Modern Cyclist Magazine Issue 3, November 2014 | Page 23

All dressed up and ready to
race. Paul Furbank prepares
to take on the best in Norway.
Photograph supplied.

“When we did the race, it was clearly very
sloppy. There were lots of sections that you
had to run. Short, steep ascents where you
tended to slip out and there were roots
everywhere, must have been a dozen per
metre,” explained Paul. “The trail got worn
quickly so it was very bumpy, but it was
muddy and sloppy as well, so, to give you
an idea, I ran my tyre pressures at .85 and
1.00 bar just to get some sort of tracti