BucksOffRoadSportive 12 May - free entry if interested
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Splatter Paint
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I'll be doing the 135km, should be a good event.
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too late for me as I have got my entry ..... (looks like it will be dry on the day althhough there is rain forecast on every day up to and including Sunday) - trails are bone dry at the mo. (and in case you ask, I won't be riding on retro, probably be the scalpel)
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How did you all get on? I did it on a fully rigid retro with slicks! Bad idea, but quick on Tarmac
fully rigid - should have been easy to spot but I didn't - well done - the extra 32 k was around wendover so would/should have been quite hilly.
I am unfit and overweight so struggled a bit but completed the 100 k; arrived at base around 15:00 ; 1/2 hours before the drizzle started. The Scalpel worked well - front and rear lock out very handy - the course was mostly dry, a few muddy patches but nowhere as bad as last year - so probably a rigid rear end would have been adequate - a couple of tracks holed by horses' hooves were really quite bumpy.
Apparently there were ostriches to be seen but I missed them.
..... and my BB started to creak - damn infernal pesky BB30 crap! :twisted:
I am unfit and overweight so struggled a bit but completed the 100 k; arrived at base around 15:00 ; 1/2 hours before the drizzle started. The Scalpel worked well - front and rear lock out very handy - the course was mostly dry, a few muddy patches but nowhere as bad as last year - so probably a rigid rear end would have been adequate - a couple of tracks holed by horses' hooves were really quite bumpy.
Apparently there were ostriches to be seen but I missed them.
..... and my BB started to creak - damn infernal pesky BB30 crap! :twisted:
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It was indeed exceedingly hilly and very bumpy over the horse ruts. I paired up with another rider for the last 50km which was great. Next year - suspension :shock:
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