[CTR]

A few of Australias top downhillers thought they'd have a go at a cross country 24 hour race, with ideas of beating the XC riders at there own game.

www.farkin.net for a full report by Team Arai/Global rider Lindsay Klein

 

[Serial Midget]

Cool report - thanks!

 

[Echo]

That is kewl

 

[Heidi]

The old guys team, “Disorganised” won overall on 97 laps and Saul Britton won solo with 61 laps.

WTF??? That must have been one short ass course!

 

[Echo]

Yeah, they said the laps were between 13-16 minutes. That's crazy short!

 

[Heidi]

Originally posted by Echo
Yeah, they said the laps were between 13-16 minutes. That's crazy short!

Now that's plain ridiculous, someone needs to clue in the promotors on just how 24 Hour races should go.

 

[The Toninator]

Originally posted by Heidi
WTF??? That must have been one short ass course!

Holy crap how did they keep from getting dizzy

 

[Echo]

Originally posted by Heidi
Now that's plain ridiculous, someone needs to clue in the promotors on just how 24 Hour races should go.

I can't believe people were just doing 1 lap runs. Seems like 3 or 4 laps would have been a lot more time efficient.

 

[Heidi]

Originally posted by Echo
I can't believe people were just doing 1 lap runs. Seems like 3 or 4 laps would have been a lot more time efficient.

No kidding. A "typical" 24 hour race has laps that last around 1 to 1.5 hours. That way, people can rest enough in between laps.

 

[The Toninator]

Originally posted by Echo
I can't believe people were just doing 1 lap runs. Seems like 3 or 4 laps would have been a lot more time efficient.

True. An hour at a time probably would have been optimum.