Twelve50 Bikes

Round 4 of the UKGE race series saw us take a trip down to Dyfi Forest in Wales, with torrential rain and a land slide to navigate through on the way, it promised to be a damp affair......   If it's variation in trail types people wanted at this round, that's what the organizers gave us!! Team Twelve50 looked a bit thin on the ground at this round, with Rick out (recovering from a dislocated shoulder) and Cheri out with a recovering "Snapped humerous" it was down to the rest of the team to slug it out. We were also a major part of the team missing, our chef Dez... also out of action after Russ broke him on the local trails (Another dislocated shoulder) On the Friday with Russ and Ross (With Nikki helping) setting up the pits, Dave and Nicole went to ride the tracks to see what it was all about.   While we filled our faces with some of Russ's BBQ feed, Reedy was very descriptive of the tracks...... in a Northern no messing about kind of way Stage ...

The Gravity Enduro circus parked up in Innerleithen in the Scottish Borders for  Round 2 of the series. Team Twelve50 Bikes went racing... Since braving sub-zero temperatures and axle deep mud last time out, spring has sprung so surely we were due for some sunshine and dust, right? No such luck. We were treated to wind, rain, sleet and snow. The pits flooded while we were setting up and we had to cut drainage channels into the pits, but hey, this is racing in the UK and we had our trusty Webber grills and a new fire pit to keep warm, so all was good. Anyway, what did we expect? The hill at Inners is legendary for the web of  technical trails that criss-cross it and has seen many a downhill race. It's a big loop too, with riders taking around five hours to get around the stages. These are tough tracks, and if Round 1 favoured those who could pedal the hardest, then this time out riders would have to be on top of their technical game too. So, the stages... Stage On...