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Kona Bikefest 2010 powered by Mercedes-Benz Vito Sport Check out the Mercedes-Benz Vito Sport YouTube video from the weekend. CLICK HERE>> Almost 1800 riders made it to the 9th helping of the infamous Kona Bristol Bikefest powered by Mercedes-Benz Vito Sport. After last year’s challenging conditions riders as well as the organising team were hoping for another Bikefest typical sun spoiled weekend – and due to organiser Paul rediscovering this lost good weather flip-flops the weekend didn’t disappoint.  The days leading up the event were hot and sunny preparing the single track loaded course once more into one of the most loved relay courses in the country. With the promising weather forecast and the relaxed event atmosphere lots of riders took the opportunity to arrive on Friday to enjoy the DJ and bar as well as prepare themselves for the 12 hour lying ahead. 9am the next morning more than 350 teams, pairs and solo riders set of to fight out the fastest riders in the various categories on offer. As in years gone by the open male category was heavily fought over and with a few changes in rankings it took up to the last couple of hours for the consistently strong riding Bad Ass Bike Team to take the win ahead of Torq in 2nd position and Team in the Hurt Business coming in 3rd. The other results from the 12hour event were: Solo Open Male: James Lister (Torq Perfromace) Steve Webb Szabolcs Bandli (Team Bicycle) Solo Open Female: Gemma Frier (Team Teacake) Kath Bushnell (Bristol Workshop) Iona Evans Solo Old Gits Male Craig Dolwin Daryl Cavill Dave Buchanan Solo Single Speed Male Dan Treby (Buff Feel the Ride) Jon Meredith (Velo Club Moulin) Matt Carr (Trek) Pairs Open Male Mode Cycles UK/Swinnerton Raf CC Team Lumicycle Pairs Open Female Minx Progressive Fitness Tea Capers Pairs Open Mixed Team WXC Big Foot Revolution Bikes Pairs SingleSpeed Merida / Shred Gump and the Shovel Bike Mechanics Mucky Nutz Racing Team Open Male Bad Ass Bikes Torq Performance In the Hurt Business Team Open Female Muddy Minkies Beyond 925 Dreaming Tyres Oxford MTB Team Open Mixed Team Certini McCauleys RAF Cycling Mixed A Torq Development Team Old Gits Male Dream Zero G Team Black Rat Tuesday’s Old Gits Team SingeSpeed Male Progression Fitness Co Uk The Single Nuggets SingleSpeed Moo’s The racing action was followed in typical Bristol Bikefest style with a massive party,  live music and DJ tunes early into the morning - ideal preparation for Sundays’ 6 hour event. Sunday morning greeted the riders with a similar picture of blue skies and warm almost summer like temperatures. The trails were still in great conditions even with thousands of laps being ridden the previous day. Some of the turns turned almost a little slippy from the dust on the ground. Sunday features the 6hour team, pairs and solo events as well as the 3hour novice race. At 10am the almost teams started in the usual Les Mans on the far side of the course to hit the first single track in a more stretched out manner. After a short worry that rain might move in (which did hit other parts of Bristol – must be down to those good weather flip flops) the sunny weather returned and stayed with the event and with the many riders out on course. After 3hours of dipping their toe into the endurance event water the Novice event came to the event will the following results: Novice Male: Chris Deverson Nathan Anscombe Stuart Selwood Novice Female: Helen Cockcroft Novice Teams: Waterley Botton Wobblers Son of Anarchy Last but One! The 6hour event carried on into the later hours of the afternoon. By then the sun was getting stronger and stronger adding an extra challenge to the demanding course. Solo Open Male: Rob Lee (Team Syncros Endurance) Graeame Forbes Adrian Scott (Phill Corley) Solo Open Female: Sarah Forbes Julie Greengrass Lorraine Staley Solo Old Gits Male: Ian Jabobs Tony Davis Kev Watts Pairs Open Male: Abergavenny RC Mud Dock Rock and Road Cycles Pairs Open Female: Castle Bikes & Lodge Cycles Dartmoor Dare-Belles Pairs Old Gits Male: One F Gear (with gears) The Biddulph Old Boys Ill Buy That Pairs Open Mixed: Torq Development 2 Wheelers M&D Cycles Specialized Teams Open Male: Granny Ring Small Torq Cretty Swax Mercer Team Old Gits Male: Fixed Foxes Lumberjacks The Bone Shakers Team Open Mixed: Activ Plus… Team Rob Abrey Credo The event village was filled with the latest the industry had to offer giving lots of  interested riders the chance to test ride a new machine while still racing the event. You can download your lap times and view the results at: www.timelaps.co.uk. Race photos from the weekend can be viewed at www.photo-it.com. Here's some links from the guys at Mercedes-Benz Vito Sport: http://www.facebook.com/vitosport?v=wall and http://www.flickr.com/photos/vitosport/ The next event will be the Kona Bristol Oktoberfest powered by Mercedes-Benz Vito Sport on the 16th October. The Bikefest Team |
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