Sunday the 25th of August saw the Torq 12:12 event, the event is always held on the August Bank Holiday weekend so Monday is recovery day. The event starts at 12 noon and finishes at 12 midnight, this makes for some interesting racing. You can either choose to ride it solo 12hr, solo 6hr, team of 3 or a team of 4. The hotly contested 4 man Male team is the race Mountain Trax - Vauxhall motors cycling team decided to enter, with 6 other Mountain Trax Teams.
Team Manager Ben Thomas decided it would be best for me to go out first on the 8 mile twisty loamy course at Minley Manor. This was my first outing on my Enve, Chrisking Tubular wheels built by Darren at Strada wheels. These wheels are only really supposed to be used for big Race day events Ie Nationals but I wasn't planning on using the tyres glued on for next years races so thought I may aswell get some use out of these tubs before I rip them of and reglue so custom Dugasts ready for the 2015 Season. The wheels didn't disappoint with a huge amount of grip coming from a skinny 1.95 inch tyre. I was very surprised at the wheels stifness given the low weight, they accelerated out of the corners stupidly fast but did lack a little volume in the tyres over the bumpy stuff. They couldn't have been that bumpy though as I managed to bag the fastest lap of the day plus consistently lapping throughout the race. Early on in the race the gap to 2nd place was small but anything can happen in 12hrs!. We all kept our lap times consistent and the gap grew lap by lap, by the night laps we had a good 10minute lead and barring any mechanical's we were confident that we could win. Scott was out on the last lap and after 12hrs and 50seconds of racing we had done it, great team effort from all 4 of us. 2nd place was Torq Performance and Banjo Cycles in 3rd.
Results - http://timelaps.co.uk/assets/uploads/EVENTREPORT.aspx?eventid=301Frimley24/08/2014#12Hr Team 4 Male
Pictures from John @Vermont Images & Kevin Sheldrake
Huge Thanks to my team - Mountain Trax - Vauxhall Motors Cycling Team
Also a huge thanks to Strada Handbuilt wheels for all my race and training wheels
Team Manager Ben Thomas decided it would be best for me to go out first on the 8 mile twisty loamy course at Minley Manor. This was my first outing on my Enve, Chrisking Tubular wheels built by Darren at Strada wheels. These wheels are only really supposed to be used for big Race day events Ie Nationals but I wasn't planning on using the tyres glued on for next years races so thought I may aswell get some use out of these tubs before I rip them of and reglue so custom Dugasts ready for the 2015 Season. The wheels didn't disappoint with a huge amount of grip coming from a skinny 1.95 inch tyre. I was very surprised at the wheels stifness given the low weight, they accelerated out of the corners stupidly fast but did lack a little volume in the tyres over the bumpy stuff. They couldn't have been that bumpy though as I managed to bag the fastest lap of the day plus consistently lapping throughout the race. Early on in the race the gap to 2nd place was small but anything can happen in 12hrs!. We all kept our lap times consistent and the gap grew lap by lap, by the night laps we had a good 10minute lead and barring any mechanical's we were confident that we could win. Scott was out on the last lap and after 12hrs and 50seconds of racing we had done it, great team effort from all 4 of us. 2nd place was Torq Performance and Banjo Cycles in 3rd.
Results - http://timelaps.co.uk/assets/uploads/EVENTREPORT.aspx?eventid=301Frimley24/08/2014#12Hr Team 4 Male
Pictures from John @Vermont Images & Kevin Sheldrake
Also a huge thanks to Strada Handbuilt wheels for all my race and training wheels
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