scotland coast to coast

woody1

anyone here ever done this,
the website pretty much recomends a mountain bike or a cyclocross because of the off road sections, but the thought of doing the all that road on a mountain bike is putting me off what i would otherwise be fairly keen on...otherwise if you did it, how did you find it..

Adventurer10

woody1 wrote: »

anyone here ever done this,
the website pretty much recomends a mountain bike or a cyclocross because of the off road sections, but the thought of doing the all that road on a mountain bike is putting me off what i would otherwise be fairly keen on...otherwise if you did it, how did you find it..

Hi,
I did this event last year and loved it!!! Well organsied event over 2 days and spectacular scenary!!

I used a cyclocross bike with Continental Gator Skin tyres, i cycled all the offroad bit and no punctures. Majority is on tarred road or canal towpath type surface so even if you use a racer bike with good tyres you should be ok, even on the off road bit. Some off road bits were so muddy even people on mountain bikes had to walk.

I really enjoyed the experience and would definately recommend it!!

If you want to know anything else just ask

woody1

thanks for the info, im sure there will be other questions ..lot of training to do between now and then first