Thanks!!

Thanks!!

Thanks!!

Aww it was pretty treacherous with the random soft patches and holes. I think being at the front helps as theres a bit more space and no big ruts in the snow already haha. I was just leaning back, try to keep feet on the pedals and stay off the brakes then just hope for the best.. hahaha! Can't beat a bit of carnage though! Will you get in about it again next year?

@LiamMoynihan I think sometimes it's knowing a little of what to expect on certain areas. I was expecting the boggy stuff to be worse than it was. But then again I didn't expect the second seedling stage to be as brutal. We're definitely doing it next year. It was a blast, but knowing what to expect and some more training I hope to in amongst it! Awesome stuff 👏 👌

The Mega over in Alpe d'Huez is so good! Racing that is definitely a highlight of my year each summer. Racing it is well worth while if you ever get the chance!!

Ahhhh damn AXS. I was trying to figure out what you were kicking at!! Did we have th tangle at the top of the chair too? Classic bit of snow carnage haha. Hope you had a good weekend!!

Ahh thankyou!! watching on the treadmill or turbo trainer with the bike maybe is a pretty good shout. I'll definitely give the main one my best shot this year and see what can be done! Cheers again!

@@LiamMoynihan BTW, I love your commentary during the race - encouraging people to get a shift on. So funny and very entertaining. Good luck again and I’ll look forward to the Mega and mountain on Hell. I’ll try and come and watch the event soon.

Yeh smart guy. Pretty much everyone did as its a long while from leaving the finish area to get to the top and start, so having a water bottle which you can just empty at the start line if you don't drink and have a very light bottle is well worthwhile to not be parched!

@@LiamMoynihan The race orga doesn't provide water and snacks to the riders, that they have to bring their own?

Haha! Thank you!!

Hahaha! Hopefully we were at least a wee bit faster on the skis, had quite a good teacher at times!! 😂

Hi Joe! Sorry it’s a bit late now. Just seen the comment. I was on clips! Hope you had a good one at the macavlanche this year!

Was a fun race for sure!

@@LiamMoynihan ⛩👏

Cheeers Alan! Definitely not easy, that snow was treacherous with the firm rideable chunks with sudden, hidden soft holes! haha. Good fun though, hopefully will be on again next year

Ahh cheeeers!

Thank you!!

Haha it did look a lot more hectic in the pack!! Almost a bit boring near the front in comparison haha!

@@LiamMoynihan especially hard when your laughing at everyone falling over

Thank you!!

Thanks for the kind words! I just use the same tyres pretty much all the time as if you use a full mud tyre for the snow and soft stuff it just rolls so slowly on the long trail centre sections or doesn't work as well on rocks etc so I go for Magic Mary in Ultrasoft compound front and rear pretty much all year long and I know I have a good balance on all surfaces. If there was a realllll muddy sloppy race I'd possibly move to double dirty Dan but otherwise Magic Mary all round every race and every day in between! Haha

@@LiamMoynihan Cheers for the detailed response, I've just got myself a magic Mary in ultrasoft for my rear and will do the same for the front when the time comes to replace it. Section 2 at Ard Rock last year opened my eyes that my tyres were not really cut out for any kind of slop. Happy trails!

This was in the middle of April this year. The snow would have been perfect in the morning i reckon but we did qualifying in morning and race in afternoon so it was pretty soft. Maybe they will change things up a wee bit for 2024

@@LiamMoynihan Thanks buddy, great video to watch and it looks like a fun ride. Might see you there in 2024 then!

Thank you!! Mountain of Hell video just went up today. It's like this race but much wilder!!! haha

Ahh thanks! Mountain of Hell 2023 one just went up today. Megavalanche is weekend after next, so not long now!

Hahaha!

Cheeeers!

I assume, trail is hard and requires lots of steering, dropbars aren't improving maneuverability.

This is at Nevis Range, close to Fort William. The mountain we race on is Aonach Mor.

Sweet man its on the bucket list Iv done 2 mega avalanches that was certainly crazy 🤪

Fun ?!🤩🤩👍👍

Cảm ơn!

Ahh it looks like concrete but it's actually Limestone. Still really hard but generally has a looseness to it which makes it quite slippy. There is a limestone quarry just beside the trails here so it generally gets used in places where the ground is really soft to firm it up and stop the tracks from breaking down really fast

That blue track is pretty new and has had digger work done on it literally in the last few months. I'm all for keeping the hills looking natural and not making a mess, I'm aware of the unique grass and moss species etc but I think to call it an "environmental disaster" or "absolutely shocking" is a bit over the top. I've spent enough time in all the mountains around this area for the last 20 years to have built up a pretty substantial amount of anecdotal evidence on how quickly these things go back to nature and don't actually cause lasting issues. I've done trail work in winter that looks a mess in March, pretty neat 1 year later. Then if left alone and not ridden for a few years are 100% unidentifiable as ever having existed. I know this is more than a little trail in the woods and is a bit of an eyesore on the hill at the moment but realistically in the big picture I think it's good to keep some perspective and fight the correct battles in terms of environmental protection. I want my kids and grandkids to have wild, unspoilt hills, rivers and lochs to play in and explore like I had growing up so I am far more conscious and concerned with whats going on in our mountains than most, also spend more time in these mountains than most. To me this trail isn't something worth getting up in arms about. Yes they could & should have done a neater job and I agree it could do with being narrower and having some restoration work done along the edges but it's far from being an impending environmental disaster.

​@@LiamMoynihan should we not look to the work done bt CRC in glenlivet and tarland etc. as the new standard for all scottish trails? Those trails make these poorly built trails look like a poorly maintained forestry road and have more environmental measures taken despite being in a more environmentally sensitive area than the nevis range

Hahaha! Absolutely zero percent chance of winning on a fatbike. I've ridden them just enough to know how incredibly crap they are on everything other than the first 30seconds of soft snow, which was so soft with bog holes underneath that it still wouldn't have been much better. Even assuming it did float over the snow I'd happily give someone on a fatbike a massive head start and be confident of catching and overtaking haha!

I had a fat bike. Very capable in the slow parts of snow, sand and gravel, plowing, but very slippery in the wet and very heavy in the fast parts.