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

Cool see you there, Hopefully I'll be back in London on time, do you think my fixed crosser with brakes disabled would qualify? I won't be able to take brakes off, too much hassle.

I think a track bike is required for the championship but the crosser would be fine for the omnium. Email Barbara - she replied to me sharpish.

Fixeh >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Bargain Commencal hardtail for sale in classifieds...

http://www.lfgss.com/thread88561.html

http://www.pinkbike.com/news/Where-The-Trail-Ends-Exclusive-Teaser.html

currently streaming this live to the net:

http://live.redbull.tv/events/82/fmb-12a

mountainbike downhill maaaadness

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mN97Hp38Hs&feature=youtu.be

Hadleigh Farm can be done with only one chainring, apparently. By girls, at that.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/brf/sets/72157631018773466/with/7760579564/
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^Do I see the new Olympic champion running Suntour suspension forks? That won't please a few bike snobs I know :-)

To my layman's eye it looked like they could have nailed that circuit rigid.

42 tooth sprocket on the back though...

^Do I see the new Olympic champion running Suntour suspension forks? That won't please a few bike snobs I know :-)

Yes, I saw that. I'm sure they're capable of making an adequate fork, even though their bread and butter is making shit for BSOs

24th place Canadian was on Rock Shox, didn't do her any good, again with the single ring.
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To my layman's eye it looked like they could have nailed that circuit rigid.

Yes, you could ride it on a rigid singlespeed, but racing isn't about just getting round.

^ Agreed. I enjoy riding a rigid mtb for the simplification of the bike & the extra concentration required for technical riding.

If I wanted to just go fast though, suspension would have to be part of the equation*.

*The other parts include being fit, weighing far less & probably a dozen other things that a real athlete could tell you about.

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Hadleigh Farm can be done with only one chainring, apparently. By girls, at that.

I got tickets courtesy of the British Cycling raffle someone mentioned here - cheers!) and watched at Deanes Drop and the other more technical bits plus a couple of the climbs.

I can count on the fingers of one hand the number of times I saw any of the women get out the saddle. Impressive stuff especialy since some of them looked about 6 stone.

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I can count on the fingers of one hand the number of times I saw any of the women get out the saddle, because some of them are about 6 stone.

I'm just envious :-( Sounds great fun!

This wasn't so obvious on the TV coverage which was shot from outside the turn:

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^ Wow!

A lot of people just don't appreciate how technically capable " Jey XC riders " really are.

http://app.strava.com/rides/19666826

that was wet.

42 tooth sprocket on the back though...

Yes, if they had the new SRAM XX1 1x11 drivetrain
Chainring options: 28,30,32,34,36,38
Cassette: 10-12-14-16-18-21-24-28-32-36-42
Special rear hub to accept the 10-up 11s cassette, apparently DT will be supporting the standard.

Back when I had gears, I struggled with anything below a 1:1 ratio and ended up using a 2x9 system 32-22/11-23, so I can't see that I'd need a range bigger than the 36/11-36 I could get with a 1x10 system using standard hubs, which still gives a top gear of >25mph/100rpm

the arm on the rear mech must be very long.... 42 lul

Suntour had a mech/freewheel system (AG-Tech*) that went up to 38t about 30 years ago.

*disraeligears will need to update their description "38 teeth remains, to this day, the largest rear cog to be commercially available" when XX1 comes to market this autumn.

wow =)

The jumps were pretty big on a 14-38 5-speed though. Definitely a place for a half-step set up.