Let's offroad / mountain bike / mtb / ride dirt

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BareNecessities in reply to @hippy

26" wheels, I take it?

32x17 would have you spinning like mad at Thetford, even in the Winter slop. You could ride a 36x17 easily there. For a 3hr race, maybe a 38 would be better

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hippy in reply to @BareNecessities

So basically leave it as is? That's my kind of mechanicing.

Yeah, 26. I'll blame any slowness on being slightly over geared, not a total lack of skill.

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BareNecessities in reply to @hippy

Depends on how you ride really. There's a lot of stuff at Thetford where it helps to ride out of the saddle, so the higher gear would help. 40 x 17 would be a bit tough in places.

Save the really low gears for your 24hr solo ;-)

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