Looked at several weather forcasts for the weekend they seem to vary from dry to heavy rain, anybody got access to a more accurate forcast? (sea weed, corns etc…..)

Gutted – its would have been perfect..

You’d be better looking again on Thursday

Or Saturday morning!

As above, you need to check back nearer the time. It dries out so fast at this time of year, the course has already gone from glop on Thursday to dust on Saturday.

If you are referring to the Met Office forecast they always go for the worse case scenario, as above wait until Thurs / Fri.

From the Met Office for Sat..

‘Rather cloudy on Thursday with a few light showers. Greater risk of showers on Friday and Saturday, with perhaps some more prolonged rain across Southern and Central England.’

Note the word ‘perhaps’.

Go look at the raw data. Learn to forecast your own weather….. I do.
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just tell us

It may be a blip, but my complex scientific instruments have detected a startlingly high build-up of “smug and unhelpful” around the words Learn to forecast your own weather….. I do… 😉

It may be a blip, but my complex scientific instruments have detected a startlingly high build-up of “smug and unhelpful” around the words Learn to forecast your own weather….. I do…

Indeed.

My seaweed is tumescent. Can anyone tell me what that means?

It means it wants to be stroked.

Right, back in 5 minutes…

So who is going to start the ‘What tyre for BBF’ thread?

Not me. The course has so many different surfaces, from hard pack to grassy field to rooty singletrack, that “run what you brung” is as good advice as any.

Competent allrounders is the onyl advice I can give considering the potential weather…

Personally I’ll be running a 2.1 Blue Groove front and a 2.1 highroller rear. That’ll cover all bases for me 🙂

Just don’t run anything dodgy on roots – even if it’s dry, the course was literally polished last year!

The skinniest, fastest rolling tyres that I can get away with (so long as it stays dry) for me… (note – I’m on a full susser set nice and soft but with lockout)

Between now and Saturday, I’m going to be weighing both my food intake and my stools in order to determine my optimal psi rating. 😉

Too right. There’s a rigid set of rules to determine the right setting.

what have stools got to do with psi? I’ve only got one and never take it on my bike.

Hmm, Metcheck and all are now foreasting heavy rain.

**Stays optimistic**

Woooohoooo metcheck say it’s gonna be dryish on sat :D. Every other weather website still says heavy rain 😥