hate to be rude but your logic is way off. . . sport riders at the races you attend are faster than half the expert class and are therefore sandbaggers. amateur winner at diablo was slower than last podium spot in pro so he cannot be a sandbagger though he would have been 7th in pro and beat more than half the pro field. quite the paradox you've created.Hey just checked out the results, my opinion, just gives me one more reason I will be racing the domination series next year. why do you ask? because there is absolutely no sandbagging going on here. How can I tell? the slowest podium pro was faster than the fastest amateur and slowest podium amateur was faster than the fastest intro. I so many times see a sport racer turning faster times than half the experts where I race (sandbaggers). Diablo seems to have their sh*t together when it comes to classing. My only question though. Do I race Intro, Amateur, or Pro? As I've stated before all the downhilling I do is at events that offer XC/DH/DS/MX in one venue and none are as wicked as Diablo or Downhill Specific either. I always sign up as expert in all catagories at these venues but have no way to guage where I should be at a race course like Diablo. What are your suggestions?
I think you think too much. Just ride for god's sake.I guess I should have seen the complete results before I made the call on this one. Boy do I see a whole lot of slamming coming from this assessment I've made. Then again I figured if you cannot keep within 10 to 15 seconds of the leader in your class on a 3 minute race you should probably be in the class below you, my bad, like I've said Diablo is a different kind of racing I'm used to.
...like I've said Diablo is a different kind of racing I'm used to.
i think thats the first time thats happened.Hey just checked out the results, my opinion, just gives me one more reason I will be racing the domination series next year. why do you ask? because there is absolutely no sandbagging going on here. How can I tell? the slowest podium pro was faster than the fastest amateur and slowest podium amateur was faster than the fastest intro. I so many times see a sport racer turning faster times than half the experts where I race (sandbaggers). Diablo seems to have their sh*t together when it comes to classing. My only question though. Do I race Intro, Amateur, or Pro? As I've stated before all the downhilling I do is at events that offer XC/DH/DS/MX in one venue and none are as wicked as Diablo or Downhill Specific either. I always sign up as expert in all catagories at these venues but have no way to guage where I should be at a race course like Diablo. What are your suggestions?
if you ride anywhere near as good as you hijack threads Jergen better watch out.I guess my main question was overlooked by my observations. How do the classes split up? In the races I attend there is Beginner, Sport, Expert, Semi-Pro, and Pro. I race Expert, smaller venues I always podium, larger venues (more than 20 in expert) I make podium or come very close to it. Not bragging, just looking for as acurate of placement as possible. And I know everyone will say, just ask when you get to the race, the directors will place you in the right class, but honestly, I have helped run and actually put on a race myself and there's nothing more time consuming than sitting with 75 people registering and 10 of those people want me to explain what class they should run, what are the courses like, how much more difficult is the expert than sport, etc. etc. etc. So I figured I'd get the answers here. I'm looking forward to joining all you next year and hopefully I'll get one more free weekend this year to come down and ride.
Not bragging......
I race Expert, smaller venues I always podium, larger venues (more than 20 in expert) I make podium or come very close to it.
I usually don't have too much of a problem holding my own in the expert class and usually podium.
I don't know about, maybe I'll just have to come down win the pro class on YOUR trails to prove myself.
I kinda do this as a living....
Ask you sponsors what class...........I love to watch all videos of our sport, and this is not a complaint, but I keep telling my sponsors .....
if you ride anywhere near as good as you hijack threads Jergen better watch out.