Berkshire Trail Riders/NETRA Mudslinger Enduro, "Toughest Enduro in the East" report!! Its one of the best, we need a report!!
Trail Rider magazine owner Kevin put together a 2 minute video of this year’s event; View: http://vimeo.com/72200467 The video captures it pretty well. I was on row 8 and rode it on a 2012 WR 144 with FC suspension set up for New England conditions. I had a blast riding it on the little Husky. It always rains a day or 2 before the Mudslinger and this kept the mountains, rocks and roots nice and slick. There is an infamous section called the ledges that is shown right at the end of the video. The entire field went down the ledges around mile 10 or so, and then the A/B’s went back up it around mile 90. At that point, everyone is completely exhausted from 90 miles of pounding and it’s an entertaining disaster to try and get up them. It's one of those obstacles that you know is coming up because you can hear bikes screaming and when you get to the bottom of the hill, camera flashes start going off. Overall the ride was very tough but finishable this year and not set up like the “Hell in the Hills” from 2012 where the majority of the field houred out. The club is also putting on the “Granville Cheddar Cheese” enduro on 10/20 and that should be just a fun.
