i ride my bike a fair bit , but not enough to get fit, will i survive the big loop on my freak bike or should i take my 6 inch trail centre bike with lots of gears

No problem. All the climbs are quite steady, although some are fairly long.

I think you should take the fs bike. It’s very techy in places and really not suitable for a hardtail. You’ll also need gears as its not flat. I have seen people there riding with plastic armour on and full face helmets.

There’s a lad does it on a unicycle … I think you’ll be alright.

i did it last september.
not rocky or techy from what i remember.
more like a good old xc route.
ss, no problem.

the bigger question is will it be any fun!!

ive heard there are some tight switchbacks that i thought i might not get the 29er around ?

i got my 29r round……………and my svelte self…… 😉

What about a CX bike with flat bars and 26 inch wheels?

I’d say it would be impossible.

Maybe you should buy a more appropriate bike for anything as technical as that.

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I heard that someone on a rigid ss 29er came off on a techy rocky descent there on Sat, I wouldn’t risk it.

I don’t think it matters at all what bike you ride on any trail man made or other wise, ride whatever you feel comfortable on.

Edit to add…..yes it’s perfectly possible, I ride rigid singlespeed 29er all the time.

really not suitable for a hardtail

oh no!, i wish someone had told me before the last 5 times i’ve ridden it on a HT, ‘ve had a lucky escape! *wipes brow*

Maybe I was wrong saying it’d be impossible up there. ^^^

I recon that if you were to be wearing a light brown corduroy jacket trousers and flat cap combo you might just manage it. But you’d still not be able to pull a propper long skid in the carpark.

*wants corduroy jacket with leather elbow patches*

Corduroy or not I heard it’s impossible on a 29er singlespeed. Unless you are a women pedaling a jalfrezi

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Bow down below me suckerz as I is nailz and I iz nailing it on a hard tail loadz of timez. I proper got me hoop handed to me on a platter by my homey what can nailez it faster on his 29er SS Gary Fisher. I did spank him on the landrover track of death downhill bit though.