British Enduro Round 1 - Laggan Wolftrax

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3 ай бұрын

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My very first enduro race was at Laggan Wolftrax back in 2018, so when I seen that Tweedlove managed to get it going again, I booked my spot.
I love this place, and I know the trail centre side quite well, so I thought I could be fairly competitive.
I could have justified using my Claymore enduro bike for this, but I opted to take the Highlander trail bike instead. My thought process being that for the pedaling sections, the Highlander would be better, and there were a few pedaling sections to be fair.
I don't know if I would have been quicker on the Claymore, but I am happy with getting 19th out of 96 entrants in my class. The top 8 roughly being pro level riders.
Annoyingly, I know I could have went better and gotten clearer run had I chosen to have been a seeded rider. This means that I'll have to do another race or two to see if I can improve.
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Пікірлер: 106

@Goodthings81 3 ай бұрын

Good to see your kindness and patience with the slower riders 👍

@McTrailRider 3 ай бұрын

Doesn’t cost anything to be polite 👍

@streetpigeonmtb 3 ай бұрын

Wow. Proper enduro! A lot of real fitness testing bits. That looked chaotic in places. Amazing work and the footage is next level as usual!

@McTrailRider 3 ай бұрын

Cheers Jamie! I actually felt I had pretty good fitness during the race, which is the first time I can say that. Makes a big difference.

@eddies5675 2 ай бұрын

Enjoyed that mate, great riding. Nice POV action

@evilrslade 3 ай бұрын

Absolutely flying! Great stuff.

@McTrailRider 3 ай бұрын

Cheers dude 😊

@kevinw1129 3 ай бұрын

One of your best videos Andrew. A much better performance than a couple of years ago when you and Piers couldn’t complete the enduro race you entered. Good on you! 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

@McTrailRider 3 ай бұрын

Very true, but I wasn’t feeling very well before that race and the conditions were shocking 😮 I always finish the sunny ones 😜

@user-vv2ev6fx6g 3 ай бұрын

Brilliant ride. I was willing you on my you didn't let me down all those trips abroad really paid off 👏🏽 👏🏽👏🏽

@Rosco0754 2 ай бұрын

That dirt on stage 2 looked prime!!!

@CR-uu7xe 3 ай бұрын

Well done. Great to hear you being courteous to those a little slower than you. Nice video as always 👍🏼

@McTrailRider 3 ай бұрын

Always!

@kevincross9206 3 ай бұрын

That looked a real grind at the start, good to see you finishing better on each section 👏🏼

@McTrailRider 3 ай бұрын

Yeah, very tough start to the enduro! Slowly found my flow though.

@kevinwood8021 3 ай бұрын

Great riding Andrew and great result👊

@McTrailRider 3 ай бұрын

Cheers buddy

@jfwbufg781trub 3 ай бұрын

Great stuff - good to see Lewis back on his bike too.

@McTrailRider 3 ай бұрын

Lewis was great company over the weekend, and he’s very quick on the bike too 🤘

@paulcockram9151 3 ай бұрын

Amazing, I enjoyed your self coaching at the beginning to take it steady

@McTrailRider 3 ай бұрын

Had to talk myself out of riding beyond my limit for sure.

@01FozzyS 3 ай бұрын

Well done,Andrew! Nice to see you racing again. It's been awhile.

@McTrailRider 3 ай бұрын

I don’t do enough races tbh.

@AndysLandyAdventures 3 ай бұрын

Really enjoyed that video, I need to go there! Awesome riding btw

@McTrailRider 3 ай бұрын

Thanks! You should visit for sure.

@garyallertonga 3 ай бұрын

You rode it like a boss 👌

@McTrailRider 3 ай бұрын

Thanks 🙏

@alastairlaidlaw2922 3 ай бұрын

Hard work! Great ride.Very dramatic love the sound track 😊

@McTrailRider 3 ай бұрын

The breathing was heavier than anticipated 😜

@A_AAA232 3 ай бұрын

strong riding Andrew, that first stage compared to how you guys flew down the last! solid effort, great riding, nice vid, cheers

@McTrailRider 3 ай бұрын

The stages progressively got faster and faster. Kings cool actually🤘

@georgemacdonald6805 3 ай бұрын

Nice run Andrew. Hard graft and good fitness level. Really enjoyed that one - need to get back to Laggan.

