World bike bog snorkelling championships


	World bike bog snorkelling championships

queerty

7-5-2008 1:11 PM

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bike, bicycle, bog, snorkel, world, champion

queerty says:

I have bog snorkelled. It was bad enough without a bike. Video at source.

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</P><P>But for madcap sport fans the World Mountain Bike Bog Snorkelling Championships is a must-do event. 
</P><P>As the Tour de France started in Brittany, in the Powys town of Llanwrtyd Wells, cyclists headed for the bottom of a 6ft deep peat bog wearing a mask and snorkel on Saturday. 
</P><P>On Sunday, they take on the gruelling challenge of The Bog Triathlon. 
</P><P>Both events are spin-offs of the popular - and now notorious - World Bog Snorkelling Championship, which takes place in the picturesque town every August Bank Holiday. 
</P><P>Competitors first added a mountain bike to the bog-snorkelling proceedings in 2005 and it has been growing in popularity ever since. 
</P><P>Those who accept the challenge use a bike prepared with a lead-filled frame and water-filled tyres to ensure grip on the pond bottom.
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