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Duryea DH back for 2012

amishmatt

Turbo Monkey
Sep 21, 2005
1,263
396
Lancaster, PA
Wow, those trails have gotten some work in the last few weeks. And Kyle has gotten much better in the rocks since I last rode with him.

Awesome news that the race is back. I've got to plan to be here for it this year.

Where's the 60' road gap that's supposed to be in the race :rolleyes:?
 

DirtMcGirk

<b>WAY</b> Dumber than N8 (to the power of ten alm
Feb 21, 2008
6,379
1
Oz
Does everyone in PA have such bad taste in music, or just DH riders?
 

S.K.C.

Turbo Monkey
Feb 28, 2005
4,096
25
Pa. / North Jersey
Wow - glad to hear this!

I haven't raced Duryea since 2005! That was when they had the full Airlines section with 3 drops. I agree with demo9 - they should at LEAST add a scaled down version of the old Airlines section; maybe not 3 full choices of progression drops (3ft, 10ft, 12ft - IIRC) but at least something...

I am glad the stair section at the pagoda is gone; it was always a bitch to squeeze your rig through there and you would loose a ton of time.

The Bunker Jump (some refer to as the "hobo jump") always scared the hell out of me - it's really more of a hip, or at least it was when I raced it. You had to remember where your landing was or else you'd launch off the course LoL.
 
Apr 16, 2006
392
0
Golden, CO
Nice to see Reading being raced again... haven't ridden there since we hosted a ride day 2 years ago lol. Hopefully you have moar skilled shuttle truck drivers... and watch out for those lamp posts! :p
 

Wannabpro

Chimp
Jan 25, 2012
2
0
PA
Hey just move to PA from Colorado and I am new to the races here but 80.00 is about the average I have paid to enter a lift assited race, so I am not too upset with that, but been doing some research and one thing I don't like is that there is no USA Cycling sanctioning, no prize list, no cash payout listed.....the two other series I have found is the Eastern States cup, and the Gravity East Series. The Gravity East I have heard about the Eastern States Cup I recently found.

Both of their sites have payouts, sponsors listed etc. I just think I will skip this one due to no USAC points. I do think the Duryea site looks slicker than the two other series sites. Maybe they are still working on that stuff, not sure, but it looks like a cool urban style race.

By the way also just learned about this forum, and this place is very cool!
 

IH8Rice

I'm Mr. Negative! I Fail!
Aug 2, 2008
24,524
494
Im over here now
it does says prizes are TBA but the $80 is the highest of all the races here in the east except for the now defunct $90/100 US Open entry fee.
 

wfoerk

Chimp
Jan 6, 2010
45
0
Hey just move to PA from Colorado and I am new to the races here but 80.00 is about the average I have paid to enter a lift assited race, so I am not too upset with that, but been doing some research and one thing I don't like is that there is no USA Cycling sanctioning, no prize list, no cash payout listed.....the two other series I have found is the Eastern States cup, and the Gravity East Series. The Gravity East I have heard about the Eastern States Cup I recently found.

Both of their sites have payouts, sponsors listed etc. I just think I will skip this one due to no USAC points. I do think the Duryea site looks slicker than the two other series sites. Maybe they are still working on that stuff, not sure, but it looks like a cool urban style race.

By the way also just learned about this forum, and this place is very cool!
So sorry for you;)
 

rdgrider

Chimp
Feb 20, 2011
3
0
Ok here is the scoop on the Duryea Downhill. Like in the past this race is being put on by local riders. Renting the moving trucks does require a bit of fuel for both day. Any prizes or possible pro purse have not been determined like the web page and bikereg curently says. There is going to be a BIG road gap and a few other items for those of you looking for a repeat stlye from the past races. Besides that just stay tuned to the fb, web site, vitalmtb, & here for up coming days to come ride.
 

mattmatt86

Turbo Monkey
Feb 9, 2005
5,347
10
Bleedmore, Murderland
I saw a few videos on FB of the road gap from the side, that made it look a lot scarier than the POV. In reality I've done a few jumps that size but the idea of lauching myself into a guardrail makes the jump a lot more menacing.