@McTrailRider 3 ай бұрын

Cheers George 👍

@gordonhenderson1287 3 ай бұрын

Great stuff Andy. Improved your position every stage!

@McTrailRider 3 ай бұрын

Yeah, I steadily got faster throughout the day. That’s what I usually end up doing to be fair.

@ryaneatspie 3 ай бұрын

Well in mate, solid day! Good to meet you up at stage two start!

@McTrailRider 3 ай бұрын

You too mate! Very small world.

@rhettetherington1351 3 ай бұрын

Brilliant.Well done. Looked a tough day.

@McTrailRider 3 ай бұрын

Cheers buddy! The stages were certainly physical.

@taffycymroukmtb9073 3 ай бұрын

Great Stuff buddy 🚴 round 2 next 🤙🤙

@McTrailRider 3 ай бұрын

I wasn’t going to do the next round, but I think I might now 👍

@idmacp 3 ай бұрын

Great riding, inspiring. This was my first enduro - at a day under a tender 42 years old 😂 Burgers at the end were the business

@McTrailRider 3 ай бұрын

Never too late to start 👍 And yes, the burgers where very good, as was the pizza 👌

@dangermouse-ch8fb 3 ай бұрын

That looked tough!

@McTrailRider 3 ай бұрын

The stages were tough, but I felt the day wasn’t too hard overall.

@DizRidesMtb 3 ай бұрын

Fantastic bro , ya did well bro . Looked a tough owd day

@McTrailRider 3 ай бұрын

Thanks 👍

@Rowan_t24 3 ай бұрын

solid positions, well done

@McTrailRider 3 ай бұрын

Thanks dude

@bridgefootcottage 3 ай бұрын

Great effort, esp last stage. The brown Side looked tricky, and massive speed increase when you hit the trial side. We headed over to Newtonmore from our home in Aberdeenshire on Friday in our van and wild camped, I had big plans for a day at Laggan then saw on FB there was enduro on😅… change of plan… found some great trails on hill just above Newtonmore and Nevis range forest on Sunday, drove past you lot on Saturday 😂

@McTrailRider 3 ай бұрын

Yeah, not an ideal time to visit Laggan😜 Interested in the trails above Newtonmore🤔

@bridgefootcottage 3 ай бұрын

Smallish hill called Creag bheag - I climbed up rocky staircase on NE side and down SW off summit on well made path, a few interesting bits . This was after mellow trail along loch gynack (blue on Trailforks). You might like the steep rock steps on NW side I climbed

@McTrailRider 3 ай бұрын

@@bridgefootcottage thanks for the info 👍

@bridgefootcottage 3 ай бұрын

Sorry 😮! The hill was just above (north) of Kingussie, 487m , above golf course!! There is a hill with same name above Newtonmore too 😂 why do they do that !!?. I started off the ride Newtonmore….

@brianbathgate4944 3 ай бұрын

Class

@McTrailRider 3 ай бұрын

Thanks

@heywood165 2 ай бұрын

Your line choice improves as you get further through the stages. Did you check out the trails the day before, or were you just there one day?

@ab_mtb 2 ай бұрын

Gkad i didnt sign up for this one. Looks a bit much for me. Well done, looked a tough race. Cant believe how quiet your bike, its pratcally silent

@MrAndrew2509 3 ай бұрын

Great video Andy Boy, how much more fun would it have been on the E-bike.👌

@McTrailRider 3 ай бұрын

I’d choose the trail bike again if I was given the choice. I think an e-bike may have made things a bit more difficult in many places tbh.

@mcyoon77 3 ай бұрын

I’m tired out just watching. Big test of fitness that. Well done.

