Nuclear Blast Essex

VWsurfbum

Anyone else racing?
http://www.adventureraceessex.co.uk/ind ... -to-essex/

Nicemonkey

Yes, I am doing the 4hr, not really sure what to expect from the event.

VWsurfbum

Nor me, thats why i'm doing it really. its 5 minutes from my house so it would be rude not to i suppose!

Nicemonkey

Indeed it would be, so do you know the trails that are going to be used? There is a video on the site and it looks like there is a bit of river riding!

VWsurfbum

Its private land so never ridden there, thats why i am intrigued, especially being so close.
The river crossings are giving me a headache about tyre choice. It will be dry on the ground for all the rest of the track, but the water crossings and climbs out of the crossings will be slippery as hell?
So there's another thought, normally use clips for racing, where as if your on and off the bike in slippery mud, may have to use flats?

Nicemonkey

The wet sections will be so short...a couple of meters, it wont be anything to worry about. I am just going for hardpack tyres

VWsurfbum

I'm thinking RaceKing front, Smallblock rear?

VWsurfbum

Just changed my tyres to full on dry tyres, and then the heavens opened! Grr

Finots

I'm doing this event First event I have ever entered. A mate of mine twisted my arm!
Only going for the 2 hour though as my fitness is not anywhere near good enough for 4 hours straight!
I will be running Rapid Robs front and rear. Never run them before so this should be interesting. Got an email saying that the course should be dry and fast.
Look out for the Cow patterned top

VWsurfbum

Ill be in the 2hr race too, look for the carbon disabled bike, or the red porsche with the odd looking bike rack!

IhateDNS

This thread quiet not many msg riders on it!
Have a gooden tomorrow

VWsurfbum

Cheers spence

bungalballs

I'll be there! I'll have my Specialized Storms - mud tyres that went on last November, and due to conditions at my local woods they were never removed this summer! Not the best choice I know, but I can't be ar sed to change...

I'll be on a Whyte T120 (with mud tyres) if anyone wants to say hello!

Good luck folks!

Finots

Thought this was a good course! all 2 laps that I managed to do (including a pre-ride )
Now in the market for a new drive side crank as the pedal thread has been stripped and I am not hardcore enough to cycle one footed! :shock:

VWsurfbum

cracking course, I loved it
you only had one crank arm, I only had one fork leg!

C0LL0

the course was a little more technical than I had hoped for, I need to get my skills advance massivly if I'm going to get much better. still manged 5th in old gits 4 hour though.

VWsurfbum

Well done, it was technical, just the way I like it

IhateDNS

technical

Was it looked like a lot of ploughed fields and couple of small bridges.

VWsurfbum

IhateDNS wrote:

technical

Was it looked like a lot of ploughed fields and couple of small bridges.

you dont know! you drank tea and ate biscuits!


any way cheers for the video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7s62U82 ... U6iFcZU7ow