Trans Tasmania Enduro

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All the talk in here has certainly got me keen for next year....got nearly a year to improve my riding and fitness but will be watching for details of '23 with great interest
 
Watching the moi moi vid this looks pretty sick.

How fit on the I'm an old unfit bastard scale do you reckon you need to be to do the 6 days?

Any peeps competing this year?
 
F G said:
Watching the moi moi vid this looks pretty sick.

How fit on the I'm an old unfit bastard scale do you reckon you need to be to do the 6 days?

Any peeps competing this year?
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Can you do 6 days straight of 1000-1500 meters. Up to 30km pedaling In all weather. Add racing or at least making the liaisons in a timely manner on solid black trails and keeping your head in the game becomes a priority.
I think ‘pretty fit’ is the answer. Mildly fits it’s doable but it would be a slog.
I made sure before I did this and NZ I was comfortable doing minimum 2-3k + elevation every weekend for a while.
 
I hear you brother, what you are saying is, basically, "if you want to do this, get off your fat arse, jump on your bike and put in the hard yards"

I thought it might be the case! I am definitely interested in trying something like this, so this could be the best incentive
 
F G said:
I hear you brother, what you are saying is, basically, "if you want to do this, get off your fat arse, jump on your bike and put in the hard yards"

I thought it might be the case! I am definitely interested in trying something like this, so this could be the best incentive
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It's a great week so much fun! I worked hard on my bike fitness before doing it a few years back. I figured my riding speed down had never been super fast but at least it won't be fatigue causing me to crash make silly mistakes if I was in good shape.
Great motivation to get yourself in shape if you set it as a goal for next year. The Devil's Cardigan always gives me a good reason to train each year.

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Jpez said:
Can you do 6 days straight of 1000-1500 meters. Up to 30km pedaling In all weather. Add racing or at least making the liaisons in a timely manner on solid black trails and keeping your head in the game becomes a priority.
I think ‘pretty fit’ is the answer. Mildly fits it’s doable but it would be a slog.
I made sure before I did this and NZ I was comfortable doing minimum 2-3k + elevation every weekend for a while.
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The good news is you can enter with an Emtb now and no added KLM's for ebikes.

i'd say "pretty fit" is just one part of it. The other part would be able to ride trails pretty quick that you have little to none experience on and not let the hype push you harder than your comfortable with. I see the people who do the TasGravity enduro series set up and camp days before the event and put alot of practice riding the trails before hand some even do them on a ebike first then compete on their MTB.

Plus the maintenance on your bike at the end of the day and out on the trails.

I'd start with a one day enduro race. I was shocked how fast these people go and how slow I was.
 
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