There aren't a lot of multi-stage off-road races. It's a brilliant idea, but the European tradition of six day classics just hasn't mated itself often to the off-road scene. It's unfortunate, as it looks like fun, but the logistics have got to be a nightmare (Could you just hike over that mountain and hand me my feedbag at around noon? Bring a wheelset just in case.)
However, organizers of the Cape Epic haven't let that bother them. Sadly, it's in South Africa, so unless there's a sponsor out there looking to send a blogger, it just ain't gonna happen for me anytime soon.
There's so much to scope out and plan for in the most basic race...mud, singletrack, rocks, roots, climbs, DHs...it would seem ludicrous to try to do one on a single speed. But then, single speeders are kind of ludicrous anyway.
So when these two cats found each other and formed a 'team' to run the Cape Epic on single speeds, well, let's just say, they were guaranteed a podium finish (415th overall). Sounds like fun, but then again, if I had a custom IF Ti ss off-road machine, I'd be happy to ride it for 61 hours myself.
Which got me thinking...hmmm, the 24 hours of 9 Mile is coming up, and while I don't have a race-worthy ss mountain bike, I do have a ss 'cross bike...ludicrous is as ludicrous does...
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