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

@Howard - y u ride through the undergrowth?

#stalker

You can take the fixie-skidder out of London....

#whythejudderingfuckdoyouneedabagonforaracethatlastslessthantwohours

That bag is full of spare derailleurs.

The bag meant that Howard fixed his double puncture on the first lap.

Hydration, I'd imagine, given the lack of bottles on the frame. I use a Camelbak for 2 and 4 hour MTB races, as I've never really liked the combination of frame-mounted water bottles and shit-filled mud.

Again? That boy is cursed when it comes to punctures, cursed I tell you.

Water you big goon. It was frickin boiling.

Also as above without it it would have been a long walk back from the fire road of razor sharp gravel without the tools in it.

Did you find my inner tube? I didn't attach it well enough to my Camelbak.

Found Josh:

Y u no tubeless?

Tubeless cuts on sharp stones - amazed he got them to seal.

I was. Unlike MTB tyres there just isn't enough air in a 32mm rubber to drive sealant into a cut at the pressure that's required for it to self seal whilst clattering along gravel fire road with huge pot-holes in it at 18mph.

Basically I had to stop, pull out the valve core, dump a load more sealant in, replace the core, pump up to 40psi with finger over the cut and using gravity to help the sealant form a plug. Which kinda worked, until I punctured again 1000 yards down the road and had to repeat the process.

There we some people who carried no tools or spares with them - they had a long walk down that fire road back to base after suffering a similar fate.

To me, travelling to wales for 15 minutes of bike riding is border-line stupid, so I fixed things as best I could and finished the race as a training ride.

And as I'm an aged pack-fill senior, that's all these rides ever are, anyway, a race against yourself, so no biggy really.

I have looked into my crystal ball and foresee 'Howard on 29er'.

Yeah I might spend the impending payout from last years' RTC on a Scalpel or FSi.

I didn't see any fatbike or 29+ punctures.

;-)

I had significant fat-bike envy I tells ya.

Think the overall winner did it on a rigid 29er with mahoosive but not quite 29er+ rubber.

Finally.....

I'd probably have to get CSG to get one in especially - must be at least no other people in the country who want one.

Scalpel?! Hwrd pls.... full suss >>>>>>>>

FSI for sure :-)

A snip at £3k.

There's not a whole lot on that I'd change, really.

£2800 is list price for a Salsa Beargrease (Carbon): http://www.bikeradar.com/mtb/gear/category/bikes/mountain-bikes/hardtail/product/review-salsa-beargrease-48003/

I'd love to take that to Bike Park Wales

A snip at £3k.

Yikes! Think I'll wait until I'm your age, before getting anything like that.

Maybe I should just learn how to ride a biek

Someone lend me some watts. I need about 100 extra at tempo. Pls.

Time for kitten killing - 29er HT = significant comfort improvement to the extent FS much less needed. This aged wreck managed to do 2 x 13hr races on some pretty rough terrain on a 29er HT without wanting FS.