jacostrydom

What is OKO. Sorry for my ignorence

Any tubeless conversion (eg. Stans) is absolutely worth it. Keep a tube in your tubby under the saddle and check it from time to time. It can chafe throug. Putting it in an old sock with babypowder helps. My tube is now 2 years old and only been used once - I hit a BIG rock really hard on the second last day of the Epic. Threw the tube in and completed the race like that. Back home I patched the tyre (Larsen Crossmark UST) on the inside with nice big thick car patches and I am using it for training (tubeless)

I enjoyed the ride. I think races like this and Magoebaskloof is what MTB is all about. Good mix of different terrain, the dolomite in Cradle to Cave really keep you on your toes and combined with the polle gras means you really had to be very accurate with tyre preassure to balance anti pinch and ride quality/traction. Throw in some muddy slipperies and it became a test for MTB skills. Not often you find that in a 40k race! Great job Werner. Remember next year to at least have a section for us over 40 outoppies. I cannot race young Niel Theron, but I can fight my own size!