Dammit’s adventures in mountain biking

Thanks for that BN. I’ll stick with what I have for now.

Speaking of Swinley I think I’ll head back there again tomorrow if anyone fancies it.

Mud!

240S not available in XD/Cl, so Sam is ordering the hubs in Shimano/CL and converting them with an XD driver.

XD/Cl

The lightest configuration

Old habits die hard

Howards bike weighs a lot less than mine does, when I've not yet put the front wheel back in my forks.

His full sus?

That's coz it's an XC race marathon bike with no rear suspension or dropper post!

But yeah it does have some super-light shiz on it like Magura brakes, XO cassette, carbon bars & seatpost and whatnot.

The problem is the lighter the bike gets the more terrifying it gets when it's off the ground...

It would take obscene amounts of money to get the Scalpel down to F-Si weight

Sounds like a worthy challenge

I believe in you

It would take obscene amounts of drillium

We doing the North Downs this weekend then? If so, where are we meeting, when are we meeting and what to bring?

Meet at dorking? We can do a loop to peaslake and back via leith hill

Train out of Waterloo easiest, or drive to Dorking?

There's no facilities to clean the bikes at Dorking that I'm immediately aware of. So bringing some cleaning kit might swing it for the car.

What is this cleaning that you speak of?

RE plans for Sunday -

I'm sort of in - slightly concerned the amount of of rain this week means an absolute mud bath. Ironically, given this ride was born out of tyre chat - those are the conditions my 27.5 plus bike with 3.0 tyres do not excel in....

However, I'm still kinda keen for a ride. Is everyone driving? If so, we could skip Ranmore by parking in Holmbury/Peaslake and concentrating a little more on the trails / linking up with the ride being discussed in the other thread....

To many decisions, buts its still Tuesday.

I got very, very wet and muddy on Sunday - somewhat less muddy would be nice for this coming weekend.

The north downs does drain fairly well in places like peaslake because it’s kinda sandy loamy stuff on hilly terrain

That said the thought of returning with a mucky FS bike and gear is a turn off.

You should get a Worx Hydroshot

You should @Howard, they are awesome.

I've got a Mobi - the problem is not having cleaning kit, it's having to do it outside in the cold and dark outside our block of flats.

I feel your pain

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A Mobi is like a kids toy compared to the Hydroshot. Plus it takes up a lot less space.

Needs a hose. We don't have (reliable) access to an outside hose.