Video Preview of the 24 Hours of Moab.

24 Hours of Moab, Moab, mountain biking, Utah | UltraRob | Friday, October 10th, 2008 at 11:32 am

Bicycling has put together a good preview of the 24 Hours of Moab with Cullen Barker. I’ve raced with Cullen since the early ’90s. This will be his 5th time racing the 24 Hours of Moab solo.

The video gives a bit of an idea of how sandy some of the sections are. There are a couple downhill sections were it’s feels like you’re surfing on your bike. It’s hard to capture Nose Dive and it’s really looks bigger when you’re riding up to it. It can be intimidating for less experienced riders.

With so many riders the good lines keep shifting during the race. Generally there is wind and that also keeps the sand shifting around. As a solo rider, I’ve noticed fair change between laps. The change is much bigger for team riders that will only see each section about every 5 hours.

Team riders will generally be doing their 2nd lap in the dark so they don’t always know the lines where there a drops. I’ve generally been on my 5th lap when it’s gotten dark so I already knew the good lines pretty well.

Bicycling has a Google map of the Moab course with the location of the videos segments marked. The video of each section are also longer.

Related Link: Headed to 24 Hours of Moab

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