[Closed] Bristol Bikefest roll call

I'll be racing 12 hour pairs with someone a lot faster than me, Team Over It.
So what's the deal alluded to above: full suss better than hardtail then?? Is the course a tad bumpy?

XC full sus would be my choice. Sadly i've just broken mine so hardtail
it is...

Is the course a tad bumpy?

In parts, yes. It's about 1/3 metalled road, 1/3 rooty rocky singletrack, 1/3 fairly smooth singletrack. I did it in an SS pair with no bouncers last year, it was OK.

I'll be there, cheering everyone on whilst drinking ale 😀

The course is fun on any bike (I regularly ride it rigid) but if you want speed then a HT or lightweight full sus will be the best bet. I've decided to ride a 100mm HT this year as opposed to a 140mm full sus as there is always a load of traffic on the rocky/rooty singletrack so it's hard to pass anyway, whilst the HT flies around most of it.

I'm aiming for 24 laps

Seriously? Good luck with that, although you have the weather on your side.

Yep, LVIS Pirates.

I'll be in LVIS kit wobbling slowly around on my Blue Pig... :-/

Heh, your bars will prevent people from overtaking..

Surely the 5 would be better?

Oh I can't wait!

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Small Block 8s fitted!

Maxxis Aspen FTW! As long as I don't ride over sharp pointy rocks.

Small Block 8s fitted!

Shutupshutupshutup! 😉

Shutupshutupshutup!

Heheheee! 8)

I've kept quiet about the weather after last year (We were Ok on Saturday though) but I'm now confident enough in my own forcast to predict -

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If it rains, you can all blame me, OK? 😯

hmm, i was considering taking my small block 8s off after last nights ride round the course and leigh woods! i'm sure it will dry out well by the weekend though.

The classic bike fest template is shite conditions until a day before the race, then it dries out miraculously overnight.

Here's a pic from our Dig and Pig two years ago - it had all dried up (or been drained by the volunteers!) a week later when the race rolled round.

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Been looking at the camping. Is it on the other side of the road again if your team isnt on the list on the website?

hmm, i was considering taking my small block 8s off after last nights ride round the course and leigh woods! i'm sure it will dry out well by the weekend though.

Eh? I rode it with semi slicks on Monday, it was as dry as, we must have had some serious rain overnight.

Avoiding it - hopefully the serious, head-down, barging antisocial, lycra-clad mardy riders will get whatever it is out of their systems and the area will be full of happy cyclists next weekend.

Avoiding it - hopefully the serious, head-down, barging antisocial, lycra-clad mardy riders will get whatever it is out of their systems

No no, I'm there most weekends.. 😉

hmm, i was considering taking my small block 8s off after last nights ride round the course and leigh woods! i'm sure it will dry out well by the weekend though.

Im there 3 blokes - the team with no name

Odd thing to say tootall. It's because the bbf isn't like that that it's so popular.

I'm just hoping the bbf is the reason there are so many stony-faced runts battering around Ashton Court at the moment and they will be sated by it.

I'm just hoping the bbf is the reason there are so many stony-faced runts battering around Ashton Court at the moment and they will be sated by it.

No it's like that quite a lot, mind you I'm too busy barging slow newbies with half ton camelbacks and knee length flappy shorts into hedges to notice.

I have to walk the dog on Saturday.. I'm guessing it won't matter if I bring the dog along? No I'm not riding! 😉

KINGTUT - Member
Eh? I rode it with semi slicks on Monday, it was as dry as, we must have had some serious rain overnight.

It poured down all day Tuesday!

KINGTUT - Member
mind you I'm too busy barging slow newbies with half ton camelbacks and knee length flappy shorts into hedges to notice.

You sound like a BMW driver from the North Bristol slums.

How very dare you.

KINGTUT - Member

Yep, LVIS Pirates.

I'll be in LVIS kit wobbling slowly around on my Blue Pig... :-/

Heh, your bars will prevent people from overtaking..

Surely the 5 would be better?

Damn right! 😉

Yes it would, but it's in bits and I can't be arsed to rebuild it again at the mo (used most of the bits off it for the Pig).

God I really hope this torrential storm doesn't trash the course 😯

was going to EOL on the sunday but had a bit of a funny turn with a heart moment on tuesday and now Mrs C has banned the bikes for a while

God I really hope this torrential storm doesn't trash the course

😆

You won't be laughing if it's as soaked as my garden is right now 😈

I'll be there in the KoN singlespeeddrinkingbeerandnotridingverymuch team of four.

me too

Me too too

clubber - Member

You won't be laughing if it's as soaked as my garden is right now

Mine is bone dry. Those kerazy micro-climates huh?? 😉

Shhh. I can see it heading your way 😉

TooTall - Member

Avoiding it - hopefully the serious, head-down, barging antisocial, lycra-clad mardy riders will get whatever it is out of their systems and the area will be full of happy cyclists next weekend.

You sound way mardier than any of the peakless lycra blokes that were sessioning the course at the weekend. 😉

Things are pretty slippy up there - early morning spin on my bike with semi slicks on which have been fine was pretty hairy this morning. I wonder if the sun today will dry it all off before tomorrow? I'll be packing my mud tyres just in case... 😯

PS - I did think the same mr_a 😉

More rain forecast for tonight. And it's all PeterPoddy's fault. 😉

had a bit of a funny turn with a heart moment on tuesday

Blimey. Probably best to take it steady for a bit then.

Never liked him 😈

Things are pretty slippy up there - early morning spin on my bike with semi slicks on which have been fine was pretty hairy this morning. I wonder if the sun today will dry it all off before tomorrow? I'll be packing my mud tyres just in case...

La la la I can't hear you..

damn rain! i will be packing some replacement tyres then.

Let's shove all the pairs of Small Block 8s we can find into a giant wicker man, tie Peter Poddy to one leg and Kingtut to the other, then burn the lot. That'll sort it out.

I'm on for that. Once KT's done his laps, mind.

What have I done? 😥

Awww crap.

Me and my mahoooosive gob. 🙁

All the forecasts I've looked at say light showers Saturday morning, then heavy rain Sat night.

Sorry

It'll be fine, at least it's warm unlike last year!