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yippie!! - I'll have someone to ride with, can you sing? do you like country music?WooHoo I might just come second last now..
yippie!! - I'll have someone to ride with, can you sing? do you like country music?WooHoo I might just come second last now..
When I did the mudbath CP last year I went for:Looks like there could be some decent rain on Sunday... so what would you wear for 5-6 hours of riding in the rain?
Short sleeve jersey = hypothermia?
Short sleeve jersey + long sleeve thermal top = either too hot or hypothermia when it gets really wet.
Light rain jacket which ends up sodden in 30 mins = too hot followed by hypothermia.
Goretex jacket = too hot and sweaty, and too bulky to carry, but at least you'd be warm.
Or is the theory that at race pace you'll keep warm in a jersey? Any other ideas?
Ahhh heck! I'm just going to nude up! Makes it easier to hose the mud off at the end of the rideLooks like there could be some decent rain on Sunday... so what would you wear for 5-6 hours of riding in the rain?
Short sleeve jersey = hypothermia?
Short sleeve jersey + long sleeve thermal top = either too hot or hypothermia when it gets really wet.
Light rain jacket which ends up sodden in 30 mins = too hot followed by hypothermia.
Goretex jacket = too hot and sweaty, and too bulky to carry, but at least you'd be warm.
Or is the theory that at race pace you'll keep warm in a jersey? Any other ideas?
Yeah but dirt and butt cream is going to hurtAhhh heck! I'm just going to nude up! Makes it easier to hose the mud off at the end of the ride
I reckon its no chance of a postponement seeing the weather looks like hitting late Saturday. The singletrack in the area will hold up against that rain. The trouble will come from the clay firetrails.Hmmmm the weather looks ugly. Bah, another postponement can't hurt... its not like I've been training or anything... maybe if we are given another respite I will actually train
ha, i've done the training so am keen to ride, but have recently found out that it's a clash with a good friend's bucks party that's been organised (in typical fashion) at the last minuteHmmmm the weather looks ugly. Bah, another postponement can't hurt... its not like I've been training or anything... maybe if we are given another respite I will actually train
Where do you get 'ugly'? Not from here surely?: http://www.bom.gov.au/nsw/forecasts/nowra.shtmlHmmmm the weather looks ugly. Bah, another postponement can't hurt... its not like I've been training or anything... maybe if we are given another respite I will actually train
Probably from weatherzone and the 10-20mm forecastWhere do you get 'ugly'? Not from here surely?: http://www.bom.gov.au/nsw/forecasts/nowra.shtml
A few scattered showers will just damp things down nicely. I took a bunch of kids for school sport for a ride this morning on one of the worst tracks in the area for mud (cabbage tree) and it was primo... tacky hero dirt! So I reckon coondoo and superbowl would be just fine (but yes some of the clay firetrails will be soft).
I really like the rocket rons front and back on these trails when wet.Hi all
Like a lot of people, this will be my first visit to these trails and given all the talk of clay and bog holes and the rest, I am wondering what you would suggest as a good tyre choice.
Currently I run a Racing Ralph on the front and a Hutchinson Cobra on the rear. I love the Cobra, except that its a dry/ hardpack kind of tyre.
I raced the Dirt(mud)works with it in May, and yea it kinda sucked in some of the sticky stuff it still held up pretty well.
What do you think, should I get a Ralph for the rear as well, stick with what I know, or do you have another choice?
P.S. I currently run 2.25's on a Spec Stumpjumper...