Round 2 of the Mountain bike World Cup series was held in Fort William, Scotland. The hill has been used for many years now for World class events as well as UK Nationals. The course at Nevis range is very long and fast. The track is made up of a lot or rocks which makes the track very rough.
There were a lot of changes to the usual track for this race. They had redone some of the section and also there were some cool sections that had be made by digging down the bedrock.
Friday practice was going well. I was really enjoying the new bits on the track and though that the track had good flow to it. There was a new woods section as well which was cool.
After a good finish in Maribor I was now in the top 80, This means that I get extra practice on Friday and Saturday, Having this extra practise means you can be a bit more chilled out and you don’t have to cram in runs, you can relax a bit.
The cool thing about the World cup being at Fort William is that a lot of uk companies and distributors come the event with stands so its really good to be able to catch up with the companies that help me.
In top 80 you get timed practise at the end of Friday, I decided to do a times run just to see what I could do, My run was good, no major mistakes and I just cruzed the motorway at the bottom to save energy. My time from this was a 5minutes 20seconds.
I got up early for Saturday practice because I really wanted to try and make a good improvement on yesterdays time. Practice was going well, I felt fast and was loving the track. I did 3 runs and by the 3rd I felt that I was going nearly as fast as I could so was looking forward to qualifying.
I headed up for my qualifying run, I was in good spirits but very nervous at the same time. I start of well but got a flat rear tire on one of the first rock features in the track. I was so disappointed that this had happened, I think that I just missed my like slightly and clipped a rock that gave me a pinch flat.
Im looking forward to the next world cup with is only 2 weeks away and is being held in Leogang in Austria.
Big thanks to Jez form Nema clothing. I am really happy to be running Nema clothing now, Its really nice kit and im looking forward showing it of in Austria.
Thanks to Specialized, Superstar Components, Funn, Nema, 661 and Maxxis.
