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Naaa, tubeless is just not viable where i ride, some 2 ply DH casing maxxis' and them extra thick tubes are perfect, have not had a flat or pinch flat yet running them as I do, one of the other guides runs tubeless and is always having to stop to repair or walk down because he ripped his tyre's on some loose rocks...just not worth it! Also, I dont think the 729's are tubless compatible... the 823's are, but don't think the other's are (729 & 721)

New back wheel in the house...Hope pro 2 on a bomb proof Mavic 729....almost time to get back to the mountains so I can rock it!!!

Aaahhh AWESOME! I think I just wet myself I was laughing so hard!

If you don't mind me asking, which part of Peru did you descend 2000m? not by chance Abra Malaga?

Ha...I used to wax too....not been riding the lycra bike for a while, so i'm back to my gorilla roots, but if your leg hair is short a wax is not at all sore....and you get to make chit chat with the pretty girls who work in the salon so it's a win win!!

Ha! That used to be me (for obvious reasons I have not been riding groenies for more than a year and a half)...at least 4 times a week I used to be there at the crack of dawn! It is the best time, fresh trails, no one around so you can go like hell and all the spider web's you can eat!! Damm I miss that place!!!

If you are serious about going...www.gravitybolivia.com

OK, A: Pointless debate (but aren't all debates pointless as they express personal opinion) B: Instead of being for 26'ers or 29'ers or roadies or mtb'ers, how about just being CYCLISTS, as we all have that in common (I know, it is about as likely as Christians worshiping Alla and Muslims praying to Jesus, but it's worth a try) and that way we could project our collective hatred towards motorists or the ANC or triathlon, whatever! I'm not a Roadie or a DH-er, or a XC-er, or a Street trials rider, or even a Dirt jumper or Cyclo-crosser or someone who rode a BMX when I was 6...I'm ALL OF THE ABOVE and therefore consider myself a CYCLIST...Where is the love people? If you like a big wheel 29'er...COOL, if you prefer a 26' wheel, good for you...Ride a road bike, NICE! or a MTB, Kickass, no one is better, better or worse is all about the rider My link My link

It's like the Wild West and Never Never Land all rolled into one!

Coca tea actually!!! at last years race there were no injuries, just a couple of cases of hypothermia!

Nope, they ran it similarly to a megavalanche, after qualification there were two race runs, with points for each and the best points score took it, this year's winner was the Chilean national champ, seriously, I don't know why there are not more South American riders on the World cup tour, these cats are FAST!

One of the fast parts...on the right, look for the trail running at a nice little angle on an old inca road...we call it the autobahn

These terrace ruins were discovered in 2008, while building the trail...the trail runs through them (but were not used for the race)

haha chairlift...thats funny...nope in Peru you take a taxi up...takes about an hour to get to the pass from where you start the trail...don't have a ton of pic's with me, but here are some,

yeah with the extended first section at the start it's just under 20km

Haha, true that...busy trying to resize some of the pic's now, we hosted a race last month (Chris Van Dine and Aaron Chase came through, here is the link, the pic's are not so good, but there are some vid's though: www.incadownhill.com) My problem is I don't have enough spares...(read ANY) basically got a brake bleed kit (and quite a lot of spare pads, as our 20km DH run is pretty hard on the brakes) and wet weather tyres (can't ride here november-mid may without them wetscreams!) will get cracking on some of the pictures...check out that vid!!!

If you saw the trails you'd totally understand how worth it is...CRC and Evans have saved my ass plenty over the last year!!! hoping to get some cash together for a camera to record the rides and post them (just gotta stop breaking stuff on my bike for long enough to achieve this!!)

Naa Corsairs come stock with Marzocchi's, got a mate of mine from the states to bring the Elka down with him in exchange for a couple of nights free at at a local hostel, You can't get jack in the south of Peru (had to come to Argentina to get a wheel sent here, as Peruvian customs are bastard swine and I've had too many bad experiences with them)...Lima's got some nice bike shops, something like five Specialized dealers there and even a Yeti dealer, but it's a 23 hour bus ride and I was coming here anyway.

Yip, Elka stage 5, Unbelievably smooth!!

In it's current state...Wrote off my back wheel on a big double so I took the chance to pull apart and clean out the mud from the rainy season...new Hope Pro2 laced to a Mavic 729 is in the mail!!!