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

Been listening to a lot of Hidden Athlete podcasts, including Kate's one:
https://www.instagram.com/katepenglase_mtb/

Oh interesting.

Most I've ever done solo mtb was 12 hr my god it was awful

Yeah, I don't really do MTBing but I guess I'm getting interested coz I've probably done enough road riding this year. I just want a new toy. It'll never get used.

Isn't there some horrible 24hr race in the depths of winter in Scotland coming up? Sounds ideal to ruin I mean break in a new toy

https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/180182/

Yes. Do it @hippy your thick layer of blubber will come in useful. And you could arrange some way of having a peek at some of the roads for that Trans Alba thing.

your thick layer of blubber will come in useful.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6SRTJRAsq8

dangit, you've given away my ulterior motive/survival strategy!

Actually now that I think about it I think the solo category sold out.

solo category

I'm still recovering from having done One Night In Thetford solo. Strathpuffer solo? Fuck me, not a chance. Bravo to the brave souls who do though.

I'm not nuts enough to do solo myself - I'm merely in a team of 4. I think we can convince @hippy to do it solo though. His gooch is battle-hardened and ready.

but I think it sold out ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Still have until the 31st to go in for cheap rates at Mountain Mayhem. Let's do this pls

Six of One, Half Dozen of the Other - Open (team of 3) any combination men/women/mixed £160

@TvH
@Howard ?

who for 3? @umop3pisdn? @platypus?

Ooh, maybe I can....

Oh wait

go on then!
I should be doing a (foot) marathon in February, then HT550 in May....

We've been talking about doing Strathpuffer for years at work. None of us are competent or stupid enough to actually do it.

(I'm stupid enough)

I was thinking do a lap, quit to campervan, drink a bottle of scotch, fry up, do a finish lap, #win.

but I think it sold out ¯_(ツ)_/¯

"do you know who the fuck I am?!"

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

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.

Oh OKAY.

it looks too much like self harm to me.

6hr solo BigDog hits the sweet spot (unless raining).

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.

If I'm going all the way up there I want to get my money's worth.

Mountain Mayhem looks more reasonable given I can't ride dirt for shit.

computer

That was 20 years ago though.

Someone talk me out of buying an RS1, converting it to 120mm and building a lightweight 29er trail 'slayer' like a Pivot 429.