Tag: Bike
2021
In enduro the riders must have reach the top of the mountain on their own.
The total time of the race is given by the measured downhill sections.
I. day Track check
It might tell a lot about the popularity of enduro racing in Hungary that I lived two years in the area without being aware of the existence of these tracks.
Danuberama
Past events: I exchanged a few letters last year with Zoltan Puskas (https://nagyvilagban.hu/). He likes making day/weeklong bike adventures. After I read his books I deceided to make a couple of multiple days tour. My last one was in 2017.
Past events: after one week of sickness the fever of ultra distance cycling caught me again. I didn´t have any program for the weekend. I wanted to make something big and meaningful. In the past I started the summer days early in the morning and got back home lately.
Steep downhill sections and built courses can be harsh for a mtb. In the Mecsek I often thought about a less racy machine. However 90 % of the roads were enjoyable. Last year I explored my new hometown and it’s surroundings and I found life beyond XC riding
A made a couple of bike park visits.
I heard about the Hungarian Divide bikepacking event in 2017 in Greenzone bikeshop (Zalaegerszeg). In 2017 I succesfully finished the XCU series (=10 hour long XCO race on diverse locations).
Biking is a pretty divided hobby. It has a lot of categories. In this Post I want to speak about the XCO/Maraton, and trail bikes.
Comparison table:
| Nr | Parameter | Dimension | XCO | Trail |
| 1 | Travel front | mm | 0-100 | 120-160 |
| 2 | Travel heck | mm | 0-100 | 120-160 |
| 3 | Handlebar width | mm | 720+ | 780+ |
| 4 | Rim width | mm | 20-22 | 25-35 |
| 5 | Tiresize | inch | 2-2,4 | 2,3-2,6 |
| 6 | Diameter of disk brakes | mm | 160-180 | 180-200 |
| 7 | Number of pistons | pc | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | Teeth of chainring | pc | 28-30 | 30-36 |
| 9 | Seatpost | – | fix | dropper |
This table shows us that the trail bikes are overdimensioned and more massive.
“Every mountain or mountain area is an idependent, separated little world. Till we go up on it, or climb it, we will almost walk the path from the tropics or the temperate belt to the Arctic. “
Pál Rockenbauer (1933-1987) hungarien traveller and television editor
2.Decision
I got my first bike in 2009. My brother wanted to spend less time in front of a computer and to get rid of my overweight. After two years I attended my first mtb race in my life.
After the heavy city traffic the serene country side has opened up before my eyes. It wasn’t my best adventure in my life, but you have to reach this route somehow. The uphill was pretty comfortable. Low, steady grade, good road quality, green scenery.… Read more
