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

I thought that was just for juniors... oops.

Tempted by the 2hr version but is that more of a sprint?

It's more fun and you don't need a pit bitch / buckets of drinking water / food.

Ok, I'm in for the 2hr fun / kids / wimps version.

thanks for the heads up

They have only size 260 and 270 left (too small for me), £92.50, great deal for people with UK9 or smaller feet!

Sage advice

Same goes for wheel deep, icy ruts.

Gear lower than you think.

Lower still.

Nope, even lower.

Anyone got a 19t? Think a 20t will be too much... I can always run walk up hills.

What chainring?

32t, 29er

Get a 22t

32x19 is too big

It's only a 4hr race. I've been fine up to 3hrs on 32/18 (have previously ran 17). It's not Strathpuffer ;)

Depends very much on the course, your fitness, duration of race, etc etc...

"carefully prepared courses that go through heath and pine woodland with flowing and testing singletrack mixed in with swooping trails and stone fire roads that wind through the wonderful Hampshire and Surrey countryside."

You're not going to be climbing Snowdon then :-)

MINly is all up hill

ALL uphill? Golly. Maybe 20t then. Not running a 22t, I've got to cycle 5 miles from the station which would take approx 7 hours on 32/22

the SS dilemma; enjoy riding to the trails, or enjoy riding the trails

SS rigid - enjoy neither!

What's the bike? Any way to swap when you get there?

Singular Swift. EBB so potentially doable but not really worth the hassle with tools. I've got plenty of time, I'll just enjoy the warmup.

dinglespeed ftw

I think I rode 32x22 to third overall at Brighton Big Dog last year. That was six hours and Big Dog is up the same steep hill six times a lap. I'd probably go 32x20.

Minly exists in its own loamy alternate reality

Similar course to Torq?

Right then, anyone got a 20t? Wide base, 3/32.

Planning on coming back to to ride the Surrey Hills on a weekend when warm winter hits.
Let me know if anyone wants to meet up for one of the days for a ride. I'll make an event thread then. Might do late summer/early autumn.