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[Closed] Manchester to blackpool ride

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Doing this with a mate in a few weeks. Anyone else on here doing it? Done it once before on a road bike but this time I'm on my carbon 456. Got some faster rolling tyres to help a bit - small block 8s - so hopefully I won't die. Also converted back to 2x9 from 1x9 to help with the hills. Not done a lot of training so slightly concerned about my lack if fitness.


 
Posted : 21/06/2013 9:17 pm
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Rode it on a rockhopper in 09, great fun! You'll be fine on an mtb but you'd be better off running a 26" road tyre, at least some thing with a solid centre tread like a landcruiser.


 
Posted : 21/06/2013 10:10 pm
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it's very flat so 1x9 will be fine - I did it on a fixed gear and didn't suffer apart from the headwind for the last section

set off early, gets very traffic jammed....


 
Posted : 21/06/2013 10:16 pm