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    #122
    lennymc
    Registered Users Posts: 6,458 ✭✭✭lennymc


    nak wrote: »
    Wasn't so hilarious for him, that crash cost a couple of hundred quid in bike repairs. I ran it, wasn't brave enough.

    sorry - i was being sarcastic. I crashed into a tree, which I think ultimately led to my rear derailleur munching itself in my rear wheel so I share his pain.


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    #123
    wanderer 22
    Registered Users, Subscribers Posts: 2,132 ✭✭✭wanderer 22


    lennymc wrote: »
    lady dixon park has carnage corner. It's a hilarious off camber mud slide where you crash into trees.

    8.jpg

    The look of horror on the kids' faces is class!


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    #124
    Raam
    Registered Users Posts: 14,317 ✭✭✭✭Raam


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLMISeB_NZ4


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    #125
    Tenzor07
    Registered Users Posts: 8,443 ✭✭✭Tenzor07


    Would take a few weeks of rain to get the ground soft like that again i'd say, let's hope the good weather we've been having keeps up...


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    #126
    RobFowl
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 11,667 Mod ✭✭✭✭RobFowl


    Cost me a rear mech and dropout last year too....


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    #127
    Zyzz
    Registered Users Posts: 2,874 ✭✭✭Zyzz


    Raam wrote: »
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLMISeB_NZ4

    :pac::pac::pac:


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    #128
    lennymc
    Registered Users Posts: 6,458 ✭✭✭lennymc


    where are the nationals next year?
    I ordered muddy tubs today, just in case.


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    #129
    Alek
    Registered Users Posts: 4,520 ✭✭✭Alek


    I ordered muddy tubs today, just in case.

    I have ordered clean ones, they will get muddy anyway.


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    #130
    nak
    Registered Users Posts: 1,538 ✭✭✭nak


    lennymc wrote: »
    where are the nationals next year?
    I ordered muddy tubs today, just in case.

    Swords


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    #131
    lennymc
    Registered Users Posts: 6,458 ✭✭✭lennymc


    That will be a tough course. There always seems to be a couple of really muddy bits there.


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    #132
    nak
    Registered Users Posts: 1,538 ✭✭✭nak


    lennymc wrote: »
    That will be a tough course. There always seems to be a couple of really muddy bits there.

    Yep, was frosty and muddy the last time. Race there on 28th December too.

    Most people use the same tyres for every race - those with Dugasts are generally using Rhinos as it's too expensive to have multiple sets of wheels. 5 layers of glue and tape on mine, so they aren't getting changed this season (Specialized Terras).


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    #133
    lennymc
    Registered Users Posts: 6,458 ✭✭✭lennymc


    I have a few sets of tub wheels at home, so it's just a matter of changing the road tubs over. The ones I was on on Sunday were sammy slicks, wouldn't be any good in mud, Planet x are selling vittoria mud tubs for about 30 quid each so not too expensive (compared to the Dugasts). The tubs seem to roll much nicer over the rough ground.


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    #134
    Alek
    Registered Users Posts: 4,520 ✭✭✭Alek


    I do not know how they hold in real mud, but I was going quite hard in the corners on Sunday and Racing Ralphs didn't slip even once.

    PX have them in Tubular version for 29.99: https://www.planetx.co.uk/i/q/TBSCRRHTE/schwalbe-racing-ralph-ht-evo-tubular-tyre


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    #135
    midonogh
    Registered Users Posts: 295 ✭✭midonogh


    nak wrote: »
    Swords

    Oh yeah forgot to tell you Lenny that you are down for course building. Knew you would not mind.


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    #136
    lennymc
    Registered Users Posts: 6,458 ✭✭✭lennymc


    midonogh wrote: »
    Oh yeah forgot to tell you Lenny that you are down for course building. Knew you would not mind.

    as long as there is coffee and we go through the river then that is fine... :)


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    #137
    nak
    Registered Users Posts: 1,538 ✭✭✭nak


    Alek wrote: »
    I do not know how they hold in real mud, but I was going quite hard in the corners on Sunday and Racing Ralphs didn't slip even once.

