Is this for the Kings Lynn MTB winter series? If so, which one(s) are you doing?
Edit: Successfully stalked you. Round 3. Hoping to be there myself. Same race, different category.
Can't help on gearing I'm afraid. I ride at Thetford quite a bit, but always with gears. So far. I wouldn't worry about a short stem for handling technical sections though, because there won't be any. Every race I've done at Thetford so far would be perfectly doable on a CX bike.
You perhaps underestimate how feeble my mtb skillz are. I might fit the shorter stem I have and then see how it feels. I can always swap back after doing some "sick jumps" on the ride home..
Is this for the Kings Lynn MTB winter series? If so, which one(s) are you doing?
Edit: Successfully stalked you. Round 3. Hoping to be there myself. Same race, different category.
Can't help on gearing I'm afraid. I ride at Thetford quite a bit, but always with gears. So far. I wouldn't worry about a short stem for handling technical sections though, because there won't be any. Every race I've done at Thetford so far would be perfectly doable on a CX bike.