The Frost Bite enduro took place last weekend at Brechfa Foret in Wales,This has to be one of the UKs top riding spot but has been kept off the radar for many riders as its a long way from anywhere. So with Oli out with illness it was down to Dom and Elbry to do battle in this ALL-MTN enduro for the team and our sponsors : Freestyle Xtreme.com , The Bike Shop and Trail Head.
Unlike most UK Enduros this 40k event has three timed stages, a DH,
XC and hill climb and would test around 200 of the UKs finest at this sold out event and prove to be a great all-mtn event. Dom would put in a solid ride to take 26th overall and Elbry finished the day in 43 spot.
TIMES:
DH stage: Dom 3:24
Elbry 3:15
XC stage : Dom 7:30
Elbry 7:50
Hill Climb: Dom 7:56
Elbry 8:35
Elbry" Having failed to make the 60k enduro a few weeks ago and just about make 40k it was clear that i was going to have to dig deep this early in the year just to get round let alone post some ok times. We got to the first stage and it was clear from the talk that a lot fast locals had a good idea of what the stage was like, others had set off a long time ahead and rested and scooped out the track before there run, For Dom and i we were doing it proper enduro style and racing it blind, The DH stage was slick but not that tech, i was blowing on this short stage and pumped a large section of it rather than pedal and am happy to see that still gave me a time inside the top 20 overall for this stage. Stage 2 was a rolling xc stage and i got stuck behind one rider on the fast last section and had to do a block pass, lost some time on this stage but was happy with it and had past two riders on that stage, Final stage i thought was a xc stage with a up hill in it, but it soon came clear it was a hill climb, i past 4 riders but lost lot time trying to save some energy to make the finish,
Dom
"I found the 1st downhill stage pretty windy at the top and a bit greasy, could have done with some softer compound tyres. the 2nd stage didn't go too badly, overtaking 3 riders but felt drained at the end, wasn't looking forward to the final stage but managed to find a second wind overtaking 5 riders and ending a fairly respectable 26th overall. A practice day on the saturday would help level the field so the locals dont have such an advantage over us riding blind!"
