Well the hell of my 5th lap was rewarded with 17th place in vets (good for me!) as just under half the field gave up at the end of lap 4! So a Soul and full mud tyres can work as an XC bike!
Jeez that hurt! Hope the lady who hirt herself on one of the descents is ok. My apologies for stalling in front of Gee as he was lapping me in what looled to be 2nd.
Hmmm single track looks narrower with some ditch sections. Add rain and 1000 wheels and it might be pretty slippy late on? How sandy is it – same as Swinley?
I’ve got this lot In my cupboard, but I’ve not shot anyone (yet)
As an FAC holder this is a very unwise statement. About as wise as telling someone at an airport you haven’t got a bomb ha ha. We might take it as a joke someone else might think it shows a level of consideration for the act.
Also why are all your rifles out of the cabinet at the same time?
I’ve used a bike to move along logging roads with a 30-06 rifle slung over my back while moose hunting in Sweden. Historicaly moose are hunted by a team with a dog but stalking clearcuts can be very effective. It’s not thought to be ethical or legal to use a car to move around once you’ve started but a bike is. Very niche probably 3 bike hunters out of 300,000 hunters in total. Hope hubs not ideal!
They seem to have previous. I was crushed against a wall by one overtaking me 50m up a hill before a blind corner on an A road at rush hour. Surprise surprise a car came around the corner. It stopped, he could have but chose to pull in on me instead. I was incredibly lucky only getting a badly scuffed arm. I had to fight more or less from the cab not to go under the rear wheels. Witnesses, police, court and he got away with driving without due care ans attention.
Seriously!? There will be 23 more roots than R1, but 49 less than R3
Thanks but I think you’ve got that the wrong way round :D. FWIW I’ve got a bad back but took my HT to R3 as I couldn’t face the bushing attrition etc in the conditions. I came away surprised how well my back held up and at the extra pedalling efficiency but the course seemed a lot less bumpy/technical than the others. As I’ve not ridden at Tunnel Hill I thought I’d ask.
To be clear my worry was ice. I’ve ridden in -15 on snow off road but black ice on roads that were still wet scares the hell out of me plus thick fog here this am. Still in bed to avoid rush hour!
If you have a monitor why bother with the theoretical mhr calculation when you can measure your actual. It involves working very hard up a steep hill then sprinting. Obviously only if on good health with a good base of fitness etc.
I understand (and practice) that it’s just I thought that sufferfest was all about training to extinction – obviously I was wrong.
That said the whole premise of the title seems to be about suffering. 2hours and suffering = pretty high intensity no? I’ll take a rest day after a couple of days of that.
Sufferlandria annexed by Mildiscomforture?
Anyway horses for courses I can’t train at any meaningful level for that length of time without too great a risk of injury.
Pity, I don’t like busy sounding free wheels esp the CK style noise. I think Gee must have a CK on his Salsa A La Carte. The irritating noise from it was the reason I dropped back when he passed me on Sunday :D
I took the Soul with Muds which was the right choice for my skillz. Some burping meant a soft rear which pinchflatted :( costing me 13m and cost me a 6th lap. Pity as I was feeling stronger. Really enjoyed the course.
The windchill neeeds a base layer to be really comfy. With a merin baa baa I find it about right for -2 to 4c. Any warmer and I find it a bit hot with a base and without a base the softshell feels a bit clammy.
Too little is better than too much care. You want to avoid making the leather soft. The nose of my Swallow is no longer shiny but instead a rather matte sticky texture from sweat and chamois cream. Can’t seem to dry it but it’s still hard enough not to stretch.
I’ve got van nicholas ti flat bars with a ti stem which definately make the bike comfier at the front. Whether its in the head or not I don’t know but I’m happy.
100k at 4.30am this morning took me to 40%. Either I wake up early again tomorrow and ma age 150k or I admit defeat :(. The challenge for me was to do it without spoiling things for the family so no alarms and no riding past 9am.
Designated driver at 2 drinks do’s tonight :( but planninged on a 5am long mtb loop tomorrow to make up for the enorced abstinence but don’t like being in the woods in high winds.
I too weigh 77kg and ride down south. I’ve got 2 pairs of Crests and find them pretty tough for what I do. The only issue I had was rim ding from a slow puncture that took a bit of persuasion to bend back and seal.
Pro 2 Evo with crests, rim tape and valves came in at 1530g with CXrays and brass nipples. Think the same build with DT comps was 1640g. Much as I love the ‘better’ build I can’t tell the difference. I should have spend the money on better hubs (ACs) and used a cheaper spoke like a D light.
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