Breezer Posted January 9, 2016 Posted January 9, 2016 My 1st one, and I did not train. No training December, to busy at work and the 30th my friend asked me to go and ride in his place. I am gonna suffer big time. If you see a moertoe guy on a white silverback, give him a push.
karma Posted January 9, 2016 Posted January 9, 2016 My 1st one, and I did not train. No training December, to busy at work and the 30th my friend asked me to go and ride in his place. I am gonna suffer big time. If you see a moertoe guy on a white silverback, give him a push. just pace yourself. that's it.
Blokman Posted January 9, 2016 Posted January 9, 2016 My 1st one, and I did not train. No training December, to busy at work and the 30th my friend asked me to go and ride in his place. I am gonna suffer big time. If you see a moertoe guy on a white silverback, give him a push.Not to be confused with the other moertoe guy also on a white Silverback. Mine a hardtail 26er.(I Know, I know but it's what I have) Also my first. Managed to do a few rides on some of the farm roads in the area, but not nearly enough. Eish I'm worried. I've read all the advice here , and spoke to a few guys that have also done it. A long, careful ,slow day for me. See you there.
raptor-22 Posted January 9, 2016 Posted January 9, 2016 You are not stating this from experience I assume ? Surely you have not checked the results ? I ahve generally the top ten guys ride an argus in around 2h30 and Attakwas in about 5. I haven't smoothed and normalised so my opinion was based on aback of the cigarette box calc that an ATTA time would be roughly (Argus time x2) + 10%. So a three hour Argus would give a rider around 6hr40min. Assuming my fudge factor is out by and I double the fudge to 20% a three hour argus would give you a finish time of less than 7h30. Other reasonable assumptions are- that a roadie who focuses on Argus will likely spend a lot of time preparing for a Attakwas and therefore minimise losses on the technical sections and likely able to make it up in the last 50km.-weather conditions affect all riders equally. Since in your opinion this is not enough to speculate as to how to compare a Argus time to a Atta time please do inform me of your methodology. I would like to sharpen my model
taito Posted January 10, 2016 Posted January 10, 2016 Strong east for Saterday,,Eina tog ,,the home runs gonna be brutal
BrandonF_ Posted January 10, 2016 Posted January 10, 2016 I ahve generally the top ten guys ride an argus in around 2h30 and Attakwas in about 5. I haven't smoothed and normalised so my opinion was based on aback of the cigarette box calc that an ATTA time would be roughly (Argus time x2) + 10%. So a three hour Argus would give a rider around 6hr40min. Assuming my fudge factor is out by and I double the fudge to 20% a three hour argus would give you a finish time of less than 7h30. Other reasonable assumptions are- that a roadie who focuses on Argus will likely spend a lot of time preparing for a Attakwas and therefore minimise losses on the technical sections and likely able to make it up in the last 50km.-weather conditions affect all riders equally. Since in your opinion this is not enough to speculate as to how to compare a Argus time to a Atta time please do inform me of your methodology. I would like to sharpen my model....i didn't take Home Economics in High School,..but must say, you've totally lost me at "double the fudge to 20%"....???? BTW, my Fudge Pack ain't hard enough for this purpose yet,..so I'll have to fudge up for another time ????
Zatopek Posted January 11, 2016 Posted January 11, 2016 I requested to be reseeded backwards. the feedback: "We have now eliminated F, and they will all be starting in E"
karma Posted January 12, 2016 Posted January 12, 2016 Long term forecast looks good. Getting nervous people are quiet, probably out training?
Blokman Posted January 12, 2016 Posted January 12, 2016 people are quiet, probably out training? Did what I could. Now I'm just worrying.
Mike Bike Posted January 12, 2016 Posted January 12, 2016 people are quiet, probably out training? tapering
Flowspeed Posted January 12, 2016 Posted January 12, 2016 I have a vehicle transport booking that I`m not going to use.Anybody wants to take it over?PM me
lollos Posted January 12, 2016 Posted January 12, 2016 I have a vehicle transport booking that I`m not going to use.Anybody wants to take it over?PM meCost?
BSG Posted January 12, 2016 Posted January 12, 2016 Good weather? [emoji33] [emoji264] A bit windy I see, but it just makes one stronger I guess.
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