The Merida TransWales now with solo category!!
Due to popular demand the Merida TransWales Mountain Bike stage challenge has open its doors to solo riders. Due to an increasing numbers of riders who wanted to take part in this summers' new event but couldn't find a suitable partner a new category has been opened to accommodate solo riders.
Solo riders will be in their own category and will battle it out to win the male, female and veteran categories.
The setup is that solo riders will ride the same linking stages as the team riders but will ride the special stages on their own rather than dividing the stage into two halves. It adds roughly another 30km of riding to the whole distance over the course of the week.
There are 10 team places currently up for grabs and can be filled either with teams or solo riders. To enter simply go to the event website www.mtbtransuk.co.uk download an entry form and send it through with the word SOLO in the 'team partner name' box. We will confirm successful entries within a couple of days.
Besides that we are currently finalising the route. John Lloyd and I have spent a week pre-riding the linking stages and came to realise that the trails and linking stages we were intending to use north of Coed-y-Brenin were not on the same outstanding level as the rest of the course. So to give the riders the best Wales has to offer we have decided to move the whole course further south. The overall distance, the overall amount of climbing and the number of special stages are staying the same but we are now coming back to Builth Wells from the south rather than the north.
We have found some amazing riding out there which even to us as regular Wales riders, was an pleasant surprise. You will be impressed with what Wales has to offer especially if you get some of the best local guides and riders involved.
While riding the linking stages we noticed that due to the length of the linking stages and the sometimes rough terrain, riders should consider riding a short travel XC full suspension. We used Merida Carbon Mission bikes (see www.merida-bikes.co.uk for details) and found them to be perfect for the job. But if you don't have a full suspension at your disposal we are currently working on an event specific deal with USE whereby a special edition SUMO XCR suspension post can be purchased for the reduced price of £ 60. If you are interested send us an email to info@mtbtransuk.co.uk and we will give you further details.
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