Black runs on fully rigid retro...?

If people rode those type of trails before full sussers, i'm sure you can do it!!!! have some confidence in what you can do!!!

Imagine how fast you'd go if you didn't connect your cantis up???? :twisted:
 
I did Kirroughtree Black recently with canti front brakes, it was fine, I did skip a few drop offs and a rocky step set, but that was more down to my tiredness and lack of bottle.

I did have the luxury of 63mm of Mag21 travel, although I don't think being rigid would have made me ride it any differently.
 
on a similar vain - at the flats of Thetford I was amused to watch the yoof speed by on full suss while we caught and passed them on many occasions riding our fully rigid.

I wouldnt let the psychology of all these full sussers put you off


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Drop your saddle into the frame, if you have some shorter than normal cranks fit them. Adjust your brakes so that you can have the levers have pressed all the time with no braking. Find the lowest speed that your bike will roll over stuff and be controllable and don't drop below it. Practice some front wheel landings to know how the bike and you will react. And - relax - being tense will have you off.
 
We all used to use rigid bikes BITD and never thought twice about where we were riding. Admitedly I did take a trip to Bangor Hospital when trying to keep up with some one on a Marin B17 while I was on a rented fully rigid trek.

If your used to riding your fully rigid chances are you will be better at picking lines, you just dont have the room for errors that the full sussers have.

Good luck and enjoy it!
 
Cheers for the positive responses - have booked my place so we'll see how it goes! Has anyone ridden the black run on the Whites trail at Glyncorrwg btw? Had a look at the YouTube headcam video and it doesn't look too bad!
 
Im going for A B C D all of them, you will get in peoples way then you will crash then you will go to hospital then you will die.
If you are good at doing big jumps andf landing without falling off you will be ok but i doubt thats possible on a full rigid bike, dont bother mate you will end up destroying your bike and people really will laugh at you, black runs are for full sus bikes, even a 120mm travel will do but it will not be enjoyable, yes you could go around everything if theres chicken runs!!! or push it but weres the point in that :LOL:
 
People on here are making the black run / whytes sound like some uber DH death trail. Seriously its not too bad, no mandatory air or drop offs, a few steep berms on the black section and rock sections on the final descent of Whytes. Its all rollable and not too nasty at all. If you do go too fast theres a danger of unexpected air off a few tabletops on the energy section, but again ride within yourself and you'll be fine.

Biggest dangers will be your bike failing if the bars or stem are already fatigued as it is rough, or your cantis loosing power on sections due to cable stretch (assuming they were set up ok to start with).

Sorry but you WILL be slower than some on FS bikes as you can get away with more and carry speed easier with a sprung bike, try to keep your ears open and get out out way of people on a charge to avoid aggro. You will be limited to how well you can 'ride light' over stuff, pick your line and how much punishment your arms and legs want to take, but there no reason to be too slow other than fear!

Drop your saddle, try to get some fat tyres, set your cantis up well and maybee a shorter stem (heresy I know) and let it flow!
 
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