[rockracing]

I did a 24h even last year an had a blast, there's another one next month and then in November, thinknig of buying my own lights, anyone got anything to reccomend, I'm on a serious budget, I thinking about the Sigma mirage.

Anything I need to beware or aware of when I go shopping ??

 

[The Toninator]

beware of crappy systems.

know how long it's dark
know how many lighting systems you have at your disposal
the more burn time the better

i can only recommend the night rider HID. It has the longest burn time of any single system on the market. you'd have to have 3 to 4 of some of the cheaper models to match the power output and burn time of the hid system.

good luck

 

[oldfart]

Yep HID lights are the best. Expensive but so worthwhile if you ride at night a lot. I did the 24hour in a 10 person team at Whistler last weekend. I had two HID Niteriders, one on the bar and one on the helmet. I was coming up on riders so fast it was embarasing. To me. They'd been out around 11 hours by my second lap so of course I was way fresher. There were some others too who were in the same boat as I was but with crappy lights. They'd suddenly become aware of this bright light coming up on them and pull over like I was a cop or something.

 

[The Toninator]

dude i didnt know you were out there, we could have hooked up for a beer.
How did your team do?
what did you think of the course?
y'all totally lucked out that you didnt have to do the climb of doom that we did.

 

[The Toninator]

hey wait now that i know what 'north van' is do you remember talking to somebody on the trail from houston? i remember talking to an 'oldfart' local.

 

[oldfart]

And we won best pit too. $500 off next years entry. I get pretty focused when I race. I think I'm pretty polite when I want to pass or I sense some one wanting to pass me. I was doing a little "whip poor will" whistle when I came up on slower riders. But talking on the trail. nope not me. Swearing at my bike when it hit the tree and bent the hanger...yep.

I was in green Steed Cycles gear. Small steel blue anodized Blur.

I loved the course. The tight singletrack is what I live for and I love Whistler terrain for the rocks which don't move. In North Van we get a lot of glacial till, loose rounded boulders which move around under the tires.

The first rooty section was deadly though. I went down first lap. I think I bruised some ribs or tore a pectoral muscle up high on the left side. It still kills. But its OK when I ride. The night lap I took easy through there as the pain was pretty significant, but went away after that section. Third lap I stepped over the bars when I slid on something and I guess the back end smacked a tree and bent the hanger. There was bark in the derailleur anyway. I managed to adjust the barrel enough to get it to work except for little gear. I middle ringed our last climb which ended up faster.

How did you do? I take it you were solo if you had the longer climb?

 

[The Toninator]

How did you do? I take it you were solo if you had the longer climb?

cool if you got a picture of you tent i'd like to see it.

yea i was racing the WCSolo 30-34 and i got 9th. The single track out there is almost identical to what we have here so i felt at home.

 

[blue]

Mmm just got a shiny new Light and Motion Solo MV (Midrange system), it's soooo much better than my old Specialized Fireball, even on the lowest setting!

 

[oldfart]

cool if you got a picture of you tent i'd like to see it.

yea i was racing the WCSolo 30-34 and i got 9th. The single track out there is almost identical to what we have here so i felt at home.

Tent sssss. Not tent. We had 5 pop up tents plus a 2X4 and tarp "garage" for the bikes and standssss. Plus our team captain bribed the Blackcomb lift works shack empoyees with a case of beer so we could run 150 feet of extension cord for our halogen work light, charge batteries and power the TV. We also had a small foose ball table, a couple of playpens and 3 babies two dogs and 4 VW vans. We also offered to bribe the "Fun Police" with beer and dope.

No pics though.

 

[The Toninator]

Tent sssss. Not tent. We had 5 pop up tents plus a 2X4 and tarp "garage" for the bikes and standssss. Plus our team captain bribed the Blackcomb lift works shack empoyees with a case of beer so we could run 150 feet of extension cord for our halogen work light, charge batteries and power the TV. We also had a small foose ball table, a couple of playpens and 3 babies two dogs and 4 VW vans. We also offered to bribe the "Fun Police" with beer and dope.

No pics though.

wow sounds like y'all have an awesome ****ing setup! you win for sure