Bucky Posted May 31, 2011 Report Share Posted May 31, 2011 well i have put my namke forward to comepete in The Army Cycling Championships in the downhill category now my question is - will my DMR trailstar2 be up to the job? obviously its hard tail, with Dirtjump3 forks, hope hubs dmr rims dmr three peice cranks. im going to get a pair of maxxis high rollers and its single speed. iv been told dh in the uk at novice will be ado-able on a hardtail but will single speed be up to it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haydon_peter Posted May 31, 2011 Report Share Posted May 31, 2011 I'm not sure about the whole Championships but there is a round being held at Tidworth where I dig and ride most weekends, you will be fine there on a single speed hardtail. Definitely go for off road tyres but personally I would want to run a front brake as well. A couple of the guys I ride with are on the Army DH Team, they have recently picked up some pretty good sponsorship deals! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bucky Posted May 31, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 31, 2011 awesomethanks for the fast reply mate yeah i was planning on getting a front brake lol forgot to mention that. tyres - im thinking maybe some high roller super tackys? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haydon_peter Posted May 31, 2011 Report Share Posted May 31, 2011 60a Tyres are fine, go Super Tacky on the front if you want but I wouldn't bother with Super Tacky on the rear. For DH Dual Ply is a must but the compound is personal preference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southend Trials Posted June 1, 2011 Report Share Posted June 1, 2011 (edited) Single speed is fine, my mate (who im now running his frame) won a downhill competition at PORC (Penshurst)using single speed so you'll have no worrys haha Edited June 1, 2011 by Southend Trials Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bucky Posted June 1, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 1, 2011 geat stuff thansk guys. im goin to try and borrow a bike off someone though, id much prfer to have a full sus DH setup. after a bit of a chat about my previous riding with my Sgt Major today i will now be enetering the 'Hill Climb', '4 cross' and 'downhill' 7 races over the space of 3 days. my legs are going to die..... oh well at least it gets me out of camp for a week lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt rushton Posted June 13, 2011 Report Share Posted June 13, 2011 Cearsws cup races are pretty good, should be ok on a hardtail for them if you want to stick on the DMR, Theres a race there this weekend. Think i may be entering that. Also check out Boarderline events for some races around north wales, and also uplift days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt rushton Posted June 13, 2011 Report Share Posted June 13, 2011 For tyres i'd go for a set of minions rather than get high rollers, that way you will be ok if it rains abit. (Taking it your not planning on getting a couple of sets of tyres for when weather changes). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haydon_peter Posted June 13, 2011 Report Share Posted June 13, 2011 For tyres i'd go for a set of minions rather than get high rollers, that way you will be ok if it rains abit. (Taking it your not planning on getting a couple of sets of tyres for when weather changes).What makes you say that? Minion = Dry Tyre High Roller = Intermediate Tyre The High Roller is designed to be more of an all weather tyre. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt rushton Posted June 13, 2011 Report Share Posted June 13, 2011 Sure it isnt the other way round? High rollers have large ramps on them for loose dry tracks, and minnions have large square nobbles on. I Maybe wrong, but at DH races people generaly use minnions or wetscreams for front tyres when it's wet and either a minnion or high roller on the rear so it doesn't drag as much when pedeling? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radfax Posted June 13, 2011 Report Share Posted June 13, 2011 It Certainly will be Bucky. When i first started riding Downhill competitively there was a few lads who were riding hardtails and they did very well. That said there are also people now riding on single speed set ups and also doing very well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bucky Posted July 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 5, 2011 I spent a few quid n got : m4 tech front. Lx chainset, renthal 44t ring, funn seat, minions front, high roller rear. Did qualifying today, got a 1.08, fastest in seniors was 1.01, I got 4th. Final on Thursday hopefully I can smash it then too. Also got 10th in the army xc champs and 30th in a tissue hill climb. All on the tRUSTY dmr Haha. I'll stick a pic up in a min.Tissue?? Lol * roadie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haydon_peter Posted July 5, 2011 Report Share Posted July 5, 2011 What do you think of our tracks? I couldn't take time off work this week to come along I hope it isn't too slippery on Thursday! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bucky Posted July 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 5, 2011 awesome course. first run was bone dry and the hard tail suited it pretty well. then had slight drizzle which only affected one switchback and added 0.1s to m run time so overall exremly happy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bucky Posted July 7, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2011 managed to smash it into third place in the finals. i was on top spot but 2 guys got me by less than half a second on their last runs. i got thir with a 54.93, extermly happy, esspecially as i beat half the army dh team on a track they have ridden before. couple more events like that an i'll be on the team myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haydon_peter Posted July 7, 2011 Report Share Posted July 7, 2011 Haha well done! That is really good, especially seeing as a few of the guys are local and helped actually build the tracks. You were lucky with the weather, I think if it had rained worse through the day the track you raced today would have been quite interesting! Were you in a separate hard tail category? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bucky Posted July 12, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2011 thanks yeah did really well with the weather. no hardtail category so i just got thrown in at the deep end and happy with the result. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt rushton Posted July 15, 2011 Report Share Posted July 15, 2011 Any one off here going up to the 6 hour dh endurance at fort william this weekend? Always a good race hard work though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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