Spotlight on.... 

Puffer Lite 12 hour

Mixed Trio Winners 2010

L-R:  Donnie Macdonald, Cherie Pumphrey, Gordymac.

19laps/ 126 miles in 12h21m:40s

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10 Under the Ben

Fyrishbikes.com- 2009 Mixed Trio winners

9laps/ 112 miles in 10h30m:04s

Prologue lap- Gordymac: 1.32.03 2- Donnie: 1.04.43 3- Cherie: 1.11.26

4- Gordymac: 1.03.02 5- Donnie: 1.06.00 6- Cherie: 1.16.06

7- Gordymac: 1.02.15 8- Donnie: 1.09.10 9- Gordymac: 1.05.19

Fastest lap: Gordymac: 1.02.15

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10 More in Moray

Fyrishbikes.com- 2008 Fours Winners

12 laps/ 125.28 miles in 10h54m:08s

Lap by lap:

Start lap- Kyle: 48.22 2 Mike: 55.09 3 Dar: 54.52 4 Gordymac: 54.46

              5 Kyle: 48.32 6 Mike: 57.02 7 Dar: 56.29 8 Gordymac: 56.28

              9 Kyle: 51.19 10 Mike: 57.27 11 Dar: 57.42 12 Gordymac: 56.00

Fastest lap: Kyle: 48.22

Cher & Mhairi- Female pairs Winners

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10@Kirroughtree 

Fyrishbikes.com- 2008 Fours Winners

11 laps/ 111.5 miles in 10h:10m:40s

Lap by lap:

Start lap- Kyle: 51.13 2 Dar: 56.56 3 Gordymac: 54.45 4 Mike: 58.24

              5 Kyle: 50.52 6 Dar: 58.38 7 Gordymac: 54.14 8 Mike: 59.07

              9 Kyle: 52.01 10 Dar: 59.52 11 Gordymac: 54.32

Fastest lap: Kyle: 50.52

Fyrishbikes.com/Fat tread bikes- Ewan

2008 Solo Winner

11 laps/ 111.5 miles in 10h:33m:49s

Lap by lap:

Start lap- 51.44 2- 52.44 3- 55.47 4- 56.53 5- 58.51 6- 58.54

7- 59.25 8- 1.01.35 9- 1.02.46 10- 59.55 11- 55.10

The Dawn Raid

Fyrishbikes.com- 2008 Fours Winners

The winning fours team from the Dawn Raid '08. L-R Mike, Gordymac, Darren, Kyle.

26 laps/ 131.25 miles in 12h:09m:40s

Lap by lap:

Start lap-Kyle: 1.00.11 2-Dar: 25.06 3-Gordymac: 24.01

4-Mike: 27.18 5-Dar: 27.01  6-Gordymac: 25.57 7-Mike: 29.22 

8-Kyle: 24.59  9-Dar: 28.08 10-Gordymac: 26.23 11-Mike:30.10

12-Kyle- 25.25 13-Dar: 28.29 14-Gordymac: 26.46 15-Mike: 29.06

16-Kyle: 24.47 17-Dar: 27.54 18-Gordymac: 25.31 19-Mike: 28.26

20-Kyle: 24.58 21-Dar: 28.04 22-Gordymac: 26.21 23-Mike: 29.28

24-Kyle: 24.26 25-Dar: 28.17 26-Gordymac: 25.06

Fastest lap: Gordymac: 24.01

Fyrishbikes.com/Fat tread bikes- Ewan Solo- Winner

23 laps/ 116.88 miles in 12h:11m:24s

Lap by lap:

Start lap-1.02.59 2-37.23 3-24.01 4-27.14 5-27.19 6-34.18 7-30.02

8-31.07 9-36.36 10-29.52 11-29.13 12-26.50 13-29.09 14-32.27

15-28.27 16-29.15 17-30.59 18-32.01 19-34.21 20-34.55 21-37.22

22-25.06 

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10 Under the Ben

Fyrishbikes.com - 2008 Fours Winners

The winning fours team from 10 Under the Ben '08. L-R Gordymac, Kyle, Darren, Mike.

11 laps/ 121.88 miles in 10h:10m:57s

Lap by lap:

Start lap-Kyle: 57.31 2-Dar: 56.40 3-Gordymac: 53.44

4-Mike: 57.06 5-Kyle: 49.07 6-Dar: 57.28 7-Gordymac: 54.24

8-Mike: 57.56 9-Kyle: 52.51 10-Dar: 56.11 11-Gordymac: 57.59

Fastest lap: Kyle: 49.07

Fyrishbikes.com/Fat tread bikes- Ewan 3rd Solo

Start lap- 1.00.28 2- 53.04 3- 54.21 4- 1.03.27 5- 57.33 6- 1.07.24

7- 1.02.42 8- 1.12.10 9- 1.03.17 10- 56.28

Fyrishbikes.com- Alek 18th Solo

8 laps/ 88.64 miles in 10h:18m:57

Start lap- 1.11.09 2- 1.03.29  3- 1.14.57  4- 1.18.18 5- 1.21.53

6- 1.35.35 7- 1.19.53  8- 1.13.43

At last...a Fyrish team minus the testosterone-  Cher & Mhairi- 4th Female pairs.