    PX have them in Tubular version for 29.99: https://www.planetx.co.uk/i/q/TBSCRRHTE/schwalbe-racing-ralph-ht-evo-tubular-tyre

    They're great on a dry course. Found that they clog up with mud, but then it doesn't always get muddy.

    Love tubs, ran 25psi on Sunday, much better on the bumpy stuff. Grip and mud clearance with the Terras is great. Not as supple as cotton casings, but then not as fragile and no aquaseal needed. Need to get faster to justify more expensive tyres.


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    #138
    Alek
    Registered Users Posts: 4,520 ✭✭✭Alek


    I was running my Ralphs 40/60 psi and this was already too hard for the rattly parts... after I got a pinch flat (not on the kerb!) I've upped them to 50/70 for the A race and god almighty, I thought I am going to fall apart... im investigating tubeless option now.

    ordered some maxxis mud wrestlers just in case, too :-)


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    #139
    nak
    Registered Users Posts: 1,538 ✭✭✭nak


    Alek wrote: »
    I was running my Ralphs 40/60 psi and this was already too hard for the rattly parts... after I got a pinch flat (not on the kerb!) I've upped them to 50/70 for the A race and god almighty, I thought I am going to fall apart... im investigating tubeless option now.

    ordered some maxxis mud wrestlers just in case, too :-)

    Clinchers? That's reallyy hard. I'm using the Maxxis clinchers for commuting and training as they were free, grip is pretty good, no problems on sand or a little mud. Haven't tried them in muddy conditions as it's too bloody dry. Run 50psi on road and 35 offroad (I'm pretty small though).


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    #140
    Alek
    Registered Users Posts: 4,520 ✭✭✭Alek


    Clinchers - I know its hard even for my 83kgs of pure muscle ;) Even for general riding I run my 35mm slick Kojaks lower than that...


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    #141
    Tom__JNR
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 111 ✭✭Tom__JNR


    lads, where can I find any calendar with cx races in Dublin area?


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    #142
    Raam
    Registered Users Posts: 14,317 ✭✭✭✭Raam


    Tom__JNR wrote: »
    lads, where can I find any calendar with cx races in Dublin area?

    http://www.ulstercyclocross.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=1&Itemid=2

    Next Fixx is on 26th Oct, not 19th.


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    #143
    Tom__JNR
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 111 ✭✭Tom__JNR


    Thanks, won't have my bike ready for the first one thou.


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    #144
    ba
    Registered Users Posts: 1,084 ✭✭✭ba


    Raam wrote: »
    http://www.ulstercyclocross.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=1&Itemid=2

    Next Fixx is on 26th Oct, not 19th.

    Fup. Got a wedding night before that...


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    #145
    Raam
    Registered Users Posts: 14,317 ✭✭✭✭Raam


    ba wrote: »
    Fup. Got a wedding night before that...

    The wedding should be finished by the time the race starts ;)


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    #146
    Alek
    Registered Users Posts: 4,520 ✭✭✭Alek


    Bring the guests with you. Let them do beer hand-ups. Ride hard.


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    #147
    wanderer 22
    Registered Users, Subscribers Posts: 2,132 ✭✭✭wanderer 22


    From the Fixx Supercross Facebook page :eek:

    2014-cyclocross-neerpelt-lars-van-der-haar-1745.jpg


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    #148
    Alek
    Registered Users Posts: 4,520 ✭✭✭Alek


    you.
    are.
    kidding.
    me.
    :eek:


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    #149
    lennymc
    Registered Users Posts: 6,458 ✭✭✭lennymc


    I see your guy hopping a ditch and raise you the Bilenky Junkyard cyclo cross



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    #150
    Alek
    Registered Users Posts: 4,520 ✭✭✭Alek


    Bilenky Junkyard cyclo cross

    I'd love this. Any races like that around ? :D


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    #151
    capnsantini
    Registered Users Posts: 89 ✭✭capnsantini


    lennymc wrote: »
    I see your guy hopping a ditch and raise you the Bilenky Junkyard cyclo cross

    Was that Cheech in the intro?


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