About Activate8

22-23 January 2011, Lake Crackenback Resort, Snowy Mountains of NSW

At Lake Crackenback Resort we had a great venue for an enduro race. But for us (and hopefully for you!) that was not enough. We’ve always wanted an event that gets to test, in a fun and challenging way, numerous aspects of mountain biking, and Activate8 certainly does that!

Solo riders or teams of 2 or 3 complete a series of 8 tests or ‘Activates’ culminating in the final Activate - a 6 Hour Enduro around the excellent 12km Lake Crackenback mountain bike trails. Solo riders will complete all the tests and team members will share the tests amongst their riders (you choose who does what).

Here’s the Activate8:

The first 7 Activates will be take place on Saturday afternoon with the final 6 Hour Enduro on Sunday.

Scoring

Whilst there will be winners of each Activate, the weekend moves towards the winners of the overall event. The times for the 8 individual events will be added together. The final event, the 6 Hour Enduro has by far and away the strongest influence on the overall results – the number of laps completed is the key factor with the times for the previous 7 Activates being added to the time.

Thus:

Rider A – Takes 1hr 35mins to complete the first 7 Activates. He then does 8 laps in 5hrs 40mins in the final Enduro. His total score is 8 laps, 7hrs 15min

Rider B – Takes 1hr 30mins to complete the first 7 Activates. He then does 8 laps in 5hrs 40mins in the final Enduro. His total score is 8 laps, 7hrs 10min

Rider B beats Rider A

Rider C - Takes 1hr 30mins to complete the first 7 Activates. She then does 9 laps in 5hrs 40mins in the final Enduro. Her total score is 9 laps, 7hrs 10min

Rider C beats both A and B as she did more laps overall.

Get it?!

Event T Shirt

We've sourced an Australian Made, sweatshop free, certified 100% organic cotton T shirt for the Activate8 T shirt. The final designs are still being approved and will appear here soon..

Mechanical Support

We will be providing a bike repair service / basic spare parts available on Saturday afternoon /evening and during the six hour enduro.