(24-06-2012, 07:36 PM)Grant Wrote: Is that you in the Alps video scott?
How did you find it on a hardtail? Everytime I've had an oppertunity to go I have not had a full sus so never bothered...
I sense a 306oc alps MTB trip on the Horizon lol
Nah that wasn't me buddy

We did the same routes though, once in the absolute pissing rain, got drenched, had to use the hose at the bottom of the track to clean the mud off the bike, then off ourselves
To be honest, it was seriously tough. I have standard discs on the p2, which means I was using cabled discs

Plus the bike's not built for doing some fairly heavy downhill (looks pretty tame in the video, I can assure it's not!). That said, I had a f*cking blast and I'd do it again with no hesitation. We did manage to keep up with some of the full sus guys and even overtook a couple at some points, so either we were hooning or they were a bit shit

We also did the course which was used in the downhill champs that year, that was even harder to do. I don't know if you ever go rock climbing but after we finished the course our arms were seriously pumped, same as if you've just done a long session at climbing. That was after a single run.
I'd genuinely be interested in a 306oc to the Alps weekend/week. Summer or winter, I'm up for boarding or biking! I have a 4 bike rack which fits to a towbar so we could get everyone in the cars without loss of space due to bikes!