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Cant work in GI whats the teeth?
Did some checking - 32:17? On a loaded bike that's pretty heroic!

I'd like to do this except I feel the cold badly, have cold injury related hand circulation issues and cba to drive that far.

Good luck and share pictures of your 1000yard stares.

Thanks. Its a lot of fun. Considering racing cx on it

Superfly SS. Sadly discontinued. Features some semi WW bits and pretty light.

The perfect antidote to mid season blues. Hard not to smile as I turn the first pedal strokes. Hard not to throw up after the first max effort ascent.

^ guess I'll put the coding career change on hold....

> I'd love a fast, super light, carbon, short travel, full sus, xc 29er (trek top fuel 9.7 for example). But my head tells me I should go for something with a bit more travel (trek fuel ex 9.8, if we're staying with the same brand). Both 29er, both carbon, but 100mm vs 130mm.

I like xc racing but let's be honest, I'm not at a level where the extra weight of 30mm more travel will be the difference between winning and losing races...am I best off getting a "trail" bike

May not make you win but you may pick up some places. Thats a serious amount of racing - enough to use the best you can. Your heart is right!

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Well I just looked at the new Anthems and I think they look very good! Maestro has a great reputation for pedalling.

There is a lot of surprisingly low range gear on off the peg bikes until you get well north of £5k.
I wouldn't want to ride a very expensive fs through winter.

Default for your wants used to be Giant Anthem 29er with some upgrades.

^^Scandal?

Giant frame and 29er or normal and 26?

Moaned? I've obviously been riding selfishly, never had a moan.

Reba is probably the best comoromise of performance/price.

What extra you spend you'll likely get back used.

Ironing out washboard is a tough ask - small bump sensitivity without excessive dive

I train on what are likely to be many of the tracks on this (because I hate traffic) and I'd say a HT with larger (but not draggy) tyres would be perfect. Trails are fast and the jarring adds up.

Read some bad feedback on the new Addex Schwalbe Thunderburts - big wobbles from deformed carcasses etc.
Ordered my favourite Racing Ralph instead and..... wobble from new. All the hassle of mounting it tubeless and now its take it off, clean it up, pack it up and send back. Probably CBA but its likely the last stupidly named tyre I buy.

Training Peaks and a heroic score

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My Fox on my Spearfish is the same. Positive detente to trail and climb but not too or from descend. However it doesn't move away from descend ever

Been doing some N. Herts bridleways, lots of gravel, some dried mud. After 2 weeks I had to rest my butt on pure road yesterday.

And thats on a 29er, 100mm fork with 2.2s and spinning out on 34:11

How anyone can ride one of these (relatively) skinny tyred drop bar rigid bikes at speed on this stuff is beyond me.

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Hope to do Amberly - Eastbourne and back again soon. Last time I used a triple (and needed it) this time

Don't be a wuss

Not all of us go round stuff - Howard jumps everything that's more than 3" high.

@umop3pisdn has your brief sorted with his Singular.

I do 90% of my riding and racing on the Niner equivalent but with 100mm forks. Can't see the point in FS for SDW and Swinley unless you're going to be doing very long rides.

Wow! Share the details of the routes? I wan to copy.