XC Carnage

i can never pass this video up. classic stacks.

Sweet schadenfreude.

That video never gets old.

@Frank – That’s because in the US we would sue.

Check out the sweet catch at 2:50.

There should be a prize for whoever can make it through the video with that song turned up.

Who is that band and the name of the song?

people should learn how to ride down hills. at least a few of them did.

Are these guys drunk or just beginners?

doesn’t anyone recognize the Banana Splits theme song?

Had me laughing up until 2:45…Ouch!

This was actually in Moelfre in Wales at the trails where the Athertons train when they’re at home, not Sheffield.

The BUCS race is the universities championship and is split into two- Champs and Sport. Champs is for your proper racers (including, as you can see, a lot of roadies who have come for the craic) and Sport for less enthusiastic riders, a lot of whom have only been riding a few months by this stage. The descent was down and old DH course used in the British national series in the 90’s and that point in the video was very steep and loose with a few rocks.

It was brilliant to ride- a really tough XC course, the climb was brutally steep and the descent tough.

I think I’m in that video getting a scalp on someone, I managed to nail it every time but it is a lot tougher than it looks in the video. If you think it’s funny to watch you should have been there- one of the best weekends of my university career.

Always aim for the spectators since they are on solid ground.

I’m guessing it was a lot steeper than it looked (and very slippery) based on the way that one guy kept sliding down it on his ass. Video/pics tend to make everything look flat. That said, very few of them appeared to be getting their butts behind the seat to get their weight back.