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mtbiker87 said:
Isn't short track making as many laps as you can within the time ?
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qclabrat said:
both, but no one has been doing consecutive loops. This is shaping up to be like herding puppies. Reason for this prologue segment. Considering longer route next month, but will wait for end to see what works.
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Learning the track and then pushing for an hour can be a little tough for me with my schedule, so we just did a run and then checked out some of the other trails. I have major restrictions compared to some others on times I can ride during the daylight so my experience may differ from others. If I had 4 hours to ride I would be much more inclined to do laps for an hour.
 
qclabrat said:
You're on the board, that's all that matters
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I do really like that you made it through 2 weekends, which gives plenty of opportunity to get out there. Now I'm shopping GPS units even though I dont really want one, just in case I'm solo on sunday
 
Biggest issue here is knowing the course. A "real" race course is taped. You can ride it blind the first time and not get lost. With this, knowledge of the trail system, and/or ability to read a Garmin and ride full tilt at the same time, seems more important to success, than speed, power, or riding ability. Nassau makes this even more difficult due to the abundance of intersecting trails in such a short distance.This is more like a " rally race " than a "short track ". Except you don't have the benefit of a navigator sitting beside you calling out directions.
 
mtbiker87 said:
Biggest issue here is knowing the course. A "real" race course is taped. You can ride it blind the first time and not get lost. With this, knowledge of the trail system, and/or ability to read a Garmin and ride full tilt at the same time, seems more important to success, than speed, power, or riding ability. Nassau makes this even more difficult due to the abundance of intersecting trails in such a short distance.This is more like a " rally race " than a "short track ". Except you don't have the benefit of a navigator sitting beside you calling out directions.
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Agreed, but with that being said it was great to get to Nassau, if it was closer I would be there all the time and know the place well and have no issue. One of my favorite parks. Also good to get out and see people and while we may not ride together we at least can talk about the rides with other OOS.

Looking forward to hitting Creek with you guys tomorrow, a little rain today and great weather tomorrow should be an awesome day!!!!
 
BPaze said:
your officially the best of the worst, which definitely isn't saying much since Max and I stopped at most intersections and even backtracked to complete the loop.
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There's an oos race course in there? There are way too many spiderweb trails. I had a time crunch and got into an infinity loop trying to get down the switchbacks to the other side where I always park. Ended up just cutting through the woods straight down until I got to the right trail out. Oh and as a bonus, I tagged a tree with my left shoulder and just missed my sutures by 2 in.
 
mtbiker87 said:
Biggest issue here is knowing the course. A "real" race course is taped. You can ride it blind the first time and not get lost. With this, knowledge of the trail system, and/or ability to read a Garmin and ride full tilt at the same time, seems more important to success, than speed, power, or riding ability. Nassau makes this even more difficult due to the abundance of intersecting trails in such a short distance.This is more like a " rally race " than a "short track ". Except you don't have the benefit of a navigator sitting beside you calling out directions.
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Yes but for the most part it's getting us out going into the winter I'm sure a few of us will need some motivation
 
Nassau is an hr away from me.
It seemed wasteful to just do the ST loop and not have any gas left to be able to ride all the other good stuff out there. Besides, was leading a ride for KMTBus. Other parks closer to me... maybe.
 
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