Dan had a score to settle at No Fuss Events’ Fort William Enduro downhill. After a huge and very painful stack at last year’s event he was out to show the mountain who’s boss and it sounds like he managed it (in a small way):

“Now we are even!

After having my arse handed to me last year by a big pointy rock garden I was back with a rather large amount of trepidation to tackle the endurance DH on Saturday. I managed 13 laps and came 13th overall (out of 130, results here) and even though I was a passenger a few times I stayed on and bike and body sort of survived. It is an epic event, so hard on the body it is untrue. I need to get my lap times under 7 mins though if I am to do any better but after last years efforts I’ll take walking away without crutches as a result ;-) Oh and the 785mm bars did the trick, I might have to cut them down now for normal use as I still have a sore shoulder from hitting trees at Innerleithen last time out.”

Bit more of an update soon…maybe some pictures too.

We often get asked tyre weights around the mid-weight tyres where people don’t want to be dragging round a Dual Ply Maxxis DH tyre (always over 1kg) and are looking for something quicker for all-day use but still able to handle some rocky stuff.*

New Exo sidewalls (July 2010)
Ardent 2.25 Exo 60a Maxxpro – 675-685g (2 weighed) average of 680g
Ardent 2.4 Exo 60a Maxxpro -794 -814g (2 weighed) average of 804g
Minion front 2.5 Exo 60a Maxxpro – 846-849g (2 weighed) average of 845g
Ignitor 29er 2.1 Exo eXCeption 62a 593-607g (2 weighed) average of 600g
Ignitor 2.35 Exo 70a 767-785g (2 weighed) average of  776g

All tyres are single-ply wall thickness & 60a MaxxPro rubber compound unless stated:

Advantage 2.25 Wire – 740-770g (2 weighed) average of 755g
Advantage 2.25 Kevlar – 664-687g (10 weighed) average of 662g
Advantage 2.4 – 821-857g (5 weighed) average of 828g

Ardent 2.25 kevlar 70a – 621g – 658g (8 weighed) average of 642g
Ardent 2.4 wire SPC – 930 -950g (2 weighed) average of 940g
Ardent 2.4 kevlar 60a 838 – 854g (2 weighed) average of 846g

High Roller 2.35 Kevlar – 621-657g (5 weighed) average of 646g
High Roller Wire 2.35 60a – 735-780g (6 weighed) average of 758g
High Roller Wire 2.35 42a – 840-860g (4 weighed) average of 845g
High Roller UST 2.35 42a - 930-950g (2 weighed) average of 940g
High Roller 2.5 Wire – 870- 890g (2 weighed) average of 880g

Ignitor Exception 62a 2.35 – 579- 598g (2 weighed) average of 589g
Ignitor Exception 2.35 LUST – 823 -830g (2 weighed) average of 827g

Larsen TT 2.35 – 595- 607g (2 weighed) average of 601g

Minion Kevlar 2.35 Kevlar fr – 741-757g (2 weighed) average of 749g
Minion Kevlar 2.35 Kevlar rr – 731g
Minion Wire 2.35 fr – 810g
Minion Wire 2.35 rr – 810g
Minion Wire 2.35 42a rr – 870g
Minion Wire 2.5 fr - 860-870g (3 weighed) average of 867g
Minion Wire 2.5 rr – 900g
*Disclaimer: These are some weights of tyres that we’ve got in stock today (5 December 07, updated 4 April 2008/ 6 September 2008) and should be used as a rough guide only as tyre weights will vary from batch to batch.