I'm doing the 100k route and from what I understand there is a fair bit of road work, I currently ride an alu Cannondale Rush, built pretty light with front and rear lockout, I'd be using Maxxis Larsen TT tyres.
I know a lot of riders ride the course on CX bikes, so I'm thinking that a full suss would be a bit too much.
That said, it could be an excellent excuse to build up a lightweight hardtail. 🙂
Yes, full sus is 'too much' but it's still fine - I did it one year on a 6" 30+lbs bike (admittedly in horrible conditions) and finished high up - full sus does mean that you can ride with rock hard tyres which makes the road stuff a lot quicker.
Hmm, might build up a nice light hardtail then.
You'll be find on a FS, there are 1 or 2 fields where it will be
apprecated [i](I Know)[/i]!! That said, I'll be riding it on a
HT this year.