milky4130 Posted October 25, 2013 Posted October 25, 2013 It's all relative, I'd say decide on a time you would like to finish. Well Either way you going to suffer. If you decide 8hours then you can take the first 60kms easy & hammer the balance but the heat will smash you. If you decide less than 8hours then you going to have to race it from the gun & the first half is going to be brutal & the remainder survival mode. Tip find your hardest & steepest climb & just do repeats....to TYTFU!!! Cause you're going to need it & will have to dig deep. Luckily for me I crashed last year after the half way mark & rode to the finish on pure adrenalin.
Ispeed_V Posted October 25, 2013 Posted October 25, 2013 Start, begin to hurt, hurt even more, hurt some more .......
Guest DieBees Posted October 25, 2013 Posted October 25, 2013 Hi I have entered the 2014 Attakwas 2014 Any tips? Whatever you do, dont do it twice... YUMEYA, Denny Menchov and Help.Me. 3
tunariaan Posted October 25, 2013 Posted October 25, 2013 First half is ok..the last half will kill you specially if you went to fast in the first 50km..see you guys there..will be aiming for sub 7 Brian Fantana 1
banna Posted October 25, 2013 Posted October 25, 2013 See you okes there. Taking my girlfriend along this time.... you know....for when it gets lonely.
tunariaan Posted October 25, 2013 Posted October 25, 2013 The one downhill before the Spur waterpoint?thats a nice technical drop and I like it..you gotta take the right line there..if I remember correctly a guy fell there last year and he broke his hipt
nathrix Posted October 25, 2013 Posted October 25, 2013 (edited) Dangle and Usher rode Attakwas in under 6h30 on ss steel rigid bikes, madness!!! Edited October 25, 2013 by nathrix ® ©™ Lexx, davetapson, Wyatt Earp and 2 others 5
banna Posted October 25, 2013 Posted October 25, 2013 Dangle and Usher rode Attakwas in under 6h30 on ss steel rigid bikes, madness!!! I will do it in 8 hours on my Zula. I'm not mad. nathrix 1
Wyatt Earp Posted October 25, 2013 Posted October 25, 2013 Have you done a sub 7 before? I am much stronger now than I was last time I timed myself. think my best to date is a 7.14 but conditions were perfect. My problem is the middle bit. The start is good and the end is ok just seem to have an issue about 25kms before the Spur stop. That one downhill just before the water point is absolute madness. I run it every year and see guys almost kill themselves there. Personally I feel it's all in how well within yourself you ride up until the Spur table.
nathrix Posted October 25, 2013 Posted October 25, 2013 Personally I feel it's all in how well within yourself you ride up until the Spur table. I shouldn't have had those two spur burgers , I would have easily broken 10 hours
nathrix Posted October 25, 2013 Posted October 25, 2013 ...and FOX RCL Fit 100m front travel Wyatt Earp 1
Wyatt Earp Posted October 25, 2013 Posted October 25, 2013 ...on a geared bike. I owe my good ride to a good mate.First for convincing me to go and secondly for all the valuable advice and input . tunariaan and nathrix 2
Thug Posted October 25, 2013 Posted October 25, 2013 I owe my good ride to a good mate.First for convincing me to go and secondly for all the valuable advice and input . Anything of that invaluable advice you'd like to share with a novice?
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