# UK Dyfi Enduro 60km offroad 9 May - any takers?

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**Created:** [March 6, 2007, 6:24am UTC](https://unicyclist.com/t/uk-dyfi-enduro-60km-offroad-9-may-any-takers/88614 "2007-03-06T06:24:46Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 6, 2007, 6:24am UTC](https://unicyclist.com/t/uk-dyfi-enduro-60km-offroad-9-may-any-takers/88614/1 "2007-03-06T06:24:46Z")

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Sorry for the late notice - I’ve only just been told that the booking was already open for this, and will fill up within a few days. There are only ~50 places left of 600.

The Howies Dyfi Enduro is a very hard offroad ‘not-a-race-for-legal-reasons’ ride at Machynlleth, West Wales:

[http://www.summitcycles.co.uk/enduro\_2007/](http://www.summitcycles.co.uk/enduro_2007/)

I spoke to the organisers at Summit Cycles today, and they were happy to enter unicycles - but warned of how stupid-hard it may be. The website claims “it’s one of the most technical and challenging courses you are likely to find in an enduro event”. A 60km loop with 1500m climbing, with lots of rocky technical singletrack for which they recommend 2.3" tyres for bikes, and get lots of punctures. The guy I spoke to mentioned some stuff at Coed-y-Brenin in terms of hardness, but I’m not familiar with them. It seemed like it may even be 24x3 muni stuff - with drops mentioned.

There is also a level road section of ~5 miles, which has a Police rolling roadblock which was their main concern about keeping up - bikes cruise this at 15mph+ and they can’t let it drag too much, but being put in the sag-wagon could be possible. Bikes finish the ride in between 3 and 6 hours, with the last 20 or so riders being mopped up by support vehicle. Though unlike 24hr lap events, this is a single loop, so fast riders won’t be mixed up with the slow ones after the start.

So after the scary stuff, does anyone want to join me in giving this a go? It could be really fun if you’re a bit mental. Need to book online within a day or two if so. Go on, I dare you.

Sam

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