Nabeaquam
BoTM Winner
Well, I only weighed 55 kg as I’m a small guy. I had on a a fairly large ATV fanny pack that had pouches for tools, a small kayak front pack, a small back pack and several small bike packs. The entire load didn’t add much weight, perhaps 15 kg. The inexpensive Chinese plastic frame and parts didn’t break. The race goes through a park and I loaded up with more food, drinks and a helmet with a light that I had stashed there with friends. Most pundits on the net said that an inexpensive Chinese carbon frame, fork and the other parts weren’t up to this kind of abuse. I’m not sure it would have lasted if a brute rode the stuff I walked and did the jumps. I was pretty impressed with my home built maggot. They don’t make geriatric bicycles so you have to build one yourself, low gearing so you need 2x chainrings so you can have some top end. Lightweight so I used 26 x 3 tires. Lightweight is important as old legs can’t power over rocks or roots on climbs.