Audible Anarchy Posted May 3, 2012 Posted May 3, 2012 Morning All Looking for some advice with regards to entering my first MTB race (one day) . i have been racing Road events for ages and after recently getting a new MTB would like to give an MTB event a bash. is there a standard format like with the road events? e.g. the long route 100kms and a shorter say 60km what is marathon, half marathon ultra etc...? & how do you judge the technical difficulty of an event? i would say im fit enough to survive a 50km semi technical ride - nothing too hardcore to start off with tho! please any advice would be appreciated
KevinRhino Posted May 3, 2012 Posted May 3, 2012 Hi For 1 day rides there are usually the following: * marathon distance 75km* half-marathon 40km* fun-ride 20km find details of the Nissan Series: http://www.advendurance.com/ There are other 1-day events around these distances, which can be found on cyclelab Enjoy and see you out there. Kevin
Dale Clark Posted May 3, 2012 Posted May 3, 2012 There are usually 2 distances for a MTB event... Nissan Trailseekers have a a marathon (70km) and a half marathon (45km) ... ultra Marathon is the 100km odd routes... some races will have a 60km & 30km... all depends on the event... Technical difficulty of the event usually depends on the event... but usually the longer routes are a bit more technical than the shorter routes...
KevinRhino Posted May 3, 2012 Posted May 3, 2012 The difficulty factor usually has to do with: * Amount of climbing - usually referred to as 600m of climbing or 2100m of climbing (the more the "harder")* Type of terrain (sand roads versus rocky terrain)* Down-hill technical and up-hill technical (rocky and loose) You forgot to mention the best part though, some events are tough but worth doing if there is a lot of great single-track, great views etc. Sabie marathon versus a Pretoria East marathon could be seen as a tough ride versus an ok ride.
BLACKvoodoo Posted May 3, 2012 Posted May 3, 2012 https://community.bikehub.co.za/topic/114780-event-nissan-trailseeker-1-tyger-valley/
dirtrider Posted May 3, 2012 Posted May 3, 2012 And that is why I always say to roadies doing their first MTB race in Gauteng to go and do Babaas . Then you can progress to stuff like Mabalingwe and the Monster . Trackz 1
Audible Anarchy Posted May 3, 2012 Author Posted May 3, 2012 ive heard about the babaas events, a good starter venue would you say?
dirtrider Posted May 3, 2012 Posted May 3, 2012 For sure . A little bit of everything but in very small amounts ! Little rock , sand , climbing , decending but lotsa sun !!
sias Posted May 3, 2012 Posted May 3, 2012 Make sure you haul ass on the flat open road, so you can get to the technical section first and have enough time to dismount and walk. By doing this, you will keep the other guys behind you as there is not enough space for them to pass. As you get to the flatter parts, you can mount again and go flat out till the next technical bit. Do this every time and the other guys will thank you at the end because you gave them ample opportunity to rest and enjoy the view...Lekker ry!
scotty Posted May 3, 2012 Posted May 3, 2012 Make sure you haul ass on the flat open road, so you can get to the technical section first and have enough time to dismount and walk. By doing this, you will keep the other guys behind you as there is not enough space for them to pass. As you get to the flatter parts, you can mount again and go flat out till the next technical bit. Do this every time and the other guys will thank you at the end because you gave them ample opportunity to rest and enjoy the view...Lekker ry!
rouxtjie Posted May 3, 2012 Posted May 3, 2012 And that is why I always say to roadies doing their first MTB race in Gauteng to go and do Babaas . Then you can progress to stuff like Mabalingwe and the Monster .Mufasa The monster! OOOOOOHH...say it again...MUFASA THE MONSTERRRRR... OOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHAAAHAHAHAHAHA Doing the full one this year...Sani will be my training
dirtrider Posted May 3, 2012 Posted May 3, 2012 Same here . But just to be sure will be doing the 70 Mabalingwe weekend before S2C
Audible Anarchy Posted May 3, 2012 Author Posted May 3, 2012 thanks for the feeback guys, one last query - are these events seeded? i would imagine with events where there are lots of singletrack for example it can be an issue getting stuck behind slower / less skilled riders? would my road seeding affect where i start at all? or is it a completely different system? - my road seeding is currently at a 12.2 odd index so dont wanna get chucked in with the hardcore guys first time out
scotty Posted May 3, 2012 Posted May 3, 2012 Some races have SAS seeding and in the races i have done where this exists it's worked well. As this will be your 1st race you will most likely start in the last batch but should work through pretty quickly http://www.saseeding.co.za/
KevinRhino Posted May 3, 2012 Posted May 3, 2012 Yes mostly, via SA Seeding http://www.saseeding.co.za/
dirtrider Posted May 3, 2012 Posted May 3, 2012 Don't worry bout seeding , make sure you there early and stand right at the front . If kevin or Burry is around then just ask them to fall in line
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