The Event: www.racewente.com/ The 2022 Results: assets.website-files.com/5dd4... Strava for the first lap: / strava The "RIDRUP" team ended up taking 3rd in the 2 Person Men division.
Man what an incredible course. I've done some long rando events in the past...a bunch of 9 hour 200 km brevets and one 300km, which took me like 14.5 hours. I'm not sure I could sustain any pace, let alone the one you demonstrated, for 8 friggin hours! Hats off man.
Funny you were able to track down this video and find yourself causing mischief! all good about the dismount... it's racing and that's how things go sometimes. I'm not gonna feel sorry for you because of running SS though -- you guys are masochists!
Great video! That was a strong pace you had going on lap one. You had to be around top ten ish. Whoever put on the event did a great job. They had plenty of passing room to allow everybody to get sorted and not get stuck behind much slower riders.I like your strategy to get up front early. It pays dividends for the next few hours. Do they have any problems with bears in that area? I have had problems with them in Mammoth. Thanks for posting the great video.
I guess it depends on the frame and how things are setup. This bike is a Santa Cruz Highball (v3) which has the internal sleeves for the rear brake and rear derailleur housing. I went to the garage just now and dropped the front end and yes, I could hear the housing rattling within the frame. I tugged the cables so they were more taught within the frame and the sound reduced quite a bit. While I tend to be pretty OCD, apparently I tune out the rattling. I'll be more mindful before recording next time.
Hey Ken. In hind sight, I shouldn't have said it that way. Yelling "watch out" and "move" doesn't yield the best results or convey much direction. At the time though, the guy I was yelling at was going so slow and aimlessly (imo) that I didn't think he was currently doing a lap. I thought he was just riding around the pit area during his off lap. Honestly though, those type of people should know better and deserve to be yelled to GTFO. But as it turns out, the guy was actually ahead of me the whole time and he let off the gas a bit because he was doing the 8 hour solo (afaik).
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First lap = hot lap. It tends to pay dividends to avoid the masses and get out front early on. Keep in mind too most of the folks were doing this event as a relay race with two or three people. So it's more like 2-4 hours instead of 8.
