The Beast of Brenin - exploding tyre

Crayfish
Crayfish Posts: 225
edited October 2011 in MTB general
We were at Coed y Brenin in Wales and decided to do The Beast. All was going really well until The Pink Heifer, when Nick's tyre exploded - check it out in the video at 11:20.

There was a 1.5 inch hole in the new tubeless Schwalbe Nobby Nic - We used a Park Tools tyre boot and new tube and luckily this lasted for the rest of the ride.

But that trail is a bike breaker - he also managed to buckle (like a banana) his front wheel on a brand new Enduro S-Works!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hooN0Ztrh4

I love Welsh MTB!

Enjoy
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Choose a ****ing big television. Choose washing machines, cars, compact disc players, and electrical tin can openers. Choose a bike. Choose some singletrack. Choose your future. Choose Life. (Irv Welsh)

Comments

  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    Surely the rockiest bit of the beast is the shared section with MBR, Cain, Slated, and Abel?

    Glad you had a good ride though. The beast really is something of a monster :D
  • leevil knievil
    leevil knievil Posts: 162
    Looks like a great trail centre never been, will be looking at doing this sometime soon.
    work hard, play hard, fall hard

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  • Crayfish
    Crayfish Posts: 225
    yeehaamcgee wrote:
    Surely the rockiest bit of the beast is the shared section with MBR, Cain, Slated, and Abel?

    Glad you had a good ride though. The beast really is something of a monster :D

    Yeah those are the rockiest - Cain is probably the hardest IMO and I've crashed there a few times. Pink Heifer is smooth so we don't know why the tyre burst on it :?: :!:
    http://www.youtube.com/user/stumpy25lbs
    Choose a ****ing big television. Choose washing machines, cars, compact disc players, and electrical tin can openers. Choose a bike. Choose some singletrack. Choose your future. Choose Life. (Irv Welsh)
  • MountainMonster
    MountainMonster Posts: 7,423
    I have heard many good things about that trail, really wanna try it sometime, hopefully i'll have a chance sometimes.

    Sucks about the bikes though, at least that means you were riding hard!
    My London Road
  • The Northern Monkey
    The Northern Monkey Posts: 19,174
    MountainMonster wrote:
    I have heard many good things about that trail, really wanna try it sometime, hopefully i'll have a chance sometimes.

    Agreed, tis on my to-do list!
    Santa Cruz Butcher
  • Raymondavalon
    Raymondavalon Posts: 5,346
    Epic blowout there! Yes, that trail is on my "to do" list too.. it looks awesome
    The Bouncer
    The Shaker
  • Crayfish
    Crayfish Posts: 225
    Here's the sequel - part 2. The second half of The Beast at CYB has runs named after Addams Family members (for those of us who remember The Addams Family!)

    Unfortunately we decided to do mainly stem-mounted footage on the second half, and there was a lot of vibration coming through the fork so the footage is quite shaky. Still, it gives an idea of what it's like.

    Thanks for all your comments.

    http://youtu.be/LMI_sjNS0BE?hd=1

    Enjoy!
    http://www.youtube.com/user/stumpy25lbs
    Choose a ****ing big television. Choose washing machines, cars, compact disc players, and electrical tin can openers. Choose a bike. Choose some singletrack. Choose your future. Choose Life. (Irv Welsh)

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