Shebeen Posted March 20, 2016 Posted March 20, 2016 Wait... This is not a fair comparison, take those europro pansies and put them in a little blue tent next to a row of portaloos between each stage first!
Shebeen Posted March 20, 2016 Posted March 20, 2016 Or John Smit....I'm so glad Robbie k finished his epic to end these sort of queries abruptly, go boytjie! http://sportzpics.photoshelter.com/image/I0000R7OAd3O1Ibo
eddy Posted March 20, 2016 Posted March 20, 2016 Tough question. Up there with would you rather spend 3 weeks with Kiera Knightley or 8 days with Judi Densh.......
Mntboy Posted March 20, 2016 Posted March 20, 2016 Tough question. Up there with would you rather spend 3 weeks with Kiera Knightley or 8 days with Judi Densh.......That's actually easy eddy. 3 Weeks with Keira Knightley every time!
Frosty Posted March 20, 2016 Posted March 20, 2016 Comparing average Joe riding the Epic to the Pro's riding the Tour is pretty much useless. If the average Joe could ride the exact same route of the Tour, but has to finish each stage within a certain time like at the Epic, then one is comparing the two events on more or less equal terms. Without having done either event, the Tour would appear to be harder.
J∆kk∆ls Posted March 21, 2016 Posted March 21, 2016 Wait... This is not a fair comparison, take those europro pansies and put them in a little blue tent next to a row of portaloos between each stage first!Wow, tent and portaloo ready and waiting, that sounds great!#Munga p.s I'm not taking anything away from the peeps that completed the Cape Epic. I'm sure it was grueling, especially for Max on his single speed!
mazambaan Posted March 21, 2016 Posted March 21, 2016 Hey Jakkals; you have a point. Imagine a single speed at the TdF!! That pretty much says it all. But hats off to Max; single speed; minimal suspension; no wonder he has a physio and doctor in his "team". Needs a kop dokter.
VolkAdik Posted March 24, 2016 Posted March 24, 2016 Call it the Tour de Afrique de Sud and the MTB's riding from CPT via Garden route through Transkei into KZN and pushing on to finnish in Jozie/Pretoria via a 2500'ish km route... Imagine the cost, ...have the race pass Nkandla aswell...
BarHugger Posted March 24, 2016 Posted March 24, 2016 Epic is much tougher by far.........what a stupid question.....
Simon123 Posted March 24, 2016 Posted March 24, 2016 TdF genuinely makes the Epic look like a weekend fun ride. Size, effort, difficulty, etc. And I hate roadies....
jcza Posted March 24, 2016 Posted March 24, 2016 Mountain biking is just for funReal racing happens on the road Ask Evans, Hejsedal, Sagan, Peraud, Landis, Fuglsang etc
Mongoose! Posted March 24, 2016 Posted March 24, 2016 Been told doing a sub 3 at the CTCT is more difficult than the Epic man...
Headshot Posted March 24, 2016 Posted March 24, 2016 What i think is indisputable is that riding a mountain bike offroad is far more demanding than speeding along on a narrow tired 7kg racer. So what is the equivalent road distance for say a 100km MTB Epic stage? Say 180km on the road - or make it 2:1 to make the calculation simpler? Do the maths then - the TDF is 3 weeks and covers how many km? Is that more than the Epic? Yes, I believe it is even with the distance corrected for the epic to say 1500km, the TDF is far longer and therefore tougher. Maybe a 2 weeks epic where they actually travel around the country would be a match for the TDF?
nathrix Posted March 24, 2016 Posted March 24, 2016 Epic is much tougher by far.........what a stupid question.....Especially this years epic with all that climbing and technical stuff thrown in...
Headshot Posted March 24, 2016 Posted March 24, 2016 Was told doing a sub 3 at the CTCT is more difficult than the Epic man... Thats wrong on two counts. Even I have done a sub 3 but could not even get an entry to the Epic, let alone ride it. Now its unaffordable too.
Joe Low Posted March 24, 2016 Posted March 24, 2016 Was told doing a sub 3 at the CTCT is more difficult than the Epic man... I did a 2' 68 Argus one year - so I'm in for the Epic.
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