Email me if you’re interested in being on a large-ish Corporate team, 9
riders or so in the Laguna Seca 24 Hours of Adrenalin event on May 16-18.
Read all the info at http://www.24hoursofadrenalin.com/ before you write. It
will cost at least $100 per rider.
—Nathan
Sounds like fun- if only airfares were cheaper!
Anyway, it’s good to see so many people tackling 24hr events now since you guys did the 24hrs of adrenaline last year.
Good luck for this years event.
Ken
p/s if anyone would like to do a 24hr race down under and California is a bit too far away we’re currently getting a team together for a 24hr race in Rotorua, New Zealand.
You know, Ken, you could always join Sam, Gabe and I in the 24hr here in Queensland.
Andrew
Yeah, I’d love to but isn’t your race in May as well? I’m kinda committed to the Rotorua Moonride already. Maybe if it was later in the year I could come over for a race or two in Oz:)
Ken
And by the way andrew- good luck. And make sure you beat a few bike teams.
Thanks Ken. The race starts on the 12th of April so I guess that’s even worse. I really need to improve my fitness. I’ll start doing more long distance rides than I have been.
Andrew
We came 300th out of 320 when we did ours!
(we were the only one-wheelers)
Nathan,
This is a goal of mine, to ride in this event!
However, there is too much going on this year for me. Next year, the wife won’t be down with 20 hour/day morning sickness. … doin daddy and mommy duty, now.
Can you shed some light on what type of training you would suggest to participate well in the event?
Also what are the expectations for the riders, as far as terrain that needs to be covered and distance per lap(s)?
The idea of having more members on the team sounds good, probably lead to better times. This assumes that all riders are tip top shape.
3)What’s your thoughts on having another team that was made up of “weekend warriors”? Last years team seemed like it was made up of some very strong riders.
Winning is always a priority and a team with really strong riders will place higher, but a team is only as strong as it’s weakest member.
Personally, I would be out there to have a good time and do the best I can and cheer on the team, and I would hate to feel like I was the weakest rider. It seems easier to think about having a another team made up of less experienced and conditioned riders.
What’s your thoughts?
Ride On!
That’s a great effort, nice work. Don’t expect anything like that from us with me on the team. I’m a lot less fit than I’d like to be.
Andrew
Re: 24 Hours of Adrenalin in California
Rod,
You can do an event like this on a Muni, a 29" or a Coker, although at
night riding a Coker is quite difficult because of the steep bumpy parts. I
may try a 29" this time for the night laps. For training, I guess it’s best
to do rides about 10.5 miles long with a mix of singletrack and fireroad
(like the course), and do them with no stops, “as fast as you can”. Last
year the most offroad Coker riding I did before the race by far was the
warmup lap the afternoon before! The ride I posted about last Sunday seems
like great training for instance.
Our goal was to have as much fun as possible without getting injured.
Although it’s great to beat bike teams, that wasn’t really our goal. I think
that the more you put into it, the more you get out of it, so if you really
push yourself to ride fast, even though you end up destroyed after each lap,
that’s in the spirit of the event and feels good. It’s definitely hard work
and I still say the hardest ride I ever did was the night time Cokering
there. I guess we did have all strong riders as we expected to average close
to 2 hours per lap but in reality had no laps that took 2 full hours. On the
large team, if there are 9 people like last year, it’s pretty much assured
that some people will get to ride just one lap (18 laps would be really
tough).
We are hoping to field two teams, a small and a large. These teams won’t
really be competing against each other, it’s just that we have more people
this year interested and it will be great to have two unicyclists out there
at a time. We’ll be discussing and finalizing plans this weekend in Moab.
—Nathan
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>
> Nathan,
>
> This is a goal of mine, to ride in this event!
>
> However, there is too much going on this year for me. Next year, the
> wife won’t be down with 20 hour/day morning sickness. … doin daddy and
> mommy duty, now.
>
> 1) Can you shed some light on what type of training you would suggest to
> participate well in the event?
>
> 2) Also what are the expectations for the riders, as far as terrain that
> needs to be covered and distance per lap(s)?
>
>
> The idea of having more members on the team sounds good, probably lead
> to better times. This assumes that all riders are tip top shape.
>
> 3)What’s your thoughts on having another team that was made up of
> “weekend warriors”? Last years team seemed like it was made up of some
> very strong riders.
>
>
> Winning is always a priority and a team with really strong riders will
> place higher, but a team is only as strong as it’s weakest member.
>
> Personally, I would be out there to have a good time and do the best I
> can and cheer on the team, and I would hate to feel like I was the
> weakest rider. It seems easier to think about having a another team
> made up of less experienced and conditioned riders.
>
> What’s your thoughts?