Out of curiosity (I've no plans to do the Puffer, sounds orrible!) when you're doing an event that'll go through multiple sets of pads, do you guys bed them in beforehand? Seems like sticking in new pads and taking off into really abrasive conditions will burn them out even faster but I've never had cause to try it...
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The advice from my LBS mech (who has done the Puffer and is spannering on this year's) was to bed in sets beforehand for just that reason.
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Aye, makes sense to me... Cheers!
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I did the Puffer a few years ago and I managed with one change of pads. If you can get your bike cleaned between runs it makes a really big difference.
I found that going to sleep for a little bit was the worst thing to do, I would of just stayed up had I known.
Have a good time, it is really hard work but really worth doing. I don't feel the need to do another though!
A few of us were planning going to watch, I'll get some details from some of you before the event to see how you are getting on.
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I'm in on a last-minute reserve entry. Not sure four weeks has been enough time to get fit but hey-ho...
I'm driving up Friday night from Sheffield and staring at a 2AM arrival. Which will be nice. Obviously, the site's shut then. Can I walk in? Anywhere nearby to put up a tent? Nearby youth hostels? Or am I best stopping off on the way up and making a crazily-early start?
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Being Scotland, you can pretty much put up a tent where you like. I would imagine you can walk into the site but I can't think of anywhere much at the site itself where you could pitch a tent. A little bit past the entrance (near the Rogie Falls entrance) on the opposite side of the road is a field that will probably be used as the car park (it was for the Snowman Rally stage there).
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meanredspider - Member
...Any tips for the mud? ...Mudguards, drum brakes, singlespeed, rigid, ie, first cut down the amount of crap flung onto the bike and then have no non essential moving parts that are not fully enclosed.
You get cold when you're not moving, so you really want to avoid any unnecessary stops to fix things.
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Thanks though I don't really have the luxury of choosing my steed - Cube Reaction Race or nothing. I have guards and we should some cleaning capability in the pits as well as a bit of support crew (the friend who I'm standing in for) - but, you're right, I don't want to be standing in freezing gale trying to clear mud off something to fix it.
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If anyone is looking for a body to make up a quad I am available. Email in profile. From my past puffers I am firmly mid field in ability.
I stay local so can go at short notice.(I'll be there anyway)Posted 4 months ago # -
Was up there this morning. It's going to be filthy. There was a fair bit of snow which made the fire roads a bit of a grind. It was very wet too - several sections were just streams
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Yuck. So the snow is just melting then presumably.
I think there was a brief cold snap forecast for Thur night and a warning of icy conditions as a result on Fri morning, which might result in some clear ice forming, btu given the forecast temps for later on Friday can't see that lasting either.I should've bought some mud tyres .....
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Yup - very wet snow. My team mate had his mud tyres on and he seemed to be in the best shape of the three of us out there. I'm still running Ice Spikers as my mud tyres haven't arrived (still a BH here) and they were a nightmare on the bare rock. The third guy was on standard MTB tyres (not sure what) and he was getting traction issues in the mud and snow.
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I've started a thread with pics of the track to help the preparations of those people who have never been there.
It's going to be a bogfest if this weather continues. If we get a freeze it's going to be really icy because I have never seen this much water on the track before.
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