@muggomagic – our group of 4 are riding the following:
Me – Specialized Status – a 160mm mullet park bike. Totally wrong tool for the job, but neither my ragley hardtail or Norco Optic warranty replacement has turned up in time.
Joe – Giant Trance Advanced – 29er short travel trail/down country. XC tyres with lots of energy gels strapped to it. He also changed the front ring to a 30t (from 32t).
Mark – Specialized Epic hardtial – XC race machine. But he has a frame bag that engulfs the entire front triangle, so i am hoping for cross winds to send him off into oblivian.
Si – Santa Cruz Mega Tower – bit like me, wrong bike for the job, but you know, run what ya brung!
Food wise, lots of energy gels, shot bloks, haribo. Plus various nut/nature bars. And i have 2 x Veggie pasties.
Drink – i just use water, and rubbish at drinking enough, so my plan is to use pretty much every tap and finish what i have in my bottle before refilling.
Any top tips are very welcome. I have done similar distance on road before, but i know its not the same!