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The race was the first of the NO Fuss Events "MacAvalanche" mass start at the top of Glencoe ski resort mountain in Scotland.
The heli drop didn't quite work out as well in reality as it played out in most blokes heads.
We (blokes of a certain age) expected a Wagner soundtrack as a chinnock heli dropped the tail hatch and we would roll out and away......
Cue a lack of snow and windy weather instead and a VIP heli with leather seats, no stripped out doorless slicks or chinnocks.
The real plan was drop bikes off at top of first chairlift, the piste bashers would ferry bikes to summit start, we got a heli ride up, the reality was not enough snow so bikes had to be taken to summit (how no one had a heart attack i don't know) by rider, then get back down to finish for safety brief and race rules...... then ride back to top. Only time in a heli and the views where stunning.
I expected the race to be super tech and really rough, the Glencoe DH track is a tad technical, more so when wet, so i went for lightish but reliable set up of SS, forks are 2005 Z1 FR2 running a single manitou nixon spring (TF tuned it).
After the rough summit start of jagged rocks and snow holes, it was a bit rough xc and very pedally....... Ace fun, like a very scaled down MegaAvalanche.
Got another photo on this PC of the pimp2, raced DH on it 8" brakes and a Zocchi 66 fork, did race the blue fork set up with bodged on gears for Fort William, bike made me bleed that time.
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