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.
Tag: Bike
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.
- 360 km overall length
- 40 °C heat
- 4 counties
- 3 sections
- 2 days
- 1 hiding Lake Balaton
- 0,5 pack of salt tablets
- Countless bottle fillings
PAST
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
- Idea
2.Decision
Travel. Explore. Dream.
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