A class in Silver Kings main race. It was super fun this year since it wasnt crazy wet/slick. Good beat down in the rivers and able to catch the breath a bit in the hard steep single track.
Some info on my tire setup for the race:
It didnt rain this year at Silver Mountain so it wasnt just a pure slick show out there like the previous year. The dirt conditions were perfect with a moist dirt, the creek beds and some of the roots and climbs did have some slick sections in them though. I went with the best gummy I've ridden which is the Mitas EF07 double green in the huge 140/80 size. I had a pretty worn in Michelin M22 120/80-19 in it with a 4" chunk removed from it so it was undersized and semi soft. This is what I've been training in the slick with and it's been good. But after the prologue race where there were one or two slick roots I decided I wanted the bib softer so I used the TBC bib bit and drilled 1" holes horizontally every 4" on center or so. The holes gave the bib more flex so more grip. On the main race day I was getting excellent traction, on some of the insanely steep downhills I was really surprised that the tire was like tracking down the hill and slowing me down rather than just sliding down the hill out of control, that was a really good feeling. I made it up the slick grassy hill bottleneck with good traction and the large size tire helped in side hilling across it better so I was able to make a pass on a lot of people there which left me with basically no bottlenecks (other than 1 or 2 people) the rest of the race. The big 140 tire size was gripping in the slick creeks and helping me pick up momentum to get through them. There were a couple super slick sections that I had to push or lift the bike up but I feel like for the most part I was getting great traction and pushing through the race at a good pace because of it.
Rear Tire 140 double green: bit.ly/3biZbAT
Rear Bib M22: bit.ly/3oLN0xw
Bib Bit for mousse drilling 1": bit.ly/3otSAFZ
Front Tire: bit.ly/3qUIv7o​
Front Bib: bit.ly/3oLN0xw​
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USED IN THE RACE
TB Tow Strap bit.ly/3pIOKK1
TB Pad Pack bit.ly/2TPlSDN
TB Grabber Straps bit.ly/3PoZd9P
TB Multi Tool bit.ly/3qYyg23
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