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a proper champion. Cameron Mason’s account of How to Win the National Champs

A definite contender for pro-am combo. Derring-do and all the Hope pro setup, but a nice chilled ‘nothing to lose’ feel for the Hope Tech MTB Downhiller / Trials Rider / everything-doer ! 29th pos not bad at all.

Sunday’s racing here. Hardly any running on it too. See??

Sam Howes had an onboard camera and it’s a great insight to the lap, as well as a nice bit of action in the pits too Unrecognisable course, if you check the onboard footage from the event preview, as predicted in the preview!

A wonderful set of documentary pics by James Vincent and some video work capturing a bit more of the event from the viewpoint of our title sponsor WHEELBASE. The Lakeland shop took care of so much of the event infrastructure – from the bar to the bridge, and can’t be thanked enough View it all […]

1 day 6 camera operators 1 editing suite 2 commentators 6 hrs and 5 minutes of memories

Too many to gather together but what could be better than a hashtag, eh? https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/cxchampswestmorland/ is a lovely summary from the masses

Come and ride the course with us and the British Cycling drone

WHEELBASE.co.uk are giving away a £150 voucher for the weekend’s best photo. And there will be some crackers! “We’ll select the final 10 photos before putting them to public vote on Instagram, with the overall winner taking £150.00 in WHEELBASE vouchers!“ Here’s how

The UCI races taking place on Sunday will be broadcast as described here on British Cycling ! Sunday’s races from the National Cyclo-cross Championships will be streamed live on British Cycling’s YouTube channel, GCN+ and Eurosport Player, with the programme starting at 09:55, ahead of the junior men’s race at 10:00.

Yes, you will. It’s been heavily raining the last few days and whatever happens, there will be banks you can’t ride and will struggle to grip on without studs. So you have been told.

We’re proud to partner with Lakes Brew Co this year and want you to enjoy a relaxing and refreshing beer or over the weekend. Staffed and sorted with great thanks to Wheelbase and the New Union, Kendal, we aim to ring some fine beers and all being well a bit of hot wine will be […]

We’ve all been there, and know what it’s like. That last minute throwing of the jacket and tights. The quick photo of the start then the mad dash to get to the pits in time. Designing a course to allow riders to pass the pits relatively early sounds straightforward. Riders need that if they have […]

Practice sessions are essential. We get that. We are opening the course at 3pm on Friday 13 Jan for anyone who can make it. It will be open for 75 minutes, possibly 90 if daylight allows. Riders joining on Friday MUST do so with a numbered wrist band, available at the registration tent from 14:45 […]

Watching the racing at the weekend is free for all spectators, but the costs of the event mean that we do need to charge for parking and camping. There will be a modicum of faff that you probably could do without, unless you pre-book your parking. And for the safety of all our volunteers this […]

Your well behaved dogs are very welcome on site this weekend. Remember that dogs aren’t everyone’s cup of tea, so please consider others by keeping them on short leads.

We’ve now opened up booking on Eventbrite to pre-book the following It’s important that you book in advance – we will be able to direct you to the link below in the car parking area on your arrival but nobody really wants that kind of faff!! There is a small charge made by Eventbrite to […]