well.. what bike?? I ended up taking my yeti ASR5 in the end as got it patched up (prob one of the smallest bikes there). And yes that was me at the start of stage 4 going over the bars to an audience!!
TBH – stage 4 was the only time I felt under biked. I was very pleased to be on the ASR5 on the endless fireroad climbs.
Had a coupe of punctures so higher volume tyres next time I think. Was also struggling to clip in to spds on the starts which wasn’t helping. so maybe flats?
If I had taken the alpine 160 those climbs would have wore me down. Not sure how some of them guys were doing it, saw one guy on a giant faith climbing to stage 5 late in the day(respect).
cost no object – Perfect bike IMO carbon spicy/nomad/enduro would by spot on.
I had a great time and cant wait to get on it next year.