The other advantage of hydraulic systems is that there is far less chance of catastrophic failure. Whilst using mechanical disc brakes I twice had the front brake cable snap suddenly. That won't happen with hydros.
Inner tube's a bit heavy though and would be difficult to tie around the helmet securely. I'll stick an extra zip-tie on in case of failure. I always carry spares.
One of my friends also had his joystick pop off mid-ride but he was lucky enough to find it again quite easily.
I tried the lockblocks mount but found it difficult to get the velcro to fix securely enough. Here's an alternative method using a bit of old insulating foam tubing and zip-ties. On the Met helmet, the difference in tension between the two zip-ties defines the angle of the beam, while on the Pro-Tec helmet I attached the lanyard to something at the back of the helmet to pull down the back of the torch and raise the beam. Works pretty well so far, and as both torches use AA batteries, a pair of spares in the backpack removes all doubt about battery life if you're planning a night enduro.
I'm pondering it but wondering how I'll cope with the monotony of going round and round for 24h. I did the Torq in Your Sleep 12:12 solo, and that was pretty tough. 24 hours of laps sounds pretty devastating.
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