TheAussieinJapan
Maximum Pace
- Apr 15, 2014
- 347
- 531
Hi all,
I noticed that there were no threads for Grinduro surprisingly so I thought I'd pop this here in case anyone that attended or had wanted to attend wanted to know more.
MY buddy and I just got back. Ended up being a much bigger "adventure" than planned due to the massive typhoon which caused some logistic issues on way back as well as grovelling to wife left at home alone during super typhoon.
To summerise it was absolutely awesome. I've only attended one other cycling event as racing just doesn't interest me and the vibe at most of the cycling events just didn't feel like what I was looking for. As Grinduro says on their site, perfect party to race ratio. Its an event you want to do with friends, minus typhoons. Shame we couldn't camp as that would have had an amazing village vibe (and saved some money).
I think this has set a new benchmark of what is possible for a bike event for me. I could chill out with buddies, talk about bikes with folks, had good sponsor tents with stuff i want to buy, well run with bike racks, facilities, rest stops and food, and just attracted lots of folks not too serious or worrying about what they carbohydrate intake for the day was. In the end we were all covered in mud. It's the type of ride where you can enjoy the ride with friends, then when you hit the timed sections go hard, then wait for each other until the next bit.
Mountain bikers were better off at this location in this weather overall but each type of bike had its own strengths on different sections. The 500m Death Climb had most people pushing up the hill I'd say though and my new 38t with a 11-46 on the back wasn't a help for the last 1/2 of it either. So when they announce next events in Japan if its not crazy far & expensive to get to (Spent way more than I want to think about) I'm definitely there.
I noticed that there were no threads for Grinduro surprisingly so I thought I'd pop this here in case anyone that attended or had wanted to attend wanted to know more.
MY buddy and I just got back. Ended up being a much bigger "adventure" than planned due to the massive typhoon which caused some logistic issues on way back as well as grovelling to wife left at home alone during super typhoon.
To summerise it was absolutely awesome. I've only attended one other cycling event as racing just doesn't interest me and the vibe at most of the cycling events just didn't feel like what I was looking for. As Grinduro says on their site, perfect party to race ratio. Its an event you want to do with friends, minus typhoons. Shame we couldn't camp as that would have had an amazing village vibe (and saved some money).
I think this has set a new benchmark of what is possible for a bike event for me. I could chill out with buddies, talk about bikes with folks, had good sponsor tents with stuff i want to buy, well run with bike racks, facilities, rest stops and food, and just attracted lots of folks not too serious or worrying about what they carbohydrate intake for the day was. In the end we were all covered in mud. It's the type of ride where you can enjoy the ride with friends, then when you hit the timed sections go hard, then wait for each other until the next bit.
Mountain bikers were better off at this location in this weather overall but each type of bike had its own strengths on different sections. The 500m Death Climb had most people pushing up the hill I'd say though and my new 38t with a 11-46 on the back wasn't a help for the last 1/2 of it either. So when they announce next events in Japan if its not crazy far & expensive to get to (Spent way more than I want to think about) I'm definitely there.