Generally speaking it's all realatively smooth trails, especially the fireroad in the first half. Some of the faster singletrack like Marriners Run are a little choppy. However the sheer amount of time you are on the bike means everything hurts A LOT towards the end, I was on a 4inch duallie when I did it too. I ride a rigid 29er SS 50% of the time and I've considered what it would be like to do it on the 29er. I'd probably go for a suspension fork over gears if I had to change one thing.First Otway Odyssey....
Question:
Would it be pleasant enough on a full rigid SS 29'er, or is front suspension the go?
Only reason I ask is I prefer the 29'er, which i did the Netti on, but it can get pretty unpleasant fast if the terrain isn't that great.
cheers.
Whats say we start a petition Megahead to reverse the Otway, make sense to me to be able to incorporate a beer at the end.I agree with Liam. A 50k loop around Forrest & then straight downhill to Apollo Bay finishing at the Pub for a few beers would be perfect for mind. I was stuffed after last years race & only did the 50. agghh the mud. It was like riding the Kokoda trail.
Well I don't disagree with everything you have said... and I've actually been critical of the types of trails John Jacoby has chosen to use... namely because they show a lack of understanding of what MTB riders want... HOWEVER I think John has done a good job of making an exceptionally tough race, which is what he set out to do I think.
I think it's a crap idea. What we've got now is a genuine challenge, incorporates a lot of high quality singletrack (for a 100km event) and has now sold out three years in a row because your average punter respects the challenge and there's worthwhile prizemoney for the elites.Would you change your mind if the race was run in reverse and finished on a descent into Apollo Bay. A few people on here have suggested that and I think it is an awesome idea and much more enjoyable but it is not going to happen while Jacoby is running it.
True.He is a guy who thrives on pain and testing the body to it's limits. You could try a petition but even then he would just laugh at it and then find even steeper hills to do the next year.
I liked it scratchy when you asked him what the price was to the mt buller event and he gave this big sugar-coated answer before he actually spat out it was $217. He should be a politician that bloke.For all those interesting in the Otway Odyssey you might be interested in episode 30 of the Mountain Bike show where we interview Rapid Ascent on this and the Mt Buller MTB festival
http://www.farkin.net/forums/showthread.php?p=1693158#post1693158
We'll let the legs do the talking!This thread has been eerily quiet leading up to Sat. I thought there'd be a bit of chatter this week.
Does this mean we're all ready to conquer in PB times?? Or just full of dread????