Forecast is for rain. Anyone know what Beacon is like when it gets wet? Does it get muddy? Do salamanders mate openly on the trail? Not sure what tires will work if it rains there.
geargrrl said:The soil is very sandy. You'll get really wet slick rock, mushy sand like at a beach, hard pack wet sand, and gullies.
You say it like its a bad thinggeargrrl said:The soil is very sandy. You'll get really wet slick rock, mushy sand like at a beach, hard pack wet sand, and gullies.
That depends on how many electric coolaids you buy bibs.....Tootrikky said:Do salamanders mate openly on the trail?
oly said:That depends on how many electric coolaids you buy bibs.....
Tootrikky said:I always buy Bibs Blue Curacoa's and ask for one of those cute mini umbrellas or he gets pissy.
So it will probably be some of the best riding ever at a WIM Beacon race!geargrrl said:The soil is very sandy. You'll get really wet slick rock, mushy sand like at a beach, hard pack wet sand, and gullies.
it was supposed be , objective. It dries out pretty fast, the esmerelda side is where you get all the mud. IMO, the rocks are kind of scary when they are wet, but the rest is do-able.nohbody said:You say it like its a bad thing
Hey Geargrrl,geargrrl said:it was supposed be , objective. It dries out pretty fast, the esmerelda side is where you get all the mud. IMO, the rocks are kind of scary when they are wet, but the rest is do-able.
geargrrl
uh. I dunno. ;-) I'm not running DH tires, you all know I'm some kind of XC rider who just messes around. The worst slipping I ever did up was on the hard pack sand during a rainstorm. I just follow the word of my FR friends who'll tell me when things are slippy.... just trying to help, ya know?RhinofromWA said:Hey Geargrrl,
It might just be the different styles....the DHr's run them BIG Sticky tires and stay on the one side of the hill. It seams moisture just improves Beacon for the Dhrs. That and those rocks feel like sandpaper when they are dry....are they really that slick when wet?
Actually it's pretty good, we could have east coast mud!!!dirtjumpP.1 said:yeah, not great drainage at lovely beacon.... but wet days are good, not to hot and no dust. grrrrr, but do to the kind of dirt... more like sand, there are narrow trenches that go down any trails that go directly down from the top.
geargrrl said:uh. I dunno. ;-) I'm not running DH tires, you all know I'm some kind of XC rider who just messes around. The worst slipping I ever did up was on the hard pack sand during a rainstorm. I just follow the word of my FR friends who'll tell me when things are slippy.... just trying to help, ya know?