The Brecon Beast, September 2008

That classic end of season enduro ran again this year, and it includes portions of the Sarn Helen road and the Gap, both superb rides on their own. Marcelle, Ulf and I set off together, but Marcelle and I took too long chilling out having a picnic and missed the cutoff time for going over the Gap..never mind, next year....

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• brecon
• beast
• mtb
• enduro

[blumpher]

you'll be fine!

Enter the long one and see how you feel at the cutoff point...

[nigesteveo]

I live about 20 mins drive from afan, so i take advantage of the local trails (Whites, the wall & penydd) every weekend. Never done an enduro though. Should be fun!

[blumpher]

If you've ridden a long enduro before, you'll be ok. If not, too late to do the training for 60 miles in the couple of weeks remaining, so I'd plump for the shorter ride and you'll have a great time. Have you ridden in Wales before?

[nigesteveo]

I am doing the beast this year with a few mates for the first time. Any advice for preperation and is it as hard as i am anticipating. Really looking foward to the event,Great vid, this is the only thing i could find about the beast that is really informative

[blumpher]

it's the standard setting on the camera...it's an Olympus Mju 1000. seems to work fine and tolerates getting wet, except for water working under the start/stop button.The only other problem with it is you can't zoom when taking a video...

I try to show the real world, rather than editing it for excitement, speeding it up and adding music.

[urbanfireblade]

What frames per second is your camera you used? Its very good, also have to say another great video from you! Good to see something like this from an entrants perspective so you can see exactly what the event is like if we were to do it ourselves one day. Looks equally enjoyable and hard work!