Hanneke - yes they have brakes! One guy did the race on fixed, the loon! The rest of us had freewheels.
Loons there were aplenty; the guy using what looked like track drop bars and road brake levers took my breath away but he still cleaned the big hill which most pushed!
Hann,
Please pm me with 8 fig grid ref, I'm inbound
I did an off road Tri there, as my first tri, on a borrowed MTB with no suspension... the marshalls thought I was crazy... I did not know what to expect, just as well, because as a result I did rather well I had never ridden a MTB before, so it was 'interesting'
“the cause of my pain, was the cause of my cure” Rumi
I have to say, I have VERY limited expereince with MTB's and off road riding but much prefer the x-bike over the MTB... suppose that is because it is closer to riding a road bike, which I am used to...
“the cause of my pain, was the cause of my cure” Rumi
Lol!