KMB Girls take the win

The Keswick Mountain Bikes girls- Cheryl, Emily, Nic and Angela - take the podium, winners of the Enthusiast Women's category.

Pretty in pink.

Middle of the night, and even with a jet wash there are some things you can't completely get clean. Pink Yeti courtesy of Chez Frost, clinging mud courtesy of SiTS 2008.

The real damage

Eponine, my trusty Top Fuel, at the end of the weekend. Badly in need of a clean and, if you look closely, a new rear mech.

Sleepless in the tent

This was the image of the weekend for me. Midnight, sitting awake, waiting for someone to get back to the tent and tell us what the conditions were like. Surrounded by boxes of gear, sitting with a brew, trying just to survive the night.

The big pink machine

Okay, so my taste in racing gear isn't great, but I was happy and I was flying. Bringing it home at the end of the last lap, to bag us 26th place out of 84 mixed teams.

The beginning of the end

The end is nigh - Jimbo hands the baton over to Stuart, who would hand it over to me an hour or so later to ride the final lap. The fact Jim's smiling tells you the course was improving by that point.

Ghost rider

Playing around with rear-curtain flash, I shot this 'ghost rider' as he came through towards the last little 'out-and-back' by the campsite.
A friend asked what I'd done in Photoshop to get this effect, and the answer is 'nothing'.

The way it goes

Just after 4am. I'd got in from a somewhat disasterous night lap, having broken my rear mech and run the second half of the course, and decided I needed to chill out by taking some nice long-exposure shots of other racers. I'm glad I did.

The time of the lost and found

Prepping for my night lap, making sure the lights had been charged and getting my head together.

Nice legs

Emily from the KMB team after one of the night laps. As you can see, it was a little muddy in places.

Surprise!

Chez from the Keswick Mountain Bikes team. They won the Enthusiast Womens category.
I think she was a bit surprised to see me.

Nice rack

A selection of clean shiny bikes. None of which are mine...

Unicycle

Sleepless in the Saddle 2008
This man is a soloist. On a Unicycle. He is therefore officially hardcore.

Cake or Death?

Sleepless in the Saddle 2008
Team 'Cake or Death?'- Jimbo, Suzie, Pyro, Jon, Stuart.
Just before the start - you can tell that because no-one's muddy.