I had a crazy thought.......

doing some sorting of old stuff and came across some old conti cross country 26 x 1.5 tyres.

think they might be ideal

Guess I'll be the black sheep with cyclocross on 40mm tyres...

Dainiusd wrote:Guess I'll be the black sheep with cyclocross on 40mm tyres...

Given the amount of pushing (even for fat bikes) then that'll probably be a good idea.

Dainiusd wrote:Guess I'll be the black sheep with cyclocross on 40mm tyres...

I was hoping to have my litespeed gravel bike finished in time
alas it isn't
so hardtail mountain bike for me

I'll be on my krampus+rohloff
the perfect combination for racing!

HopeValleyPaul wrote:I'll be on my krampus+rohloff
the perfect combination for racing!

Racing? Are you at some other event?

XR4/XR3 tyres now fitted to wheels. Just need to leave them overnight to ensure there's no leaks then I can swap the B+ wheels for them.

That's 1.5Kg saved off the bike

Richard G wrote:

Dainiusd wrote:Guess I'll be the black sheep with cyclocross on 40mm tyres...

Given the amount of pushing (even for fat bikes) then that'll probably be a good idea.

I did the infamous 2014 course on a gravel* bike, so I'm sure you'll be fine


* there was hardly any gravel

* there was hardly any gravel

Possibly more than people imagine ... it was just under water

I really enoyed the 2014 course. There's a photo somewhere of me up to my waist in tussocky hell (and as I am short it wasn't that deep), with my bike on my shoulders, laughing at the ridiculous situation we seemed to be in.

I'll be on the 29er with ordinary middle of the road MTB specialized ground control tyres - 2.3 up front, 2.1 on the back. Cos they are set up tubeless and I can't be arksed to change them. They'll do the job.

littlegirlbunny wrote:I'll be on the 29er with ordinary middle of the road MTB specialized ground control tyres - 2.3 up front, 2.1 on the back. Cos they are set up tubeless and I can't be arksed to change them. They'll do the job

That's the spirit!

That looks just the ticket Jo ... just don't put your pannier rack on

Bearbonesnorm wrote:That looks just the ticket Jo ... just don't put your pannier rack on

It's OK, I'm putting the tea strainer in my giant backpack instead

That's me waving on that ship in the picture.

Not ysed Maxxis before, Is a 2.3 High roller 2 a bad idea for rear of hardtail with front suss fork? My Conti rear shot recently. It'll be tubeless. Many thanks.
Steve..

Dainiusd wrote:Guess I'll be the black sheep with cyclocross on 40mm tyres...

I'll make it two black sheep, although it'll be 40c WTB Nanos on a fully rigid Surly Ogre for me. I think.

Can't quite decide between that and the 29er hardtail with 2.4" Ardent/Nobby Nic

Just counted, I reckon about 96km on 'metalled' road.

notinabox wrote:Not ysed Maxxis before, Is a 2.3 High roller 2 a bad idea for rear of hardtail with front suss fork? My Conti rear shot recently. It'll be tubeless. Many thanks.
Steve..

It'll be reasonably draggy on the road, but nice and comfy for the off road sections. :)

Just counted, I reckon about 96km on 'metalled' road.

Sounds kinda straightforward when you put it like that

I have a Maxxis HR2/Ardent combo on my Solaris

It's the draggiest thing in the world, people will hear you coming over the border as each knobbly hits the tarmac, but it's ace off road!

benp1 wrote:I have a Maxxis HR2/Ardent combo on my Solaris

It's the draggiest thing in the world, people will hear you coming over the border as each knobbly hits the tarmac, but it's ace off road!

Oh bollox :( Better on the front...... just a bit? May leave my Conti X king on front?

I'm running an X-King up front. Should be fine.

Richard G wrote:I'm running an X-King up front. Should be fine.

It's usually what I run so I'll stick with it, cheers. Rear was due a change for wear and for winter so trying the minion SS on rear.... ..

You might be in luck yet Bob as i'm running out of time to sort my bike out properly which will result in me throwing it in the back of the car on thursday night and using it in whatever state its in!

I was trying to get the time to bicycle the Lurcher up for one last hurrah so think yourself lucky! ;-)