Mountain Bike World Cup @ Fort William

[Chavbo]

anybody going to be heading up? its this weekend, 4x on sat, DH on sun, unsure of when XC is. also a good pish up at night in the town :)

i'm definitely going up with quite a few mates and camping in a layby nearby, doubt i'll have the 200 with me now but if you happen to come across a few drunken randoms camping at the side of the road with a bbq come join us for a brew :thumbs: as i'm not driving i'll probably manage a repeat of last year, totally hammered before we got past loch lomond :D

[seb]

I mean to go every year, but when it comes down to it it's a long way and a lot of money. Instead I'm heading over to south wales to ride some dragon DH runs. Seen a world cup before at Leysin anyway :)

[ferretca18]

I was gonna be going up with a load of mates from uni but its kinda gone pete tong. everyone is either working or cant be arsed:( maybe next year then.

[Chavbo]

was a great weekend :nod: got a few pics from my mates cam:

white van i found in the race village, already written on when we arrived:D :
http://www.btinternet.com/~sam_mclean/pics/sambovan.jpg

some nice scenery:
http://www.btinternet.com/~sam_mclean/ftbilldo/Picture-001.jpg
http://www.btinternet.com/~sam_mclean/ftbilldo/Picture-002.jpg
http://www.btinternet.com/~sam_mclean/ftbilldo/mistymountain.jpg

race village:
http://www.btinternet.com/~sam_mclean/ftbilldo/Picture-013.jpg
http://www.btinternet.com/~sam_mclean/ftbilldo/race_village.jpg

finish line/arena thingy:
http://www.btinternet.com/~sam_mclean/ftbilldo/finishing_drop.jpg
http://www.btinternet.com/~sam_mclean/ftbilldo/Picture-021.jpg

big fast jump under the big inflatable Tissot arch:
http://www.btinternet.com/~sam_mclean/ftbilldo/Picture-014.jpg
http://www.btinternet.com/~sam_mclean/ftbilldo/Picture-018.jpg
http://www.btinternet.com/~sam_mclean/ftbilldo/Picture-019.jpg

some nice motors about, M12 GTO 3R on the MBUK team stand:
http://www.btinternet.com/~sam_mclean/ftbilldo/m12.jpg
http://www.btinternet.com/~sam_mclean/ftbilldo/buried_truck.jpg
http://www.btinternet.com/~sam_mclean/ftbilldo/big_dodge_van.jpg

making good use of the good old s13 non-working electric aerial :wack:
http://www.btinternet.com/~sam_mclean/ftbilldo/Picture-029.jpg

woke up in the car to find my kind mates had "decorated" her with tape from the XC track :D
http://www.btinternet.com/~sam_mclean/ftbilldo/Picture-033.jpg

we're all totally sober at this point, honest :wack:
http://www.btinternet.com/~sam_mclean/ftbilldo/Pre_nightout.jpg
(seb - you may recognise the young lady on the right of the pic...)

had a right good laugh, was a nice drive too even if the car was slightly overloaded (4 people, 3 tons of booze, etc :D ) also managed to get free entry for both days which was a bonus :) definitely recommended to any mtb types for next time :thumbs:

[Chavbo]

forgot to add - nice little vid of a big whip over the Tissot arch jump, was way more impressive in real life, looked like the boy was heading for the crowd at a great rate of knotts :eek:

right click, save target as (http://www.btinternet.com/~sam_mclean/ftbilldo/bigwhip.mov)

apologies for quicktime format.

[seb]

(seb - you may recognise the young lady on the right of the pic...)

But of course, I can identify any female DHer from her arse (it's Lucy, right?) ;)

[Chavbo]

haha yeah thats the 1 :nod:

heard a rumour at the weekend that they will only hold a world cup at a location for 3 years in a row before giving it a wee break for a few years, meaning that there will be no Ft. William round next year, do you know if theres any truth in that?