“I was out spannering and cleaning last night. Just as I’d got the thing looking and working spotlessly and like new – I asked myself, what was the point of that.”
If I hadn’t thoroughly cleaned my bike the other day, I wouldn’t have discovered a broken spoke in the rear wheel. So that’s the forks, cassette, b/bracket bearing, chain, gear cable and spoke all knackered and now repaired or replaced. Let’s hope that’s the end of it!
I’ll be crudguarded, it does mean you can actualy see where you are going …
I don’t know what is going on with the second stream crossing, I rode it a few months ago and didn’t notice anything different. Mind you I was on my trail sofa with gurt big tyres.
Oh well. I was so looking forward to it being nice. It was utterly gorgeous last year. So long as it isn’t as bad as 2007, I’m happy.
In the deluge of 2007, the first section before the main descent turned into a kind of thin mud soup, surrounded by squidgy mush, the section after the stream crossings turned into claggy mud, and the bog up on the top before you ride down to the road. Well, you could loose an army to it, let alone a bike. Black, thick, sucky, deep.
Having riden it last night, the ground was still very hard with just a little greasy top layer in places. No real mud just more muddy spray from the wet grass so if the weather holds off you’ll be OK (although the bottom section was a little muddy but always is). On saying that if it hammers down for the next 48 hours – crud catchers and mud tyres are worth their weight in gold!!
“Hardcore Loafing” will be there for the second year. Last year was lovely wasn’t it? I’ve lent my trailrakers to someone, but the chainsuck’ll get me before the tyres give out.
I’m packing crud catches. And everything waterproof I own.
I’ve always found the downtube to be a most effective front mudguard on my Five:-) Failing that there is the Freeride look of zip tying an old bit of inner tube between the crown and brace on the forks – very gash but suprisingly efficient!
Failing that there is the Freeride look of zip tying an old bit of inner tube between the crown and brace on the forks – very gash but suprisingly efficient!
Failing that there is the Freeride look of zip tying an old bit of inner tube between the crown and brace on the forks – very gash but suprisingly efficient!
Works fine on stopping mud on your face but your body will still get sprayed. I’m thinking, putting on soaking gear after a kip won’t be nice!
If any of you find yourself pelted with a flash gun while on a night lap – I apologise in advance for screwing up your night vision and hopefully I’ll have an awesome pic of you to show for it afterwards!
If any of you find yourself pelted with a flash gun while on a night lap – I apologise in advance for screwing up your night vision and hopefully I’ll have an awesome pic of you to show for it afterwards!
And I apologise in advance for pelting you with flap jack/ energy gel / empty water bottle / what ever comes to hand.
Would’nt know about weather, I’ve been up all night trying to get my Speed King supersonics to seal 😡 if I dont get them to seal soon Ollie its back to the 2.4 Rubber Queens 😯
