Thermophage Posted April 20, 2021 Share Naah, your friends need some cement. And maybe to spend less time on flow trails and add in a rocky trails every now and then.Damn straight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CdT85 Posted April 20, 2021 Share Lekker pics guys, thx. The feedback I got from some Epic riding marathon bike equipped friends of mine was that they didn't enjoy the trails on the 45 that much. I think it was a combination of technical trail overload and being a bit under-biked with 100mm and brain equipped shocks. I think they just need to HTFU though :-) No excuses. haha. Last year there was a guy that rode the 45km with us on a rigid hardtail, I think it was single speed as well. Cant remember to well as I was dying from my lack of fitness. Really upset I couldn't go ride it this year though. Best mountain biking for me for sure.I hope that there could be a second open day later this year... Headshot 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisF Posted April 20, 2021 Share Desi those are some NICE pics Edited April 20, 2021 by ChrisF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grease_Monkey Posted April 20, 2021 Share My mates on scalpels also struggled. Been telling them for years to get trail bikes. I'm surprised, I think a short travel machine with a dropper is the best tool for the job. I've done it on a Sentinel, a hardtail trail bike (silverback Slade), and an SB130 now - and I can honestly say I was overbiked all of those times. It's not that the trails aren't techy - they are. It's just all those short sharp bursts needed on the climbs means I want as little squish as possible. I guess it's never as simple as travel. But IMO, a Scalpel SE, Epic Evo, etc. are the perfect bikes for these trails.... Anyway, I had fun on my hardtail and I had fun on the full squish trail bikes, these trails are just superb regardless of the bike you are on. Jewbacca and Headshot 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolver Posted April 21, 2021 Share Lekker pics guys, thx. The feedback I got from some Epic riding marathon bike equipped friends of mine was that they didn't enjoy the trails on the 45 that much. I think it was a combination of technical trail overload and being a bit under-biked with 100mm and brain equipped shocks. I think they just need to HTFU though :-) Epic EVO worked great for me.... the 36 oval chainring could lose a tooth or two though! Previously had a Camber and that was also great. Basically..... I think if it has two wheels, those trails are good fun aquaratza 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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