TNGA 2014

[iamrockandroll13]

Alright, I'll do it. Some of you have to be training for this. Perhaps there are some vets around too. I figure I'll open this up for now for questions/answers/strategery/whatevs. For now though...roll call? I'm at position 51 on the 'list' right now, so taking this seriously. This will be my first Ultra greater than 24 hours (I'm not Eddie O'Dea). My goal is just to finish and evaluate if a GDMBR run is in my future.

[steelisreal4130]

I'm in. Was 68 on the list when they bumped the start number up to 70. I haven't really trained that much because I didn't think I was going to make it on the start list. I guess I'll do the best I can with the time I have and see how it goes. A 3 week bikepacking trip in July should help my training out....

[iamrockandroll13]

I'm in. Was 68 on the list when they bumped the start number up to 70. I haven't really trained that much because I didn't think I was going to make it on the start list. I guess I'll do the best I can with the time I have and see how it goes. A 3 week bikepacking trip in July should help my training out....

If you still want to carpool down there PM me.

[iamrockandroll13]

Ok, so anyone who may have raced this route before. Is a suspension fork recommended or is this stuff all pretty doable on a rigid fork? I'm trying to figure out which set-up to run. Here in PA, stuff is pretty darn rocky and a suspension fork is almost mandatory for single track riding. I can ride my rigid fork here, but slowly and for shorter rides only, it's too much punishment for anything over a 40 or 50 mile day. I've heard that the singletrack on route isn't too gnarly from friends that have ridden in that area before, I'm just curious what people who have actually done the route have run in the past. If I can get away with rigid, I'd rather do that. less stuff to break, less spares and tools to carry.