What’s “easier”, XC or Endurance?
- Thread starter Dave Taylor
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Dave Taylor
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So what is the NUE series? Not National Ultra Endurance series? The fast guys are 6-7 hours. Maybe I don’t know what endurance is. What @jimvreeland is ride his bike as long as he can, take a nap, ride some more and call it a race ?
Dave Taylor
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Not sure what you’re saying? Winners are in 4:20 range for that race I think.
Steve Vai
Endurance Guy: Tolerates most of us.
When the length of your nap effects your overall race time, it's Endurance. As a reference, I know about 25 recreational riders that just did unPaved with zero long distance experience and Finished. We're talking 12-14 hours out there. You can still fake that fitness.
Dave Taylor
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Did you check out Matt Ackers last “endurance” ride? 540ish miles, 64 hours no sleeping.
Dave Taylor
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Hmmm, I think @Riggedfmx ride to key west right off the couch. Still not sure what you’re saying.
Dave Taylor
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Just to be clear my topic is meant to be xc vs endurance racing not xc vs endurance group riding which a lot of people do in races. Ask John Arias what intervals he gave me when He was training me for NUEs.
Steve Vai
Endurance Guy: Tolerates most of us.
You've not been in a Dave Taylor thread before? He asks a question and then just belittles anyone that answers why his opinion is the only one.
Ask him to explain why a vintage 26" MTB is faster than a Gravel Bike on the road.
Dave Taylor
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Oh, this isn’t a one way street Jimbo. You dish it out as well. I’d like a logical explanationto why XC or Endurance racing is harder. Anyone can hop on a bike, eat and ride for long periods of time...well almost anyone. My question was about racing.
I think the guys in that video pretty much hid a gravel bike in the shadow of an old 26er. Nothing to add there. John Tomac literally races a gravel bike in dual slalom and xc in his early years.
Dave Taylor
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No, but probably an amazing garvel bike ?
Steve Vai
Endurance Guy: Tolerates most of us.
Gravel is like 60% road, 30% super smooth dirt, and 10% stuff you'd take a 5 year old on.
Which is why you select the bike for the 10%.
I always thought everyone had some basic level of handling skills until I rode with people who have only every ridden road. And then you realize that the smallest bit of uncertainty of riding surface...
