Welcome to the Chain Reaction Cycles MTB Marathon Series powered by Mercedes-Benz Vito Sport event homepage.
Here you can expect to find all the info you need to know about the events. Detailed below are all the things that are standard across each event weekend, for specific information about the individual event(s), click on the relevant links above or below.
The photos will be up on www.rightplacerighttime.co.uk to view and purchase a few days after each event.
Dates and venues 2012:
Here is the complete date and venue line-up for the 2012 season:
Builth Wells {BUILTH PAGE} -
Wales
7th April 2012 - Exposure Light Big Night Out (Night Marathon)
8th April 2012 - Chain Reaction Cycles MTB Marathon
Marshbrook {MARSHBROOK PAGE} – England (Shropshire)
14th July 2012 - Vitus Road Sportives
15th July 2012 - Chain Reaction Cycles MTB Marathon
Abergavenny {ABERGAVENNY PAGE} - Wales
4th August 2012 - Chain Reaction Cycles MTB Marathon
5th August 2012 - Vitus Road Sportives
(Please note that the MTB Marathon is running on Saturday!)
Ruthin {RUTHIN PAGE} - Wales
15th September 2012 - Vitus Road Sportives & Exposure Light Big Night Out (Night Marathon)
16th September 2012 - Chain Reaction Cycles MTB Marathon
Camping:
Camping facilities will be available at EVERY location we visit this season. All campgrounds are in close proximity to the event village, have free parking and there will be plenty of showers and toilets.
Camping will be open from Friday night through to Monday morning inclusive at each event.
Registration opening times:
Registration opening times for each event are as follows:
Entry fees: The following event fee / packages apply:
The Chain Reaction Cycles MTB Marathon event fee is only £32 (for most distances) with the Mini Marathon coming in at £27 or just a mere £22 if you are younger than 16 years
The ELBNO event fee is only £32
The Road Sportives entrance fee is £27 for both Standard (40 – 50 mile) and Classic (80 – 100 mile)
if you take part in the discounted ‘weekend ticket’ (MTB Marathon and the ELBNO) a discount applies, the price is only £47 rather than £64. We will enter you into the longest distance on Sunday – 75 / 100km but you can always downgrade when you sign on at registration.
If you take part in the discounted ‘weekend ticket’ (Road Sportive and the MTB Marathon) a discount applies, the price is only £47 rather than £59. We will enter you into the longest distance each day (Saturday: approx 100 mile Sportive; Sunday: approx 100km Marathon) but you can always downgrade when you sign on at registration.
The entry fee includes:
• ride entry
• free after ride coffee / tea & cakes (Road Sportive & ELBNO)
• mega pasta party (MTB Marathon)
• free usage of service stations, free usage of facilities
• free skills and riding tuitions (provided by CycleActive)
• finishing T-shirt / present
• free camping from Friday to Monday
• free parking
For more information on how to enter the events, visit the entry page. Here you will be able to enter online or download the entry form.
Event village activities - for you / your friends / family / support crew:
CycleActive - Saturday
Back by popular demand, Bespoke Skills Sessions brought to you by the UK’s leading mountain bike instructors at CycleActive will continue to be a big part of the event village in 2012. They’ll be offering “static skills” work or ride based activities - this will be the place to come to on Saturday to learn to how to wheelie, pump manual, jump, bunny hop, drop, manual, corner faster, brake harder and control your bike in testing situations.
“As in 2011, we’ll have two guides per event so we can increase our flexibility once again, and offer groups a choice of either off-site rides or we’ll be running focused, intensive one hour sessions in a custom built skills arena,“ said CycleActive boss Chris Ford. Skills sessions will have restricted numbers but you’ll be able to sign up online closer to each event. All the sessions are free as well, so take advantage of this chance to learn from the best in the business, and push your skills up a level before the Sunday event.
CycleActive - Sunday
The Sunday sessions provided by CycleActive have been incredibly popular with younger riders, but also many adults who are not riding the event. Sessions will be split between youngsters and adults. “We’ll use the same course as Saturday, with a few modifications, so youngsters and adults of all abilities can come along and learn something, and have a lot of fun too,” explained Chris.
Teaching great technique to young riders makes a huge difference. This programme of CycleActive junior training is something we’ve seen at these events for five years now, and many of the youngsters who started with CycleActive back then are now blasting round the 25km or even 50km courses with real confidence. Again, it’s completely free and you don’t need to sign up for the Sunday sessions – just check times on the board when you arrive.
Event village / campground / local area
Whilst you are here why not check out ‘what’s on’ in the local town or hang out at the event village, and check out the stalls, facilities and kids entertainment. We have a caterer on site serving breakfast lunch, dinner, drinks and snacks supported by the guys from Café2You with the coffee van.
Our title sponsor Chain Reaction Cycles will have a retail outlet on site and they are bringing loads of kit with them too. Mercedes-Benz Vito Sport team will be showing off some super nice Vito Sport vans.
If you should need pre or post sports massage than make your way over to the guys from the Extreme Sports Therapy Unit – they will not charge for their services but as they are a self-funding unit, they do rely on donations.
High5-Online will be there with lots of special offers to keep you fuelled and hydrated during the rides. They will also be doing their bottle swap so bring all your old bottles and swap them out for some new ones. Don’t forget you can also buy www.high5-online.com on-line.
For more information on what’s on, visit the local info page.
