but by golly it f*cks your legs over, big style...

did a quick 1.5hr cyclocross style ride today on the bike...

...it was a swampy 1.5hrs too, with a fair bit of technical singletrack and fast downhill bits, and my legs are shagged now... i now know how bamby felt.

because its a 29inch wheel affair and also fully rigid, on-one put a 2.3 tyre upfront and a 2.1 on the bike - it handles like a dream and corners like its on rails, but in muddy terrain its a nightmare in places...

still it was fun...

until i wake up in the morning like ironside...

im sticking my conti twisters on the bike for the next ride... 11 quid each from on-one... should make things a bit easier until summer.

http://store01.prostores.com/bikesource/catalog/conti_twister_supersonic_ti.jpg ??

Looks to be in line with classic cxcross tires. Widely spaced mud throwing knobs, with not too much height to make  em  fast.

yes, but narrower.

the inbred runs cx-cross/xc style rims, so i went for a slightly more narrow than normal tyre.