I am hopefully getting my bike and kit taken down for me as I am tight on time this year.
I am flying into Barcelona on Monday night from Luton and hiring a car to travel up to La Molina.
After the event on Friday morning I am going back down to Barcelona airport to pick up my other half who is flying in at 1400hrs before we head South for the weekend.
Anyone who wants a lift in either direction let me know.
Leaving Barca @ 22:30 Monday 26th .... going back to Barca for 14:00 Friday 30th.

Simo-n-ice... we must meet up for a at the event ... Im 'part time' there too... a bit further South toward Tortosa... have a couple of lightweight traillies down there.

Evenin' all,

There may be a team Cat-Attack* in the making! davontour, yamaha Tenéré, has replied to my plaintive wails and we may be meeting up and talking turkey. So we seem to be in the 650 league, soft riding styles preferred and, easy on the jazz!

Furthermore, thanks to Barcelona Pat - there's also a possibility of a seperate meet for all in the Catalonia/Pyrenees region in late March, although the two could overlap.

So, thanks to talljohn for your encouragement, and 'Hello' to part-time neighbour Harv - I live full-time in the city of Tarragona, just to the north of you in Tortosa, and part-time in the Pyrennees north of Lleida. - a somewhere sometime would be very welcome Harv!

Watch this space!

Cheers

Simon

* the name 'Cata-Attack' is by no means fixed!

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Whats the average age? Havent planned anything yet for this summer, im 23 In July. Looks like a fun event. 2 bad most of my mates that ride motorcycle ride sport bikes.

Age range last year was 15 to errhmm, around 60-ish! 23 is fine, we had several in that range last year.

Average? probably 30's-40's. It's not a wild drunken party for sure, everyone's pretty focussed on getting in the most and best riding they can.

Sport bikes CAN ride the road event, but if they ride at hyper velocity for the whole two days they'll end up in jail or hospital. If they ride sensibly, they'll have a blast. OR they can ride their sport bikes there, and hire some great dirt bikes, getting the best of both worlds.

See you there!

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The Fates were benign last Saturday when davontour and myself arranged to meet in the Pyrenean town of Berga. The sun shone, the birds sang and, amazingly, we ran straight into each other in the town centre, which is much larger than either of us had imagined!

So, the upshot is that it seems we meet eye to eye and have the making ¡s of a team for the Big Event. It's not an exclusive club, however, so if anyone likes the look of our corporate profile please get in touch with either of us. Here goes:

Bikes: 650/750 singles
Location: Catalonia; this is not too important but may come in handy for our possible training weekends - see below
Objectives: to finish the course, preferably in one piece and to have a great time doing it - we are NOT out to win any prizes!
Style: consensus over coersion; that is to say "No awkwards sods!"
Age (not the bikes!): let's just say we're into the grey zone
Sex: strictly by appointment!

We've decided to stay at the hotel during the event and I at least will then carry on camping further south in the Pre-Pyrenees, if anyone wants to tag along that'll be fine - I know some pretty awsome routes!

In the spirit of the event we've decided not to do our training sessions in La Molina, even though that would be the most convienient place for us both to meet. Instead we may have a few training sessions in a TOP SECRET desert location way to the south of the Pyrenees! So ideally, anyone joining the team should be able to travel to the Catalonia/Aragon border sometime around may/June. But this is a) not finalised and b) not essential!

I guess that's it for now - purrrrrrr!

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Simon / Davontour
Were you thinking of off-road or sticking to the black stuff (not referring to guiness of course ..but then again ...hmmm!)? We can discuss more at end of the month - but despite my bike sounding like a tractor, I don't think it'd get through the mud!

Like the approach - and starting to think seriously about doing it - though it would have to fit in with my big summer ride. Curious that you say you are more on the grey side - I too seem to have more colour on my chin these days than on the top of my head!

Off on travels again t'morrow - so won't be checking in for a couple of weeks. Looking forward to 27 or 28th.
Cheers

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Attachment 3068Hi Pat, great to hear from you, although sorry we seem to have been ships that pass in the night, perhaps!

First the bad news - yes David and I are into going on the off-road circuit, both our bikes and our boots are geared up for it. But bearing in mind your bike I had wondered about signing you up as our official groupie - an honorary position that only requires ceremonial duties of course, not the Full Works

On a brighter note I see that there is a possibilty of renting a bike through the HUMM team - don't know if that would suit?

In the meantime - let's have a great time on March 27/28th. I blazed the trail after meeting David last weekend - before the blizzard but it didn't exactly feel like it! Note the interesting effect of the Great Snow that paralysed Catalonia during the week of March 8th and a timely reminder to allow extra braking distance during adverse weather conditions!

Cheers

Simon

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