Mind must be toasted after an event like this... Continuously thinking, choosing lines in split seconds, subconsciously trying to take care of your bike not to damage it and finish the race... as much a mental race as it's a physical fitness race. Nice vid man!
Dat pass at 17:40, walker got em self in a tough spot and jarvis just pounced. Love it! This is also my favorite filming ive seen yet, nearly unedited just raw and awesome.
The pace seems quick, but who's the dude who passes him like he's standing still toward the beginning of the flick. Course appears to resemble Pennsylvania type terrain, but if it's a world event, I'm sure it's a lot tougher.
when he decides to go he really does not hang about he does make it look almost easy he never really over revs and just seems economical in all that he does great rider walker rides really aggressive charging everywhere but there results are similar
i think their are faster riders who will beat jarvis on more open courses but if there are real difficult technical sections jarvis will be the best great rider who has pushed the sport forwards raised the bar
I would really like to know how his bike is setup, the suspension looks like it is setup really soft, and I cant tell if he runs an auto clutch, and the motor has so much torque he never gets into the upper rpm he just grabs another gear and lets it roll on.
it may look soft but in reality he's riding harder suspension setup than most of us do because he rides at much higher average speed. A plush ride will not do him good at high speed bumpy section, or really tight, gnarly sections where his speed is much faster than average rider. As for low revs. In multi-day enduros one of the most important thing is fly through sections with lowest rpm possible to preserve the engine. Also riding high rpm the vibration will tire out the rider very quickly.
Not to undermine Jarvis' abilities (yeah, he's definitely got a pace) but Hell's Gate doesn't look like all that hard a ride. We've got the same ledges and rock stuff here in the Pacific Northwest, with drop-offs that sometimes go for several hundred feet. That stream (if the decline was as steep as it appeared) seemed to be the only real challenge. Nice video, though. Have ridden in Italy when much younger and would definitely like to ride that event.
Well, always keep in mid the "camera effect". When i watch my gopro videos the course always seems very easy in the recording, and it all seems much slower than in real person. I mean, i AM slow... but you get what i mean. I don't know why the camera makes this effect... obstacles seems to disappear in video.
I agree and I'm definitely taking that into consideration. I'm also somewhat familiar with the layout of the event, as I've watched several sections of it on other videos. It's just that it doesn't seem to be on the level of Erzberg or other similar events - which is why I think it would be a great and fun ride. And like I said, it's very similar to the riding we do up here, making it feel familiar. Would sure like to give it a try, as I think I could at least place in the top 50. Oh well, something to dream about. :)
I think part of the hell's gate toughness is its length during the day, from dawn to dusk, and the fact it's raced in cold winter. Still i think you are right, Erzberg and probably even Romaniacs are tougher. I don't know... to me hell's gate course is still an enduro course, very technical but you ride it and are faster on the bike than by foot lol. Erzberg just doesn't make sense instead.
The length of it is definitely a factor. We usually ride for 5 hrs at a time so I'd have to build some endurance. As far as the cold weather goes, again, very familiar as most of our riding is done in temps less than 50F. And, yes, Erzberg is in a class by itself, especially when less than 10% even finish the race. :)
The vid always makes it look easier but I assure you if you tried to keep up you would soon change your mind LOL ,I do the same look and think I could do that and perhaps I could for one section but then I would be about an hour behind .
First of all I have to say Graham is one of my heroes. Its just amazing what he can do so easily!!! But in this race I've seen too many stupid mistakes for a rider of his leve,, I supose it must be a good reason for that. Did yo realised that every time he looks behind there is a rider pushing?? For sure this is not a top level track for extrem enduro. A guy like Graham needs much more technical zones where he can use his trial backround. I would love to see a top level WEC rider here, like Ivan Cervantes. Their rithym in these kind of tracks it's in another level. Having said that i have enjoyed so much looking to Jarvis riding!! I cant even dream to have those skills..... :o(
That's a brutal course. The GoPro hides about 50% of the actual difficulty of the terrain. In all reality, he's flying. And this is just a qualifier lap, not the actual race. But that second part of the video I believe is part of the actual enduro, speed is way up from the first 2/3s.
I am as fast... on the freeway in my car... Very smooth and controlled riding, but still very dangerous. This is seriously fast on a trail with trees and rocks all over the place.
What is he qualifying for, a dual sport ride? He never even gets on it on the open easy stuff. I know he is possibly the best extreme rider in the world , but the first 20 minutes of this looked like he was on a trail ride, not qualifying for a race.
