Matt Mansell dropping in at ‘Escape to Gisburn’ 2013

It seems like every week new events are popping up in 2014, Enduro fever is taking hold! This latest series comes off the back of the ‘Escape to Gisburn’ event that took place in the forest of the same name last year.

Kev at PMBA fired over the details about the series. It’s aimed at a ride with your mates, something the top riders in the EWS cite as one of the best parts of racing Enduro. Based in the North and dipping one round over the border into Scotland the races should cater for all levels of riding with an emphasis on having a good time with relaxed start times so you can all ride together.

The series is split into 5 rounds, 4 of which are single day events with practice in the morning and race lap in the afternoon. The final event will be a two day full on national level race shabang with pie and peas for all, that last bit might not be true…

Either way it sounds like a tidy little series and there are some decent locations too, especially if you fancy giving it a go with a bunch of mates and if you are local to Gisburn then two rounds are on your doorstep.

Rd1. 27th April – Gisburn Forest / Escape Bike Shop “Escape to Gisburn”

Rd2. 18th May – Grizedale Forest / Grizedale Mountain Bikes “Event name TBC”

Rd3. 15th June – Kirroughtree / The Break Pad “Break Out of Kirroughtree”

Rd4. 14th September – Gisburn Forest / Escape Bike Shop “Escape to Gisburn”

Rd5. 4/5th October – Lee Quarry & Cock Hill / Ride-On Bike Shop “Ride-On the Pennines”

Prizes are coming from Hope, KS dropper posts and title sponsors Empire Cycles are giving one of their MX6 Evo framesets to the winner of each of the 6 categories.

So if you are chomping at the bit to get on this then head to the Borderline Events webber and get yourself signed up. The guys at PMBA are clearly down with this social media malarky too so check out their FaceSpace here to keep up with whats going on.