Moab Rocks stage 3: Mag 7
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- čas přidán 25. 04. 2024
- Stage 3 was my favorite day, I was really hard to widdle down my footage to only 30 minutes, hopefully it shows how fun it was. #specialized #moab #utah #Mag7 #transrockies #stagerace #moabrocks #mountainbiking #mountainbiker #racing #slickrock #otterhausracing
STRAVA: h / strava
Bike: 2022 Specialized Epic EVO
Link to GPX file: www.moab-rocks.com/s/moab-roc... - Sport
Love the videos. Thanks so much. Really gave me a nice feel for all three days. Will be making Moab Rocks my first stage race. FYI, I'm from Santa Fe, New Mexico and know Syd & Macky who live nearby in Los Alamos. Great people for sure!
Great job.💯
I am the shoe lace guy! Holy shit. So happy you caught that encounter. See you next year!
You were moving! I think you even passed me on the climb out on Gemini bridges road too😃
@@trihalfmatt You had me on all the downhills. Looks like we finished within 23 seconds, and you and i were 5:30 apart for the three days. That first and third race were my favorite.
watched all 3 of the stages you posted-great stuff. for someone targeting this event for 2025, what would you say were the biggest differences between your expectations and your actual experience? thanks.
That's an excellent question. On stage one, the climb was as expected, long and never ending...lol, but I was not prepared for how tough the single track on LPS was. I walked more features than I thought I would.
Stage 2, I was not expecting it to be the hardest day of the 3, but it was. It was just a relentless onslaught of punchy, techy, rock features, my upper body was so sore after that day.
Stage 3, I was not expecting to have so much fun on the single track, and I was not prepared for the climb back out on Gemini bridges road, that was a tough one.
My overall take away, GoPro definitely minimizes the features and no amount of FPV will prepare you for it. My #1 recommendation go out and ride as much rocky black diamond trails(up and down) that you can and you'll have a much better experience than those that don't prepare for it(and there were people who were not prepared for it!).
Also, hitting the weights twice a week paid off for me too.
@@trihalfmatt thanks so much for the thoughtful feedback, this is very helpful for my training. noticed a picture of you with Mackey F. watching their. channel is how I got interested in this event. when i saw rhier video of stage 2 it really came across how brutal that course was. will be in Moab first week in June on vacation. Plan to ride a number of these places, but I won’t be pedaling up sands flat road. maybe I should not pass up the “opportunity” to do a 13 mile climb? that has to sink in some.
I would skip riding up sand flats road, you can train on any climb, but I would definitely ride the LPS section for stage 1, that was the one day that caught me off guard.