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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.
  • Don't ride too close to the person in front. If they crash into a badger, you'll need time to swerve.

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White Swan, Quy

any one planning to ride tonight?

i will be trying my new tubeless setup......subject to the bloody things staying inflated!

anyone rember that ride down the MX trail in Thetford when i tried it last time?


Pat

Re: White Swan, Quy

Planning to get out tonight but it will be subject to the M25 and some bike reassembling!

Re: White Swan, Quy

hope to be out tonight,

don't remember that night Pat as I wasn't there. Did it involve crashing?

Re: White Swan, Quy

I was planning on riding tonight.

Re: White Swan, Quy


I'm planning to be out tonight as well.

Richard

Re: White Swan, Quy

Pat's obviously setting out his stall for this years nostalgic "incident" award which I believe is to be a new category.

What tyres Pat?-hope they're nice & tready & watch out for the hippos.

Re: White Swan, Quy

I'm hoping to be out too.

Re: White Swan, Quy

This time I'm playing safe and using my brand new UST ready Rocket Ron's.
I've used RR's for 3 years now and hardly ever needed more tread than that, I just dropped the pressure.

When I crashed I was using an under inflated Panaracer Razer MX 2.3 on the front and it just peeled off the rim on landing, followed by a big white explosion of Stans and a fast uncontrolled landing.

Par for the course really.