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Has the Epic, or any other marathon race become so easy that a Roadie with virtually no real mountain experience can win?

 

I guess it shows which way South African racing is going, which is a shame, because mountainbiking use to be about skill, but apparently not anymore.

 

Am I the only one thinking this??

 

 

PS. Don't get me wrong, the Epic is on my ToDo List.

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Has the Epic, or any other marathon race become so easy that a Roadie with virtually no real mountain experience can win?

 

I guess it shows which way South African racing is going, which is a shame, because mountainbiking use to be about skill, but apparently not anymore.

 

Am I the only one thinking this??

 

 

PS. Don't get me wrong, the Epic is on my ToDo List.

 

Help me, I'm visually impaired....Which Roadie with virtually no mountain biking experience is going to win?

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Has the Epic, or any other marathon race become so easy that a Roadie with virtually no real mountain experience can win?

 

I guess it shows which way South African racing is going, which is a shame, because mountainbiking use to be about skill, but apparently not anymore.

 

Am I the only one thinking this??

 

 

PS. Don't get me wrong, the Epic is on my ToDo List.

 

The event is more mountainbike flavoured now than when it first begun and Kevin Vermaak was hoping to get numbers to participate. Since they changed the route to clover leaf trips around they have been able to search out proper trials rather than look at having to mostly transition from one town to the next.

 

There is apparently a new route format or something similar planned for 2015 and the details of this will come out in May sometime...

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OP thinks that MTBing means that you must only have super technical rock gardens and the likes...sort of like a 120km downhill course...OP has obviously never ridden 100km of ascent/descent on difficult terrain with bits of technical sections thrown in....in extreme weather conditions......OP must check his facts first

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Just for interest sake....

 

Burry Stander started of as a DOWNHILLER and some guys a while back at Mankele couldn't keep up with him when he was on a 26" hardtail and they on 5" trail bikes going down the mountain.

 

Answering your question OP, NO, a fire road warrior will never win the epic.

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