You definitely should be embarrassed if you truly believe the sweeping generisation you've just typed is even vaguely accurate nevermind an interesting observation.
What about Uphill MTB? You know, with ridiculously long CS.
As someone who has only ridden for almost a year, i am not embarrassed to say i've done a lot of hike-a-bike on things that sketch me out. Even on blue trails when i first started. I'd look at a giant rutted out hill and go "Nope." Since progressing, i now ride them and have more fun. I still do a lot of Hike-a-bike on things above my skill level. When i did La Milagrosa a few months back, i hiked about the same amount of time i rode, Its double black. I eventually learn to ride things i couldn't before and enjoy the learning experience i get from it and the sense of accomplishment. There are not a lot of places here though to practice getting airborne, but that's coming soon with the new bike park. So i still need to work on getting air, and drops.
Gary you're the last person here who has that set to 0. Especially when it comes to claiming new stuff is shit
Not really. It looks cool but I'd rather ride faster on unbanked tracks
Totally agree, imagine my heartbreak when some "pro-trailbuilders" destroyed and completely machine-flattened one of our roughest and rockiest local DH tracks in favour of a smooth AM berm line, all in the name of environmental "sustainability".
Needz moar skidz.I'm embarrassed......
But only cause I can't rail berz good
I always enjoyed the challenge of off camber sections. The Snowshoe NORBA race in 2003 stands out, it was slick and really really hard to stay on the bike. You had to commit and let off the brakes 100%. Good old days of racing I guess?And yes, all WC DH courses should have at least one decently fast nasty off camber grassy, greasy whooped out cluster-fuck of a corner.
Yeah but DH tracks with no off cambers and only high speed berm sections are a newer idea last time I checked.Berms are neither new nor shit.
Not super old tracks. 2006-2010 seemed to be in a sweet spot in terms of what tracks were on the circuit. I rode many of the old tracks and I liked all I've tried. The only really stupid track back in the day was Willingen. Now you put one tech section on FT Bill and all riders cry but well at least Sam Hill had a laugh at all the complaining.
Back then, i will still riding my Wal-mart BMX bike with knobby tires through mud and snow. I will take your word for it because i have no clue!
You can test it yourself. Schladming is still an open track. So is Pila. So Is Val Di Sole (but it's still on the circuit) Maribor had some problems but it's open again. Champery is also open (the only track where adding berms made sense). So you can ride most of the tech tracks that were on the circuit back then. If you can't ride them just watch Earthed's and helmetcams from them.
maybe from a spectator perspective. a friend within the industry recently told me that a lot of the general changes in the directions of the tracks has been in response to the riders request. specifically that riders wanted faster tracks.
Only if i lived closer to the places
Jon you were here when there were talks about it. There were even results of that UCI poll. SOME riders thought faster wide open tracks would be better for the sport since they would draw in spectators (didn't really help). That was the idea. I've never remember the riders saying "moar berms, we love non tech stuff" and as you can see now a ton of the riders complain about the tracks. Even then many top riders wanted tech stuff. Blenki, Hill, Brendog all wanted to keep the tech. Also if you ask the riders which track is their favorite Schladming really comes out often on top. No one says Leogang or Lenzerheide.
yea i don't have all the details of it, i'm not part of the riders union, just conveying what i've heard. obviously you can't please everyone, and people are going to complain about what they don't like (which we love to hear). and at the end of the day it's the responsibility of the venue to build the track.
I'm not part of the riders union too. I'm just gathering what I hear and see from interviews. Everyone complains about berms and the the idea for faster tracks and berms wasn't so that riders enjoy it since everyone hated tracks like Willingen. Also riders always say good stuff about tech tracks. As a rider yourself I'm pretty sure you'd rather try yourself on something like Maribor/VDS/Pila/Schlad than Leogang.
