Hein - 2008-08-27 - Al Ain Road to Al Jabal (Cattle Grid)
Great ride with Philip Van Der Walt and Leo Arsenault this morning. Nice to have Philip back in the desert for the first time this year after breaking his leg in the Oman Motocross race last year, did not seem like the leg bothered him at all.
If you follow the tracks below you skip most of the really soft sand dunes that are everywhere at the moment and makes your bike come to a dead stop as the front wheel disappears into the sand. Most of the route follows the valleys in between the dunes and the ones you have to cross are the larger ones. The speed of this route on an off road bike can be quite fast though so be careful especially across the flat portions and one or two sabkha plains, lots of kickers that will throw a sitting rider straight over the handlebars.
It is getting time to leave a bit later as at the normal 5:30 am leaving time it is still dark. Official sunrise is now at 5:58 am so 5:45 am or later is probably the best time to leave.
| Partdistance | Parttime | Partspeed | Distance | Time | Speed | |
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0.000 km | 0s | - | 0.000 km | 0s | - |
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2.028 km | 5m 57s | 20.45 km/h | 2.028 km | 5m 57s | 20.45 km/h |
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2.003 km | 3m 49s | 31.48 km/h | 4.030 km | 9m 46s | 24.76 km/h |
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2.057 km | 2m 37s | 47.16 km/h | 6.087 km | 12m 23s | 29.49 km/h |
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1.982 km | 1m 48s | 66.08 km/h | 8.069 km | 14m 11s | 34.14 km/h |
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1.980 km | 2m 27s | 48.49 km/h | 10.049 km | 16m 38s | 36.25 km/h |
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1.975 km | 3m 16s | 36.27 km/h | 12.024 km | 19m 54s | 36.25 km/h |
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1.993 km | 2m 11s | 54.77 km/h | 14.017 km | 22m 05s | 38.08 km/h |
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1.990 km | 2m 17s | 52.30 km/h | 16.007 km | 24m 22s | 39.42 km/h |
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2.020 km | 2m 52s | 42.28 km/h | 18.027 km | 27m 14s | 39.72 km/h |
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2.017 km | 2m 11s | 55.44 km/h | 20.045 km | 29m 25s | 40.88 km/h |
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1.979 km | 15m 28s | 7.68 km/h | 22.023 km | 44m 53s | 29.44 km/h |
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2.017 km | 1m 59s | 61.03 km/h | 24.041 km | 46m 52s | 30.78 km/h |
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1.988 km | 2m 34s | 46.48 km/h | 26.029 km | 49m 26s | 31.59 km/h |
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1.980 km | 2m 37s | 45.40 km/h | 28.009 km | 52m 03s | 32.29 km/h |
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2.040 km | 2m 32s | 48.31 km/h | 30.049 km | 54m 35s | 33.03 km/h |
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1.961 km | 2m 35s | 45.54 km/h | 32.010 km | 57m 10s | 33.60 km/h |
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2.047 km | 2m 10s | 56.69 km/h | 34.057 km | 59m 20s | 34.44 km/h |
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1.944 km | 2m 32s | 46.05 km/h | 36.001 km | 1h 01m 52s | 34.91 km/h |
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2.003 km | 2m 07s | 56.79 km/h | 38.004 km | 1h 03m 59s | 35.64 km/h |
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1.998 km | 2m 16s | 52.88 km/h | 40.002 km | 1h 06m 15s | 36.23 km/h |
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1.926 km | 9m 32s | 12.12 km/h | 41.929 km | 1h 15m 47s | 33.20 km/h |