Rich and I decided to try and organise a few local races for the mountain bikers around here. There are loads of bikers here in Aberdeen, and surprised that nothing like this exists.

so after a few weeks of searching locations and working out a few tracks, we had our first race on Thursday. We had tried to get the word out through various channels and amazingly 22 people turned up to race, not bad seeing that we only emailed people 5 days before it.

the first stage was a mass start from the tower at Kirhill. we decided to try and break up the pack by having a Le Mans start with them holding their front wheel in their hands. Very funny watching people trying to put their fornt wheels in at double time.

The second and third stages were all timed runs with people hammering after each other with the look of evil possession in their eyes.

Overall it was a great success, everyone wanting more. We have decided to do a summer series and will do 4 races each on the first Thursday of the month. Watch this space!