8 laps/ 88.64 miles in 9h:52m:46s

Start lap- 1.29.38 2- 1.05.49 3- 1.12.43 4- 1.07.35

5- 1.19.14 6- 1.09.37 7- 1.19.23 8- 1.08.47 

Fastest lap: 1.05.49

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What is in your hydration pack?

Gordymac's Dakine Nomad

Tyres- Topeak mini master blaster Dx Pump with duck tape wrapped round it for all uses, spare tube, Park glueless patches and tyre boots,  Crank brothers speed lever, Sis Go bar wrapper for fixing tyre splits. 

Comfort- Camelbak waterproof cover for rainy rides, Endura Jura jacket, Specialized lobster gloves for freezing rides, Endura arm warmers, Space blanket for emergencys along with a Lifesystems whistle, Savlon antiseptic wipes and £10 . 

Tools- Topeak hummer multi tool, Topeak mini6 for quick jobs, Topeak pocket shock DXG for suspension duties, Leatherman squirt P4, Total bike double ended spanner and bottle opener.  Various zip ties, Spare chain links and power link, Turner dropout hanger, Small bottle of Finish line wet lube and finally the most important bit of kit is the Laplander fold out pruning saw for trail maintenence.

Misc-  Sis Go bar for mid ride energy and Scottish outdoor access code leaflets for any trail confrontation that may occur!

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Team performances from Relentless24.

Fyrishbikes.com- 4th Male senior fours

 31 laps/ 263.8 miles in 24h:25m:55s

Lap by lap: Day lap- Night lap

1- Kyle: 40.13 2- Mike: 43.13 3- Dar: 44.14 4-Gordymac: 43.07

5-Kyle: 40.28 6- Mike:43.36 7- Dar:44.25 8- Gordymac: 43.22

9- Kyle: 41.25 10- Mike: 47.18 11- Dar: 47.57 12- Gordymac: 45.01

13- Kyle: 43.57 14- Mike: 48.09 15- Dar: 49.55 16- Gordymac: 47.41

17- Kyle: 45.07 18- Mike: 49.53 19- Dar: 51.11 20- Gordymac: 49.58

21- Kyle: 49.52 22- Mike: 53.06 23- Dar: 50.49 24- Gordymac: 51.20

25- Kyle: 51.32 26- Mike: 48.38 27- Dar; 49.47 28- Gordymac: 46.30

29- Kyle: 44.47 30- Mike: 48.48 31- Dar: 01.00

Fastest day lap- Kyle: 40.13  Fastest night lap- Kyle: 43.57

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Team performances from the inaugural Raasay rumble.

Fyrishbikes.com - 2007 Trio winners

The winners of the Inaugural Raasay rumble trios.  L-R Gordymac, Kyle, Darren.

13 laps/ 89.7 miles in 10h:15m:50s

Lap by lap:

Prologue 1- Kyle: 37.37 2- Gordymac: 44.43 3- Darren: 47.18

4- Kyle: 42.46 5- Gordymac: 46.12 6- Darren: 48.52

7- Kyle: 44.45 8- Gordymac: 49.24 9- Darren: 54.59

10- Kyle: 46.25 11- Gordymac: 49.28 12- Darren 55.12

13- Kyle: 50.43(Night lap)

Fastest lap: Kyle- 42.46

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Fyrishbikes.com/ Bio-Racer Belgium

5th place pair- Donald/ Wim Chalmet

11 laps/ 75.9 miles in 10h:30m:55s

Lap by lap:

Prologue 1- Don: 43.51 2- Wim: 47.32 3- Don: 55.31(Puncture)

4- Wim: 53.38 5- Don: 53.47 6- Wim: 62.54 7- Don: 55.38

8- Wim: 64.02 9- Don: 63.29(Snapped chain) 10- Wim: 67.32

11- Don: 65.35(Night lap)

Fastest lap: Wim- 47.32

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7th place trio-Sean, David, Peter.

10 laps/ 69miles in 09h:37m:25s

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Fyrishbikes.com/ Hoop troop

2nd placed solo- Ewan

11 laps/ 75.9miles in 10h:17m:47s

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Fyrishbikes.com performance at

10 More in Moray- 2007 Fours winners

The winning fours team from Moray. L-R Kyle, Gordymac, Mike, Donald.

