going on my jolly hols to dolgellau and due to having a small sprog who loves the bike seat i'm taking the rigid bike, but was hoping to nip over to cyb. i have ridden the beast a few times but can't remember if it will kill me or not if i'm on a rigid bike, the first 100yds are v.rocky but after that it's not so bad... is it?
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CYB beast on a rigid; will i die?
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Posted 1 year ago #
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It'll be fine - yes the first bit will be the worst
My mate borrowed my hardtail with RC31 forks and he was fine apart some slightly sore hands at the end
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Unless you are trying to prove a point I cannot see why you'd want to....
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Depends on your skill level
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As jamesgarbett says - the first bit is the worst, the rest will be fine.
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loddrik, to be fair i don't want to but i need to take the bike that i can fit the kiddie seat on, and that is a rigid bike.
kona tc, massive.
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To be honest I haven't been for over a year but the first section has been smoothed out a bit. Cyb is one of the rockier centres but a lot of it seems to be being sanitised a little. There are a couple of sections where you'll wish you were on a sus and you'll be a good bit slower but it's all rideable on a rigid. My advice would be to try and get some 2.4ish Tyres and run em at slightly lower pressures and that will take the sting out a bit.
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Mate enjoys riding a carbon forked Zion around The Beast - he's not really a downhill guy, really more into saddle-up climbing. He says it's fun just slower going down and more taxing.
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will i die?
One day, yes.
CYB beast on a rigid
You mean riding round a man made track on a bike that doesn't happen to have suspension? You'll be fine, probably be faster than some on here who ride 160mm trailcore bikes. Plus, with about 43.654%* less faffing in the car park before and after the ride.
*Yes, i have timed the Audi and BMW drivers in the car park before now**
**No, not really it was a wild guess but feel free to add you own made up statistics. This is STW after all!
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Not a problem. switched to a 17 on the back though
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You'll be fine.
I've riden round there with a couple of girls on cross bikes that managed to pass quite a few full suss riders.Posted 1 year ago # -
done it loads of times SS/rigid,great fun.
loddrick- because it makes it more fun than doing it on a 'feather bed skillz compensator' Posted 1 year ago # -
I've ridden round there on a penny farthing with a caravan attached to the back filled with hippos
really fat hippos with lead in their pocketsPosted 1 year ago # -
Come on now bakes. We all know you're lying there.
Hippos don't have pockets.
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I first rode the Karimoor back in the day on a rigid, i've never ridden a bike round CYB quicker since
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Ah,Stu,you're wrong,they clearly had Hippo trousers (pocketed) on !
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possibly,but you know,I'm not sure if I believe bakes after all.
There's a few bits of the trail where you'd struggle with the width of the caravan.Posted 1 year ago # -
i can take the caravan around?? in which case i can take the full suss anyway and leave el sprog in the van while i tow it... solved!
cheers peeps!
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The postie managed to tow his small caravan round on a rigid singlespeed.
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Stu, what trail did you ride? I am picking a trailer up this week and having never used one before I am keen to know more about where you can use them?
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It's not me in the picture it's Postie Rich.
I think he takes it most places though.
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Oooh thats his best side
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bakes - Member
I've ridden round there on a penny farthing with a caravan attached to the back filled with hippos
really fat hippos with lead in their pockets
I've ridden to the stars on acid in a caravan full of hippies - does that count?
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