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

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hippy

My only MTBs are old singlespeeds.
This sounds stupid.
I think I want to enter.

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frankenbike in reply to @hippy

Single speed is okay, I think half the challenge is having a reliable bike that makes it all the way around! Derailleurs are a weak point.

Poke through some pictures, some folks are on rigid forks and singlespeed

https://www.garywilliamson.co.uk/events/strathpuffer-2018/

e.g. e.g.

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hippy in reply to @frankenbike

Good point. I've only ever ridden on teams and even then I usually had two bikes - a rigid steel SS and a cheap alu hardtail. I used to crash a lot but none of my stuff was weight weenie so I'd just break computer mounts and lights and maybe twist bars. That was 20 years ago though.

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