Probably clear.What color course tape will be used to mark the course?
Probably clear.What color course tape will be used to mark the course?
WTF Pat....I heard it's going down In Deep.
edit: And then tunnel. I wonder if hikers will notice it's a nationals race?
Says the guy who is staying behind the lens.the world would stop turning if everyone quit asking what the track was going to be and just showed up thursday ready to hang their balls out.
Your course will be marked with pink tape.What color course tape will be used to mark the course?
Sweet you are going to mark out the pit area! I will be playing mechanic this weekend.Your course will be marked with pink tape.![]()
i just know that my balls are tiny but i'll still hang them out there.Says the guy who is staying behind the lens.![]()
As for balls, my wife said she'd let me borrow them but only because I said the guy with the cute kitty said I have to hang them out. She laughed and mumbled something about having balls and not helping and never listening to her...I dunno...I wasn't really listening.
All I know is that riding bikes at Sol Vista is freakin sweet and we get to do it for like 5 days straight!!! (if you start on Wed)
No pat...you're going to crash now.Will there be berms? I can't turn without berms.
Dude what you do on your own time is none of our business.Do you know if the course includes the "Rim Clencher" or the "Scrotum Cruncher"?
Real men race with pink tape.Your course will be marked with pink tape.![]()
Hoorah. Done and done. Little Buell FTW!LitterOTB for U.S. National Champs is open
I think I'll start my own beer garden next to that little descent on the XC. Hilarity could ensue.some competitors have expressed their concerns for this 80 foot section of steepness and some even have said, "i think it'll be faster to run it."
Crap! I can't join ya...I think I'll start my own beer garden next to that little descent on the XC. Hilarity could ensue.
2:00 p.m. Pro Men's XC National Championship Race
2:30 p.m. CAT 1 DH Finals
LitterOTB for U.S. National Champs is open
http://www.littermag.com/2009/LitterOTB/2009-us-national-champs/national-champs-otb.htm
4x track video later today and if you care, here's a quickie from the "steep" part on the XC track. some competitors have expressed their concerns for this 80 foot section of steepness and some even have said, "i think it'll be faster to run it."
I'm in for the beer garden! This section will make for some awesome spectating.I think I'll start my own beer garden next to that little descent on the XC. Hilarity could ensue.
you should ride at highland then.Will there be berms? I can't turn without berms.
He speaks the truth. I have this conversation with someone every week. Its seems off road cycling has morphed into dirt road biking. Our local XC spots are nothing but go-arounds and straightened turns. Makes me sick. Gongrats to Sol Vista for putting the mountain back in mountain biking.god forbid a cross country racer would have to not only ride their mountain bike as if it were on a mountain, but ride that bike well.
were that to happen, the rivers would run red with blood and yellow with urine. and a dog would be seen eating cat food in the land.
edit- there are a few xc racers i have a ton of respect for and think they are superb bike handlers. many need to sweep the beach out of their crotch pockets and ride their bikes for a change.
This reminds me of back in like, 94 or 95 and my first contact with mountain biking. Well, mtb racing. I was like 10 or 11 at the time, and I saw (what I found out later was) a xc race on tv. There was a big hullabaloo because there was like a super steep 5 foot chute in the course. The majority of riders was shouldering their bikes and running down it. A couple guys tried to roll it, and endo'd. But there were 2 guys (no idea who) who said "eff this!" and they hucked it! I thought it was some sweet ass sh*t (hey, I was 10 and didn't know drops to flat weren't cool yet).He speaks the truth. I have this conversation with someone every week. Its seems off road cycling has morphed into dirt road biking. Our local XC spots are nothing but go-arounds and straightened turns. Makes me sick. Gongrats to Sol Vista for putting the mountain back in mountain biking.
Every region has some XC guys to laugh at, and some to flat out envy. At Chalk Creek we got to see Mike West finish the Short track,sprint to the top of the 4X cross, and then just kill that course jumps and all. Watching him ride AF's DH course on a Maverick was way cool as well.This reminds me of back in like, 94 or 95 and my first contact with mountain biking. Well, mtb racing. I was like 10 or 11 at the time, and I saw (what I found out later was) a xc race on tv. There was a big hullabaloo because there was like a super steep 5 foot chute in the course. The majority of riders was shouldering their bikes and running down it. A couple guys tried to roll it, and endo'd. But there were 2 guys (no idea who) who said "eff this!" and they hucked it! I thought it was some sweet ass sh*t (hey, I was 10 and didn't know drops to flat weren't cool yet).
Seriously. Put some drops back into xc courses. Bunch of nancies.
yikes... a $65 entry fee and no lift tickets? that's whack... hopefully lift is included during scheduled practice and you need a ticket to freeride/get on lift outside of practice timesdid i read it wrong or do we have to buy lift tickets on TOP of entry fee???
http://www.solvistanationals.com/event-details/downhill.html
(read the bottom)
-jordan
yeah i enjoyed the $42 entry fee of bromont and MSA....
this trip is going to cost $$$$$$$
-jordan
I received the same message when i e-mailed to confirm/vent some angereven more shady is the fact that this is not mentioned at all in the online registration process, nor is it under the FAQ (frequently asked questions) portion of the event website
it is buried/hidden at the bottom of the event details for DH... real smooth
and when i sent an email to the contact address on the event website info@solvistanationals.com
i got this response:
"I am out of the office Tuesday, July 14th through Monday, July 20th at USA Cycling Mountain Bike National Championships in Granby, Colorado. I will be returning on Tuesday, July 21st. If you have any questions about Nationals, come to registration and we will be able to help you out.
Cheers,"
Ya that was hard to find, they must have spent hours trying to figure out how to bury/hide it with only 2 other questions on the page.it is buried/hidden at the bottom of the event details for DH... real smooth
What is lame is that it was completely left off the info for online registration as well as the FAQ section of the website... The FAQ section has all the questions from the DH section cut/paste in except that one and it is replaced with one that says "how did we get so cool"Ya that was hard to find, they must have spent hours trying to figure out how to bury/hide it with only 2 other questions on the page.