Desert Dash

[sias]

Then I'll have to train harder. I was banking on less rolling resistance 

I would give up a little rolling resistance and get to the end with all my teeth intact and all parts still attached to the bike!!! A softer wider wheel glides over small bumps and stuff whereas a harder narrower wheel doesn't...

[IH8MUD]

I would give up a little rolling resistance and get to the end with all my teeth intact and all parts still attached to the bike!!! A softer wider wheel glides over small bumps and stuff whereas a harder narrower wheel doesn't...

Very true Sias.

I support where you come from.  

Every one has there own preference and  formula for their race.

 

 

Most  2.35 tires I could get hold of  is quite heavy  > 850gram.  (then the sidewalls will be already thin)

My Hans Dampf 2.35 on my trail bike is easily around 1kg!! 

 

The Barzo is worth looking at perhaps.

I think they were about 650-gram for a 2.25 tire that volume out quite well on a wide rim and there toughness is good.  That is what I have on the moment. 

 

But this is why I like the Maxxis Ikon.  On a wide rim I'll live the 2.2. 

 

http://2pvnod388tms2ra1fg293a96.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/IMG_3048-e1459197863882.jpg

 

http://bikescale.com/images/foto/1uh22m_img_0148.jpg

 

 

PS. 

I have seen a skin walled Maxxis Ikon 2.4  on the net before, but  have been unable to get hold of them. I think that would be business. 

[sias]

I have tracked down a shop the can supply me with Schwalbe Thunderburt 2.25" that, according to their site, wheighs just 440g. They are expensive though!

[IH8MUD]

^^  Sounds very good !! ^^

[IH8MUD]

Fantastic. Where's the meeting point?

 

 

Unam crossing. At the turn-off from the Western Bypass where the tar road to Kupferberg starts.

I'm seriously "lus"  to join . . . maybe see you guys at six. 

[Pulse]

The Burts (snakeskin) 2.25 are listed as 575g on their website.

2.1 snakeskin is 515g

2.1 liteskin is 435g

[partydave]

Just show up, it'll be good fun. I know a lot of the coast guys (I know of 7) doing the same at 5 a.m

[Warthog whisperer]

Now you're really starting to get me worried about Stage 4. I run narrow tyres, inflated rock solid, on a hard tail O_o

Ishhhh, not that good idea....!

[partydave]

Make do with what you have?

[Pulse]

Make do with what you have?

If you've survived the training so far, you should survive the race... (We hope!)

 

Perhaps just drop the pressures down a bit at the end of the 3rd stage before the real bad sinkplate starts?

[partydave]

I'm not really that worried, I luckily only have to do stage 1, 4 and 6

[Pulse]

I'm not really that worried, I luckily only have to do stage 1, 4 and 6

Lucky bugger! ????

 

Then perhaps just drop it for stage 4... ????????

[Frank71]

I'm seriously "lus"  to join . . . maybe see you guys at six. 

You are welcome to join. 

[IH8MUD]

99%  of the time the Dash is dry, hot and windy.

 

But . . . .  

Windhoek just got the 1st  rains today . 

 

This year might be interesting. 

[Patchelicious]

What do you guys recommend in terms of eye wear?

 

Heard that dusty eyeballs is a big problem?

[sias]

Mud - they forecast rain for last year, but the closer we got to the race, the less rain they forecast, until the forecast read: "You are going to die of heat and wind, sucker!"

I think we will have heat and wind, same as the last 7 years.

 

Patch - your normal glasses will do. Apart from a full face helmet or skiing goggles, nothing is going to keep the dust and wind out! There will be less dust than last year as the 2-person team cars are diverted off the route to checkpoint 3. The only major dust will be on stages 2 and 3. The first 15km of stage 5 will also have some dust 'till we turn off to the pipe-line.

Have some eye-drops in the car from CP3 onwards.