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(Yes obviously I will at some point, but ideally not over the next couple of days...)
Heading up there for some steep and loamy fun this weekend. Currently have a Spesh Slaughter Grid semislick on the back. It's quite entertaining on local steep stuff (similar gradient, not as long) in a drifty, lightly out of control kind of way, but then I know the local stuff and don't have to worry about actual "stopping" as I know what's coming.
Plan B is to whip the Butcher off the front, put it on the back and stick a Shorty on the front, which is the setup I used on the only time I've been there before (K&QOTH last year) when it was moderate going on wet.
How loose is it at the mo? Expecting it to be dry, but not quite sure how that translates up there in terms of grip
Thoughts/pisstakes/etc..?
Cheers!
Cheers.
I’d use something with more grip than a slaughter.
I was up there a few weeks ago and didn't die with a minion ss on the rear.
Can't see the conditions would have changed much since.
You may just get away with it, Repeat offender was running very well and not blown out yesterday, suprisingly grippy, not sure about say Waterworld, maybe quite loose after the enduro, have a blast.
Ikon was fine on Flat White, but I'm a mincer and quite slow.
butcher and slaughter would be perfect for current conditions I reckon!
I've been using a bling bling (look it up if you don't know what it is), BBG or (now) SS rear up there for a a over decade rain, snow or dust. Before that I tended to run worn out rear tyres anyway. there are only two sections of trail I can think of there where a semi slick gets mental and those are because it's on rutted grass.
You can ride one on the front too so long as you stay loose and ride decent lines the edges turn just as well as a DHF. They don't brake brilliantly but most folk brake too much anyway. you cerainly shouldn't be aiming to be stopping. The trails all flow really well and each section into the next makes sense once you're used to the general style of building up there.
I was up there last weekend Jon, trails were running better than ever. I reckon it would be ok, most stuff wasn't that loose.