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Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 03:33:58 -0700 (PDT)
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Subject: Re: Coast 2 Coast: Devon
From: Epic Rider <nelsonramo...@hotmail.com>
To: endurancelife <endurancelife@googlegroups.com>

Hello everyone,

Internet is great, being in sunny Algarve/Portugal how else would you
find out about this events?

I am considering doing this, it sounds great.

Questions:

1. Run, what type of shoes would recomend? Light trainers, or
something more robust?

2. Bike, personally I have a mountain bike a road bike. Is the road
good enough for a road bike? On the mountain bike ride, what is the
type of terrain? Mud? Gravel? Fast? Hard? Technical? Is possible to
obtain an elevation graphic, both of the road and mountain sections?

3. From my understanding of the site event the organization does
provide sit-on-top kayaks, right?

Thanks for the help.

Nelson

On 15 Jun, 16:07, Moley <igr...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hi D,
>
> I did the Devon Coast to Coast last year, and i think that nearly
> everyone rode on a mountin bike - I did.
>
> I put some slicks on it and pumped the tyres upto 100PSI and away you
> go.
>
> At the overnight camp, i changed my tyres back to MTB tyres for the
> second day. No problem. It does mean that you have to put two tubes
> and tyres in your overnight bag, but the space that this took up was
> well worth it as it made day one much easier.
>
> The MTB leg on day 2 was a bit muddy in places but super bad. You
> could make do with a hybrid tyre and not change or use something like
> the Kenda small block 8 which is good off road, but pretty fast on the
> road. Personally i would change tyres.
>
> There was a mix of abilities last year so dont worry about times as
> you will be fine.
>
> I planning on doing the one day event this year so tyre choice will be
> more important (unless they are allowing a change of bike!!)
>
> Hope this helps and see you there. It is a great event and well
> organised.
>
> Ian Grace
>
> On 22 May, 11:20, deeefender <deonschep...@googlemail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Hi guys and gals
>
> > The Coast to Coast Devon 2 day race looks like it is possibly going to
> > be an awesome event in the calendar. I have done a few xterra type
> > races and enduro events (specifically mountain bike marathons and
> > running races) and am considering signing up for Devon C2C.
>
> > The only thing is that although I do a lot of cycling events (up to
> > 100k races) these are MTB rides and not road riding. I in fact do not
> > have a road bike. I am confortable with trail runs, road runs, MTBing
> > and even the kayaking required for this race, but wanted to know if
> > anyone has done this event before and what bikes are used for the road
> > ride section?
>
> > I guess the ultimate questions would be - can I get around the course
> > by having slicks on my MTB for the road ride section and switching
> > back to nobbly tires for the MTB section the next day? Will I make the
> > cut off times and am I going to be Nigel no friends at the back of the
> > group if I use my mountain bike?
>
> > Your thoughts and suggestions welcome...
>
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