Aston Hill - England!

18:00 Saturday night we hauled it 275 miles back to Pinkbike UK HQ (Birmingham) landing back at midnight as the M6 was closed yet again J10-8! 05:30 up the crack of Dawn, whose Dawn? M40 southbound J9 and cross country to Aston Clinton and another 100 miles on the clock of the LWB Sprinter to Aston Hill.

Report inside,Mother's day, stupid question, but which other countries celebrate mother's day? Is it a World wide thing? Maybe that was the reason why only 155 raced? Add in the start to the Formula 1 season and numbers were down on the bumper 423 race last year. At least the weather was nice, if a little breezy and cool.


Practice was already firing as we landed just after 08:00 in the top car park. Sign on, sign your life away and kitted up we pedaled the short distance to the start. A massive pedal, think World Champs 2009, well it felt that way on the flat pedals I can tell you. Before we fired around some seriously eroded corners and straights littered with exposed roots. Am I complaining? Definitely not, courses should be as rough as a bear's bum, not some super highway.


Plenty of line choices to pick from even on a short course like this. Take it wide and flow was the trick of the day. Stay off the white chalky surface which was like ice and I'm not talking cream.


Racing started at 11:00 on the dot with everyone getting in two race runs, the fastest to count. The pits were alive with Nema, K9, Swiss and Swallow, Descent-Gear, the burger man, Hensley and Buzz. I must highly recommend Michelle Warby's flapjacks, they were awesome. The next race at Aston Hill is in September so make sure you are there points chasing for the British Downhill Series no doubt.

Results now live on Mikrotime.

Elite
Harry MOLLOY
Nathan VIALS Borderline Solid UK
Oli BUNTON

Pete Robinson

Seniors
Dan BURCHELL
Darren ALFORD
Josh LANE

Harry Molloy

Women
Nicky BELTON Mud and Snow
Rose HINDLEY
Tina COLLIER

Jack Ramsdale

Hardtail
Ben DEAKIN
Dom BARDEN
Ben ROBERTS

Right place, right time, wrong glove?

Juvenile Men
Connor FLETCHER
Campbell WOODS
Lewis KIDD

Oli Wakeman on his way to kissing Dave's feet

Youth
Jono JONES
Isaac MUNDY
Philip ATWILL

It was freezing...

Junior
Sam WAKEFIELD
Callum CUSSEN
Pete ROBINSON

Andy Ledden

Masters
Anthony GASKIN
Paul MOORE
Anton COLOMBO

Sam Wakefield

Vets
Richard ABBOTT
Tony PITTAS
Andy LEDDEN

Astonhill Race 14th March

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