Cam MTB - the Cambridge Mountain Bikers' Forum
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DISCLAIMER. MOUNTAIN BIKING CAN BE DANGEROUS. YOU JOIN US AT YOUR OWN RISK.
SAFETY BRIEFING.
- Wear a helmet. Despite recent advances in medical science, brains still cannot be mended nor replaced.
- Wear gloves or mitts. Hands often hit the ground first. Cuts and grazes invite infection and a hospital visit.
- Wear eye protection, it only takes a twig or thorn to lose an eye. Crud catchers are a good idea in mucky weather.
- When downhilling, for your own protection, allow plenty of space behind the rider in front.
- Bring a bare minimum emergency tool kit and a spare inner tube.
- Breakdowns are a bore. Plan not to have any by ensuring your bike is in perfect working order.
- Punctures are also tedious. You can minimise them by fitting latex tubes, slime tubes or running tubeless tyres.
Photo: CAMMTB Winter 2022-23 rides have been posted up - please click on the Runs List link..
Anyone riding tonight?
Mild and dry with a moderate southerly, apparently. That's my accent, not the weather, of course.
PT
i'm riding tonight, now do i bring my Scott with the summer tyres or the Cannondale with the road slicks???
on the wrong side of 40 and loosing ground one day at a time!
Alison and I (note the moderate southerly grammar) have got our lights on charge.
I may not be out if I can't make up my mind between narrow winter tyres front and rear on a full suspension, narrow winter front tyre and medium width spring/autumn rear on a full suspension, medium width spring/autumn front and rear on a round-town clunker, narrow winter front tyre and Conti GP4000 Force slick road rear on a full-on carbon race bike, etc.
And then there's the clothing issue...
See some of you later!
Dom