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National Champs at SolVista Bike Park
- Thread starter ballr
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WTF Pat....
You gonna be popping out of random bushes taking photos? You better have some good shots from pro practice or I'm gonna sue you this time
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)
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Your course will be marked with pink tape.
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)
everyone is so determined to figure out the course... it doesn't matter. it will be something good and it will be the same for everyone in your class so why stress it all week? just show up and race it like you do every other weekend, right?
Will there be berms? I can't turn without berms.
No pat...you're going to crash now.
Dude what you do on your own time is none of our business.
Real men race with pink tape.Your course will be marked with pink tape.
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."
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."
Hoorah. Done and done. Little Buell FTW!
I think I'll start my own beer garden next to that little descent on the XC. Hilarity could ensue.
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.
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.
I'm in for the beer garden! This section will make for some awesome spectating.
you should ride at highland then.
Who you calling little Turman! Thanks for the nomination, I will do my best and huck it big!
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.
We camped at Sol Vista last weekend, and they had us on the mountain just over from the Pro jumps. It's $10 to camp and the ground is soft by lumpy. Bring a matress, or maybe a rake
I believe the highlighted area is open to camping. I would guess there is a trail that leads down to the camping area, but I have never been on that side of the mountain.
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.
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.
I agree, put some drops back into the XC courses, cause then we'll get to watch some people kill it (and watch a few nancies crater
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Muuuaaaaaahahahahahahahaaaaaa...
Can't wait to watch the mayhem ensue. Looks like one of the most creative MTX tracks I have seen.
did 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
http://www.solvistanationals.com/event-details/downhill.html
(read the bottom)
-jordan
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
if not, that's another $54 for fri, sat, sunday and the track is only open for practice 7 hours total over those three days... $119 for 7 hours of practice over three days is robbery.
a bunch of us just raced a canadian national on the world cup track in MSA for $42 with three day lift ticket included...
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yeah i enjoyed the $42 entry fee of bromont and MSA....
this trip is going to cost $$$$$$$
-jordan
this trip is going to cost $$$$$$$
-jordan
even 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,"
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Enjoyed the bonus day today, except for the fact that the courses weren't open. I'm not so sure I would have taken off from work and driven three hours if I knew the course wasn't going to be open.
Oh yea and both courses have big jumps, lots of them.
Oh yea and both courses have big jumps, lots of them.
and you guys bitched about the parking fees at Mt Snow
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.
Yeah I always hate buying tickets on top of an entry fee, but in this region that is pretty standard, Sol Vista Tickets are usually discounted to $10 a day for practice days. Hopefully race day is included, it usually is.
Edit: Never Mind just saw that on the Event Details. $18/day ouch. I'm glad I have a seasons pass. I feel bad for you out of towners who have no reason to have a pass.
Edit: Never Mind just saw that on the Event Details. $18/day ouch. I'm glad I have a seasons pass. I feel bad for you out of towners who have no reason to have a pass.
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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"
I like how they added "time to think about buying a season pass" in there as well... Real smooth