Post subject: Highland Trail Race 550 23rd May, 9am Tyndrum, Scotland
Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2015 1:30 pm
Posts: 690
Location: Stratford
Ok, I've registered for this event. As hard as beautiful, mtb in the Highlands for 900 km self-supported route.
RULES
Complete the entire route, under your own power - no drafting Be completely self-supported throughout the ride - absolutely no support crews, absolutely no gear sharing Only use commercial services that are available to all challengers - no private resupply, no private lodging If you have to leave the route, you must rejoin it at the exactly same spot No caches of any kind No pre-arranged support, which means before you begin your ride - e.g. booking a B&B, arranging to meet a vehicle No travel by any motorized means during your ride - by all means do so if necessary, but understand if you do your attempt is over Gear - nothing required, nothing prohibited
Post subject: Re: Highland Trail Race 550 23rd May, 9am Tyndrum, Scotland
Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2015 2:09 pm
Posts: 740
Location: Cake shop
From what I can see of the route a lot of it is 'road' and double track so I suppose it depends if you think you'll gain more on the smother bits than you lose on the techy decents ??
From what I've read some riders run rigid forks, one of them both times he's raced.... must mean something.
Personally I think I'd probably be walking a lot of that video even with 150mm Pikes
Edit to add.
More reading and I've got to say most seem to be using a bouncy fork.......
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