14 Laps/ 135.94 miles in 10h:59m:30s

Lap by lap:

1- Donald: 59.18 2- Kyle: 41.29 3- Gordymac: 47.17 4- Mike: 46.34

5- Donald: 44.44 6- Kyle: 42.47 7- Gordymac: 46.29 8- Mike: 47.38

9- Donald: 44.40 10- Kyle: 44.55 11- Gordymac: 48.06 12- Mike: 50.02

13- Donald: 45.57 14- Gordymac: 49.34

Fastest lap: Kyle- 41.29

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Fyrishbikes.com performance at

10@Kirroughtree- 2007 Fours winners

The winning fours team from Kirroughtree.  L-R Mike, Gordymac, Darren, Donald.

11 laps/ 115.5 miles in 10h:32m:34s

Lap by lap:

1- Donald: 53.34 2- Mike: 57.20 3- Darren: 59.06 4- Gordymac: 56.27

5- Donald: 52.41 6- Mike: 59.11 7- Darren: 1.01.43 8- Gordymac:56.11

9- Donald: 52.55 10- Mike: 1.00.59 11- Darren: 1.02.27

Fastest lap: Donald- 52.41

Mike                                                       Darren

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Caldo

Name: Donnie

Age:  19

What does he do:  Electrical technician

The bike:  A Cove Stiffee Fr with Rock Shox Revelations, runs on Shimano XTR and is slowed down by Avid Juicy 7's.

Rides:  On flat pedals with the grippiest shoes around 5.10 impacts.

What can he do:  Descend pretty quickly but his main talent is the pedal wheelie which can go on all day.

Any other tricks:  Hopping on the back wheel and coasting down hills as well.

How long have you been biking for?  Since i was about two but serious mountain biking only for about 10 weeks.  I finished the Penrith Merida 100 after 4 weeks of biking

 Xtra info:  Instrumental in helping team Fyrish to 3rd place at the Relentless24 in Fort William by keeping check of the times, washing, lubing and preping the bikes ready for another lap.

How many tins of Relentless did you need to keep going for the 24 hours?  We all lost count after 2 cans!

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Swayndos New 29er

What is it?  it’s tubeless, suspension less and gear less

And the bike?  It's an On-One Inbred 29er.  www.On-One.co.uk

Tell us a little about it?  There is no magic carpet ride, but it rides more smoothly over rough ground than you would imagine.  The compliance of the steel frame is greater than a 26er Inbred which i used to own,  I guess because the stays are longer and the bigger wheels must give it some suspension.

What is the spec?  Standard, except for tyres/wheels which have been converted to tubeless, the seat has been changed for an On-One big nose and the seat clamp for a Salsa flip lock and the grips have been replaced with Avid lock ons.

Those forks look weird?  Yep they are Carbon and the head angle of the fork looks like it shouldn't work but it does.  Its not like true suspension but they do soak up a lot of trail vibration.  They twang back and forth below you and this is compounded by the 185mm rotor.  It feels a bit odd but it works.

What is the gear ratio?   The ratio is 33/18 which sounds like quite a challenge when mated with the bigger wheels but so far i have managed most of what i managed to ride on the 32/18 on the 26er SS.  The biggest difference is in acceleration and momentum, it's slightly harder to get it going but once there it can juggernaut it's way through most stuff you'd think it has no right to. 

How many crashes so far?  I had a wee crash on the first ride where i landed flat on my back,  i had my weight too far back on a drop- and - rise burn crossing in Evanton wood.  Since then i've learned to keep more weight on the front wheel!

Any final thoughts?  I'm having an absolute blast on it,  using it on trails that i find too easy for the full sus bike.  Even though it's bigger than my other bikes,  it's really chuckable and i can see myself trying harder stuff on it,  but I'll never be down Laggan black on it!

 Thanks to Swayndo for the details.

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Mike

Name: Mike

Age: Irn Bru 32

What does he do: Works hard on and off the bike.

Drives: Volkswagen Transporter for work and a TVR Tuscan for fun.

Tell us more about the TVR:  

0-60mph in 3.8 seconds.  

4litre straight 6 giving out 400Bhp.

and it is Cosworth blue.

Rides: Ellsworth Truth, Trek 9.8, Maxlight.

If you had to keep one bike which one would it be?:  it's a very difficult question but if forced it would have to be the Ellsworth truth purely for it's all round ability. 

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Ewan

Name: Ewan

Age: 23

Looks like: Ryan Leech in this photo

Used to be: Farm operative

What does he do now: Facilities Managment

Rides: Chromag Trl and Santacruz Blur for racing

Known for: Destroying components and being able to ride, ride and ride some more

Claim to fame:  Member of the Fat tread  multiple winning Mountain mayhem team

 Bike part  you couldn't be without: Maxxis tyres

Last Holiday: 2 weeks boarding in Banff Canada

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10 laps/ 110.08 miles in 10h:10m58:s