you would have loved it..I was actually on the verge of thinking an XC full Suss is the way to go !! I'm left wondering should i have used my Carbon Hardtail..maybe you should have 2 bikes..a Carbon Hardtail for early on and an XC Fullsusser when you got tireder !!
"Matt Adair Team Skinny young Talent" ha ha very funny...
In fact, it was funny seeing all the fancy gazebo's, tents, hypoxic chambers etc that people brought for their pits, then there was Mat with a chair, a bike, a bottle and an alarming sense of optimism.
Yeah - heard he caught a low branch with his head and wasn't right after that. Don't remember any low branches myself though - must not have been going quick enough.
"thanks to the ghost of Gerry Ryan"....jaysus - nobody is sacred in your book!
I remember too the "the Jade Goody memorial race" in Kerry, poor John Crowley from Killarney CC just dropped and shook his head with an "oh jaysus Richie" when he heard that one!