get set, B.U.S.A.

[sam]

you can ride both events!

[lucy]

It is on the 8th march right? really would ride but im going for some actual decent placing in U23 english fell champs this year and am entered in black coombe fell race on the sat in the lake district! lots of uphill running instead....

[Kay]

Thanks for both your replys, and the video posts........dh looks MENTAL, but definately something I think I wld enjoy getting into; however I'll take your advice Simon and start off with XC, save the bone breaking experience for later on. So I'll come along this Sun to the arts tower then......is it still cool for me to borrow your bike Simon (feel a bit cheeky)....if not no worries.....I'll ride myself ragged on BMX. In a couple of weeks I could potentially bring back my Mum's shitty Shockwave bike that she won in the pub raffle, lol.

[Kay]

...sorry posted in wrong place, my bad!

[Kay]

.....actually no I didn't, just realised there were too pages....my bad once again!! I-D-I-O-T!

[Dale h]

no sorry this is xc
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWKpFd8AOao

[eoin]

Do you not think it would better to simulate a cross country race rather than have a time trial?
yes there would be a bit of a sprint to the singletrack, but thats cross country for you. there would be loads of chances to pass on the fireroads and climbs, as will be the case for the BUSA.
I'm not sure how long the warncliffe xc loop is but is two laps enough? i would guess that the BUSA will be 1.5 - 2 hours and so if we could do a practice race of this length it'd be better training for the real event.

[simoncpe]

well yes and erm yes it will a mass start , i think i corrected myself somewhere above

and i thought id do traditional busa and add a lap on the day , like last year .

[sellens]

Hey Simon,
sorry mate i'm not gonnabe able to make it on sunday or even to the BUSA'a that weekend is my Bday and my girlfriend has sorted something out so i can't really sod off to Wales!
hope it goes well sunday - may the best man/woman win! haha
when my placement returns me to sheffield i might even make an appearance on some rides and socials

[andy1doug]

Whats going down Sunday?? what time and stuff???
x

[simoncpe]

11am meet at arts tower then ride out to wharncliffe ride the short xc loop three times !!!!

one full circuit plus an extra loop for the girls.


Andy steel , kay do you still want to borrow bikes ?

[Kay]

hey, sorry bout late reply, just checked board....hopefully you'll get this before 2moro morning.....still would like to borrow bike for 2moro, cheers, do you want me to meet you somewhere to ride it or are you able to bring it to arts tower......whatevers easiest for you!?

[simoncpe]

If you can make it down to the arts tower at 11am on your bmx i will either be there or in wharncliffe (i need to mark the track out tomorrow morning). If im not there i will be at the track so if you follow everyone else il see you there.

07701005961

[Andy]

Awesome! Good course and good race, cheers Simon! To the people who weren't there (coughcommitteecough) you missed out!

If anyone wants to do some gym training before the BUSAs then i'll be going down once or twice a week to work on core stability (really good for cycling). Things such as waist, abs, deltoids, back etc. If anyone want to join then contact me, I'm pretty flexible on days and times. (obviously there is no substitute for getting out on your bike though!)

[Michael]

Excellent race, loved it. I Thanks Simon, ( and for last minute bike prep!). Im back on the road for a while. To let my 'undercarriage' recover...

Wouldnt mind doing that more often Andy suggested having a road and offroad combined race.