what i would do to placate skinny-tires terror of the rain is have 3 things for the eventuality of rain:
1. a 2 liter soda bottle. Cut in half along its length if it rains. Attach one half to your down tube with zip ties and other to the back of your saddle with zip ties and voila cheap fenders that won't sit in a drawer until the next 24hr race that looks like it might rain.
2. A single speed. In the eventuality that it does in fact rain a single speed will make your life considerable better. The year it rain I recall riding lap after lap past people walking along the trail with broken chains, derailleurs or shifters. Lap after lap on my singlespeed. Pick a slightly lower gear than you would for normal riding (a 32x18 worked great that year on a 26er - 32x20 on a 29er).
3. Mudcutter disc brake rotors. If you have rotors with large open spaces on them the gravelly mud out there will eat your brake pads. Consider getting a set of rotors with small or no spaces in a wavy configuration but if not bring a coupla sets of extra pads.
1. a 2 liter soda bottle. Cut in half along its length if it rains. Attach one half to your down tube with zip ties and other to the back of your saddle with zip ties and voila cheap fenders that won't sit in a drawer until the next 24hr race that looks like it might rain.
2. A single speed. In the eventuality that it does in fact rain a single speed will make your life considerable better. The year it rain I recall riding lap after lap past people walking along the trail with broken chains, derailleurs or shifters. Lap after lap on my singlespeed. Pick a slightly lower gear than you would for normal riding (a 32x18 worked great that year on a 26er - 32x20 on a 29er).
3. Mudcutter disc brake rotors. If you have rotors with large open spaces on them the gravelly mud out there will eat your brake pads. Consider getting a set of rotors with small or no spaces in a wavy configuration but if not bring a coupla sets of extra pads.
