Epping Forest Autumn Radness!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgk-lA12FBk

Ok, but you can't have the reputation for turning up late.

That belongs to @7Üp

do your best to have a fully functioning bike when you arrive.

After countless years of MTBing I see you are still the eternal optimist :)

in!

After countless years

I'm not really an ENT, you know.

Excellent! Another new face :-)

Well I did have a 200km Audax pencilled in for the 7th but as I've accidentally started a SSCX build I suppose I should use it.

But you are very tall

Do it! You've got another 80+ years to be riding Audaxes.

*Reconsiders growing out beard *

Well, this photo was taken on October 26th 2013, just to give you an idea of possible conditions.

Lots of leaf coverage on the trails.

@dimi3 's kit, after the ride...

I really fancy this having never tried anything even slightly off road, unless you count small bits of pavement however I'll need to get a bike built for it.
I have an old 80's 531 MTB that I've wanted to build for ages so if I can do it in time I'm in!

Anybody got some cheap 26" knobblies for sale or recommend some?
Cheers

or recommend some?

They'll be a pretty basic rubber compound, but you can get some wire-bead Mountain Kings pretty cheap.

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/continental-mountain-king-ii-mtb-tyre/rp-prod83001

@BareNecessities
Nice one thanks, I'll check those out I imagine basic compound will be perfect for me.

No worries. Also...

never tried anything even slightly off road

Not a problem. Noobs are very welcome and Epping Forest is a great place to learn :-)

It's also worth looking for used tyres on eBay....sometimes people don't get on well with em and sell them on for peanuts...

@BareNecessities Nice one, I'm looking forward to it.
@stedlocks, I like your style, Ta.

Anybody got some cheap 26" knobblies for sale

I have some Rocket Rons I need to shift. PM me.

looks like a magical forest! - IN

@dimi3 's kit, after the vindaloo...

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@dimi3 's kit, after the vindaloo...

Ha! It looked like that to me too!
This actually happened to my old boss when he ignored the warning on a pot noodle 'Bombay badboy' not to reheat it.
He held it in all the way from Waterloo to Cobham where he finally succumbed to a dirty protest. Apparently he had to derobe in the garden and his wife hosed him down overlooked by his nosy neighbours.

All those suffering from the after-effects of Vindaloo can ride at the back.

K, so I'm giving this a try then! =)

Quick question, I'm currently using clement MXP tyres atm, should I stick with them or get something for nobbly?

They'd be perfect I'd have thought.

They're meant to be a good all-rounder. I'd only want a 'mud-specific' tyre for the very depths of Winter.

Getting the pressures right will be the main thing. I'd imagine you're relatively light, so could go quite low.