@McTrailRider 3 ай бұрын

A lot of people mentioning the physicality of the day at the end.

@alrothe1963 3 ай бұрын

Nice . I remember stage 1 from before. No pleasure apart from the last few corners. Good riding though. Catch you about somewhere sometime

@McTrailRider 3 ай бұрын

Whilst state 1 was really tough, I do think that an enduro should include a bit of everything, including really tough sections.

@mitchwarren1600 3 ай бұрын

That first track looked irritating. But the rest looked great! Healthy competition is just so much fun!! Well done!

@McTrailRider 3 ай бұрын

Irritating is a very good word to describe it.

@lwatson166 3 ай бұрын

Great weekend. Stage one looks much more ridable than i remember 😂

@McTrailRider 3 ай бұрын

Tell me about it

@paulb5390 3 ай бұрын

Still enough energy to throw some whips for the cameras 😁

@cb6866 3 ай бұрын

Thanks Andrew...yeah , you were absolutely flying ! OK , do you smile for the photographers on the course. ?

@McTrailRider 3 ай бұрын

Always!

@cb6866 3 ай бұрын

@@McTrailRider The legend only grows , cheers !

@hardtaillife4071 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for filming. This took my mind off of the Lakers game. Speaking of sound…was the mic picking up your heartbeat?

@McTrailRider 3 ай бұрын

It probably was picking up my heartbeat. I have a really strong loud heartbeat and apparently you can see my neck pulsing from it, even when resting.

@coldstreamguards 3 ай бұрын

Sorry Matey, my hip pack. I just left it when it dropped. It caught one of my teammates out and she supermanned over it!! 😂😂😂😂

@weekendbikingwarrior360 3 ай бұрын

f*cking hell. respect.

@McTrailRider 3 ай бұрын

Haha, cheers

@shaundonovan8780 3 ай бұрын

You crashed at exactly the same spot as Joe Barnes on Stage 1!! ...great effort Andrew

@McTrailRider 3 ай бұрын

I did see that 🤔 There’s actually an inline root that is hard to see in real time right there.

@Mtnboarder 3 ай бұрын

Hard to show just how brutal Stage 1 was! We didnt get to ride it in the race sadly...

@McTrailRider 3 ай бұрын

You can’t quite convey awkwardness in a video. Could you not do it because of the accident?

@Mtnboarder 3 ай бұрын

@@McTrailRider Yup, we were right behind the rider, scary but I hear its a good outcome.

@scotlandmyhome7484 3 ай бұрын

Stage 1 looked afa tight & moist with a lot of effort required to finish her off 😂😂😂

@scotlandmyhome7484 3 ай бұрын

Sorry couldn’t help myself 😬😂

@scotlandmyhome7484 3 ай бұрын

Not sure I’d get Warners job now😂

@McTrailRider 3 ай бұрын

Very non pc, but you’re in the right place 👍😜

@ToddNZMTB 3 ай бұрын

Thought this was a new _raw_ channel ha ha

@McTrailRider 3 ай бұрын

Not far off it tbh

@ceriway380 3 ай бұрын

not the flowest tracks at the start. But great effort.

@McTrailRider 3 ай бұрын

State 1 was pure anti flow

@fuckinellitsraymo 3 ай бұрын

Respectable result mate. You were trying to hunt that guy down on the final stage

@McTrailRider 3 ай бұрын

It was awkward on the last stage, as Lewis is faster than me normally, but I seemed to have fatigued less over the day. All good at the end of the day though 👍

@stu.c 3 ай бұрын

Jesus wept! I'd have picked the e-bike ... and you'd still have been quicker 🤣

@McTrailRider 3 ай бұрын

I honestly don’t think the e-bike would have been any advantage at this race. Maybe stage 2 and 4, but overall the regular bike would be my choice.

@stu.c 3 ай бұрын

@@McTrailRider oh no, I meant for me 😅 It's a given I'd be slow AF through the trees and roots, which would knacker me out too much for the pedally bits in between. I don't think I'm cut out for racing 🤣