South downs way 100
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80 metres is about all I can manage these days! I have been up there on the mtb though and it's pretty parched.
Have you hung up your Sauconys, Rocky?
Bodhbh
Guru
There's a few writeups on the different setups people have ridden it here.
I did it a few years back on a fully rigid MTB I was using as a commuter. It had 2" Marathons on it and it was okay, although by the end of it my wrist were begining to suffer. That said it was before bothered to tune tire pressure to conditions and I probably had them pumped up 50 odd PSI. Drop the pressure a bit on those (42mm?) tyres and I reckon you'd be okay. It was dry, so can't comment on it when it's wet. It's pretty lumpy, it took me 2days and they were full days - riding 10 to 5, maybe a couple of hours of breaks thrown in.
I did it a few years back on a fully rigid MTB I was using as a commuter. It had 2" Marathons on it and it was okay, although by the end of it my wrist were begining to suffer. That said it was before bothered to tune tire pressure to conditions and I probably had them pumped up 50 odd PSI. Drop the pressure a bit on those (42mm?) tyres and I reckon you'd be okay. It was dry, so can't comment on it when it's wet. It's pretty lumpy, it took me 2days and they were full days - riding 10 to 5, maybe a couple of hours of breaks thrown in.
